Philip Donoghue
@phil-donoghue.bsky.social
Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol, UK
NERC GW4+ PhD: Genome duplication, extinction and diversification in the evolution of flowering plants, supervised by Phil Donoghue, James Clark and Ilia Leitch. Deets soon but get in touch with @phil-donoghue.bsky.social if interested. Jan 8 application deadline @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
NERC GW4+ PhD: Genome duplication, extinction and diversification in the evolution of flowering plants, supervised by Phil Donoghue, James Clark and Ilia Leitch. Deets soon but get in touch with @phil-donoghue.bsky.social if interested. Jan 8 application deadline @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social
Our latest: Investigating the morphogenesis and replacement of lamprey toothlets using synchrotron imaging, led by Madleen Grohganz @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social, just out in Journal of Morphology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Our latest: Investigating the morphogenesis and replacement of lamprey toothlets using synchrotron imaging, led by Madleen Grohganz @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social, just out in Journal of Morphology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Lots of fun last night in the lab get together at Siji Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant in Hepingli, Beijing
July 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Lots of fun last night in the lab get together at Siji Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant in Hepingli, Beijing
The latest issue of eVOLUCIÓN @sesbe-org.bsky.social includes me pontificating on all manner of topics evolutionary. sesbe.org/revista-evol...
May 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The latest issue of eVOLUCIÓN @sesbe-org.bsky.social includes me pontificating on all manner of topics evolutionary. sesbe.org/revista-evol...
Thanks to Carlos Martinez, Sonia Ros, Jesus Marugan, Hugo Martin-Abad and friends for making @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social Iberian Cordillera field trip such a success for our BSc/MSci Palaeontology & Evolution students
April 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Thanks to Carlos Martinez, Sonia Ros, Jesus Marugan, Hugo Martin-Abad and friends for making @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social Iberian Cordillera field trip such a success for our BSc/MSci Palaeontology & Evolution students
@thepalass.bsky.social and @nhm-london.bsky.social are hosting a FREE workshop at the Natural History Museum, London on May 15, 2-4 pm for in person and online attendees:
Fossil Collecting In England and Wales: Do We Need More Legislation?
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Fossil Collecting In England and Wales: Do We Need More Legislation?
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March 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@thepalass.bsky.social and @nhm-london.bsky.social are hosting a FREE workshop at the Natural History Museum, London on May 15, 2-4 pm for in person and online attendees:
Fossil Collecting In England and Wales: Do We Need More Legislation?
🌐 Sign up: buff.ly/LXtoUao
Fossil Collecting In England and Wales: Do We Need More Legislation?
🌐 Sign up: buff.ly/LXtoUao
Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social
In friday’s palaeo seminar @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social we were treated to Microfossil evolution and morphological change through warm and cold climates by the amazing @bridgetwade.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In friday’s palaeo seminar @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social we were treated to Microfossil evolution and morphological change through warm and cold climates by the amazing @bridgetwade.bsky.social
Tahlia Pollock @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social has an amazing new study integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why so many mammals evolve sabre teeth: functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies.
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Tahlia Pollock @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social has an amazing new study integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why so many mammals evolve sabre teeth: functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies.
My Christmas reading has arrived!
December 13, 2024 at 5:49 PM
My Christmas reading has arrived!
NERC GW4+ DTP www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk just released PhD projects for Sept 2025 start, inc one with me using new microscopy methods to study the taphonomy of cells and organelles to unravel the evolution of eukaryotes www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... Please get in touch if interested
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
NERC GW4+ DTP www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk just released PhD projects for Sept 2025 start, inc one with me using new microscopy methods to study the taphonomy of cells and organelles to unravel the evolution of eukaryotes www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... Please get in touch if interested
Our latest, by Emily Carlisle, Zongjun Yin, Davide Pisani and myself: Ediacaran origin and Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 15, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Our latest, by Emily Carlisle, Zongjun Yin, Davide Pisani and myself: Ediacaran origin and Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...