Sam Giles
@gilespalaeo.bsky.social
Scientist and palaeobiologist | she/her/hers | Royal Society Senior Research Fellow in Birmingham, UK and Lapworth Museum Academic Keeper | 🏳️🌈 | too many pets | currently mostly migraines |
It took weeks, or months, or more than a year for UKRI to respond to EDI concerns around lack of funding to Black researchers and bias in how doctoral funding is awarded. But this gets an response within hours - on a Saturday afternoon, no less - and promise of an immediate investigation. Shameful.
October 29, 2023 at 9:17 AM
It took weeks, or months, or more than a year for UKRI to respond to EDI concerns around lack of funding to Black researchers and bias in how doctoral funding is awarded. But this gets an response within hours - on a Saturday afternoon, no less - and promise of an immediate investigation. Shameful.
Last week my kids complained that I picked them up too early (!) and they didn’t get their after school club snack, so this week I am treating myself to a leisurely coffee first 😋
October 25, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Last week my kids complained that I picked them up too early (!) and they didn’t get their after school club snack, so this week I am treating myself to a leisurely coffee first 😋
Made it to university only an hour and a half late (mostly because I gave up at New Street and got an Uber the rest of the way) but pretty sure I am never getting home 😂
October 20, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Made it to university only an hour and a half late (mostly because I gave up at New Street and got an Uber the rest of the way) but pretty sure I am never getting home 😂
Pippi is definitely the best cat!
October 14, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Pippi is definitely the best cat!
This one actually is my cat 🐈⬛
October 14, 2023 at 6:06 PM
This one actually is my cat 🐈⬛
Second of the day!
October 14, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Second of the day!
That’s my dogs’ bed. They don’t mind sharing it with my cat, Pippi. One problem: that’s not my cat 😂
October 14, 2023 at 12:55 PM
That’s my dogs’ bed. They don’t mind sharing it with my cat, Pippi. One problem: that’s not my cat 😂
When life gives you overripe bananas and a six year old who’s too poorly for school, make banana bread 😋
October 9, 2023 at 12:38 PM
When life gives you overripe bananas and a six year old who’s too poorly for school, make banana bread 😋
Change of plan: had to get a train to Worcester to get a train to Birmingham to get a train to University, so will arrive ~a hour and twenty minutes late, no work has been achieved, I love trains 🫠
October 6, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Change of plan: had to get a train to Worcester to get a train to Birmingham to get a train to University, so will arrive ~a hour and twenty minutes late, no work has been achieved, I love trains 🫠
In today’s edition, my train to work isn’t cancelled (although my one home is) but there’s a broken down train in front of us so we’re stuck ‘for the foreseeable future’. I’m thinking positive thoughts and working on another draft 🧘
October 6, 2023 at 8:27 AM
In today’s edition, my train to work isn’t cancelled (although my one home is) but there’s a broken down train in front of us so we’re stuck ‘for the foreseeable future’. I’m thinking positive thoughts and working on another draft 🧘
My train to work was cancelled and the next one is in an hour so instead of stressing about the hour of training I’m missing I decided to have a nice cup of tea and read a student’s draft ☺️
October 5, 2023 at 8:39 AM
My train to work was cancelled and the next one is in an hour so instead of stressing about the hour of training I’m missing I decided to have a nice cup of tea and read a student’s draft ☺️
Cats are the best Lego assistants, apparently
October 1, 2023 at 8:19 AM
Cats are the best Lego assistants, apparently
My six year old didn’t believe me when I told him it was for grown ups 😑
September 30, 2023 at 6:39 PM
My six year old didn’t believe me when I told him it was for grown ups 😑
Bought myself a present 😃
September 30, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Bought myself a present 😃
Today I’m at a Research Fellows networking event at the Royal Society, who get +1000 points for having a quiet room set up (in addition to a separate first aid room, which I always feel bad for using). Please try and make sure you have these at your events!
September 28, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Today I’m at a Research Fellows networking event at the Royal Society, who get +1000 points for having a quiet room set up (in addition to a separate first aid room, which I always feel bad for using). Please try and make sure you have these at your events!
New paper alert! We use CT scanning to describe the oldest-known 3D vertebrate skull, in the Ordovician (~455 million year old) jawless fish Eriptychius! Despite resembling a box of cornflakes, this fossil fills a big morphological gap between jawed and jawless fish🧪⚒️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 22, 2023 at 1:38 PM
New paper alert! We use CT scanning to describe the oldest-known 3D vertebrate skull, in the Ordovician (~455 million year old) jawless fish Eriptychius! Despite resembling a box of cornflakes, this fossil fills a big morphological gap between jawed and jawless fish🧪⚒️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kids are dropped off, I’ve got a tea, train’s on time, and a whole table to myself. Things can only get better, right?
September 20, 2023 at 8:05 AM
Kids are dropped off, I’ve got a tea, train’s on time, and a whole table to myself. Things can only get better, right?
I obviously did not make the connection 🤪
September 12, 2023 at 10:28 AM
I obviously did not make the connection 🤪
I’m en route to PalAss23 and I have a five minute connection at Stevenage. The train I’m on is currently running four minutes late. Will the train gods smile on me for a change? Stay tuned to find out 😂
September 12, 2023 at 9:43 AM
I’m en route to PalAss23 and I have a five minute connection at Stevenage. The train I’m on is currently running four minutes late. Will the train gods smile on me for a change? Stay tuned to find out 😂
I’m advertising a 24 month PDRA position using CT data of the jaws and skulls of Devonian-Carboniferous ray-finned fishes to investigate the first major anatomical radiation of the group. Available to start as soon as possible. 🧪⚒️
Details and apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Details and apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
September 8, 2023 at 3:40 PM
I’m advertising a 24 month PDRA position using CT data of the jaws and skulls of Devonian-Carboniferous ray-finned fishes to investigate the first major anatomical radiation of the group. Available to start as soon as possible. 🧪⚒️
Details and apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Details and apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
This is probably the coolest place I’ve ever stayed, although I reckon there’s now a solid 60% chance I’m going to be haunted forever 😅
September 7, 2023 at 7:33 AM
This is probably the coolest place I’ve ever stayed, although I reckon there’s now a solid 60% chance I’m going to be haunted forever 😅
I booked a last minute hotel in Lincoln through my university travel portal and there were no chains available so I’ve somehow ended up in a 14th century bail house with a four poster bed, amazing desk, terrifying chandelier and bathroom on another floor 😂
September 6, 2023 at 8:03 PM
I booked a last minute hotel in Lincoln through my university travel portal and there were no chains available so I’ve somehow ended up in a 14th century bail house with a four poster bed, amazing desk, terrifying chandelier and bathroom on another floor 😂