An inspiring week at the Consensis workshop has come to a close! We’ll pick up where we left off this fall. 🍂 The registration deadline for our fall workshop is at the end of the month. There's still time to apply: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...

I've been in Germany this past week meeting with old friends and making even more new while forging some strong long-term collaborations. Thanks @paleosynth.bsky.social for hosting the workshop!

It’s the third day of the CONSENSIS workshop, and the team is still in good spirits and making good progress. PaleoSynthesis postdoc Danijela Dimitrijevic and Pal research assistant Aldo Benites Palomino are greatly supporting. As a reward ^^, we’re having our traditional workshop dinner tonight!

Set up complete! Coffee machines are turned on… Let‘s go!

Just a few more days, and then it finally begins! The CONSENSIS workshop starts on Monday, and we’re really looking forward to learning more about sensory evolution. Already a warm "whale-come" to all our participants and the PI's!

Now on LinkedIn! Connect with the GeoZentrum Nordbayern - Paleo institute and we will keep you up to date. Follow us and interact with us! www.linkedin.com/company/1191...

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New MSc in Earth System Dynamics & Evolution at FAU Germany! 🌍🧪 Starts Oct 2026. Interdisciplinary + Science Diplomacy. No tuition fees worldwide! 🎓 Funding: Elite Network of Bavaria. 🗓️ Deadline: July 15 💻 Webinars: May 26 (9:00/18:00 CEST) Info & Reg: earthsystem-master.nat.fau.eu

The FAU is having a new web design also influencing PaleoSynthesis. The relaunch is supposed to happen on Monday ("may the 4th be with us" for a smooth transition). If you encounter issues, have questions or simply want to get in contact, plz use [email protected]). Image by Fauzi Toto (vecteezy)

Here we are again with our call for workshops! The call opens today, and you have until June 26 to apply. Take a look at what’s been offered in the past—maybe you can stand out with a completely new topic. Visit: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...

We are excited to present the latest workshop icon! CONSENSIS will take place in June in Erlangen and we are already looking forward to the exciting topic "sensory evolution"

🤓 New M.Sc. program: Earth System Dynamics & Evolution 🤓 fau-earth-system-science.github.io starting October 2026! PostDoc positions available

A huge shout-out to Elizabeth M. Dowding (@the.fairest.fowl) for creating this groundbreaking article, and congratulations on its publication in Nature Eco & Evo. Great work and absolutely worth reading: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Monday night, continuous snowfall ❄️ started to set in... nearly 35 cm compacted over the day. A day for home office followed by a nice walk! Today, the weather has calmed down, and likely most of us have sore muscles from shovelling snow 😅

🎓 IPC7 Travel Grants – Call for Applications The IPC7 organisers offers five Travel Grants to support delegates wishing to attend the IPC7. Each grant covers: ✈️ Return economy airfare 🏨 Accommodation (University residence) 🎟️ Registration fee 🍽️ Conference dinner

First workshop decision 2026! ConSensIS (Rachel Racicot, Senckenberg; Travis Park, Monash) made it. The CONservation SENSory paleobiology International Scientific network aims to establish a conservation sensory paleobiology community for the very first time. Congratulations!

PaleoSynthesis is running for >6 years. Elizabeth M. Dowding has been on board almost from the start. She's not only been committed to PaleoSynthesis. As a person, she's been an important & dedicated part of the Paleontological Institute. All the best @thefairestfowl.bsky.social and stay connected!

Grad students! Three more weeks to submit your Paleobiology Summer School application. Don’t forget! We need your application & the letter of support by your supervisor. Questions or do you need assistance? Get in contact and we are happy to help. More info: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/apw-apply/

🎄 Season’s greetings 🎄 2025 is coming to an end and the PaleoSynthesis team would like to thank for your contributions to the project. We hope that you stick with us and continue to support PaleoSynthesis. 🎅🏽 Happy Holidays 🎅🏽 and may 🎇 2026 🎆 be a good one for all of you!

On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...

We warmly congratulate Wolfgang Kießling on his outstanding achievement in the Ranking of the Stanford List 2025. Wolfgang is ranked among the top 50 in his field! This year’s ranking takes into account a total of 236,313 researchers. Visit: www.fau.eu/2025/09/news... for more details.

#FossilFriday A bonus fossil for #Halloween: the ghoulish ‘face’ of a sectioned Carboniferous brachiopod from a Winchester Cathedral gravestone.

Hello out there! A little reminder about our workshop call… No ideas of your own? Maybe you know a colleague you'd like to throw into the ring. So feel free to spread the word and the link: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...!

👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)

Our homepage moved onto a new server, this also means that the design ist new. However, the domain stays same: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de It might need some cosmetics but we are here for you 😊 If you encounter any issues please get in contact!

Dear followers, our server is experiencing some issues. As a result, the website may be unavailable. If you would like information about the workshop, please email [email protected].

We are opening the last call for workshop proposals in 2025! Deadline is December 15, 2025. Visit the website with the necessary information before preparing a proposal. Questions? Contact Danijela Dimitrijevic (science) or Barbara Seuß (logistics) Info: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...

Last day of the DeepIL workshop. So far a time full of inspiration, ideas, and a great exchange between colleagues from different disciplines and with different backgrounds. Intense but inspiring!

After a short break following the summer school, the program continues. Next week, the DeepIL (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/de...) workshop will take place. Participants will mainly be scientists based in Germany. However, DeepIL also receives support from external research institutions.

🚨Registration open!🚨 Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸 📆 13th November 2025 ⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC 🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

And just like that, they're over... Three weeks of summer school have flown by. Last lunch before everyone goes their separate ways. A BIG thank you to the entire team involved, all the lecturers, and the wonderful students! Stay motivated and positive!

What a great bunch of paleobiologists and soooo international!! the annual @paleosynth.bsky.social summer school. Such a pleasure to share methods with u all. Thanks @devapriya-chat.bsky.social @dralexdunhill.bsky.social @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social & others for sending ur grad students over!

As for all the previous workshops we had an icon designed. DeepIL (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/de...) will be the upcoming workshop in fall and the topic is “Deep-Time Impacts of Life on the Earth System”. And today we are happy to present the latest icon representing this workshop.

Group photo of this years Summer School students and some of the lecturers. All look still pretty fresh and motivated. It's halftime, lets see how it goes next!

This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop in Beijing, China. BEAST2 is a software package used to reconstruct evolutionary trees and is widely applied in diverse areas... more info: www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/08/06/w...

Today is the kick-off of our summer school 2025. 12 smart and motivated students from all over the globe attend the course and hopefully take back home lots of knowledge and skills.

👋 Students welcome! Apply now for the 🎓 Bachelor’s and the Master’s degree programs 🎓 at GeoZentrum Nordbayern including Paleo! www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/07/11/a...

BioDeeptime has made it into Science! "Climate is changing fast—and forests are 200 years behind". A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag—and its consequences."(from ScienceDaily) - article: DOI: 10.1126/science.adr6700 CONGRATULATIONS to the authors.

Already announcing so you get to gather some ideas for your own workshop! Read more: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...

We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit in our research group, which focuses on Global Change Paleobiology. We seek a candidate with a strong background in palaeobiology aiming for an academic career in Paleontology. Interested!? www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...

The deadline for the workshop call has expired. We will now sit down as a team and make a decision. We will inform you about the result as soon as possible! www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...

Nature paper finds that 2/3rds of warming since 1990 is attributable to the wealthiest 10%, with 1/5th caused by top 1%, and 8% of attributable to top 0.1%. A reminder that policy must address the outsized impact of the world's wealthiest. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

After a week of hard work and discussions the PRIME workshops ends today in the late afternoon. Fruitful discussions and breakout groups made good progress and we are looking forward to the outcomes to be published.

Let's go! Today marks the start of the 5-day PRIME (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...) workshop led by Bethany Allen (Potsdam) and Baran Karapunar (Leeds). .... let's discuss mass extinction!

Last day of the IRATE workshop in Erlangen. See the happy faces! Looks like everybody had a good time and hopefully fruitful discussions... can't wait to see the outcomes published ^^ (no pressure at all ;))

AGELESS workshop successfully done... IRATE (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/ir...) workshop to come! Beginning on Monday the topic is "to be or not to be? All about taphonomy!"

Today's the day! With members from the previous BioDeepTime workshops, today AGELESS (go.fau.de/1bhbe) starts with a series of lectures followed by the workshop with individual breakout groups.

A nice little reminder of our proposal call for workshops! You have until May 18th... have a look here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected. act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk