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Dr. Bethany Allen
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
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Palaeobiologist interested in biodiversity patterns over long timescales 📉
Postdoc at @gfz.bsky.social 🇩🇪
Co-chair of @besmacro.bsky.social, member of @paleodb.bsky.social committee and @palaeoverse.bsky.social dev team 👩‍💻
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Dr. Bethany Allen @bethanyjallen.bsky.social · Sep 4
Huge thanks to @palaeopercs.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me! If you missed my talk on Tuesday, you can now catch up via their YouTube channel 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19X...
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rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social
Excited to convene the upcoming EGU webinar on "Mental Health in Academia: Obstacles, Advocacy and Inclusion" on 9 February at 16:00 CET.

Open to all.
👉 Register here: www.egu.eu/webinars/694...

@egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @anabastos.bsky.social @elsa-abs.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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embo.org
The first edition of the #Sustainability Conference for Responsible Research Computing (SC4RC) will take place at CERN in #Geneva, Switzerland, 4–8 May 2026. 🧪

Early bird/Regular registration deadline: 23 January/10 April 2026

www.sc4rc.org
#LifeSciences #research #meeting #conference
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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nicrodemo.bsky.social
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Uppsala in late autumn
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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rmwaterhouse.bsky.social
Pre-announcement ... keep an eye out for news of our upcoming #Biodiversity #Bioinformatics Summer School 21-26 June in Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social ... sign up to the mailing list to be sure not to miss it! www.sib.swiss/training/upc...
Upcoming training courses
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an academic not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead and coordinate the field of bioinformatics in Switzerland.
www.sib.swiss
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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erinmdillon.bsky.social
New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama"

🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419

We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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pimientogroup.bsky.social
Our new paper is online! We found that 1) today's shark & ray diversity was already reached ~100Ma; 2) that the K/Pg extinction was not catastrophic; 3) that the max diversity was reached ~50Ma; and 4) that today's diversity is depleted compared to the past.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years
Gardiner et al. reconstruct the diversity of sharks and rays across the past 145 million years using deep learning and an extensive dataset. Their results unveil previously hidden patterns, including ...
www.cell.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️29th January 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week for our first lecture of 2026, given by Dr Johannes De Groeve from University of Amsterdam, on “Tips for TABS (Temporal Altitudinal Biogeographic Shifts)” 🏔️

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer advertising the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series. The flyer features a cartoon of a sloping landscape, featuring a river and trees, overlying a grid system suggesting how it might be modelled. There is also a black and white picture of Dr De Groeve, with spiky hair and wearing a black t-shirt.
January 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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thepalass.bsky.social
🎉✨ The PalAss is BACK after winter break! ✨🎉

And we’re coming back with amazing news 👀👇

🌍✈️ Next ProgPal is heading to London!
📅 22–25 June 2026

💡Get ready for inspiring sessions, great talks, and posters 🇬🇧
⚠️Stay tuned — more details coming soon! 🚀🔥

#conference
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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besmacro.bsky.social
The BES journals are recruiting Associate Editors! These positions are great ways to deepen and broaden your expertise and your professional networks. Deadline to apply 23 February.

www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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martin-nunez.bsky.social
New paper, Great news:
We have been saying for years that making the editorial board more diverse was needed
We now show that diverse team of editors makes for more diverse reviewers
More Inclusive=Better Science
Things are getting better on this❤️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
network showing more diverse connections over time for editors and reviewers cover of the paper with title and authors last paragraph of the abstract: Synthesis and applications. Our results show that editorial diversification is a practical lever for making peer review more inclusive and better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research. These changes make the publication process fairer and improve the quality and global impact of the papers published.
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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aadineen.bsky.social
Collaborate with me! Myself and @peterroopnarine.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with expertise in quantitative paleoecology to work on our new NSF grant addressing whether communities after the PTME functioned differently than those beforehand.

job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaac...
Postdoctoral Researcher, Paleontology
San Francisco, CA
job-boards.greenhouse.io
January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
There’s not long left to apply for these positions! ✍️
palaeoverse.bsky.social The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 21d
Our job adverts are now live! 🤩
We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL.
Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️
More info and links below 👇
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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a-hermina-ghenu.bsky.social
Can interactive web apps help biology students become better modellers?

peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html
We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern.

Are you lecturing in the Spring?
Contact me to receive the survey link!
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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eesaupe.bsky.social
If you’re interested in extinction risk, please check out our new paper in @science.org led by my former PhD student Cooper: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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smwadgymar.bsky.social
This was a very interesting read:

An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin's time 🧪

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A timeline of key pre-darwin Muslim scholars with evolutionary ideas from eighth to thirteenth century ad. Key pre-darwin Muslim scholars with evolutionary ideas include (A) al-Jahiz (776–868); (B) ibn Miskawayh (930–1030); (C) the ikhwan al-Safa (tenth century); (D) al-Beruni (973–1048); (E) ibn tufayl (1110–1185); (F) nidhami arudi (twelfth century); (H) tusi (1201–1274); and (H) ibn Khaldun (1332–1406). Images representing key pre-darwin Muslim scholars with evolutionary ideas, which include (A) al-Jahiz (776–868); (B) ibn Miskawayh (930–1030); (C) the ikhwan al-Safa (tenth century); (D) al-Beruni (973–1048); (E) ibn tufayl (1110–1185); (F) nidhami arudi (twelfth century); (H) tusi (1201–1274); and (H) ibn Khaldun (1332–1406).
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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britishecologicalsociety.org
We are now accepting grant applications to fund ecological research and outreach worldwide.

⏰Apply before 10 March 2026!

Find out what grants you can apply to 👇
https://f.mtr.cool/cucxadvxjq

🧪🌍
BES grant application is now open. Image shows a diver photographing a large whale shark underwater, with the British Ecological Society logo.
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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andrejpaleo.bsky.social
Contingent responses of diversity and disparity of different animal groups to the P-Tr mass extinction:
"Ammonoids...brachiopods exhibit refilling of vacated morphospace of shell outlines, Ostracods underwent adaptive radiation"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Generic diversity trajectories of three clades Simulation results shows two correlation patterns of morphological disparity and taxonomic recovery through time
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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besmacro.bsky.social
Are you into macroecology and/or macroevolution? Want to make our field a better place?

Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).

More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
a screenshot of a flyer about the BES Macro SIG -- there's a meandering river, pink 'British Ecological Society' branding, and the title 'BES Macro Group Volunteer Opportunities'
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
Our job adverts are now live! 🤩
We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL.
Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️
More info and links below 👇
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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jackhhatfield.bsky.social
New paper with @jonathan-gdon.bsky.social @cmbeale.bsky.social and Chris Thomas looking at species contributions to biotic homogenisation and differentiation.

@anthropocenebio.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/geb....
doi.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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prokaryota.bsky.social
JOB ALERT! 📢 For the scientists who love science communication: we’re hiring at @kurzgesagt.org !🌍 Come join our team, the vibes are impeccable.

✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri...
🔍 Fact-Checker & Researcher (Munich/Berlin/Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/seni...
Job listing for (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders) | kurzgesagt
Want to work with kurzgesagt? We have an open role as (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders). Apply now to become part of a great team and start an exciting career!
kurzgesagt.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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nhcooper123.bsky.social
After last year's successful refresh of the BES Reproducible Code guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...), this year we're going to refresh the Data Management guide (www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...). Exciting! See below for how to get involved...
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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tomopfuku.bsky.social
New paper in Paleobiology! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Super-progenitor” species and the distribution of sampled descendants | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
“Super-progenitor” species and the distribution of sampled descendants
www.cambridge.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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evoldir.bsky.social
The University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is seeking applicants for an open-rank Professorship in Animal Ecology. Applications due by 31 March 2026. More info: https://www.unifr.ch/scimed/de/faculty/positions #job
Offene Stellen | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche und Medizinische Fakultät | Universität Freiburg
Offene Stellen | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche und Medizinische Fakultät | Universität Freiburg
www.unifr.ch
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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schilthuizen.bsky.social
Mollusca-focused, 6-yr postdoc Postdoc in Invertebrate Evolution:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM