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PGRs Amy Shipley (@sauropodlets.bsky.social) & Lydia Woods recently published a review in @globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that while today’s extinction rates aren't yet at "Big Five" mass extinction levels, they’re likely the highest seen in the last 66myrs.
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
New paper by Amy Shipley and Lydia Woods
DeepBio@Leeds PGRs Amy Shipley and Lydia have published a review on the sixth mass extinction, as part of a working group on Cenozoic extinctions led out of the Anthropocene Biodiversity Centre at …
amdunhill.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
PGRs Amy Shipley (@sauropodlets.bsky.social) & Lydia Woods recently published a review in @globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that while today’s extinction rates aren't yet at "Big Five" mass extinction levels, they’re likely the highest seen in the last 66myrs.
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
amdunhill.co.uk/2025/11/17/n...
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Applications for the London TREES DTP programme are now open: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/news/applica...
We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics! 😀
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int...
We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics! 😀
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int...
Applications Now Open! | TREES DLA
TREES Overview & Research ThemesTREES supports doctoral research across a broad range of themes. Applicants should align with at least one of these areas:
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Applications for the London TREES DTP programme are now open: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/news/applica...
We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics! 😀
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int...
We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics! 😀
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Out now in Biology Letters, my latest paper tackles an apparently simple question: how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? TL;DR: in most cases between 100 and 500, more than a substantial portion of morphological datasets, but the story is more complex... doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Out now in Biology Letters, my latest paper tackles an apparently simple question: how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? TL;DR: in most cases between 100 and 500, more than a substantial portion of morphological datasets, but the story is more complex... doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
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Bacteria 🦠 🧫 play a crucial role in how animals become fossils!
Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The relationship between microbial community succession, decay, and anatomical character loss in non‐biomineralized animals
A fundamental assumption of hypothesis-driven decay experiments is that, during decay, the loss of anatomy follows a sequence broadly controlled by the intrinsic compositional properties of tissues. ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Bacteria 🦠 🧫 play a crucial role in how animals become fossils!
Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Really happy to see chapter 2 of my PhD published today in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. DeepDiveR is an R package to assist with deep learning inference of biodiversity change through time 🤿🦊 Thanks to @bethanyjallen.bsky.social & Daniele Silvestro for the collaboration
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Really happy to see chapter 2 of my PhD published today in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. DeepDiveR is an R package to assist with deep learning inference of biodiversity change through time 🤿🦊 Thanks to @bethanyjallen.bsky.social & Daniele Silvestro for the collaboration
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
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A covarion model for phylogenetic estimation using discrete morphological datasets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.20.660793v1
June 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A covarion model for phylogenetic estimation using discrete morphological datasets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.20.660793v1
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@lauramulvey.bsky.social absolutely killing it talking about the difference between model adequacy and model selection and describing lightweight methods to assess adequacy. #evol2025
Paper here academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
Paper here academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
June 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@lauramulvey.bsky.social absolutely killing it talking about the difference between model adequacy and model selection and describing lightweight methods to assess adequacy. #evol2025
Paper here academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
Paper here academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
May 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Interested in Developmental biology? Imaging? Marine invertebrate body plans? Then this three year postdoc in my group @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social is for you! Join our team to decypher how signalling molecules shape skeletal phenotype in juvenile sea urchins. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
May 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Interested in Developmental biology? Imaging? Marine invertebrate body plans? Then this three year postdoc in my group @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social is for you! Join our team to decypher how signalling molecules shape skeletal phenotype in juvenile sea urchins. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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"...simulation studies demonstrate that empirical expertise is key to obtaining reliable results when using FBD models. It is therefore crucial that fundamental stratigraphic and taxonomic research remain well supported" 👏👏👏
From fossils to phylogenies: exploring the integration of paleontological data into Bayesian phylogenetic inference | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
From fossils to phylogenies: exploring the integration of paleontological data into Bayesian phylogenetic inference - Volume 51 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"...simulation studies demonstrate that empirical expertise is key to obtaining reliable results when using FBD models. It is therefore crucial that fundamental stratigraphic and taxonomic research remain well supported" 👏👏👏
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Delighted to share our paper on data equity in #palaeobiology as part of Paleobiology's 50th anniversary issue 🥳
We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
April 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Delighted to share our paper on data equity in #palaeobiology as part of Paleobiology's 50th anniversary issue 🥳
We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
📢 Tired of choosing between fossils to incorporate into your phylogenetic analysis? Us too.
💥 Check out our new preprint on incorporating stratigraphic ranges into the FBD model, implemented in BEAST2. We explore how using ranges affects the inference of dog 🐶 and penguin 🐧 trees 🌳
💥 Check out our new preprint on incorporating stratigraphic ranges into the FBD model, implemented in BEAST2. We explore how using ranges affects the inference of dog 🐶 and penguin 🐧 trees 🌳
Enhancing Evolutionary Timelines: The Impact of Stratigraphic Range Information on Phylogenetic Inference https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649084v1
April 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📢 Tired of choosing between fossils to incorporate into your phylogenetic analysis? Us too.
💥 Check out our new preprint on incorporating stratigraphic ranges into the FBD model, implemented in BEAST2. We explore how using ranges affects the inference of dog 🐶 and penguin 🐧 trees 🌳
💥 Check out our new preprint on incorporating stratigraphic ranges into the FBD model, implemented in BEAST2. We explore how using ranges affects the inference of dog 🐶 and penguin 🐧 trees 🌳
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
🎂 Happy 10th birthday to the fossilised birth-death model, and happy 50th birthday to Paleobiology 🎂
I had a lot of fun working on this review, led by @lauramulvey.bsky.social, in which we celebrate how the FBD has been applied and give pointers to those interested in giving it a go! 🌳
I had a lot of fun working on this review, led by @lauramulvey.bsky.social, in which we celebrate how the FBD has been applied and give pointers to those interested in giving it a go! 🌳
From fossils to phylogenies: exploring the integration of paleontological data into Bayesian phylogenetic inference | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
From fossils to phylogenies: exploring the integration of paleontological data into Bayesian phylogenetic inference - Volume 51 Issue 1
doi.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🎂 Happy 10th birthday to the fossilised birth-death model, and happy 50th birthday to Paleobiology 🎂
I had a lot of fun working on this review, led by @lauramulvey.bsky.social, in which we celebrate how the FBD has been applied and give pointers to those interested in giving it a go! 🌳
I had a lot of fun working on this review, led by @lauramulvey.bsky.social, in which we celebrate how the FBD has been applied and give pointers to those interested in giving it a go! 🌳
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Combining fossil taxa with and without morphological data improves dated phylogenetic analyses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.07.646048v1
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Combining fossil taxa with and without morphological data improves dated phylogenetic analyses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.07.646048v1
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Very proud to be featured alongside other excellent early career scientists in a new video by @thepalass.bsky.social!
We talk about how fossils form and how rare they are!
youtu.be/LwF7qnYFde8?...
We talk about how fossils form and how rare they are!
youtu.be/LwF7qnYFde8?...
Palaeontologists Explain: How do fossils form? Palaeontologists explain: How do fossils form?
YouTube video by The Palaeontological Association
youtu.be
March 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Very proud to be featured alongside other excellent early career scientists in a new video by @thepalass.bsky.social!
We talk about how fossils form and how rare they are!
youtu.be/LwF7qnYFde8?...
We talk about how fossils form and how rare they are!
youtu.be/LwF7qnYFde8?...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
The clock is ticking 🕔! Pre-registration will close today March 14th (17:00h GMT+0), do not miss your chance to join us at the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! 💻🧬
The deadline to apply for student travel bursaries to attend the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop 💻🧬 is approaching: March 3rd! Pre-registration will be open until March 14th.
Do not miss the deadlines, submit your application before it is too late!
sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...
Do not miss the deadlines, submit your application before it is too late!
sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...
March 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The clock is ticking 🕔! Pre-registration will close today March 14th (17:00h GMT+0), do not miss your chance to join us at the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! 💻🧬
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Like morphometrics, micro-CT scanning, and morphological evolution? Then please consider applying for our 18 month postdoc position at the university of Southampton! Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF402/r...
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Like morphometrics, micro-CT scanning, and morphological evolution? Then please consider applying for our 18 month postdoc position at the university of Southampton! Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF402/r...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
And finally have it in preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In it, we (@basantakhakurel.bsky.social, @brenenwynd.bsky.social, @peterjwagner3.bsky.social, and Christian Kammerer) took a look at estimating a phylogenetic tree of dicynodonts using both discrete and continuous characters.
In it, we (@basantakhakurel.bsky.social, @brenenwynd.bsky.social, @peterjwagner3.bsky.social, and Christian Kammerer) took a look at estimating a phylogenetic tree of dicynodonts using both discrete and continuous characters.
March 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And finally have it in preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In it, we (@basantakhakurel.bsky.social, @brenenwynd.bsky.social, @peterjwagner3.bsky.social, and Christian Kammerer) took a look at estimating a phylogenetic tree of dicynodonts using both discrete and continuous characters.
In it, we (@basantakhakurel.bsky.social, @brenenwynd.bsky.social, @peterjwagner3.bsky.social, and Christian Kammerer) took a look at estimating a phylogenetic tree of dicynodonts using both discrete and continuous characters.
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
🚨New Publication🚨
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
StratPal: An R package for creating stratigraphic paleobiology modelling pipelines
The fossil record is an important source of information to understand biological processes that take place over timescales not accessible to human observation or experiments. Fossil data are not a...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨New Publication🚨
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seamlessly integrate #stratigraphy, #taphonomy, #ecology and evolutionary biology to build your modeling pipelines for stratigraphic #paleobiology
Published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social , R package available on CRAN
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
As my very first post here on Bluesky I am happy to share our article in Royal Society about tooth wear and diet in the large Devonian chondrichthyan Ctenacanthus concinnus from Morocco
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
January 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
As my very first post here on Bluesky I am happy to share our article in Royal Society about tooth wear and diet in the large Devonian chondrichthyan Ctenacanthus concinnus from Morocco
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Come be my colleague! Calling zoologists of all stripes! This is a pretty open search! If you research is cool and forward looking and if you care about good science questions and collections please apply!
Are you a zoologist with a collection-based research profile, working on a taxon that is typically stored in a wet collection, and looking for a permanent job? Check out this job opportunity at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Associate Professor in Zoology (268410) | University of Oslo
Job title: Associate Professor in Zoology (268410), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 23, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
January 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Come be my colleague! Calling zoologists of all stripes! This is a pretty open search! If you research is cool and forward looking and if you care about good science questions and collections please apply!
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
A reminder that we have two open PhD projects on Bayesian phylogenetics in the lab:
One with the new TREE Doctoral Landscape Awards: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... (deadline 20th Jan)
And another with CSC: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (deadline 29th Jan)
One with the new TREE Doctoral Landscape Awards: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... (deadline 20th Jan)
And another with CSC: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (deadline 29th Jan)
January 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A reminder that we have two open PhD projects on Bayesian phylogenetics in the lab:
One with the new TREE Doctoral Landscape Awards: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... (deadline 20th Jan)
And another with CSC: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (deadline 29th Jan)
One with the new TREE Doctoral Landscape Awards: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... (deadline 20th Jan)
And another with CSC: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (deadline 29th Jan)
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
🚨New #phylo paper alert!🚨 🌲+🔥= speciation? This one has been a bit of a journey, but thanks to lead author Dan Turck's expertise on #conifers it has turned out as quite the treasure-trove of conifer evolution! (reading-access link on my website)
Fire in the #tree: The origin & distribution of fire–adapted traits within #conifers & their influence on speciation rates across the conifer phylogeny
New #AJB research by Daniel Turck, @oschwery.bsky.social, Luke Harmon & David Tank
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
New #AJB research by Daniel Turck, @oschwery.bsky.social, Luke Harmon & David Tank
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
January 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.23.630137v1
December 24, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.23.630137v1
Reposted by Laura Mulvey
Happy Christmas!
December 24, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Happy Christmas!