Russell Garwood
@russellgarwood.co.uk
I do science with fossils, X-rays and computers at the Unviersity of Manchester and Natural History Museum, UK. Working at Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin until September '25. Run the Palaeontological Association web systems.
russellgarwood.co.uk
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Meet @russellgarwood.co.uk one of the academic leads of our C++ User Group. Find out more about his use of #C++ in his research and his thoughts on the group.
Driving the C++ User Group
Meet Russell Garwood, Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences and one of the academic leads of the University C++ User Group. Discover how he got involved with the group and…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Meet @russellgarwood.co.uk one of the academic leads of our C++ User Group. Find out more about his use of #C++ in his research and his thoughts on the group.
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
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November 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Please consider signing
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I’m a bit younger than Simon Armitage and didn’t grow up in Yorkshire, but this totally resonates. 💯
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Simon, you crazy diamond: Armitage poem marks 50 years of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here
Poet laureate pays tribute to ‘message in a bottle tied to a life buoy thrown from a ghost ship’ released when he was 12
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m a bit younger than Simon Armitage and didn’t grow up in Yorkshire, but this totally resonates. 💯
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
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🚨New paper out in Palaeontology! Check it out if you're interested morphological evolution, fossil phylogenetics, and macroevolution 🧪
"Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"
"Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"
Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data
Understanding the evolution and phylogenetic distribution of morphologic traits is fundamental to macroevolutionary research. Despite decades of major advances and key insights from molecular systema...
dx.doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🚨New paper out in Palaeontology! Check it out if you're interested morphological evolution, fossil phylogenetics, and macroevolution 🧪
"Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"
"Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"
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Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
October 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
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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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If you haven't yet, come see our poster designed by my coauthor Harrison.
Tl;dr: if some lifeforms were going around terraforming planets, we could detect them* even without a working definition of "life" or "habitability"
*terms and conditions apply
Tl;dr: if some lifeforms were going around terraforming planets, we could detect them* even without a working definition of "life" or "habitability"
*terms and conditions apply
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
If you haven't yet, come see our poster designed by my coauthor Harrison.
Tl;dr: if some lifeforms were going around terraforming planets, we could detect them* even without a working definition of "life" or "habitability"
*terms and conditions apply
Tl;dr: if some lifeforms were going around terraforming planets, we could detect them* even without a working definition of "life" or "habitability"
*terms and conditions apply
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Just caught up on this fascinating paper in Science in August. It reports evidence of strong selective pressure from breeding of horses around 5000-3000 years ago in Central Asia. One reason it's interesting is that the selection is *really* strong... /1
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Selection at the GSDMC locus in horses and its implications for human mobility
Horsepower revolutionized human history through enhanced mobility, transport, and warfare. However, the suite of biological traits that reshaped horses during domestication remains unclear. We scanned...
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Just caught up on this fascinating paper in Science in August. It reports evidence of strong selective pressure from breeding of horses around 5000-3000 years ago in Central Asia. One reason it's interesting is that the selection is *really* strong... /1
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Know trebor mints? Founded by, amongst others, Robert Robertson. Trebor is Robert spelt backwards.
How has it taken me decades to notice this?
How has it taken me decades to notice this?
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Know trebor mints? Founded by, amongst others, Robert Robertson. Trebor is Robert spelt backwards.
How has it taken me decades to notice this?
How has it taken me decades to notice this?
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an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
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AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...
World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council
View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester.
Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...
www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...
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OK, head above water briefly and can say a few things about a paper that came out a few weeks ago in @royalsocietypublishing.org on Platysomus and kin.
U-M researcher @friedmanlab.bsky.social helps identify the first time fish evolved a toothy, tongue-like structure, an early innovation in the way fish eat. #Science
Learn more: https://news.umich.edu/310-million-year-old-fossil-takes-a-bite-out-of-fish-evolutio
Learn more: https://news.umich.edu/310-million-year-old-fossil-takes-a-bite-out-of-fish-evolutio
310-million-year-old fossil takes a bite out of fish evolution
U-M researcher discovers an early innovation in the way fish eat
news.umich.edu
September 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
OK, head above water briefly and can say a few things about a paper that came out a few weeks ago in @royalsocietypublishing.org on Platysomus and kin.
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"differences in squamate fossil record completeness stem from ...anatomy/body size and affinities of different ...groups to specific lithologies and depositional environments."
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Toxiferans: snakes and mosasaurs the kings of the squamate fossil record 👇
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Toxiferans: snakes and mosasaurs the kings of the squamate fossil record 👇
September 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"differences in squamate fossil record completeness stem from ...anatomy/body size and affinities of different ...groups to specific lithologies and depositional environments."
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Toxiferans: snakes and mosasaurs the kings of the squamate fossil record 👇
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Toxiferans: snakes and mosasaurs the kings of the squamate fossil record 👇
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🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️25th September 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us next week to hear from @nmkphylo.bsky.social and @russellgarwood.co.uk, on “The Tree of Life and Death: What do Fossil Taxa Contribute to Morphological Phylogenetics?” 🌳🐣⚰️
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
🗓️25th September 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us next week to hear from @nmkphylo.bsky.social and @russellgarwood.co.uk, on “The Tree of Life and Death: What do Fossil Taxa Contribute to Morphological Phylogenetics?” 🌳🐣⚰️
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️25th September 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us next week to hear from @nmkphylo.bsky.social and @russellgarwood.co.uk, on “The Tree of Life and Death: What do Fossil Taxa Contribute to Morphological Phylogenetics?” 🌳🐣⚰️
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
🗓️25th September 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us next week to hear from @nmkphylo.bsky.social and @russellgarwood.co.uk, on “The Tree of Life and Death: What do Fossil Taxa Contribute to Morphological Phylogenetics?” 🌳🐣⚰️
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
Live scenes, the day before the abstract deadline for a @thepalass.bsky.social conference, brought to you by the internet officer.
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a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .
Alt: a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water, and overcome by a wave with the word emails throughout.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Live scenes, the day before the abstract deadline for a @thepalass.bsky.social conference, brought to you by the internet officer.
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Out today in @commsearth.nature.com from some of my newest colleagues at UMMP: evidence that the extinction of dinosaurs led to fundamental shifts in terrestrial environments, and that this signal is recorded in facies shifts tied to the K-Pg boundary: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Dinosaur extinction can explain continental facies shifts at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary - Communications Earth & Environment
Dinosaurs promoted open habitats in the Late Cretaceous, and their extinction could have led to a radical reorganization of the landscape and ecosystem structure at the beginning of the Paleogene, acc...
www.nature.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Out today in @commsearth.nature.com from some of my newest colleagues at UMMP: evidence that the extinction of dinosaurs led to fundamental shifts in terrestrial environments, and that this signal is recorded in facies shifts tied to the K-Pg boundary: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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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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Incredibly proud and also very emotional to see this new paper published in @systbiol.bsky.social. The study was lead by Pierre Cockx, who sadly passed away in July.
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
September 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Incredibly proud and also very emotional to see this new paper published in @systbiol.bsky.social. The study was lead by Pierre Cockx, who sadly passed away in July.
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
Me reading any statement about chelicerate phylogeny not couched in uncertainty:
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September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Me reading any statement about chelicerate phylogeny not couched in uncertainty:
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New paper led by my PhD student, Edwin Rodriguez! Building on previous work, we present a systematic description of the ONE BILLION YEAR OLD fossils of the phosphates of the Diabaig Formation, NW Scotland — including some early eukaryotes and new species... #paleontology #fossils #geology
September 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New paper led by my PhD student, Edwin Rodriguez! Building on previous work, we present a systematic description of the ONE BILLION YEAR OLD fossils of the phosphates of the Diabaig Formation, NW Scotland — including some early eukaryotes and new species... #paleontology #fossils #geology
Well done Manchester. Don't change 🫡
September 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Well done Manchester. Don't change 🫡
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Question: What the hell is this? (thread)
September 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Question: What the hell is this? (thread)
At the end of my fellowship in Berlin - me completing the character coding for my arachnid phylogeny v.s. me actually looking at the tree
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September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
At the end of my fellowship in Berlin - me completing the character coding for my arachnid phylogeny v.s. me actually looking at the tree
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Handsome horseshoe
August 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Handsome horseshoe