Algal Evolution Lab

Algal speciation & evolution lab @Science_Charles | @CharlesUniPRG

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Happy to share our new paper in @JPhycology on Synurales from Florida - adding a fresh piece to the puzzle of silica-ornamented algal diversity and evolution! One of the newly described species even made it to the cover of the issue.😊
https://t.co/O2nTfOZHvq

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

In this paper, we show that photobiont diversity increases as lichens age. Interestingly, as the thallus grows, autosporine algae become more prevalent at the expense of zoosporine algae, likely because the latter play a key role in lichen establishment. https://t.co/nHwdCAs0bf

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Imagine a forest where every tree vanishes overnight from a gust of wind. Or a meadow where all small birds disappear due to a hawk surge. That’s the scale of change we saw - only it’s underwater, invisible, and microbial. 🙂

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Just published! Our new study reveals how phytoplankton communities can shift dramatically within mere days - driven by grazers like Cladocera and environmental factors such as silica concentration and wind speed.
https://t.co/PaL0QcofrV

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Huge congratulations to Veronika Kantnerová for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at the #ICOP2025 Congress in Seoul, Korea!❤️🏆I’m incredibly proud of her success. You can check out her award-winning poster here if you're curious: https://t.co/YFxeVZ8Guk

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Very happy to be involved in this very interesting study on lichen symbiosis.

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

We just described a novel chrysophyte genus Globulochrysis. It produces teardrop-shaped zoospores and big spherical cell packets🙃.
https://t.co/1UQhswKJJu

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

We are happy to share our review paper summarizing the diversity of green algal lichen symbionts and their free-living occurrences: https://t.co/1VE4KXbGcf

[Prof. Dr. Kenneth Dumack @KDumack]

#Paper_Alert! Did you ever wonder why there is such a large morphological diversity in #shell-bearing #amoebae and what is the #function of shells anyway? It was long assumed shells are for #defense, well let me try to convince you that their purpose is #attack! A thread🧵👇

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

In summary, we show that diversification of protist species can be very rapid. Accordingly, the vast biodiversity of protists and other microorganisms can be explained by rapid ecological speciation despite their widespread dispersal.

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Happy to share our recent publication on the rapid diversification and speciation of a free living protist. https://t.co/7MbzUE4o6D

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Genetically differentiated clusters also differed in temperature growth dynamics and DNA content, suggesting the presence of local adaptation.

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

Finally, in the third paper we resolved the phylogenetic position of the silica scale-forming genus Spiniferomonas, showing that it represents a sister lineage to the genus Chrysosphaerella. https://t.co/JOtFl78UWL

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

We are happy to announce the release of the Fottea special issue devoted to Chrysophytes research! https://t.co/MAZjLsrCtU
Three papers that we contributed are briefly described below.

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

By analyzing the extent of scale deformation, we found that while in Synura the ribs play a key role in the stability of the scale, in Mallomonas they have a negligible effect on stability and apparently play a different function. https://t.co/OfpIt58hdJ

[Algal Evolution Lab @algomicro]

@KuokkanenPanu @AnninaKantel Beautiful! There should be nice acidic chrysophytes :)