Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez
@pablomurod.bsky.social
Ramón y Cajal researcher, Universidad Complutense de Madrid // Biólogo de letras // www.pablomurod.com
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🌱 I'm taking some time to rethink my presence and communication strategy on social media. I've created this profile in preparation for future use, but I may only check in occasionally. In the meantime, if you'd like to get in touch directly, please visit my website ➡️ pablomurod.com
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If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Excited to share our new paper published last week: we describe three #Acalypha species new to science from #Africa, expanding the genus’s diversity and contributing to a better understanding of tropical flora.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Three new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Tanzania and Angola and their conservation status
We describe Acalypha brevipetiolata and A. bracteolata from Tanzania, and A. linearis from Angola, as species new to science. We provide illustrations, distribution maps, and preliminary conservation ...
journals.plos.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Excited to share our new paper published last week: we describe three #Acalypha species new to science from #Africa, expanding the genus’s diversity and contributing to a better understanding of tropical flora.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Want to do a PhD in biology? Our projects for 2026 are now live! If you're considering a PhD, or know someone who is, we have projects that span the biosciences to serve as inspiration.
Reach out to our academics to discuss these or more options if you have an idea of your own 👇
bit.ly/dphilbio25
Reach out to our academics to discuss these or more options if you have an idea of your own 👇
bit.ly/dphilbio25
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Want to do a PhD in biology? Our projects for 2026 are now live! If you're considering a PhD, or know someone who is, we have projects that span the biosciences to serve as inspiration.
Reach out to our academics to discuss these or more options if you have an idea of your own 👇
bit.ly/dphilbio25
Reach out to our academics to discuss these or more options if you have an idea of your own 👇
bit.ly/dphilbio25
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Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
Young Systematists’ Forum
Young Systematists’ Forum An exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic…
systass.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
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IMO paying close attention to species and simply describing what they do is a worthwhile endeavor unto itself.
Guessing I am not alone.
#iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Guessing I am not alone.
#iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The inherent values of observation and description: A case study in the spiny solanums of Australia
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
IMO paying close attention to species and simply describing what they do is a worthwhile endeavor unto itself.
Guessing I am not alone.
#iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Guessing I am not alone.
#iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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IAPT Webinar Series: Sharing taxonomic data with biodiversity and nomenclature databases! Join us on October 22nd to celebrate the International Day of Climate Action and World Sustainability Day! 🪸🍄🌸🎉 @barbarathiers.bsky.social @pjimmej.bsky.social @isabellarridon.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
IAPT Webinar Series: Sharing taxonomic data with biodiversity and nomenclature databases! Join us on October 22nd to celebrate the International Day of Climate Action and World Sustainability Day! 🪸🍄🌸🎉 @barbarathiers.bsky.social @pjimmej.bsky.social @isabellarridon.bsky.social
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We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker!
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
Founders' Lecture 2024 | Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?
YouTube video by Systematics Association
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September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker!
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
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Registration for this year's YSF is open!!!
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Registration for this year's YSF is open!!!
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
New article out in @iaptglobal.bsky.social ´s TAXON: "A nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of mainland Africa". It's open access, follow the link!
A nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of mainland Africa
This paper presents a critical nomenclatural review of Acalypha species of continental Africa and the islands of Cape Verde, Saint Helena, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is based mainly on the study o...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New article out in @iaptglobal.bsky.social ´s TAXON: "A nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of mainland Africa". It's open access, follow the link!
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Taxonomy is under constant change; species classification is revised continuously, and changes accumulate affecting biodiversity metrics & generating uncertainty that is rarely assessed. Juliana Stropp review how taxonomic changes have changed the observed Amazonian palm richness patterns 👇🧪🌐 #NICED
The impact of taxonomic change on the Amazonian palm flora | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Although taxonomy is an evolving discipline, taxonomic change is rarely accounted
for in macroecological studies. By tracking the history of species descriptions and
synonymizations of Amazonian palms...
doi.org
July 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Taxonomy is under constant change; species classification is revised continuously, and changes accumulate affecting biodiversity metrics & generating uncertainty that is rarely assessed. Juliana Stropp review how taxonomic changes have changed the observed Amazonian palm richness patterns 👇🧪🌐 #NICED
Now available: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", where I contributed a chapter. Check it out if interested!
Coming soon from @systassn.bsky.social: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", edited by David Williams & Quentin Wheeler
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...
www.routledge.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Now available: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", where I contributed a chapter. Check it out if interested!
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‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
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It's official! All thesis chapters are individually citable! (One still needs to go through peer-review though 😅)
Dealing with systematic errors arising from missing data, this is fresh off the press: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Psst, we also have a new comprehensive caecilian phylogeny!
1/4 🧵
Dealing with systematic errors arising from missing data, this is fresh off the press: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Psst, we also have a new comprehensive caecilian phylogeny!
1/4 🧵
Coping with Ineffective Overlap in Multilocus Phylogenetics
Abstract. Missing data is a long standing issue in phylogenetic inference, which often results in high levels of taxonomic instability, obscuring otherwise
doi.org
July 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's official! All thesis chapters are individually citable! (One still needs to go through peer-review though 😅)
Dealing with systematic errors arising from missing data, this is fresh off the press: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Psst, we also have a new comprehensive caecilian phylogeny!
1/4 🧵
Dealing with systematic errors arising from missing data, this is fresh off the press: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Psst, we also have a new comprehensive caecilian phylogeny!
1/4 🧵
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Este viernes tenemos un nuevo Café Sistemático ☕️🍀 con
Mario Mairal @ucm.es:
"Expediciones botánicas al último confín biogeográfico: historia natural, evolución e invasiones en las islas subantárticas"
🗓️ Viernes, 30 de mayo
⌚️ 11:00 (CEST)
🔗 conectaha.csic.es/b/mar-dl5-qf...
Mario Mairal @ucm.es:
"Expediciones botánicas al último confín biogeográfico: historia natural, evolución e invasiones en las islas subantárticas"
🗓️ Viernes, 30 de mayo
⌚️ 11:00 (CEST)
🔗 conectaha.csic.es/b/mar-dl5-qf...
May 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Este viernes tenemos un nuevo Café Sistemático ☕️🍀 con
Mario Mairal @ucm.es:
"Expediciones botánicas al último confín biogeográfico: historia natural, evolución e invasiones en las islas subantárticas"
🗓️ Viernes, 30 de mayo
⌚️ 11:00 (CEST)
🔗 conectaha.csic.es/b/mar-dl5-qf...
Mario Mairal @ucm.es:
"Expediciones botánicas al último confín biogeográfico: historia natural, evolución e invasiones en las islas subantárticas"
🗓️ Viernes, 30 de mayo
⌚️ 11:00 (CEST)
🔗 conectaha.csic.es/b/mar-dl5-qf...
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How is misinformation threatening efforts to preserve biodiversity?
Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.
tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.
tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation
Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How is misinformation threatening efforts to preserve biodiversity?
Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.
tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.
tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Coming soon from @systassn.bsky.social: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", edited by David Williams & Quentin Wheeler
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...
www.routledge.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Coming soon from @systassn.bsky.social: "The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined", edited by David Williams & Quentin Wheeler
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
Stems from a symposium held at the 2024 SystAss biennial in Reading. I contributed a chapter: "Bringing taxonomy back into the spotlight"
www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
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Curso de experto, este año, presencial y en español: "Aplicaciones bioinformáticas en biodiversidad, ecología y evolución". ¡Últimos días para apuntarse!
Más info ➡️ www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
Más info ➡️ www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
March 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Curso de experto, este año, presencial y en español: "Aplicaciones bioinformáticas en biodiversidad, ecología y evolución". ¡Últimos días para apuntarse!
Más info ➡️ www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
Más info ➡️ www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
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Un nuevo estudio sobre bases de datos botánicas y su impacto en las evaluaciones de impacto ambiental #EIA revela oportunidades y retos relacionados con la calidad de los datos.
▶️ doi.org/10.1080/1461... #CiteTheDOI
@gbif.org @inaturalist.bsky.social @natusferaes.bsky.social 👇
▶️ doi.org/10.1080/1461... #CiteTheDOI
@gbif.org @inaturalist.bsky.social @natusferaes.bsky.social 👇
March 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Un nuevo estudio sobre bases de datos botánicas y su impacto en las evaluaciones de impacto ambiental #EIA revela oportunidades y retos relacionados con la calidad de los datos.
▶️ doi.org/10.1080/1461... #CiteTheDOI
@gbif.org @inaturalist.bsky.social @natusferaes.bsky.social 👇
▶️ doi.org/10.1080/1461... #CiteTheDOI
@gbif.org @inaturalist.bsky.social @natusferaes.bsky.social 👇
🚨 Interested in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellowship (MSCA-PF)? I'm looking for candidates to join me at @ucm.es working on Plant Systematics & Evolutionary Genomics. Open to researchers of any nationality.
📩 Get in touch or check the call below! 👇
msca.ucm.es/msca-eoi/ucm...
📩 Get in touch or check the call below! 👇
msca.ucm.es/msca-eoi/ucm...
Plant Systematics & Evolutionary Genomics (PSEG Lab) - UCM Expressions of Interest | MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF)
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msca.ucm.es
March 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨 Interested in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellowship (MSCA-PF)? I'm looking for candidates to join me at @ucm.es working on Plant Systematics & Evolutionary Genomics. Open to researchers of any nationality.
📩 Get in touch or check the call below! 👇
msca.ucm.es/msca-eoi/ucm...
📩 Get in touch or check the call below! 👇
msca.ucm.es/msca-eoi/ucm...
Nuevo título experto @ucm.es @biologicasucm.bsky.social, "Appls. bioinformáticas en biodiversidad, ecología y evolución". Incluye herramientas bioinformáticas, genómica poblacional, filogenómica, macroecología, ecología espacial y genómica del paisaje. Más info en link.
¡Preinscripciones abiertas!
¡Preinscripciones abiertas!
Centro de Formación Permanente
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Educación Universitaria. Grados, máster, doctorados.
www.ucm.es
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nuevo título experto @ucm.es @biologicasucm.bsky.social, "Appls. bioinformáticas en biodiversidad, ecología y evolución". Incluye herramientas bioinformáticas, genómica poblacional, filogenómica, macroecología, ecología espacial y genómica del paisaje. Más info en link.
¡Preinscripciones abiertas!
¡Preinscripciones abiertas!
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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/...
February 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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/...
Only ten days left to apply!
Applications for the LinneSys fund are still open.
You just need a systematics-focused project and to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social.
Don't leave membership to the last minute and don't harass our Membership Officer!!!
Apply now ! systass.org/linnesys/
You just need a systematics-focused project and to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social.
Don't leave membership to the last minute and don't harass our Membership Officer!!!
Apply now ! systass.org/linnesys/
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
systass.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Only ten days left to apply!
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Are you a student interested in Bayesian phylogenetics?
Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!!
Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register.
systass.org/workshop-bay...
Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!!
Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register.
systass.org/workshop-bay...
February 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Are you a student interested in Bayesian phylogenetics?
Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!!
Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register.
systass.org/workshop-bay...
Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!!
Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register.
systass.org/workshop-bay...