Tyler Imfeld
@whotooktimfeld.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ Xavier University, ornithologist, museum junky, bird nerd
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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@sderkarabetian.bsky.social et al. developed a metazoan ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set, providing a resource for multiple research groups working on vastly different animal lineages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
Covering All Bases: A Universal Metazoan UCE Probe Set to Democratize Phylogenomics
Abstract. Biology is in a genomics era, but many researchers may still be alienated from these techniques as a lack of genomic resources remains for many a
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@sderkarabetian.bsky.social et al. developed a metazoan ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set, providing a resource for multiple research groups working on vastly different animal lineages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
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Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
Applied Biostatistics
ybrandvain.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
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New preprint led by grad student, Yu Mo! We introduce new software to calculate evolutionary rates of quantitative characters in the presence of discordance
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Estimating the rate of quantitative trait evolution in the presence of gene tree discordance by calculating likelihoods across trees
Quantitative traits provide insights into how phenotypes evolve across species. However, standard comparative methods often assume a single species tree and overlook the discordant gene tree histories...
www.biorxiv.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New preprint led by grad student, Yu Mo! We introduce new software to calculate evolutionary rates of quantitative characters in the presence of discordance
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The team of Ph.D. level experts in ChatGPT apparently doesn't include any anatomists.
August 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The team of Ph.D. level experts in ChatGPT apparently doesn't include any anatomists.
If you haven't experienced the alpine during peak wildflower season, you should! I've never been so speechless and infatuated with a landscape in my life. The Brown-capped Rosy-Finches and pika were a spectacular cherry on top.
July 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you haven't experienced the alpine during peak wildflower season, you should! I've never been so speechless and infatuated with a landscape in my life. The Brown-capped Rosy-Finches and pika were a spectacular cherry on top.
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I asked ChatGPT? I asked Grok? Well, I asked a Red-breasted Nuthatch and it said yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yen
June 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I asked ChatGPT? I asked Grok? Well, I asked a Red-breasted Nuthatch and it said yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yenk yen
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A monumental taxonomy unification effort has just been published - thanks to all those who've collaborated for years to make this happen!
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...
Birds of the World - AviList: A Unified Global Checklist of the World’s Birds is Now Available
AviList, a unified global checklist of birds, that provides the most current and authoritative taxonomy of birds around the world was released today by experts in taxonomy, nomenclature, and bioinform...
birdsoftheworld.org
June 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A monumental taxonomy unification effort has just been published - thanks to all those who've collaborated for years to make this happen!
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
After five incredible years in Colorado, I’m returning to my home place in August to start as an Assistant Professor of Biology at my alma mater, Xavier University! Stay tuned for more ornithological, museum, and teaching goodness once the Imfeld Lab has flocked back to Cincinnati.
April 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
After five incredible years in Colorado, I’m returning to my home place in August to start as an Assistant Professor of Biology at my alma mater, Xavier University! Stay tuned for more ornithological, museum, and teaching goodness once the Imfeld Lab has flocked back to Cincinnati.
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A complete and dynamic tree of birds - out today in PNAS! Teamwork with @eliotmiller.bsky.social and others at
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A complete and dynamic tree of birds - out today in PNAS! Teamwork with @eliotmiller.bsky.social and others at
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Reminds me of this enterprising individual I saw the other day. I… I don't think you built that.
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Reminds me of this enterprising individual I saw the other day. I… I don't think you built that.
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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
www.evolutionsociety.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
I can already tell making the move over here was a smart move because I'm seeing loads of cool papers coming through my feed that are perfect to incorporate into my Evolution & Conservation Biology courses next semester. Missed this after the "empty mall" stage on the other place!
November 20, 2024 at 12:44 AM
I can already tell making the move over here was a smart move because I'm seeing loads of cool papers coming through my feed that are perfect to incorporate into my Evolution & Conservation Biology courses next semester. Missed this after the "empty mall" stage on the other place!
Following the flocks, I'm making my migration to this platform now too. My name's Tyler, and I'm an Asst. Prof in Biology at Regis University. I teach a breadth of bio & statistics courses and do research with students in bird collections. Excited to rebuild some community here!
November 13, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Following the flocks, I'm making my migration to this platform now too. My name's Tyler, and I'm an Asst. Prof in Biology at Regis University. I teach a breadth of bio & statistics courses and do research with students in bird collections. Excited to rebuild some community here!
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@whotooktimfeld.bsky.social & @fkbarker.bsky.social compared songbird sister clades across Eastern & Western Hemispheres - individual American clades experienced opportunity, constraint or neutrality following dispersal, independent of the older suboscine clade
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
February 21, 2024 at 1:12 PM
@whotooktimfeld.bsky.social & @fkbarker.bsky.social compared songbird sister clades across Eastern & Western Hemispheres - individual American clades experienced opportunity, constraint or neutrality following dispersal, independent of the older suboscine clade
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...