Mastodawn

My #photo shows #lichens #Xanthoria #parietina (Teloschistales) and #Physcia #adscendens (Caliciales) on a branch of #tree Carpinus betulus. The #symbiosis of #mycobiont (fungus) and #photobiont (algae) = lichens has still much #research potential. The authors C. Lorenz et al. (2023) e.g. have successfully tested X. parietina for use in #space under #Martian conditions.

©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Reference
C. Lorenz et al. (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32008-6

Photos: lichens © S. F. Wirth Berlin

Stefan F. Wirth 14h ago

Current Biology 6d ago

Hijacking and integration of algal plastids and mitochondria in a polar planktonic host https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Stefan F. Wirth 14h ago

Bruno C. Vellutini Dec 8

Cifonauta 2.0 is live

Cifonauta 2.0 went live last week! It’s been almost two years of work since our project to modernize the image database was approved.

Link: https://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br

The site now has a responsive interface for mobile devices and a new administrative dashboard for users and curators of the database. Yes! We will gradually open up the database for users to upload and publish their images of marine organisms and habitats on Cifonauta.

With this, we hope to expand the content of the database to represent not only the rich biodiversity of marine organisms, but also the great diversity of people who contribute to marine biology in Brazil (and the world).

Special thanks to Virginia Castilho, who managed the project, and to the IN Junior team who developed many of the new features.

If you encounter any problems, please report them here or here.

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URL: https://brunovellutini.com/posts/cifonauta-v2-live/

#biodiversity #cyphonautes #django #marineBiology #python #webDevelopment

Cifonauta: Marine Biology Image Database

<em>Cifonauta</em> is an image database containing a wide variety of photos and videos from scientific activities in marine biology. The images contain taxonomic classification, life stage, habitat, and other information that let you browse intuitively.

Cifonauta: Marine Biology Image Database

Stefan F. Wirth 1d ago

Current Biology 5d ago

Intercellular sphingolipid signaling mediates aversive learning in C. elegans https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00429-4?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Stefan F. Wirth 1d ago

Scientific European Mar 27

Particle colliders for study of “Very early universe”: Muon collider demonstrated
Particle accelerators are used as research tools for the study of very early universe............

https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/physics/particle-colliders-for-study-of-very-early-universe-muon-collider-demonstrated/

Particle colliders for study of “Very early universe”: Muon collider demonstrated

Particle accelerators are used as research tools for the study of very early universe. Hadron colliders (particularly CERN’s Large Hadron Collider LHC) and el

Scientific European

Stefan F. Wirth 1d ago

ZooCELL MSCA-Doctoral network Mar 4

More #introduction about our ZooCELL network.

We will do a lot of volume electron #microscopy #volumeEM focusing on sensory systems in marine #animals

We will combine this with single-cell #genomics, correlative LM/EM, #AI -based image segmentation and classification, and genetics

You can read more about the participating labs here:

https://zoocell.eu/consortium/#Beneficiaries

We will post about events, projects etc. in the coming years.
If you like #zoology #evodevo #marine #biology follow/boost us!

Consortium - ZooCELL

The EvoCell network brings together 8 academic and 2 non-academic organisations from 6 European countries.

ZooCELL

Stefan F. Wirth 2d ago

Glyn Moody 3d ago

Wild chimpanzees filmed by scientists bonding over alcoholic fruit - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/21/wild-chimpanzees-filmed-by-scientists-bonding-over-alcoholic-fruit "Footage of apes consuming fermented breadfruit leads researchers to ask if it may shed light on origins of human feasting"

Wild chimpanzees filmed by scientists bonding over alcoholic fruit

Footage of apes consuming fermented breadfruit leads researchers to ask if it may shed light on origins of human feasting

The Guardian

Stefan F. Wirth 2d ago

Science Scholar Apr 4

Repurposed smartphone camera sensors create real-time, high-resolution imaging of antiproton annihilations https://phys.org/news/2025-04-repurposed-smartphone-camera-sensors-real.html #science

Repurposed smartphone camera sensors create real-time, high-resolution imaging of antiproton annihilations

Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? The AEgIS collaboration, led by Professor Christoph Hugenschmidt's team from the research neutron source FRM II at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has developed a detector using modified mobile camera sensors to image, in real time, the points where antimatter annihilates with matter.

Phys.org

Stefan F. Wirth 2d ago

Plazi Species Apr 11

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Clavaria orientalis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C72319-8183-55D9-8A84-7886304EEAF3
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.115.145774
#MycoKeys #ClavariaOrientalis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

Clavaria orientalis P. Zhang & Ju. Yan 2025, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Stefan F. Wirth 4d ago

Two versions of my current #digitalpainting "Two Friends," which I created by hand using a drawing program. As is often the case in my #paintings, a #forest was chosen as a protective zone, a habitat, and a dramatic #backdrop. #art
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025