Rob Lanfear
@roblanfear.bsky.social
phylogenetics, molecular evolution, some genomes, kids, dogs, and eclectic hobbies none of which I am much good at but I think for me that's the point
The lack of communication is pretty staggering. Like folks finding out from rumours(?) on Reddit that their area and possibly their own job might be getting cut.
This is 100% unnecessary if things are run competently.
This is 100% unnecessary if things are run competently.
May 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The lack of communication is pretty staggering. Like folks finding out from rumours(?) on Reddit that their area and possibly their own job might be getting cut.
This is 100% unnecessary if things are run competently.
This is 100% unnecessary if things are run competently.
With a massive budget deficit, and in the middle of huge layoffs, good to see ANU investing in cleaning up some minor protest graffiti before most people get to work. #ourANU
May 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
With a massive budget deficit, and in the middle of huge layoffs, good to see ANU investing in cleaning up some minor protest graffiti before most people get to work. #ourANU
Resonates. On one particular summer beach trip at home, I ended up standing in a car park in the rain, alone except for the two friends I'd driven with, drinking hot Bovril out of a styrofoam cup.
The cup wasn't even branded and cool like this one. Just plain white. The Bovril *was* beefy though.
The cup wasn't even branded and cool like this one. Just plain white. The Bovril *was* beefy though.
February 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Resonates. On one particular summer beach trip at home, I ended up standing in a car park in the rain, alone except for the two friends I'd driven with, drinking hot Bovril out of a styrofoam cup.
The cup wasn't even branded and cool like this one. Just plain white. The Bovril *was* beefy though.
The cup wasn't even branded and cool like this one. Just plain white. The Bovril *was* beefy though.
The caption of this image seems like a stretch.
December 10, 2024 at 4:59 AM
The caption of this image seems like a stretch.
A quick walk in the reserve to look for christmas beetles with the kids. No luck, but lots of cool things to see.
A question (maybe for @confuzzledpigeon.bsky.social or @americanbeetles.bsky.social): do you think the mating leafhoppers *meant* to line up their little stripe with the leaf vein?
A question (maybe for @confuzzledpigeon.bsky.social or @americanbeetles.bsky.social): do you think the mating leafhoppers *meant* to line up their little stripe with the leaf vein?
December 2, 2024 at 9:42 AM
A quick walk in the reserve to look for christmas beetles with the kids. No luck, but lots of cool things to see.
A question (maybe for @confuzzledpigeon.bsky.social or @americanbeetles.bsky.social): do you think the mating leafhoppers *meant* to line up their little stripe with the leaf vein?
A question (maybe for @confuzzledpigeon.bsky.social or @americanbeetles.bsky.social): do you think the mating leafhoppers *meant* to line up their little stripe with the leaf vein?
Phylogenetics. IYKYN.
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Phylogenetics. IYKYN.
Some really high quality predatory spam from Frontiers this morning!!
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Some really high quality predatory spam from Frontiers this morning!!
The eye of a white lipped tree frog.
November 20, 2024 at 8:40 AM
The eye of a white lipped tree frog.
Just finished building a tree house of which I am inordinately proud. If I’d had any idea how intricate shingles are I’d never have started. Ignorance for the win.
November 16, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Just finished building a tree house of which I am inordinately proud. If I’d had any idea how intricate shingles are I’d never have started. Ignorance for the win.
This is an excellent paper. Final paragraph of the discussion:
October 22, 2024 at 5:18 AM
This is an excellent paper. Final paragraph of the discussion:
I made a clunky little graph layout thing (with thanks to ChatGPT) that helps a fair bit with coming up with phrases.
gist.github.com/roblanf/5148...
Follow the green arrows for valid follow-on words. Click as you go. Uses R.
gist.github.com/roblanf/5148...
Follow the green arrows for valid follow-on words. Click as you go. Uses R.
October 16, 2024 at 6:18 AM
I made a clunky little graph layout thing (with thanks to ChatGPT) that helps a fair bit with coming up with phrases.
gist.github.com/roblanf/5148...
Follow the green arrows for valid follow-on words. Click as you go. Uses R.
gist.github.com/roblanf/5148...
Follow the green arrows for valid follow-on words. Click as you go. Uses R.
Post a scene from a movie you’ve seen more than 10 times
10 points to anyone who can identify this without looking at the alt-text.
10 points to anyone who can identify this without looking at the alt-text.
September 23, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Post a scene from a movie you’ve seen more than 10 times
10 points to anyone who can identify this without looking at the alt-text.
10 points to anyone who can identify this without looking at the alt-text.
For phylo nerds interested in concordance and discordance...
Here's a tutorial that helps you calculate gene, site, and quartet concordance vectors for any branch on your tree.
iqtree.org/doc/recipes/...
(work with @3rdreviewer.bsky.social)
#phylogenetics 🧪 #evolution
Here's a tutorial that helps you calculate gene, site, and quartet concordance vectors for any branch on your tree.
iqtree.org/doc/recipes/...
(work with @3rdreviewer.bsky.social)
#phylogenetics 🧪 #evolution
September 5, 2024 at 11:25 PM
For phylo nerds interested in concordance and discordance...
Here's a tutorial that helps you calculate gene, site, and quartet concordance vectors for any branch on your tree.
iqtree.org/doc/recipes/...
(work with @3rdreviewer.bsky.social)
#phylogenetics 🧪 #evolution
Here's a tutorial that helps you calculate gene, site, and quartet concordance vectors for any branch on your tree.
iqtree.org/doc/recipes/...
(work with @3rdreviewer.bsky.social)
#phylogenetics 🧪 #evolution
Oh wow. Worse than I thought too.
Imagine the errors creeping into code through over reliance on this stuff.
Imagine the errors creeping into code through over reliance on this stuff.
August 27, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Oh wow. Worse than I thought too.
Imagine the errors creeping into code through over reliance on this stuff.
Imagine the errors creeping into code through over reliance on this stuff.
If you tick the boxes next to each, you should be able to merge them. You get to choose the 'best' representation, and the citations are summed.
August 19, 2024 at 4:42 AM
If you tick the boxes next to each, you should be able to merge them. You get to choose the 'best' representation, and the citations are summed.
Coincidentally I'd just become enraged when I noticed that my own institution now has homepages for every researcher that puts 'Research Output' front and centre, measured by *whatever the fuck is easy to count* (i.e. papers and citations).
August 13, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Coincidentally I'd just become enraged when I noticed that my own institution now has homepages for every researcher that puts 'Research Output' front and centre, measured by *whatever the fuck is easy to count* (i.e. papers and citations).
Frequentist / Bayesian
August 2, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Frequentist / Bayesian
New gardening pal. Photos not welcome apparently.
June 2, 2024 at 4:15 AM
New gardening pal. Photos not welcome apparently.
Carrying an interesting lurgy. RATs say not COVID or flu, so maybe an RSV of some sort?
Last night's temperature spike was a big one. ~40C does not feel nice, but I entertain myself through the pain by recording as much data as I can bear.
Last night's temperature spike was a big one. ~40C does not feel nice, but I entertain myself through the pain by recording as much data as I can bear.
May 24, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Carrying an interesting lurgy. RATs say not COVID or flu, so maybe an RSV of some sort?
Last night's temperature spike was a big one. ~40C does not feel nice, but I entertain myself through the pain by recording as much data as I can bear.
Last night's temperature spike was a big one. ~40C does not feel nice, but I entertain myself through the pain by recording as much data as I can bear.
When your partner (a natural history collections manager) sends you a text saying "Thinking of you"...
January 5, 2024 at 2:21 AM
When your partner (a natural history collections manager) sends you a text saying "Thinking of you"...
GPT4 #phylogenetics picture competition, please RT (what is the equivalent of RT on here?)
My entry: Draw a phylogenetic tree of the phyla of metazoa... The pictures of the phyla should be in the style of detailed line drawings. Each phylum must be labelled with the latin name of that phylum.
My entry: Draw a phylogenetic tree of the phyla of metazoa... The pictures of the phyla should be in the style of detailed line drawings. Each phylum must be labelled with the latin name of that phylum.
October 14, 2023 at 10:06 PM
GPT4 #phylogenetics picture competition, please RT (what is the equivalent of RT on here?)
My entry: Draw a phylogenetic tree of the phyla of metazoa... The pictures of the phyla should be in the style of detailed line drawings. Each phylum must be labelled with the latin name of that phylum.
My entry: Draw a phylogenetic tree of the phyla of metazoa... The pictures of the phyla should be in the style of detailed line drawings. Each phylum must be labelled with the latin name of that phylum.