First single author paper is out ! Whoop! 🎉🎉🎉

Have a read if you like amphibian phylogenetics, tree set heterogeneity or character construction.

Extended Lissamphibia: a tale of character non-independence, analytical parameters and islands of trees tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Please see new paper describing single cell atlas of Xenoturbella. A huge effort from
Helen and a great collaboration with Heather Marlow and
Arnau Sebé Pedrós. Thanks so much to all co-authors.
(Download here: rdcu.be/dBMxf)

nature.com/articles/s4146…

A particularly scandalous example of the marketisation of universities corroding educational standards and #academicfreedom . UCL cracked down on teaching & bullied lecturer to keep fee paying Chinese students happy. Heads should roll at UCL.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/0…

The 2024 LinneSys call is open!

Need funding for a systematics-based project?

Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/

You need an active The Systematics Association or The Linnean Society of London membership to apply!

Applications close Sunday, 7th April at 23:59 BST

Ever wondered where a snake’s head ends and its tail begins? Or how we know the age of meteorites?

Dive deep into new interests, see exclusive behind-the-scenes treasures and learn flexibly from world-leading researchers.

Try a Naturally Curious course: brnw.ch/21wHrcG

How is it now a good time to dismantle collections?? Does it need to be spelled out that collections are our major resource for combating biodiversity loss..? Poor strategic thinking Duke University change.org/p/urge-duke-un…

carosegami.wordpress.com/2024/03/01/her… About the herbarium situation at Duke University Trinity College at Duke Duke Biology
Dear Kathleen Pryer I took the liberty to write a little something and use a couple pictures from our tour, I hope you don't mind!

To ensure a smooth application process, make sure to join the The Systematics Association or The Linnean Society of London .
Membership officer haranguing will not be tolerated! Your lack of preparation is not our emergency. 😠
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Join ZooCell as a PhD student:
– Research projects on cell type evolution
– Training in mol genetics, single-cell/spatial omics, correlative light/electron microscopy, deep learning
– Research exchange between 12 labs across Europe
– PhD student community
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/189511

Our preprint reporting the genome of the hagfish *Eptatretus atami* has now been published in nature incorporating extra analyses, particularly focused on diploidisation after WGDs in vertebrates
nature.com/articles/s4158…

PhD project Natural History Museum on the Cambrian explosion of echinoderms. Co-supervised by Andrew Meade and Chris Venditti UoR BioSci, Tim Ewin and Frankie Dunn. Application deadline 25th February. Please get in touch! findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

Just a few days left to apply! We're hiring a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology UoB Palaeobiology University of Bristol Earth Sciences University of Bristol. Researchers of any branch of the tree of life and interval of Earth History welcome. Application deadline Dec 20. shorturl.at/hpxO5

Less than a week left to apply!

We've been fortunate to glean insights about the intricacies of #Phylogenomics from this stellar team of instructors Paschalia Kapli Tomas Flouri Mario dos Reis 🇻🇪🇵🇹🇬🇧 Sandra Álvarez & Ziheng Yang's Group
Big thanks to the diverse and international group of attendees for joining us this week.

This afternoon, Tomas Flouri guided us through the Bayesian analysis of genomic sequence data, specifically exploring the multispecies coalescent model using BPP

If interested check it out: github.com/bpp/bpp-tutori…

Come and work Natural History Museum with me on disease ecology and global change topics. **FIVE** positions available: 2 post-doctoral (2.5yrs) 3 pre-doctoral level (2 yrs). Pls retweet and spread widely, closing 18th Dec Natural History Museum Science UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research Tim Lucas nhm.ac.uk/about-us/caree…

This week we´re thrilled to be conducting the Phylogenomics course with this outstanding team of instructors: Paschalia Kapli, Tomas Flouri, Mario dos Reis 🇻🇪🇵🇹🇬🇧, Sandra Álvarez, & Ziheng Yang's Group
Excited to welcome a diverse group of attendees from across the globe.
Let our phylogenetic journey begin😍

Looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting project, combining experimental and computational work, to reconstruct and compare gene regulatory networks used in leg development and regeneration. /1

🎉Really excited to share our latest work, were we combined data from the immune Human Cell Atlas with population genomics data to quantify Adaptation in the Human Immune Cell landscape at the cell-type level, since we split from the chimpanzees. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… A 🧵: