Our website is back!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Also, if you have yet to register for this Wednesday's Joy of Discovery lecture (online at 3PM GMT+0), do so here: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving a talk on the origin of feathers.

The online Joy of Discovery event is back! 🎉 This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker! Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers. Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0 REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans

We are experiencing some issues with our website. We will let you know as soon as it is back in working order.

Reminder, registration for this year's Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), closes tomorrow at 13:00 GMT+0. Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9

If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0. Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9

We love hearing from our LinneSys awardees!

Our Founders' Lecture by Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social is underway!

📢📢📢We want your abstracts!!!!!!📢📢📢 Registration form manager is not known to dither!!!

📢📢📢 #YSF2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES THIS SATURDAY OCT 25TH 11:59PM GMT+1 📢📢📢 If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum! REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

Students (and recent graduates) working on anything phylogenetics, systematics or taxonomy-related, the abstract submission deadline for this year's (FREE ONLINE) Young Systematists' Forum approaches! Send us your abstracts by Saturday, OCTOBER 25 11:59PM GMT+1 tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

Students, if you join us for the lecture, we will be hosting a Student Committee-sponsored reception and you'll be entitled to a FREE drink 🍻 The receptions will be held jointly, so you'll have the opportunity to meet other students and members of the Association. Join us! tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

Don't forget to register for our in-person Founders' Lecture, next Friday OCT 24 6PM at Burlington House, London. Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇 This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

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📢📢📢 Correction! Friday, OCT 24! 📢📢📢

Do you like bats, phylogenetics, comparative genomics? Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture! Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇 Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us! If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference! Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1 REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

Don't forget to register for our (free) upcoming Founder's Lecture on Friday, Oct 24 6PM at Burlington House, London. Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin, will be talking to us about all things bats! 🦇 Registration: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8 Details: systass.org/founders-lec...

Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics. Abstract submission closes Oct 25th! REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc systass.org/young-system...

We are delighted to announce that this year's Founders' Lecture will be delivered by Prof. @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin! TITLE: Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures? WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 6PM WHERE: Burlington House, London JOIN US: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker! In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?' www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...

Registration for this year's YSF is open!!! Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1 Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0 Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

Keep your eyes peeled, this year's edition of the Young Systematists' Forum approaches! When: Nov 14 2025 Where: Online! We will open registration and abstract submission soon! Stay up to date here: systass.org/young-system...

We have a new volume out! www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo... This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out! (Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)

And this year's Policy 'Lecture' aka discussion panel is underway! @systassn.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation! Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

Tired of politicised media discourse? Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science? Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation! Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

Just over a week left to register to join us (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts! When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST Where: Burlington House, London How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

In a time of increasingly polarised discourse, join us (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts! When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST Where: Burlington House, London How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

How is misinformation threatening efforts to preserve biodiversity? Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation. tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

And that's a wrap on the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! Thank you to all the attendees, instructors (@anaserrasilva.bsky.social, @sabifo4.bsky.social, Tomas Flouri and Yuttapong Thawornwattana) and to our wonderful TA @lauramulvey.bsky.social!

Day 2 of our (@systassn.bsky.social and SRUK/CERU) joint Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop is underway! We started with an introduction to the Multispecies Coalescent by Yuttapong Thawornwattana.

The first joint @systassn.bsky.social and SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop is underway!

Hey @systassn.bsky.social members, if you have issues with membership payments, please check the email you use for PayPal, especially if you haven't given us any other email address! Odds are we've tried to contact you already

Alert! Our website and email are currently down. We will let everyone know when they are back up and running!

We've still got some spots open for our in-person Bayesian phylogenetics workshop! Deadline is tomorrow, Friday 14th at 17:00 GMT+0 Register! systass.org/workshop-bay...

PSA for @systassn.bsky.social members and soon-to-be members - if you're paying dues using someone else's PayPal, you need to tell me that! I can't psychically know that Jane is paying John's membership

Final day! You have until 23:59 GMT+0 March 10 to apply yo the LinneSys scheme. We (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) provide up to 1500GBP for taxonomy and/or systematics projects. You just need to be a member to apply. Apply TODAY: systass.org/linnesys/

📢4 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY TO THE LINNESYS SCHEME Deadline 10th at 23:59 GMT+0 We (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) provide up to 1500GBP for taxonomy and systematics projects. All you need is to be a member of either society and write an A4 page proposal! systass.org/linnesys/

THERE'S STILL TIME TO APPLY TO THE LINNESYS SCHEME! YOU HAVE 6 DAYS, GET TYPING! We offer up to 1500GBP for systematics/taxonomy-based projects. Join the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social and apply! systass.org/linnesys/

Looking for funds for a small systematics-focused project? You have until 23:59 GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 10TH to apply to the LinneSys scheme! You can apply for up to 1500GBP, you just need to be a member of @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social! Details here: systass.org/linnesys/

Are you a student interested in Bayesian phylogenetics? Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!! Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register. systass.org/workshop-bay...

Applications for the LinneSys fund are still open. You just need a systematics-focused project and to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social. Don't leave membership to the last minute and don't harass our Membership Officer!!! Apply now ! systass.org/linnesys/

We are organising an in-person Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU. When: April 29-30, 2025 Where: University College London There are limited places, so please pre-register by March 14th!!! Find more details here: systass.org/workshop-bay...

The LinneSys call is open! Deadline: March 10th, 23:59PM GMT+0 All you need is a systematics-based proposal and to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social! Don't leave membership applications to the last minute! Apply: systass.org/linnesys/

The 2025 LinneSys call is open! Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out! systass.org/linnesys/ All you need is to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in a country listed here: tinyurl.com/n2t929zh

The 2025 LinneSys call is open! Need funding for a systematics-based project? Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/ You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply! Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0

Have you registered for tomorrow's online President's Lecture? From 3PM GMT+0 we will announce the YSF winners and our outgoing president, Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, will talk on 'Systematics in Transition: Reflections and Ideas for the Future' Register: forms.gle/RB4MKZLzJcZk...

Our President's Lecture will be held this Wed, Nov 27 at 3PM GMT+0 Our outgoing president, @pablomurod.bsky.social , will be talking on 'Systematics in Transition: Reflections and Ideas for the Future' Register! tinyurl.com/ye22u7td

Our online AGM and President's Lecture approach! On Wed, Nov 27: Member-only AGM (details to follow), 2PM GMT+0 President's Lecture, 3PM GMT+0 @pablomurod.bsky.social will be talking on 'Systematics in Transition: Reflections and Ideas for the Future' Register: tinyurl.com/ye22u7td

Registration for #YSF2024 is now closed! If you have registered we will be starting at 10:00AM GMT+0 See you soon!