Yannick Schwab

Keywords diatoms cryo-expansion microscopy cell biology ecology immunofluorescence ultrastructure pyrenoid cytoskeleton MTOC symbiosis Introduction Diatoms are responsible for 20% of annual primary productivity on Earth.

Keywords protist plankton expansion microscopy ultrastructure centrin mitosis microtubules dinoflagellates ciliates cryptophytes Introduction For over two centuries, the study of microbial eukaryotes (also “plankton” or “protists,” popular but imprecise historical terms), has expanded our understanding of the natural world.

Keywords symbiosis mutualism cereal weevils nutrient transfer intracellular bacteria ultrastructure electron tomography Introduction Protists, bacteria, and viruses have evolved many strategies to hijack nutrients and thrive within host cells.1,2 While extensively studied in the context of parasitism, mechanisms of nutrient transfer remain poorly explored in intracellular mutualism, despite metabolic exchanges being central in these associations.3 Intracellular mutualistic bacteria...