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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51st Jirovec’s Protozoological Days: Watch Online!
The 51st annual Jírovec’s Protozoological Days are taking place in Svratka, Czechia, from 20-24 June 2022. You can watch the talks online.
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Solidarity Forums
If you as an ISEP member would be able to host a scientist, please, post your information on the ISOP Solidarity Forum.
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#ISEPpapers 15: January, February, and March 2022
Your fifteenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here.
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New Analyses Favour Mitochondria as Sister to Known Alphaproteobacteria
Our study robustly places mitochondria as the immediate sister group of Alphaproteobacteria.
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#ISEPpapers 14: October, November, and December 2021
Your fourteenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!
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Anaeramoebae Shed Light on the Transition from Anaerobic Mitochondria to Hydrogenosomes
These protists were isolated from anaerobic marine environments. We sequenced the transcriptomes of two species.
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Amitochondriates: PostDoc and PhD positions
Positions are available focused on the investigation of anaerobic protists (microbial eukaryotes) classified as Preaxostyla.
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#ISEPpapers 13: July, August, and September 2021
Your thirteenth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!
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Video: “Tree of life” symposium in memory of Tom Cavalier-Smith
ISOP and ISEP jointly hosted the “Tree of life” symposium in memory of Tom Cavalier-Smith and his remarkable contr
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