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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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