Danijela Dimitrijević
@danijeladim.bsky.social
Paleobiologist | macroevolution | fossil coral and reef communities
PaleoSynthesis Postdoc @paleosynth.bsky.social @ FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg 🇩🇪 ECR Representative @ifcrs.bsky.social 🪸 she/her 🇷🇸
PaleoSynthesis Postdoc @paleosynth.bsky.social @ FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg 🇩🇪 ECR Representative @ifcrs.bsky.social 🪸 she/her 🇷🇸
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On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...
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Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLA
The closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
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👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
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🚨Registration open!🚨
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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We are opening the last call for workshop proposals in 2025! Deadline is December 15, 2025. Visit the website with the necessary information before preparing a proposal. Questions? Contact Danijela Dimitrijevic (science) or Barbara Seuß (logistics) Info: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We are opening the last call for workshop proposals in 2025! Deadline is December 15, 2025. Visit the website with the necessary information before preparing a proposal. Questions? Contact Danijela Dimitrijevic (science) or Barbara Seuß (logistics) Info: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...
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Last day of the DeepIL workshop. So far a time full of inspiration, ideas, and a great exchange between colleagues from different disciplines and with different backgrounds. Intense but inspiring!
October 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Last day of the DeepIL workshop. So far a time full of inspiration, ideas, and a great exchange between colleagues from different disciplines and with different backgrounds. Intense but inspiring!
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🚨Registration open!🚨
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨Registration open!🚨
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
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Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean.
When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST
Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic...
#Webinar 🦑
When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST
Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic...
#Webinar 🦑
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean.
When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST
Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic...
#Webinar 🦑
When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST
Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic...
#Webinar 🦑
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BioDeeptime has made it into Science! "Climate is changing fast—and forests are 200 years behind". A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag—and its consequences."(from ScienceDaily) - article: DOI: 10.1126/science.adr6700 CONGRATULATIONS to the authors.
July 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
BioDeeptime has made it into Science! "Climate is changing fast—and forests are 200 years behind". A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag—and its consequences."(from ScienceDaily) - article: DOI: 10.1126/science.adr6700 CONGRATULATIONS to the authors.
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Already announcing so you get to gather some ideas for your own workshop! Read more: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...
July 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Already announcing so you get to gather some ideas for your own workshop! Read more: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...
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We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit in our research group, which focuses on Global Change Paleobiology. We seek a candidate with a strong background in palaeobiology aiming for an academic career in Paleontology. Interested!? www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...
June 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit in our research group, which focuses on Global Change Paleobiology. We seek a candidate with a strong background in palaeobiology aiming for an academic career in Paleontology. Interested!? www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...
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Are you #geoscience #teacher in higher education? Apply for EGU 2025 teaching Grant and get up to €750 for your teaching #materials.
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
June 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Are you #geoscience #teacher in higher education? Apply for EGU 2025 teaching Grant and get up to €750 for your teaching #materials.
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
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🦕🐚"Prediction and Identification of Mass Extinctions" workshop has ended after many fruitful discussions. ⚒️🦤Watch this space for the outcome 😎
www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@danijeladim.bsky.social
@thefairestfowl.bsky.social
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After a week of hard work and discussions the PRIME workshops ends today in the late afternoon. Fruitful discussions and breakout groups made good progress and we are looking forward to the outcomes to be published.
May 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🦕🐚"Prediction and Identification of Mass Extinctions" workshop has ended after many fruitful discussions. ⚒️🦤Watch this space for the outcome 😎
www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@danijeladim.bsky.social
@thefairestfowl.bsky.social
www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...
@bethanyjallen.bsky.social
@danijeladim.bsky.social
@thefairestfowl.bsky.social
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After a week of hard work and discussions the PRIME workshops ends today in the late afternoon. Fruitful discussions and breakout groups made good progress and we are looking forward to the outcomes to be published.
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
After a week of hard work and discussions the PRIME workshops ends today in the late afternoon. Fruitful discussions and breakout groups made good progress and we are looking forward to the outcomes to be published.
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Let's go! Today marks the start of the 5-day PRIME (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...) workshop led by Bethany Allen (Potsdam) and Baran Karapunar (Leeds). .... let's discuss mass extinction!
May 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Let's go! Today marks the start of the 5-day PRIME (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...) workshop led by Bethany Allen (Potsdam) and Baran Karapunar (Leeds). .... let's discuss mass extinction!
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A fantastic and productive week creating new resources for the next generation of experimental taphonomists! Thanks to @orlabe.bsky.social for driving this forward with me and @paleosynth.bsky.social for hosting us!
April 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A fantastic and productive week creating new resources for the next generation of experimental taphonomists! Thanks to @orlabe.bsky.social for driving this forward with me and @paleosynth.bsky.social for hosting us!
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Last day of the IRATE workshop in Erlangen. See the happy faces! Looks like everybody had a good time and hopefully fruitful discussions... can't wait to see the outcomes published ^^ (no pressure at all ;))
April 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Last day of the IRATE workshop in Erlangen. See the happy faces! Looks like everybody had a good time and hopefully fruitful discussions... can't wait to see the outcomes published ^^ (no pressure at all ;))
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A nice little reminder of our proposal call for workshops! You have until May 18th... have a look here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...
March 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A nice little reminder of our proposal call for workshops! You have until May 18th... have a look here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...
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⚠️The registration for ProgPal is #open 🥳✨
For full details regarding registration and abstract submission deadlines, event themes and scheduling, please check out the ProgPal 2025 website:
www.palass.org/meetings-eve...
#conference #student #uk
For full details regarding registration and abstract submission deadlines, event themes and scheduling, please check out the ProgPal 2025 website:
www.palass.org/meetings-eve...
#conference #student #uk
February 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
⚠️The registration for ProgPal is #open 🥳✨
For full details regarding registration and abstract submission deadlines, event themes and scheduling, please check out the ProgPal 2025 website:
www.palass.org/meetings-eve...
#conference #student #uk
For full details regarding registration and abstract submission deadlines, event themes and scheduling, please check out the ProgPal 2025 website:
www.palass.org/meetings-eve...
#conference #student #uk
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Museum ‘dark data’ show variable impacts on deep-time biogeographic and evolutionary history
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Museum ‘dark data’ show variable impacts on deep-time biogeographic and evolutionary history | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The age of digitally accessible datasets has transformed palaeontology, enabling previously
impossible macroevolutionary insights. However, a substantial reservoir of generally
inaccessible ‘dark data...
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Museum ‘dark data’ show variable impacts on deep-time biogeographic and evolutionary history
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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We are opening the first call in 2025 for workshop proposals! This time - we extended - and you have three months to submit your idea. Further information is provided here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...
February 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are opening the first call in 2025 for workshop proposals! This time - we extended - and you have three months to submit your idea. Further information is provided here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...
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Or:
"Ecologists discover palaeontology (and historicity of biology) 200 years after Cuvier"
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Remember my words: this is just a tip of the iceberg of rebuilding of the ecological theory through its integration with palaeontology
🧪 #Macroecology
"Ecologists discover palaeontology (and historicity of biology) 200 years after Cuvier"
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Remember my words: this is just a tip of the iceberg of rebuilding of the ecological theory through its integration with palaeontology
🧪 #Macroecology
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Or:
"Ecologists discover palaeontology (and historicity of biology) 200 years after Cuvier"
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Remember my words: this is just a tip of the iceberg of rebuilding of the ecological theory through its integration with palaeontology
🧪 #Macroecology
"Ecologists discover palaeontology (and historicity of biology) 200 years after Cuvier"
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Remember my words: this is just a tip of the iceberg of rebuilding of the ecological theory through its integration with palaeontology
🧪 #Macroecology
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🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thrilled to share that our paper, “Ancient frameworks as modern templates: exploring rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system”, is now out and is open access.
We found that 🪸 rubble in the Late Triassic shared similar consolidation processes to modern reefs.
Thrilled to share that our paper, “Ancient frameworks as modern templates: exploring rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system”, is now out and is open access.
We found that 🪸 rubble in the Late Triassic shared similar consolidation processes to modern reefs.
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thrilled to share that our paper, “Ancient frameworks as modern templates: exploring rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system”, is now out and is open access.
We found that 🪸 rubble in the Late Triassic shared similar consolidation processes to modern reefs.
Thrilled to share that our paper, “Ancient frameworks as modern templates: exploring rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system”, is now out and is open access.
We found that 🪸 rubble in the Late Triassic shared similar consolidation processes to modern reefs.
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Over 2.5 billion years ago, trillions of tiny Cyanobacteria spent hundreds of millions of years creating an oxygen-rich atmosphere on Earth.
Take a deep breath. How are you using your oxygen today? Be present. Give freely. Care for others. Make your ancient microbial cousins proud. Exhale. Repeat.
Take a deep breath. How are you using your oxygen today? Be present. Give freely. Care for others. Make your ancient microbial cousins proud. Exhale. Repeat.
February 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Over 2.5 billion years ago, trillions of tiny Cyanobacteria spent hundreds of millions of years creating an oxygen-rich atmosphere on Earth.
Take a deep breath. How are you using your oxygen today? Be present. Give freely. Care for others. Make your ancient microbial cousins proud. Exhale. Repeat.
Take a deep breath. How are you using your oxygen today? Be present. Give freely. Care for others. Make your ancient microbial cousins proud. Exhale. Repeat.