It is rare to meet protistologists who are not passionate about their study subject. The vast majority of people, however, never get the chance to hear about the work of these researchers. Although every researcher working on protists is likely to be aware of this situation, efforts made and tools employed for dissemination of knowledge are rarely documented. Following a proposal by the Italian Society of Protistology, a workshop at the 2019 VIII European Congress of Protistology in Rome, Italy, was dedicated to protistological knowledge dissemination. Through the many interventions, we discovered the diversity of efforts to reveal the protistan world to the general public, including museum exhibitions and activities, public understanding of science events, citizen science projects, specific book publications, the use of protists in teaching at all levels from primary school children to university undergraduate students, and to a global audience via social media. The participation of the workshop delegates in the discussions indicated that presentations on the wonderful world of protists to the public not only increase the visibility and accessibility of protistology research but are also very important for the scientific community. Here we report on some of the key aspects of the presentations given in the dissemination workshop.

很少遇到不热衷于研究主题的原学家。但是，绝大多数人从来没有机会了解这些研究人员的工作。尽管每个从事生物工作者的研究人员都可能知道这种情况，但是很少有文献记载为知识传播所做的努力和采用的工具。根据意大利Protistology协会的提议，在意大利罗马举行的2019 VIII欧洲Protistology大会上举办了一个研讨会，专门讨论了Protologic知识传播。通过多种干预，我们发现了向公众展示protistan世界的各种努力，包括博物馆展览和活动，公众对科学事件的理解，公民科学项目，特定的书籍出版物，在从小学生到大学本科生的各个层次的教学中，以及通过社交媒体向全球受众的传播中，都使用原生者。研讨会代表的参与表明，向公众介绍生物学家的美好世界，不仅增加了生物学家研究的知名度和可及性，而且对科学界也非常重要。在这里，我们报告了传播研讨会上演讲的一些关键方面。研讨会代表的参与表明，向公众介绍生物学家的美好世界，不仅增加了生物学家研究的知名度和可及性，而且对科学界也非常重要。在这里，我们报告了传播研讨会上演讲的一些关键方面。研讨会代表的参与表明，向公众介绍生物学家的美好世界，不仅增加了生物学家研究的知名度和可及性，而且对科学界也非常重要。在这里，我们报告了传播研讨会上演讲的一些关键方面。