🚨The ECSO Lab at Purdue is looking for *two* PhD students and *one* postdoctoral researcher for the projects *“The energetic costs of new genes and cellular complexity”* and *“The physiology and metabolism of common and rare photosymbiotic associations.”* Please share 🙏

First free-living eukaryote known to completely lose its m̸i̸n̸d̸ mitochondrion by Shelby, Psi Wavefunction, Courtney Stairs, Andrew J. Roger (@andrewjroger.bsky.social) and other authors. See DOI: 10.1111/jeu.13048 & DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50991-w

Our new study led by brilliant PhD student Kelsey Williamson (along with many wonderful collaborators), resolves the root of the Eukaryote Tree of Life 🌍🧬 with unmatched precision! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Interested in #symbiosis in #protists? Come join the lab as a PhD student to unravel the symbiosis in Anaeramoeba. The project is supported by Moore Foundation. The deadline to apply is December 6. Instructions on how to apply via Varbi at the link below: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Symbiont-housing structures are rarely studied in unicellular protists. Jerlström-Hultqvist et al. show that low-oxygen-adapted Anaeramoebae have symbiosomes positioning sulfate-reducing bacteria near hydrogenosomes. Jon Hultqvist Andrew J. Roger (@andrewjroger.bsky.social) nature.com/articles/s4146…

Really excited about our new paper on symbiosomes of the Anaeramoebae!!!

Are you or do you know someone interested in symbiosis research? Anaeramoeba is an exciting organism to explore symbiosis in a low-oxygen environment. Less than a week (December 6) to apply for the PhD position in my group! lnkd.in/d9F9Fqu2 Please share widely!

Eukfinder: a pipeline to retrieve microbial eukaryote genome sequences from metagenomic data | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…