Very nice to join the retreat of the Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics (CEG) research group in Kongsberg. The major aim is to update and rearrange the group's web-presentation. www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...

Interesting breakfast panel discussion yesterday organised by the @civita.bsky.social thinktank. The key question who will win the Ukraine-Russia war remained unanswered, nevertheless some interesting points worth thinking about. civita.no/arrangement/...

Nice way to start the week. Congratulations to Kmentova et al. for having the manuscript 'Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa' accepted for publication in Frontiers in Zoology.

Veldig bra kronikk av Espen Skorstad i Dagens Næringsliv om fraser som 'Jeg utviste dårlig dømmekraft'. Slike 1språklige nødutgang' er i virkeligheten bare ansvarsfraskrivelse. 'Språk betyr noe'. Anbefales !! www.dn.no/kronikk/jeff...

Lesenswert !! "Es ist ein Unterschied, ob ich reden oder etwas sagen möchte. Diese Grenze verschwimmt immer mehr."

Only two days of the week have passed and I have already attended two workshops at University of Oslo. I was surprised to learn about a new trend of training scientists like pets through positive reinforcement. Each question was rewarded with a treat that was thrown to the querist. Very strange !!

Very strange that there is that little discussion about his topic that is not only very important for the US and Russia but essentially for the rest of the world as well.

New research published! I wanted to write about this, because I think the DE-Score *might* be the thing I'm proudest of so far! All my career I have dreamt of finding something so clean. The DE-Score is a way to tell when amino acid data stops being informative. 1/7 academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

9:30 a.m. and 42 participants of the Ekebergsletta parkrun #164 (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/) are on their way. A big thank you to eight volunteers that made the event possible. #parkrun

Looking forward to a wintery Ekebergsletta parkrun tomorrow. The track seems to be in good condition 👍🙂👍 #parkrun #Ekebergslettaparkrun

This month, there was a change in the editorial board of the Zoological Scripta. Per Ericson from the Museum of Natural History Stockholm stepped down and Torsten H. Struck from the Natural History Museum Oslo joined the team. check: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1463... @wileyecology.bsky.social

Science is much more than 'technological innovation'. There may be a need for refining the definition of 'technological innovation', but I doubt that this alone will improve public trust in science in the US.

Viele interessante Gedanken zum Thema Eintritt fuer Museen - gilt sicherlich nicht nur fuer Kunstmuseen.

Probably a must for journal clubs at Natural History Museums. I will present for the CEG group will take up Letsch et al. (2025) 'Type Genomics: A Framework for Integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic Research' upcoming Tuesday. doi.org/10.1093/sysb... #museumcollections #zoology

The full January 2026 issue (55_1) of the Zoologica Scripta compiling 14 highly interesting papers can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14636409... Enjoy the reading. @wileyecology.bsky.social

Great news - the Zoologica Scripta has now a dedicated featured article page: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1.... For the January 2026 issue it is the Yu et al paper entitled 'Out-of-Africa: Origin of the Disjunct Distribution of Paleotropical Eneopterinae Crickets (Gryllidae, Xenogryllini)'.

Looking forward to serve as facilitator with 2 further courses on Research Integrity Training that University of Oslo offers to all staff. Usually, very interesting discussions when scientists from various faculties come together to discuss ethical issues. www.uio.no/english/abou...

Very interesting paper presenting and discussing genome evolution of tree ferns. Inspired me to draft a blog post for the advent calendar of our research group blog.annelida.de/2025/12/11/d...