Every time I see this book in the library, I imagine Darwin saying “draw me like one of your French girls”

@jimmybernot.bsky.social do you know what this pinchy nauplius looking boy might be? It's serving parasite to me, somehow.

Planned action! Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.

Posting this for the umpteenth time.

Gender is for the individual to decide, not the state. If somebody tells you who they are, and your response is to ignore/question/investigate that identity, I don't know what to say to you. Gender is a matter of etiquette, of common decency, of positive regard for others.

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

🌍 4 year, fully funded PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Basel! 🌿 Explore flatworm speciation in the African Great Lakes! ✔️ Fieldwork in Zambia & Tanzania ✔️ Training in phylogenetics, molecular ecology, evolutionary biology & stable isotope analysis 📅 Deadline: May 31, 2025

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

What are people's thoughts on the new metazoa_odb12 as a BUSCO db?

Taking the pulse of meiofauna research in 2025. My biggest take-home message as the head of one panel: evolutionary genomics is not (yet) anywhere near reaching its potential in this field, partly because of a lack of visibility/interdisciplinary education. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Do you have #Discord account? Did you know there is #microscopy server? Good mixture of microscopy and imaging folks with various backgrounds [1.3k members] is already in. Join us, everyone is welcomed. Repost is deeply appreciated ;] disboard.org/server/67276...

Together with Richard Unsworth at Swansea (@zosterar.bsky.social), we've cooked up a PhD project via the CROCUS DLA. Come do cutting-edge molecular ecology of meiofaunal communities in seagrass meadows in various states of "health". Deadline 20 January, please RT. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Together with Richard Unsworth at Swansea (@zosterar.bsky.social), we've cooked up a PhD project via the CROCUS DLA. Come do cutting-edge molecular ecology of meiofaunal communities in seagrass meadows in various states of "health". Deadline 20 January, please RT. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Happy that my first publication in 🦋 is about this. Our preprint on the origin of Bilateria is out. A nice story about the position of the Xenoacoelomorpha in the animal tree of life. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55

A weird thing about an #ECR group leader in mid 2020s is that loads of grants are stuck at the same level for years, not accountin for the 20% inflation in the past few years. E.g. A max grant cap of £5000 in 2020 now only has £4000 worth of spending power in 2024. Ladder keeps getting pulled!

We have two open PhD positions in my group at @crg.eu. We are seeking candidates with a background in computational and/or molecular biology, and with a broad interest in evolutionary biology, gene regulation, and comparative genomics. 📅Apply before January 12 here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

last couple days to apply (for free! from anywhere in the world!) to the Sanger 2025 PhD Programme — Deadline: 28th November 2024 (09:00 GMT) For more info, visit www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...

I haven't posted about #FreshwaterMussels yet on @bsky.app so here's a summery video of a gorgeous #mussel #river in the #LakeDistrict and it's inhabitants #Cumbria #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery #SpeciesConservation #Restoration #Bivalve #Mollusc

This is an incredible, chilling video essay from #notjustbikes which has totally changed how I think about self-driving cars. Something between documentary, journalism, polemic, and the coldly logical tradition of the best dystopian science fiction: youtu.be/040ejWnFkj0?...

Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Who else at #nanoporeconf is going to try to make bluesky happen?

Lab news: I'm hiring a technician, for all things meiofauna transcriptomics! Perfect for a post-masters student seeking experience before moving to a PhD or industry. Listed as 0.5X but likely to be 0.7X or even 1X, depending on funding. 3.5 years. RT plz. tinyurl.com/LaumerTech