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Are you (or do you know someone) recently graduated from undergrad looking to beef up your skills and experience prior to starting grad school/career? Do you like social drama and parakeets? Come join my team! I'm looking for two people to start very soon!! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Are you (or do you know someone) recently graduated from undergrad looking to beef up your skills and experience prior to starting grad school/career? Do you like social drama and parakeets? Come join my team! I'm looking for two people to start very soon!! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
New paper showing clustering of the many traits across reproductive strategies of angiosperms. Lots of interesting discussions that gave raise to this piece. But only possible thanks to the hard work of Andrew Helmstetter, Sylvain Glémin, and Jos Käfer.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
An angiosperm‐wide perspective on reproductive strategies and floral traits
Flowering plants have many modes of sexual reproduction, notably varying from selfing to outcrossing, and from bisexual flowers to individuals with separate sexes (dioecy). These reproductive modes ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
New paper showing clustering of the many traits across reproductive strategies of angiosperms. Lots of interesting discussions that gave raise to this piece. But only possible thanks to the hard work of Andrew Helmstetter, Sylvain Glémin, and Jos Käfer.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Happy #SSB2026 from the #LagoLab and #ZeFeLab, descendants & friends!
@tribblelab.bsky.social @laymonstera.bsky.social @racheljabaily.bsky.social @oschwery.bsky.social @evoyeyo.bsky.social @nicolas-cr.bsky.social @justkathe.bsky.social @laufran.bsky.social @ixchelgr.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social
@tribblelab.bsky.social @laymonstera.bsky.social @racheljabaily.bsky.social @oschwery.bsky.social @evoyeyo.bsky.social @nicolas-cr.bsky.social @justkathe.bsky.social @laufran.bsky.social @ixchelgr.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Very excited for this incredible lineup of talks at #SSB2026!
ssb2026.github.io/talks.html
For those giving talks, more instructions will be sent shortly.
@systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io/talks.html
For those giving talks, more instructions will be sent shortly.
@systbiol.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Very excited for this incredible lineup of talks at #SSB2026!
ssb2026.github.io/talks.html
For those giving talks, more instructions will be sent shortly.
@systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io/talks.html
For those giving talks, more instructions will be sent shortly.
@systbiol.bsky.social
Came to #ssb2026 for the original chicken figers and to pet the most adorable yellow lab ever #RocotoManzano.
See you this afternoon in the "Rev the Bayes and Q the matrix" workshop, get ready for graphical models, math, and trait evolution!
See you this afternoon in the "Rev the Bayes and Q the matrix" workshop, get ready for graphical models, math, and trait evolution!
Fun fact for #SSB2026: the original Raising Cane’s- the mothership- is in Baton Rouge, right next to the LSU campus. Come for science and community, and stick around for chicken fingers!
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Came to #ssb2026 for the original chicken figers and to pet the most adorable yellow lab ever #RocotoManzano.
See you this afternoon in the "Rev the Bayes and Q the matrix" workshop, get ready for graphical models, math, and trait evolution!
See you this afternoon in the "Rev the Bayes and Q the matrix" workshop, get ready for graphical models, math, and trait evolution!
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My Mardi Gras season has begun! My #SSB2026 has begun! My Mardi Gras SSB season jams begun! #LaissezLesBonsTempsRouler with @roszenil.bsky.social @nicolas-cr.bsky.social #LagoLab #ZeFeLab
January 7, 2026 at 4:40 AM
My Mardi Gras season has begun! My #SSB2026 has begun! My Mardi Gras SSB season jams begun! #LaissezLesBonsTempsRouler with @roszenil.bsky.social @nicolas-cr.bsky.social #LagoLab #ZeFeLab
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Graduating college soon or recent college graduate? Looking to advance your career in botany, plant conservation and similar topics? Apply to the RAMP program at one of four premier botanic gardens!...
May 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Graduating college soon or recent college graduate? Looking to advance your career in botany, plant conservation and similar topics? Apply to the RAMP program at one of four premier botanic gardens!...
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As the year wraps, it's time to celebrate marine biodiversity!
Nominate your favorite new-to-science *marine* species. form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
The species must have been validly published in 2025. It can be extant or extinct.
@marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @oceancensus.bsky.social
Nominate your favorite new-to-science *marine* species. form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
The species must have been validly published in 2025. It can be extant or extinct.
@marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @oceancensus.bsky.social
WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species 2025 Nomination Form | Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
form.vliz.be
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
As the year wraps, it's time to celebrate marine biodiversity!
Nominate your favorite new-to-science *marine* species. form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
The species must have been validly published in 2025. It can be extant or extinct.
@marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @oceancensus.bsky.social
Nominate your favorite new-to-science *marine* species. form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...
The species must have been validly published in 2025. It can be extant or extinct.
@marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @oceancensus.bsky.social
The importance of basic science
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The importance of basic science
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Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants!
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants!
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
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Check out our review/perspective piece on phylogenetic diversification analysis, intended for the 75th anniversary of
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Check out our review/perspective piece on phylogenetic diversification analysis, intended for the 75th anniversary of
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Lead by @ptitle.bsky.social, equal contributions from @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and me. Created for the 75th anniversary of @systbiol.bsky.social "An evolving view of lineage diversification"
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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academic.oup.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Lead by @ptitle.bsky.social, equal contributions from @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and me. Created for the 75th anniversary of @systbiol.bsky.social "An evolving view of lineage diversification"
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Humpback whales
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a (reef triggerfish)
Synchronous fireflies
Monarch butterflies overwintering
Moose
Humpback whales
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a (reef triggerfish)
Synchronous fireflies
Monarch butterflies overwintering
Moose
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Humpback whales
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a (reef triggerfish)
Synchronous fireflies
Monarch butterflies overwintering
Moose
Humpback whales
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a (reef triggerfish)
Synchronous fireflies
Monarch butterflies overwintering
Moose
Really good summary of our work on poricidal anthers! I am printing this phylo in a big poster!
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Repeated evolution of flowers specialized for buzz pollination (Evolution) @nicrodemo.bsky.social @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/sIToGPO
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Repeated evolution of flowers specialized for buzz pollination | Plantae
If you’ve ever looked closely at a tomato flower, you might have noticed that its anthers cluster together in the center of the flower, making the pollen inaccessible to most insects.
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Really good summary of our work on poricidal anthers! I am printing this phylo in a big poster!
This work is the result of a lot of persistence, my co-authors especially @draverbee.bsky.social and @nicrodemo.bsky.social, greatly improved by reviewers and handling editors. Poricidal anthers evolved multiple times but this phenotype stayed in lineages 50 my after the origin of all angiosperms.
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This work is the result of a lot of persistence, my co-authors especially @draverbee.bsky.social and @nicrodemo.bsky.social, greatly improved by reviewers and handling editors. Poricidal anthers evolved multiple times but this phenotype stayed in lineages 50 my after the origin of all angiosperms.
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And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯
October 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯
Second this recommendation. Daniel is a wonderful colleague and this is a great opportunity.
Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
Join the lab
The Caetano lab at Towson University (Maryland, USA) is seeking a Master's degree student to start in Fall 2026. A Research Assistant (RA) position is available to the student during part (or all) of....
caetanods.weebly.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Second this recommendation. Daniel is a wonderful colleague and this is a great opportunity.
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Excited to begin the search for the next (6th) Burpee Post-Doctoral Fellow in Botany here in my lab at Bucknell! Funded research and teacher-scholar training embedded in the primarily undergraduate institution (#PUI) environment.
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to begin the search for the next (6th) Burpee Post-Doctoral Fellow in Botany here in my lab at Bucknell! Funded research and teacher-scholar training embedded in the primarily undergraduate institution (#PUI) environment.
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
The Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky is hiring a Microbiologist (broadly defined). Microbial eco-evo folks, this is your sign to come work with us. Not in the search committee, but happy to answer questions.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology
Assistant or Associate Professor in Microbiology
The Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor le...
ukjobs.uky.edu
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky is hiring a Microbiologist (broadly defined). Microbial eco-evo folks, this is your sign to come work with us. Not in the search committee, but happy to answer questions.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology
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It's outdated in so many ways but Sepkoski's 1998 Rates of Speciation in the Fossil Record is such a classic and highly influential paper
Rates of speciation in the fossil record | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Data from palaeontology and biodiversity suggest that the global biota should produce
an average of three new species per year. However, the fossil record shows large variation
around this mean. Rates...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's outdated in so many ways but Sepkoski's 1998 Rates of Speciation in the Fossil Record is such a classic and highly influential paper
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I'm a little bit late, but happy to see this new paper led by @imillercrews.bsky.social and anchored by @rosvall-lab.bsky.social now out on bioRxiv.
We analyze comparative songbird RNA-seq data using new features in our software package, CAGEE. Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analyze comparative songbird RNA-seq data using new features in our software package, CAGEE. Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How sex shapes transcriptome evolution in the songbird brain
Sex differences have captivated scientists for a long time, yet the evolutionary rate of change in sex-biased gene expression has not been directly quantified. To address this issue, we leverage brain...
www.biorxiv.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'm a little bit late, but happy to see this new paper led by @imillercrews.bsky.social and anchored by @rosvall-lab.bsky.social now out on bioRxiv.
We analyze comparative songbird RNA-seq data using new features in our software package, CAGEE. Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analyze comparative songbird RNA-seq data using new features in our software package, CAGEE. Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop in Beijing, China. BEAST2 is a software package used to reconstruct evolutionary trees and is widely applied in diverse areas... more info: www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/08/06/w...
August 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop in Beijing, China. BEAST2 is a software package used to reconstruct evolutionary trees and is widely applied in diverse areas... more info: www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/08/06/w...
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August 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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G.G. Simpson is the most mentioned paleontologist at #eseb2025. These are 3 different talks from two separate sessions. But there are more! adaptive landscapes, adaptive radiations and horotely (rates) are in! So is the fossil record! @roszenil.bsky.social @ignacioq.bsky.social and others!
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
G.G. Simpson is the most mentioned paleontologist at #eseb2025. These are 3 different talks from two separate sessions. But there are more! adaptive landscapes, adaptive radiations and horotely (rates) are in! So is the fossil record! @roszenil.bsky.social @ignacioq.bsky.social and others!