PL retweet. Developmental Biology Course (Quintay). More information: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

Is the South coast of Dorset the most beautiful place in England? (n.b. this a rhetorical question and I'm not interested in other opinions)

David Attenborough seems amazing until you discover he likes pizza with pineapple on it.

Bay Area friends: I'll be in conversation with Alexis Madrigal at University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley on May 20th. botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/event/how-fl...

Fantastic! Congratulations @matthewcobb.bsky.social

Near an hour later and can still hear the Emirates sing.

It is just over two years since publication of "Organismic Animal Biology". I have gotten very positive feedback in person, but there have been almost no reviews of the book. If you are one of the ~100 people who purchased a copy and liked it, please post a review on your favorite online bookshop.

Buy durable and repairable stuff and you not only reduce waste and pollution but you save money. Up front costs are one of the barriers though. Five easy-to-fix buys that might last you forever - www.ft.com/content/5eda... via @FT

Lovely to get this in the post today. What a beautiful looking book @dghaskell.bsky.social. Really looking forward to diving in.

Very happy to receive copies of the Portuguese translation of my book The Tree of Life. The cover looks beautiful! (n.b. species placed more for aesthetics than for evolutionary relationships so please don't write in!)

It seems it's already typeset. That was quick! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Love this piece. Einstein and Angine de Poitrine.

The Tree of Life available as a paperback today. bit.ly/41Mq7jp Breezy, scholarly, whimsical, rigorous + companionable guide to our family history. TLS Erudite, highly informed, frequently amusing.. compelling + memorable. Science Enjoyable + ambitious. An exhilarating cartographic journey. WSJ

Come work with us! We are recruiting for a 1 year maternity cover Curator (Science Collections). www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Wonderful premiere last night of new Opera "Rosalind" at Kings College, London. Exploring the life, work, and legacy of Rosalind Franklin. Composed by Peter Hugh White, with a libretto by Clare Heath. helix-music.co.uk/opera.html

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First thrush I have seen in many years. Hampstead heath. These seemed very common when I was young. Have they declined a lot????

I’ve read all the biographies & Crick’s autobiography too, but I feel like I got to know the real person in this book. A masterpiece, because of the brilliant writing and research of @matthewcobb.bsky.social

Includes a cameo from Mnemiopsis leidyi 🤩

These images show live embryos of animals (jellyfish, crustacean, worm, sea urchin, sea squirt, beetle) and one of animals closest single-celled relatives. They were captured taking advantage of fluorescent proteins localised on the outer membrane of cells, allowing us to observe cell outlines. 1/9

Thanks so much @rogerhighfield.bsky.social it was such a pleasure to talk to you. Book out in paperback on Weds.

Looking forward to talking to you too @rogerhighfield.bsky.social ! Currently hotfooting my way back from Naples.

Look forward to talking to Max Telford about his book The Tree of Life at the mighty new #BarnesburyBookFestival tomorrow at 2pm! www.barnsburybookfestival.org

It's less than a week until Barnsbury book festival 2026 where I will be talking about my book The Tree of Life. (Saturday, April 18 14:00-15:00.) Lots of great talks! Tickets available here... www.barnsburybookfestival.org/whats-on

From Pisani et al: CAT-GTR is one of the most flexible models in the phylogenomic arsenal. Phylogenomic mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned models academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

What a pleasure to be in conversation about flowers and their many meanings with Daphne Chouliaraki Milner in @atmosmag.bsky.social, with marvelous art by Max Attila Bartsch atmos.earth/art-and-cult...

My first Hoopoe. Seen at the extraordinary Greek temples at Paestum, south of Naples. Best preserved in the world and there are three of them.

On 10 April the world celebrates Ctenophore day! (Meanwhile in the USA they are celebrating Ophorecten day.)

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity as part of DFG Research Training Group "GönomiX" at the University of Göttingen! ​We are seeking a bioinformatician/scientist to study cross-species comparison of Gene Regulatory Networks using our "Göttingen Zoo" of emerging model systems. #GoenomiX @bucherlab.bsky.social

Nearly full, but some seats remain. Join me for tales of floral revolution 🌼 Reception celebrating Vitis and yeast following

Searching the Guardian for an April fools joke but there's nothing remotely funny to be found. Grim news from top to toe.

Looking for a post-doc in macroecology or paleobiology? Work with the fabulous Erin Saupe in @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology : my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Interested in big flowering plant genera? Come work with the exciting global Solanum group - based at @nhm-london.bsky.social - phylogenomics, diversification, nightshade fun! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Screw the far right. Very moving to hear Michael Rosen and others today. A LOT of people.

We are excited to share that we have been shortlisted for Best Use of Digital in the 2026 @museumsandheritage.com Awards for our work on the World of Wasps exhibition. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Interested in joining a dynamic, interdisciplinary research department? A call is open for Group Leaders at the UCL Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology. Please submit your expression of interest by April 13, 2026. Further details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

A reminder that there is one week left to apply for our post (Professor / Assistant Professor) in Computational Genomics in Health and Disease here at UCL Genetics Institute (UGI) funded by the UCL @ucl.ac.uk Health Strategy. Details 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/....

I have a Smiths joke but It's too close to home, And it's too near the bone, More than you'll ever know.

Opinion: Given the models currently implemented for protein phylogenetics in widely used phylogenetics tools, we should be more concerned about the biases induced by overly simple models that are misspecified than problems associated with overparameterization.

I will be talking about my book The Tree of Life at the 2026 Barnsbury book festival. Saturday, April 18 14:00-15:00. Lots of great talks! Tickets available here... www.barnsburybookfestival.org/whats-on

Congratulations to Michael Wen and Andrew Gillis on this exciting paper out today! Shared competence forms the basis of gill arch and paired fin serial homology | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🏅 This month's Editor's Choice article by Megan Barkdull and Corrie Moreau: "Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci" academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @corriemoreau.bsky.social @meganbarkdull.bsky.social

Leria & Maldonado (2026-03, Molecular Biology and Evolution) (open access) Innovations in Silicon Transport Shaped the Rise of Biosilicification and Skeletal Evolution in Sponges doi.org/10.1093/molb...

This is our brilliant (and growing) MSc Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology teaching team. Come to @ucl.ac.uk and study with these experts in human evolution, Palaeolithic archaeology and Quaternary science. 🏺🦣🧪🧬🦴 tinyurl.com/yc22vea3

Happy PI day to all PIs who celebrate.

V useful @mothyblackburn.bsky.social Had been looking up EVs today coincidentally.

I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word!

UK friends: I'll be in London on April 2nd, bringing tales of floral creativity to @linneansociety.bsky.social. I hope to see you there! Register here: members.linnean.org/events/69614...