Kirsty Edgar
@kirstymedgar.bsky.social
Prof. of Micropalaeontology & Head of Research in School of GEES at University of Birmingham, President of The Micropalaeontological Society. Forams, palaeoclimates, sometimes dinosaurs, geoheritage.
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We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology.
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
May 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology.
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement.
Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg
Check out our new paper assessing the relative scientific & cultural value of outdoor UK dinosaur track sites with @richardjbutler.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Determining the relative scientific and cultural “value” of the UK's in-situ dinosaur track sites
Dinosaur tracks (footprints) provide useful information on the palaeoecology and distribution of dinosaurs over time, complementing the skeletal (body…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Check out our new paper assessing the relative scientific & cultural value of outdoor UK dinosaur track sites with @richardjbutler.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...
January 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...
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Like palaeontology? Like art? Then consider submitting a submission for CAVEPS 2025 logo competition!
* $500 AUD prize
* must feature South Australian vertebrate fossils
* no use of generative AI permitted
* include text "CAVEPS 2025"
Email to CAVEPS.palaeo@gmail.com by 31/01/25!
* $500 AUD prize
* must feature South Australian vertebrate fossils
* no use of generative AI permitted
* include text "CAVEPS 2025"
Email to CAVEPS.palaeo@gmail.com by 31/01/25!
January 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Like palaeontology? Like art? Then consider submitting a submission for CAVEPS 2025 logo competition!
* $500 AUD prize
* must feature South Australian vertebrate fossils
* no use of generative AI permitted
* include text "CAVEPS 2025"
Email to CAVEPS.palaeo@gmail.com by 31/01/25!
* $500 AUD prize
* must feature South Australian vertebrate fossils
* no use of generative AI permitted
* include text "CAVEPS 2025"
Email to CAVEPS.palaeo@gmail.com by 31/01/25!
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January is the perfect time to set new goals and expand your academic horizons! Whether you're diving into evolutionary biology or mastering new data tools, learning something new can fuel your passion and career!
December 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM
January is the perfect time to set new goals and expand your academic horizons! Whether you're diving into evolutionary biology or mastering new data tools, learning something new can fuel your passion and career!
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Also true in palaeontology. In the UK, there is a risk averse approach to funding fieldwork by funding panels: as a result, field-based palaeontological work is in steep decline (along with taxonomy and systematics). Where will we end up if no-one is generating primary data anymore?
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Also true in palaeontology. In the UK, there is a risk averse approach to funding fieldwork by funding panels: as a result, field-based palaeontological work is in steep decline (along with taxonomy and systematics). Where will we end up if no-one is generating primary data anymore?
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Happy New Year #paleo peeps, We invite you all to propose #workshop ideas pre (@Bengaluru) and post (@Goa) #ICP15
Please send us a brief description 🙏🏼 - mailto: icp15.2025@gmail.com
www.icp15.com/workshops
Please send us a brief description 🙏🏼 - mailto: icp15.2025@gmail.com
www.icp15.com/workshops
January 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Happy New Year #paleo peeps, We invite you all to propose #workshop ideas pre (@Bengaluru) and post (@Goa) #ICP15
Please send us a brief description 🙏🏼 - mailto: icp15.2025@gmail.com
www.icp15.com/workshops
Please send us a brief description 🙏🏼 - mailto: icp15.2025@gmail.com
www.icp15.com/workshops
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My colleagues @nhm-london.bsky.social named nearly 200 new species last year, from mantids and bryozoans to dinosaurs and rodents: if you'd like to know more check out this great summary vid on YouTube, hosted by @joshlukedavis.bsky.social: youtu.be/oUirKS694j0
What new species have been discovered this year? | Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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January 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My colleagues @nhm-london.bsky.social named nearly 200 new species last year, from mantids and bryozoans to dinosaurs and rodents: if you'd like to know more check out this great summary vid on YouTube, hosted by @joshlukedavis.bsky.social: youtu.be/oUirKS694j0
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Next Monday 13 we have the 6th session of The Life of Retaria Seminar Series!
Join us at 08h00 (CET) and discover symbiosis in these wonderful protists with Caroline Juery and @filiphusnik.bsky.social
Check it out: thelifeofretaria.github.io
#radiolaria #foraminifera #theLifeOfRetaria #protistsonsky
Join us at 08h00 (CET) and discover symbiosis in these wonderful protists with Caroline Juery and @filiphusnik.bsky.social
Check it out: thelifeofretaria.github.io
#radiolaria #foraminifera #theLifeOfRetaria #protistsonsky
January 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Next Monday 13 we have the 6th session of The Life of Retaria Seminar Series!
Join us at 08h00 (CET) and discover symbiosis in these wonderful protists with Caroline Juery and @filiphusnik.bsky.social
Check it out: thelifeofretaria.github.io
#radiolaria #foraminifera #theLifeOfRetaria #protistsonsky
Join us at 08h00 (CET) and discover symbiosis in these wonderful protists with Caroline Juery and @filiphusnik.bsky.social
Check it out: thelifeofretaria.github.io
#radiolaria #foraminifera #theLifeOfRetaria #protistsonsky
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Post doc position at the University of Copenhagen.
Apply until January 17th.
More info: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Apply until January 17th.
More info: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
January 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Post doc position at the University of Copenhagen.
Apply until January 17th.
More info: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Apply until January 17th.
More info: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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🚨Postdoc job offer!🚨
We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal.
Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...
We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal.
Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...
PostDoc_ERC_modelisation.pdf
Nuage - le Nuage de l'OSU Pytheas
nuage.osupytheas.fr
January 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨Postdoc job offer!🚨
We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal.
Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...
We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal.
Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...
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We are hiring!
Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time
Join us in the ATEMPO project, led by Associate Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, to explore how climate and land use change influence biodiversity over time and shape ecosystems in Greenland and Denmark.
lnkd.in/dWxjQcUX
Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time
Join us in the ATEMPO project, led by Associate Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, to explore how climate and land use change influence biodiversity over time and shape ecosystems in Greenland and Denmark.
lnkd.in/dWxjQcUX
Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen hiring 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher on Drivers of Biodiversity Change Across Time in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark | LinkedIn
Posted 8:43:02 AM. We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join our team for a 2-year position starting March 1st,…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
lnkd.in
December 10, 2024 at 8:46 AM
We are hiring!
Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time
Join us in the ATEMPO project, led by Associate Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, to explore how climate and land use change influence biodiversity over time and shape ecosystems in Greenland and Denmark.
lnkd.in/dWxjQcUX
Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time
Join us in the ATEMPO project, led by Associate Professor Naia Morueta-Holme, to explore how climate and land use change influence biodiversity over time and shape ecosystems in Greenland and Denmark.
lnkd.in/dWxjQcUX
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Digging for Britain continues tonight on BBC Two. Join us again as we go walking with dinosaurs - as well as serving up another lovely platter of archaeological fare!
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January 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Digging for Britain continues tonight on BBC Two. Join us again as we go walking with dinosaurs - as well as serving up another lovely platter of archaeological fare!
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A bit more on those dinosaur footprints!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...
Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ - University of Birmingham
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A bit more on those dinosaur footprints!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...
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Watching Digging For Britain on BBC Two with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and the opening dig is Cetiosaurus footprints found near Bicester - the most complete Cetiosaurus skeleton found in Europe is on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on New Walk. www.leicestermuseums.org/media/cmhmoa...
January 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Watching Digging For Britain on BBC Two with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and the opening dig is Cetiosaurus footprints found near Bicester - the most complete Cetiosaurus skeleton found in Europe is on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on New Walk. www.leicestermuseums.org/media/cmhmoa...
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Exciting news!
TMS is now an Ambassador Institution to @tscourses.bsky.social and all our members get 20% discount on their courses.
Become a member: www.tmsoc.org/membership/#...
Upcoming courses: www.transmittingscience.com/courses/#upc...
TMS is now an Ambassador Institution to @tscourses.bsky.social and all our members get 20% discount on their courses.
Become a member: www.tmsoc.org/membership/#...
Upcoming courses: www.transmittingscience.com/courses/#upc...
January 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Exciting news!
TMS is now an Ambassador Institution to @tscourses.bsky.social and all our members get 20% discount on their courses.
Become a member: www.tmsoc.org/membership/#...
Upcoming courses: www.transmittingscience.com/courses/#upc...
TMS is now an Ambassador Institution to @tscourses.bsky.social and all our members get 20% discount on their courses.
Become a member: www.tmsoc.org/membership/#...
Upcoming courses: www.transmittingscience.com/courses/#upc...
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My Norwich Science Festival talk - 'Fossils of the East of England' is available to book!
Join me for a fascinating look at climate change through the lens of local fossils and minerals from the past 66 million years.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/fos...
Join me for a fascinating look at climate change through the lens of local fossils and minerals from the past 66 million years.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/fos...
Fossils of the East of England | Norwich Science Festival
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My Norwich Science Festival talk - 'Fossils of the East of England' is available to book!
Join me for a fascinating look at climate change through the lens of local fossils and minerals from the past 66 million years.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/fos...
Join me for a fascinating look at climate change through the lens of local fossils and minerals from the past 66 million years.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/fos...
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2 yr postdoc w/Dr. Laura Cotton @ Natural History Museum of Denmark on micro- and nannoplastics from historical expeditions to reconstruct what happened to plastics in the ocean from the 1950s-1970s, using sediments & agglutinated foraminifera. Deadline Jan. 17th! jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoctoral researcher on ‘Unveiling the Ocean’s plastic time capsule"
jobportal.ku.dk
January 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2 yr postdoc w/Dr. Laura Cotton @ Natural History Museum of Denmark on micro- and nannoplastics from historical expeditions to reconstruct what happened to plastics in the ocean from the 1950s-1970s, using sediments & agglutinated foraminifera. Deadline Jan. 17th! jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Incredible site. If you want to see the length of these trackways, and a little walk through of some of the Sauropod tracks, I've uploaded a 4k60p video to YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyH...
January 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Incredible site. If you want to see the length of these trackways, and a little walk through of some of the Sauropod tracks, I've uploaded a 4k60p video to YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyH...
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Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at what is said to be largest site of its kind in UK
It is now a quarry in Oxfordshire. But nearly 166m years ago it was where a large number of dinosaurs crisscrossed the limestone floor.…
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
In keeping with the exciting dinosaur track announcement today if you’re interested in a PhD with me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and Natural England on UK vertebrate track sites there is still time to apply (deadline 8th Jan) centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2025-B8 The nature, importance and protection of British vertebrate fossil track sites – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
January 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In keeping with the exciting dinosaur track announcement today if you’re interested in a PhD with me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and Natural England on UK vertebrate track sites there is still time to apply (deadline 8th Jan) centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
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2024 truly wad the year of the Megalosaur. Not only did we celebrate 200 years since the first scientifically described dinosaur, the megalosaurus, was announced but our team along with researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social uncovered megalosaur and sauropod trackways in Oxfordshire!
January 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
2024 truly wad the year of the Megalosaur. Not only did we celebrate 200 years since the first scientifically described dinosaur, the megalosaurus, was announced but our team along with researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social uncovered megalosaur and sauropod trackways in Oxfordshire!
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Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site discovered | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
January 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...
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Finally, we can talk about this awesome dinosaur excavation!!
🦖🦕😍⛏️🪣🙌
My super colleagues
@djemurdock.bsky.social
@kirstymedgar.bsky.social
@richardjbutler.bsky.social
& I led a team of 100 people, over 7 days, to excavate 200+ prints of Megalosaurus 🦖 & Cetiosaurus 🦕
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🦖🦕😍⛏️🪣🙌
My super colleagues
@djemurdock.bsky.social
@kirstymedgar.bsky.social
@richardjbutler.bsky.social
& I led a team of 100 people, over 7 days, to excavate 200+ prints of Megalosaurus 🦖 & Cetiosaurus 🦕
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finally, we can talk about this awesome dinosaur excavation!!
🦖🦕😍⛏️🪣🙌
My super colleagues
@djemurdock.bsky.social
@kirstymedgar.bsky.social
@richardjbutler.bsky.social
& I led a team of 100 people, over 7 days, to excavate 200+ prints of Megalosaurus 🦖 & Cetiosaurus 🦕
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🦖🦕😍⛏️🪣🙌
My super colleagues
@djemurdock.bsky.social
@kirstymedgar.bsky.social
@richardjbutler.bsky.social
& I led a team of 100 people, over 7 days, to excavate 200+ prints of Megalosaurus 🦖 & Cetiosaurus 🦕
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Last year myself, @kirstymedgar.bsky.social @dremmanicholls.bsky.social & @djemurdock.bsky.social led a huge week-long excavation of a truly remarkable dinosaur track site. We can now finally talk about it & it will be on Digging for Britain on the BBC next Wednesday! 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Last year myself, @kirstymedgar.bsky.social @dremmanicholls.bsky.social & @djemurdock.bsky.social led a huge week-long excavation of a truly remarkable dinosaur track site. We can now finally talk about it & it will be on Digging for Britain on the BBC next Wednesday! 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...