@LaneLabURI

Studying biodiversity and comparative genomics with a focus on the evolution of parasitism in algae and protists. Department Chair. Co-Editor, J Phycol.

 University of Rhode Island
web.uri.edu/lanelab/
Joined June 2012
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Dr. Ad Hoc@Brotinus17 Jan 2025
Sounds like a press release about a bird building its nest
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New tribe-level classification of Loricariidae by Jon Armbruster and myself now out in Neotropical Ichthyology. We also assign these two upper Orinoco endemic species, formerly in Pseudancistrus, to new genera and a new tribe.
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@FishInTheNews10 Jan 2025
#NewGenusAlert - New tribe-level classification of #Hypostominae (#Loricariidae), with descriptions of three new tribes, #Peckoltini, #Pseudancistrini and #Stellantini with two new genera, #𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑥 and #𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎. 🔓 scielo.br/j/ni/a/Ds3Z4ckbjc7…
Armbruster, J. W., & Lujan, N. K.. (2024). New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera. Neotropical Ichthyology, 22(4), e240108. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0108

ALT Armbruster, J. W., & Lujan, N. K.. (2024). New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera. Neotropical Ichthyology, 22(4), e240108. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0108

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Chris Lane retweeted
ISOP@protistologists17 Nov 2024
Iron‑sulfur cluster biogenesis and function in Apicomplexa #parasites Eléa Renaud, Ambre Maupin, Sébastien Besteiro sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Warming seas threaten #coral-algal #symbiosis, & so reef #ecosystems. @Dr_Cnidariana @HolliePutnam &co show that #CoralLarvae alter nutrient metabolism by increasing N assimilation to maintain symbiotic relationships & survive thermal stress #PLOSBiology plos.io/4foh6lL
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There's a massive racial gap in tickets from officer stops, but there is none for camera tickets. New evidence from the US. What a chart. PNAS paper
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Happy to share our last publication to evaluate the diversity and ecology of the (mostly) uncultured MAST clades, an eclectic collection of very small unpigmented protists. How marine are Marine Stramenopiles (MAST)? A cross-system evaluation academic.oup.com/femsec/arti…

How marine are Marine Stramenopiles (MAST)? A cross-system evaluation

MAST are primarily marine with notable exceptions within MAST-2 and MAST-12, where certain subclades are prevalent in freshwater and soil habitats.

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Narcissists do not co-parent: they counter-parent. They do not care about the psychological damage they cause to their children, as they will blame all of that on you.
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Another example of police defunding everyone else
LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia@lacontroller22 Oct 2024
As the City of LA goes broke, one of the many questions we get is: "WHERE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING?" 🤔 The City just started a new fiscal year & if you want to know how the Mayor & a majority of City Council increased or decreased departments' operational budget, see below:
Bar chart that shows increases and decreases from last fiscal year to this fiscal year. bar length is based on the increase or decrease Department Decrease vs Increase from Last Year Street Services -$21.4M $(21,370,180) Fire -$17.6M $(17,553,814) Sanitation -$15.1M $(15,086,772) General Services -$14.2M $(14,218,589) Information Technology Agency -$9.8M $(9,821,141) Public Works -$8.2M $(8,239,136) City Administrative Officer -$6.1M $(6,108,252) Street Lighting -$5.3M $(5,344,987) Aging -$5.1M $(5,067,572) Controller -$2.5M $(2,484,338) Cultural Affairs -$1.9M $(1,898,798) Contract Administration -$1.4M $(1,408,128) Animal Services -$1.4M $(1,392,128) Department on Disability -$793k $(792,898) Council -$698k $(697,579) Econ. and Workforce Dev. -$557k $(556,944) Engineering -$373k $(372,615) Transportation -$324k $(323,538) Mayor -$190k $(190,146) City Clerk -$89k $(89,110) Youth Development -$77k $(76,845) Civil, Human Rights and Equity -$76k $(76,452) Zoo -$

ALT Bar chart that shows increases and decreases from last fiscal year to this fiscal year. bar length is based on the increase or decrease Department Decrease vs Increase from Last Year Street Services -$21.4M $(21,370,180) Fire -$17.6M $(17,553,814) Sanitation -$15.1M $(15,086,772) General Services -$14.2M $(14,218,589) Information Technology Agency -$9.8M $(9,821,141) Public Works -$8.2M $(8,239,136) City Administrative Officer -$6.1M $(6,108,252) Street Lighting -$5.3M $(5,344,987) Aging -$5.1M $(5,067,572) Controller -$2.5M $(2,484,338) Cultural Affairs -$1.9M $(1,898,798) Contract Administration -$1.4M $(1,408,128) Animal Services -$1.4M $(1,392,128) Department on Disability -$793k $(792,898) Council -$698k $(697,579) Econ. and Workforce Dev. -$557k $(556,944) Engineering -$373k $(372,615) Transportation -$324k $(323,538) Mayor -$190k $(190,146) City Clerk -$89k $(89,110) Youth Development -$77k $(76,845) Civil, Human Rights and Equity -$76k $(76,452) Zoo -$

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Why didn’t the #diatom cross the ocean? @ErinBorbee et al. reveal how ocean currents limit dispersal, transport nutrients, and influence protist diversity across the Indo-Pacific 🌊. Learn more: doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13465
Map of sampling locations in Indonesia showing the relative abundance of major eukaryotic groups (a). Bar chart of major eukaryotic taxa in water and sediment of each sampling location (b).

ALT Map of sampling locations in Indonesia showing the relative abundance of major eukaryotic groups (a). Bar chart of major eukaryotic taxa in water and sediment of each sampling location (b).

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As the City of LA goes broke, one of the many questions we get is: "WHERE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING?" 🤔 The City just started a new fiscal year & if you want to know how the Mayor & a majority of City Council increased or decreased departments' operational budget, see below:
Bar chart that shows increases and decreases from last fiscal year to this fiscal year. bar length is based on the increase or decrease Department Decrease vs Increase from Last Year Street Services -$21.4M $(21,370,180) Fire -$17.6M $(17,553,814) Sanitation -$15.1M $(15,086,772) General Services -$14.2M $(14,218,589) Information Technology Agency -$9.8M $(9,821,141) Public Works -$8.2M $(8,239,136) City Administrative Officer -$6.1M $(6,108,252) Street Lighting -$5.3M $(5,344,987) Aging -$5.1M $(5,067,572) Controller -$2.5M $(2,484,338) Cultural Affairs -$1.9M $(1,898,798) Contract Administration -$1.4M $(1,408,128) Animal Services -$1.4M $(1,392,128) Department on Disability -$793k $(792,898) Council -$698k $(697,579) Econ. and Workforce Dev. -$557k $(556,944) Engineering -$373k $(372,615) Transportation -$324k $(323,538) Mayor -$190k $(190,146) City Clerk -$89k $(89,110) Youth Development -$77k $(76,845) Civil, Human Rights and Equity -$76k $(76,452) Zoo -$

ALT Bar chart that shows increases and decreases from last fiscal year to this fiscal year. bar length is based on the increase or decrease Department Decrease vs Increase from Last Year Street Services -$21.4M $(21,370,180) Fire -$17.6M $(17,553,814) Sanitation -$15.1M $(15,086,772) General Services -$14.2M $(14,218,589) Information Technology Agency -$9.8M $(9,821,141) Public Works -$8.2M $(8,239,136) City Administrative Officer -$6.1M $(6,108,252) Street Lighting -$5.3M $(5,344,987) Aging -$5.1M $(5,067,572) Controller -$2.5M $(2,484,338) Cultural Affairs -$1.9M $(1,898,798) Contract Administration -$1.4M $(1,408,128) Animal Services -$1.4M $(1,392,128) Department on Disability -$793k $(792,898) Council -$698k $(697,579) Econ. and Workforce Dev. -$557k $(556,944) Engineering -$373k $(372,615) Transportation -$324k $(323,538) Mayor -$190k $(190,146) City Clerk -$89k $(89,110) Youth Development -$77k $(76,845) Civil, Human Rights and Equity -$76k $(76,452) Zoo -$

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Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi | Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi

Nature - A study presents an approach to establish and track a new endosymbiotic partnership by implanting bacteria in a non-host fungus and shows that stable inheritance of the implanted bacteria...

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The proverbial tree of life, it brings a robust picture on how organisms are related to one another and how they evolve. If we go back to the very beginning, we will find LUCA, but this is #CGUE and we'll focus in LECA
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Very proud to have two of our pictures taken during our expeditions to #Dallol featured in the 2024 catalog of the famous Arles International Festival of Photography @rencontresarles
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Can we talk a little about the grant reviewer expectations for #NSF Broader Impacts? 🧵
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I better go superviral for this...
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Postdoc position available to work with me, in collaboration with Chris Lane @LaneLabURI, on Nephromyces, the closest non-parasitic, extracellular symbiont relatives of the blood parasites (Plasmodium et al). How did the business of blood parasitism start? jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48203/
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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/10.1101/…

A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry

The eukaryote Tree of Life (eToL) depicts the relationships among all eukaryotic organisms; its root represents the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) from which all extant complex lifeforms are...

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PI's in Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio recruiting grad students for Fall 2025 - this is your reminder to advertise broadly! Enter your position info here: forms.gle/MHFCyFhfbcqn69ncA… Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2025

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2025 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for...

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So happy with how this print turned out! Very satisfying when the print is better than the rendering
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The life cycle of the microalga Emiliania after virus infection unveiled by transcriptomics and 3D electron microscopy (plasticity of the cellular architecture across haploid and diploid stages). Collab. with Miguel Frada and his postdoc Laurie Bousquet. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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