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It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon

Did you ever wonder why there is such a large morphological diversity in shell-bearing amoebae and what is the function of shells anyway?

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#ISEPpapers 25: July, August, and September 2024

Your twenty-fifth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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#ISEPpapers 24: April, May, and June 2024

Your twenty-fourth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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#ISEPpapers 23: January, February, and March 2024

Your twenty-third digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here

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2024 PSA-ISOP-ISEP: Registration is NOW OPEN

The registration for the 2024 PSA-ISOP-ISEP Joint Meeting is now open!

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Tom Cavalier-Smith prize DEADLINE EXTENDED

We are extending the deadline for Tom Cavalier-Smith prize nominations to January 31st

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43rd Meeting of the German Society for Protozoology

The conference venue will be the at Adolf-Schmidt-Bildungszentrum in Haltern am See.

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#ISEPpapers 22: October, November, and December 2023

Your twenty-second digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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New Protists Described in 2023

From termite symbionts with rotating heads to amoeboid cactus-dwellers, from cannibalistic ex-algae to ciliates thriving in saturated brine

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Single-celled protists in the guts of animals thrive without the powerhouse of the cell

Genomic analysis suggests the oxymonad lineage lost their mitochondria about 100 million years ago.

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Tom Cavalier-Smith Prize 2024

We are pleased to announce an open call for nominations for the Tom Cavalier-Smith prize 2024! Deadline for nominations: January 15.

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#ISEPpapers 21: July, August, and September 2023

Your twenty-first digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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#ISEPpapers 20: April, May, and June 2023

Your twentieth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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#ISEPpapers 19: January, February, and March 2023

Your nineteenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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Researchers decipher the unique DNA of a previously unknown parasite

This newly described protozoan exhibits a completely unpredictable and distinct deviation from the genetic code.

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#ISEPpapers 18: October, November, and December 2022

Your eighteenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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What are reduced mitochondria for?

Reduced mitochondria provide an essential function for the cytosolic methionine cycle.

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#ISEPpapers 17: July, August, and September 2022

Your seventeenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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ISEP Virtual Meeting 2023

ISEP will have its biennial meeting as a special online ‘time-zone inclusive’ 24-hour event on the 19/20th of January 2023.

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#ISEPpapers 16: April, May, and June 2022

Your sixteenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!

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