Who’s out there looking for a postdoc using Morphometrics to study adaptation and trait evolution? Are you based in Australia? Want a CV boost and support to write a DECRA application in 2025? I might have an opportunity for you. DM me 😊

We support Marie Curie postdoc fellows (any nationality) at our museum. If you are interested in working in Oslo and developing a project with me, get in touch! …sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-pos… Apply for museum training program by 7 June. DM!

Quick heads up. Gavin Thomas, Thomas Guillerme and I will be hiring a 3 year postdoc (based in Sheffield) to work on a convergent evolution project. R, PCMs, multivariate datasets etc. Advert will go out in the next few weeks. Please contact us if interested!

We will also be hiring TWO research assistants, 18 months each, based at NHM London. Data collection from specimens and the literature. Again please get in touch if you want to know more! Formal ads in a few weeks, start dates Sept/Oct 24.

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Advert now live: jobs.ac.uk/job/DII857/res…

Another new paper looking at how both the size of an animal and its diet together influence skull shape - this time in rodents! 🐭💀 Well done team! Vera Weisbecker (she/her on Kaurna land) Ariel Marcy 🏳️‍🌈 Thomas Guillerme onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

We are hiring! Two RA positions at NHM London and a postdoc at University of Sheffield as part of a grant on convergent evolution. We strongly encourage diverse applicants to apply. Feel free to email me or Gavin Thomas for more details or if you have any questions 1/3

Delighted to see this paper out! Fantastic work by Ahmed Alenazi & larrlarrr Identifying genomic regions associated with C4 photosynthetic activity and leaf anatomy in Alloteropsis semialata Colin Osborne P-A Christin Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil Ecology and Evolutionary Biology New Phytologist nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Come work with us! 3-year post doc position on the evolutionary genetics of dune building grasses jobs.ac.uk/job/DIO175/res… Closing date: 1st Aug 2024 Please share! Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Science at Sheffield

Funded PhD with me Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc on ecological resilience in freshwater ecosystems, using outdoor pond mesocosms. Informal enquiries welcome. Please RT. findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

🚨Our paper on the major update to R package mvSLOUCH is out!🚨 Now w/ rapid speed for your large multivariate datasets + measurement error + missing data + crucially, the ability to specify precisely how sets of traits evolving by OU/BM interact, e.g. for modularity tests!

Tomorrow I’m heading to #Evol2024 for the 1st time since 2016. Please come and say hi! I’d love to chat about: 1) Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Interested in publishing with us? Have an idea for a review or special feature? Want to know more about how the journal works? Ask away!

Check out our new rmacrostrat📦 that cuts out all of the guess work when downloading data from the Macrostrat database. HUGE potential for geologists and paleontologists. Check it out and let us know what you think! 🔗 rmacrostrat.palaeoverse.org #rstats #palaeoverse #geology

👀Just a friendly reminder that we've got a post-doc position open here at Sheffield, UK investigating multiple chemical stressors on biodiversity. If you're into computational ecology & biodiversity, check out the advert and consider applying! 👀 jobs.ac.uk/job/DIU154/res…

🚨🚨 New preprint out now on @EcoEvoRxiv about the impact of fossils (or lack thereof) on our ability to accurately reconstruct continuous trait evolution (ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…)! If you're at #Evol2024, check out Dr. Bethany Allen's talk at 4:30pm in 520D for details!

Interested in mammal locomotion? Check out the new paper led by Priscila S. Rothier sampling 837 species! 🦴🐳🦇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

📢 deeptime 📦 v. 2.0.0 is now on #CRAN with many new features ✨ - use USGS strat patterns with ggplot2🪨 - add horizontal timescales to radial trees 🍩 - built-in timescales updated (incl. colors) 🏳️‍🌈 Documentation: williamgearty.com/deeptime #rstats #dataviz #geology #deeptime

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 We are delighted to announce that #Macro2025 is coming to University of York 10th-11th July, ✨ with a special workshop on 9th💃 Get ready for 3 days of inspiring talks, networking, and macroecological fun! 🌍 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more updates! 💚