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Michael Lee (Evolutionary Biologist)
@michael-s-y-lee.bsky.social
Scientist, Parent, Spouse, Bayesian, Twitter Refugee -not necessarily in that order
Day job: Professor, Evolutionary Biology, SA Museum & Flinders Uni
Homepage: michaelsylee.wordpress.com
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Currently just squatting, but will start posting if I miraculously get enough spontaneous follows 😀

Meanwhile, my research blogs (and bird photo spam) can be found here:
www.instagram.com/michael_s_y_...
Fully funded PhD scholarship on Scorpion Evolution at Flinders University, working with Russell Bicknell, Bruno Buzzato
@brunobuzatto.bsky.social and myself

Details at this link:
www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

Please spread the word!
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late #Devonian to present www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#traits #fish #evolution #ecology 🌏🧪
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Paper led by co-advisee Joao da Silva on the Permian dicynodont Rastodon procurvidens (Synapsida, Therapsida) using micro-CT scanning and with phylogenetic and biogeographical implications academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Osteology and ontogeny of the Permian dicynodont Rastodon procurvidens (Synapsida, Therapsida) based on micro-CT scanning and its phylogenetic and biogeographical implications
Abstract. Dicynodonts were a globally distributed group of herbivorous synapsids that first appeared during the middle Permian (Guadalupian) and survived t
academic.oup.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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60 million years ago, eastern #Aotearoa New Zealand was #penguin paradise!

We describe 4 archaic penguin species from the Waipara Greensand, North Canterbury. This now totals 10 species from there, in addition to a diversity of Paleocene penguins from Otago and Chatham Island.
#fossil #birds
Multiple exceptionally preserved fossils from the Paleocene Waipara Greensand inform the diversity of the oldest stem group Sphenisciformes and the formation of their diving adaptations
Abstract. We report new stem group sphenisciforms (ancestral penguins) from the Paleocene of the Waipara Greensand (Canterbury, New Zealand), and describe
academic.oup.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Thank you, everyone, for your warm well wishes and generous support.

The @nteuact.bsky.social has been especially amazing. And they’re putting on a BBQ*! Come along and grab a bite to eat and spend time with ANU community.

*OMG this is hilarious 😆
A great part of being union is the community of support we provide for one another in difficult times. All are welcome to show appreciation for Liz & others standing up for #ANU staff & students.

If you're not yet an @nteunion.bsky.social member, join at www.nteu.au/join. ✊
August 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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New #research out today led by George Sangster, with Trevor Worthy, Pascale Lubbe, Paul Scofield & myself.

Recently #extinct flightless #rail Hodgens' waterhen from #Aotearoa New Zealand is a 'giant' crake of the genus Porzana, rather than a nativehen of Tribonyx.

(📷 credits given in ALT text)
Another case of island gigantism: the extinct Hodgens’ Waterhen (Tribonyx hodgenorum) is a member of Porzana (Aves: Rallidae) - Journal of Ornithology
Tribonyx hodgenorum (Scarlett, Rec Canterb Mus 6:265–266, 1955) was a flightless rail (Rallidae) endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand that became extinct in the eighteenth century. The affinities of this r...
link.springer.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Former Australian National University chancellor slams 'gobsmacking' proposed university cuts www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Former ANU chancellor says proposed uni cuts 'gobsmacking'
Former Australian National University chancellor, Gareth Evans, says proposed cost-saving cuts to the institution have "ignored or gravely under-valued the significance of ANU's very distinctive natio...
www.abc.net.au
July 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
You know you are in the tropics when a Brown Tree #Snake joins you for coffee at #CairnsAirport!

It stuck its tongue out at the expensive menus and decided to go forage in the nearby mangroves instead.

Happy #WorldSnakeDay !
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Job advert: Research Associate in Environmental Time-Series Modelling

We have just today advertised a new postdoctoral position funded by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) that will be based in the Global Ecology Lab…
Job advert: Research Associate in Environmental Time-Series Modelling
We have just today advertised a new postdoctoral position funded by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) that will be based in the Global Ecology Lab at Flinders University. This is a fixed-term position for up to 3 years, and we are especially targeting Indigenous candidates. The successful candidate will use existing code and develop new approaches to analyse complex data derived from lake, lagoon, river, and wetland cores measuring various aspects of dated vegetation composition, fire regime, and climate fluctuation.
conservationbytes.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Job announcement - we're hiring!

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2 yrs, Adelaide Uni

Plastic brains: Neural adaptations to changing environments in reptiles

Team led by @jcroweriddell.bsky.social with @draliceclement.bsky.social‬ Shaun Collin & myself.

Details here:
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Whoa … this is getting real! Thanks, @mikejennions.bsky.social for putting this together. I'm blushing! 😊
February 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Memo to Canadian Government - now is the time to ramp up the Canadian Research Chairs program, as you will get plenty of amazing applications from across the border!

www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/about_us-a_n...
About Us
Canada Research Chairs program will support
www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca
February 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Reposted by Michael Lee (Evolutionary Biologist)
WWF Australia job fixed term 2 years- conservation priorities in the Asia-Pacific region. jobs.wwf.org.au/jobs/5376960...
International Species and Forests Program Manager - WWF-Australia
Join an amazing team of passionate people making a difference. Great benefits including RDOs, Salary Packaging (rebatable), Health Days.
jobs.wwf.org.au
December 23, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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We look inside this beautiful beast’s braincase over here: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
December 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by Michael Lee (Evolutionary Biologist)
The reviewer crisis

credit: @michael-s-y-lee.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Currently just squatting, but will start posting if I miraculously get enough spontaneous follows 😀

Meanwhile, my research blogs (and bird photo spam) can be found here:
www.instagram.com/michael_s_y_...
November 19, 2024 at 7:27 AM