A genomic step change for biodiversity knowledge cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4... #biodiversity #genomics

[New Paper] @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social presents the concept of the SOSA @oceanspecies.bsky.social project, pushing for the acceleration of marine conservation through the synergistic interactions among a "triad": Taxonomy, Red Listing, and Public Engagement! OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Dornburg et al. (2026-04 preprint, bioRxiv) (open access) Signal, noise, and bias in phylogenetic inference: potential and limits to the resolution of phylogenetic trees in the phylogenomic era www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

and they picked 1st April to do this⁉️

A research fellow post combining MESOZOIC PALAEOBOTANY and plant ecophysiology here at Nottingham with Barry Lomax. Fixed term to March 2029. Please spread the word! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... #paleobotany #plantscijobs 🌍⚒️🌱🧪🔬

‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.

"This is fixable. We just haven’t got people who care enough about other people to make the changes." Such a wonderful interview with Hannah Spencer. Really captures both my brilliant friend and colleague. 👇🏼 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Tardigrades are, in fact, surprisingly easy to kill. It's good to get excited by the survivability narrative, but it's only a few species in a big group, and they need prep time to survive most stuff. (Also they are sensitive to... gradual climate shifts... Oh No)

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

I like that the Trams in Barcelona have Tram written on the side of them, just in case you forget what they are, or have never seen a Tram before.

Oh this is so exciting! Trilobite eyes are such a beauty, and so important to understanding the broader adaptive space of vision in arthropods.

"the ritualistic overemphasis on maximizing numerical thresholds undermines the inherent diagnostic intent of phylogenetic testing, transforming scientific inference into an academic ceremony characterized by intellectual inertia and conceptual oversimplification" Well written satire on BL-hacking

Very nice tthat the invited review 'A renaissance of microRNAs as taxonomic and phylogenetic markers in animals' by B. Fromm met the interest of our readers and is among the top downloaded papers 2024/2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @frommlab.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Watch Tom Scott: England now on Nebula

Bringing ecology & evolution (back) into molecular biology at EMBO Editorial link.springer.com/article/10.1... & the associated special issue link.springer.com/journal/4431... Nothing in (molecular) biology makes sense except in the light of evolution (and ecology)! to quote (and modify) Dobzhansky!

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day 🧬 It's a big day...Today we’re celebrating the scientists who make sense of life on Earth by discovering, naming, and classifying species. Shout out to all the taxonomists in the Ocean Census Science Network. We're so proud to work alongside you.

Bought the basic freezer veg because it had carrots and peas on the package. But it also has runner beans, broad beans, brussel sprouts and artichoke! LUCKY

for those who want to see many beautiful crabs, here's my megathread from last year with one for every letter of the alphabet

Idaho-le lot of those Duncan Donuts

Come work with us in Vienna and along European coasts! We look for a creative Postdoc (4year contract) in Evolutionary Genomics to cooperate with physiologists, ecologists, see: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoc-... Please share! @univie.ac.at

So you are using IQ-TREE to estimate a tree for "deep time" phylogenetics using amino acid alignments. There is a lot of confusion about how to test model fit. Here are some suggestions.

I have a joke about selection bias and everyone I know thinks it's hilarious

So, secondary announcement: Alongside the Leaf & Lance launch, we have a new community Discord server for Animon Story fans and anyone who wants to follow along and hang out with us! discord.com/invite/QeCuE...

Register today and join the global invertebrate genomics community this July — the spineless majority deserves the spotlight! 🧬🐜🐙 🧬🐚🐛🌊Register here 👇 gigavi.org/product/giga... Learn more 👉 gigavi.org

🚨New course alert! Registrations are now open for the course: Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice with @martaalvarez.bsky.social & Maria Eleonora Rossi www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Scientists - Join us for a walkthrough of the new Biodiversity Data Platform, including how to submit a new species. 📅Thursday 12th March, 8:00 AM GMT 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ocean-...

This one is easy! Set around where I grew up, on the canals, I went to University and found out apparently nobody else watched this one?

With this new position in Barcelona, I am now only missing Hawai'i and (soon) Indonesia on the list of Pokemon locations I have worked in. So if anyone has any jobs going there. ..

Considering my book "The Tree of Life" for introductory evolution class? I have a few complimentary copies to evaluate. Please DM me. And please repost. Review in Science described it as "..a fantastic informal introduction to a course on evolution.. recommended it to my first-year students".

[New Paper] is on the COVER of @RSocPublishing Royal Society Open Science! We name 5 new species of hot vent limpets from Indian Ocean -- phylogenetics indicate this family used Indian Ocean as a corridor to disperse from Pacific to Atlantic. OPEN ACCESS: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science? The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro.... Thanks for reposting!

#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou... 🟢 eDNA & ecosystems 🟣 pangenome diversity 🔵 population genetics 🟡 comparative genomics Register to apply, selections will start from March 16th

Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!

On the way to the Embassy!

Mapalo & Ortega-Hernández (2026-02 preprint, Research Square)（オープンアクセス open access） 「カンブリア紀中期の巨視的な緩歩動物の祖先」 A middle Cambrian macroscopic tardigrade ancestor doi.org/10.21203/rs.... カンブリア紀中期のバージェス頁岩の葉足動物Aysheaia pedunculataを，ステム緩歩動物（クマムシ類）として支持！！

I just received an email from Avanti West Coast that, as I have not used my Delay and Repay account in 2 years, they will be closing it. I haven't lived in the UK for 8 years. I have had that account since 2009. This is not the flex you think it is.

There is a reason FigTree has become such an industry standard. It's a great piece of kit, and I'm excited to try out PearTree too!

Dozens of U.S. strikes on Iran. Dunno what to say now other than my thoughts are with the Iranian civilians under fire. What a nightmare.

Be part of the global biodiversity genomics community 🌍🧬🚀 Join the conversation by referencing biodiversity genomics or 🌍🧬

Looks can be deceiving: discordances in phylogeny and morphology within loricate choanoflagellates royalsocietypublishing.org/rsob/article... | #OpenBiology #CellularBiology #Genomics #Microbiology

This is a really cute idea for the 30th Anniversary. But I can't just choose 1. All 3 of these deserve the top spot. www.serebii.net/pokemon30/#a...

High-quality genomes help us study evolutionary uniqueness, population history and conservation needs: A new ERGA–BGE reference genome for the Pyrenean “milky worm” sheds light on the evolution & conservation of little-known soil biodiversity. #LIBresearch © Novo et al., CC BY 4. 1/2

Been having some issues with some important post that appears to have disappeared, and genuinely can't thank An Post and Japan Post for how generous, helpful and accommodating they have been trying to help me find it. (the *senders* of aforementioned missing post, on the other hand...)

Khakurel & Höhna (2026-02, Systematic Biology) A covarion model for phylogenetic estimation using discrete morphological datasets doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

Packing up the house, checking all the documentation, making sure i's and dotted and t's crossed. Quasi-Final Tax Return Submission tomorrow!

Highly successful retreat of the CEG (comparative and Evolutionary Genomics) research group to Kongsberg. The main aims was to update and upgrade the group's webpage as well as social activities such as a ski tour. www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...

We just don't end papers like this any more. Maybe the world would be better if we did? ⚒️🧪

The latest edition of the DMV Games Catalog is nearly ready! This one features 22 (!!!) local ttrpg and board game designers. We will be getting this out to stores and @ipr.bsky.social soon!

Finally announced! I co-designed and co-wrote The Ghost in the Shell Roleplaying Game alongside Alessio Cavatore. It was a real pleasure to write and design for such a beloved world and story. I loved delving deep into the complex characters who occupy this dark world. GitS fans are in for a treat!