Apply now for the ASN Student Research Awards by March 14! Ten awards of $2k each will be given to research that advances the the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, or behavior. More info here: bit.ly/asn_grant_25

Ep31: The end! The series 'Beyond Microsoft' has come to an end. Thank y'all for watching! Find all the episodes here: 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep28: Deploy your website w/ @netlify.com; an essential platform for the delivery of exceptional and dynamic web experiences. Push your repo to GitHub (see Ep26), link Netlify to GitHub, and your website will be published in seconds! @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep27: Writing plane #html and #css, the @asn-amnat.bsky.social wishes a 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 to all naturalists out here! 👻🔬🐌 🔗 youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep25: In the previous episode, I showed you how to build your personal website in 60s and for free. Today, learn how to set it up before deployment. It is super easy!!! @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep24: In need of building your personal website? The blogdown📦 of #rstats may be the way to go. In this episode, learn how to build an elegant website in literally 60s and completely FREE ($0) @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep23: Another useful tool for teaching is the Shiny library of #rstats. W/ Shiny, you can build Apps for data science with no compromises. Today, build your own App from scratch, learn about each part of it, & deploy it online @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep22: Include "𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙: 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆" in the YAML of your .qmd file to let your audience follow the content of your slides automatically. You can control what they see on their end from your master presentation file. See below how @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep21: While teaching, you may want to highlight specific lines of code output (or even highlight distinct lines over a progression of steps). W/ Quarto, you can do this using the code-line-numbers attribute of code blocks, as shown below @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep20: In the last episode, I showed you why @quarto_pub is an amazing tool for teaching. If you need more convincing evidence, I encourage you to check one of his best features: the chalkboard. Learn how to draw on a notes canvas on top of your slides! 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep19: Have you ever heard about Quarto's features for teaching? If you want to implement innovative digital tools in your teaching, #quarto may be the way to go! Learn how to use it below 👇 @ASNAmNat 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep18: Some might not feel comfortable w/ the #html5 files generated w/ Xaringan. In fact, most conferences ask to submit our presentations as #pdf files. W/ @rmarkdown, you can create fancy Beamer presentations and render them as pdf's @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep16: The "presenter mode" is a feature that enables one to see the presentation notes & other information while the audience sees just the slides. W/ xaringan, you can clone the slides & toggle the presenter mode easily, as shown below 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep15: The xaringan📦 is an Rmarkdown extension based on the JavaScript library remark.js to generate professional presentations. See below how to use it and give it a try for your next talk at #asilomar2025 or @evolmtg.bsky.social 🔬🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep14: Posters are widely used in academic settings, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program. Did you know that w/ the Posterdown📦of #rstats you can make a beautiful poster using reproducible code? see👇 2 examples! @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

The American Society of Naturalists Graduate Council is seeking applications for two new graduate students this year! This year’s additions will serve a term from 2024-2027. For details on how to apply, visit our website asngrads.com or feel free to DM us!

Ep13: Team collab on #GitHub often requires learning about 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔. Pull requests communicate changes to a branch in a repository. That way, you can review changes w/ collaborators and add follow-up commits @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 see below👇 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep12: Just like you use Google Docs to edit your docs online, you can also use #GitHub to assign someone to review your code. Today, I show you how to do that: 1) I deposit my code in a repo, and 2) I assign a colleague to review my code @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep11: We now know that a workflow of our analyses should be deposited in a public repo such as #dryad. Though, it is also a good practice to provide a separate #GitHub link that can be included in the ''Data Accessibility Statement'' of a paper 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep10: R markdown documents are fully reproducible. Such documents enable one to write multiple languages including #R, #Python, & #SQL. Use #rmarkdown to provide a workflow of your data analyses & submit it for reviewed w/ your paper to the @asn-amnat.bsky.social🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep9: Need to write your dissertation? Did you know you can do it w/ the 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 📦 of R? In this episode, watch how I easily write a dissertation-like document using plane R @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep8: Now that you know about 𝑻𝒚𝒑𝒔𝒕, I am going to show you a more advanced program. That is 𝐋a𝐓e𝐱, a high-quality typesetting system that includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation! 🔬🐌 @ASNAmNat 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

Ep7: Often, Microsoft Word is used to write documents. Though, several alternatives tools produce documents as good or better than those written in Word. Today, learn about 𝑻𝒚𝒑𝒔𝒕; a new typesetting system for the sciences! 🔬🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...

So-called 'negative results' still often go unpublished - leading to systematic bias in the literature. But tools to reduce bias (like Registered Reports) are spreading. Read more on: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ep5: At this point, y’all should know how to build and customize a webpage with #HTML and #CSS. Now we need a static site hosting platform to publish it, such as GitHub. Check out our new webpage on this account profile!🔬🐌 🔗 m.youtube.com/@asnamnat915...?

Ep4: In the last episode, we learned how to create a webpage using plane #HTML. I bet you thought the page looked ugly, didn't you? Fair enough! In this episode, you'll learn how to customize the page using #CSS . See below the result! @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🔬🐌

New episode of our series is now out! Ep3: Have you heard of a "𝑩𝒊𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌" page for your IG or X account? In this episode, we are learning basic principles of #HTML required to build the simplest form of a webpage. Visit the @ASNAmNat YouTube channel and learn how to build your own!🔬🐌

I am looking for students (postdocs welcome too) interested in serving on American Society of Naturalists committees (eg student research grants, DEI, etc). Please contact me if you are interested or have a student who might be!!

We're here to remind you that the 2024 ASN Student Research awards are open for funding applications! We offer $2k USD for post-candidacy PhD projects. Apply by March 15th: www.amnat.org/announcement.... Email [email protected] or DM us with questions. @asn-amnat.bsky.social