Hello all new followers! Writing "Hi, I'm Ruben" feels redundant and uninteresting given that it says so on my profile already. To introduce myself, I will instead introduce my study system and project. And to do this, I will post 16 images from 16 days of Hawai'i island fieldwork.

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Aurelien Tellier presenting the details of #eseb2027 which will be a hub meeting, with connected and local sessions in 4 hubs (Gothenburg, Munich, London, Istanbul) eseb2027.org #eseb2025

Thanks to Sofia and May Sheday for the courageous and inspiring talks! The scientific world cannot remain silent @eseb2025.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #inclusivity 🏳️‍🌈 #transrights 🏳️‍⚧️ #freepalestine 🇵🇸

Festa de Gràcia!

The follow-up in ESEB Barcelona! :)

Great first three days of ESEB @eseb2025.bsky.social Many great talks, many great posters, lots and lots of great evolutionary biology. Also many new followers! I will post a proper introduction once the conference is over, but for now: hello!

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

If I wasn't already tied up with a different plant, I'm not sure I could resist falling headfirst in love with the ʻōhiʻa lehua. Not only do they pop up out of the lava rock like it's nothing, they also have such amazing blossoms!

Don't look at the view, look at these plants! 🌿 You looked at them? You sure? Fine. Now you can look at the view. ⛰️ #fieldwork #botany #hawaii

Native Hawaiian Plants course excursion. Lots of plants, lots of rain, enthusiastic grad students, great views, and flowering Wikstroemia to sample.

Tester Memorial Symposium at the School of Life Sciences, UHM. Learned a lot about marine biology around the Pacific, and a little bit about terrestial stuff too. An important theme in "Hoʻokele ʻIke: Navigating Knowledge in Life Sciences", a wonderful end banquet, and a great experience overall!

From this week and three months onward I am in Hawai'i for #fieldwork and collaboration. Currently getting myself acquainted with Honolulu.

My species concept is the one that gets the most money

My first proper botanical field work! Good to see the results are finally out. Here are some pictures from my (very minor) contribution 🌱

We talk of doing detective work a lot within science, but few things match the description as well as herbarium sheet deciphering. I spent 30 minutes on one of my sampled sheets today. From 1846, in French, and – it turns out – from Vietnam. The rush when you finally put things together is real! 🔥

Beautiful Český Krumlov 🏰☀️ One week left of Population and Speciation Genomics @wpsg.bsky.social @evomics.bsky.social

Learning Population and Speciation Genomics for all I'm worth! Cold and sunny weather on the breaks helps!