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Promoting the study of systematics, general biology and evolution since 1937.
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YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
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The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us!
If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!
Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!
Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
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November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We are experiencing some issues with our website. We will let you know as soon as it is back in working order.
Reminder, registration for this year's Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), closes tomorrow at 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reminder, registration for this year's Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), closes tomorrow at 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you would like to attend the upcoming edition of the Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), registration will remain open until Nov 12th, 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
We love hearing from our LinneSys awardees!
New paper alert! We show deep genetic divergence between morphotypes of Actinia equina and evidence of ploidy-based gene flow barrier. Thanks to co-authors at @uniexecec.bsky.social and LinneSys fund of @linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social for funding. tinyurl.com/mr2mmmnp
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November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We love hearing from our LinneSys awardees!
Our Founders' Lecture by Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social is underway!
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our Founders' Lecture by Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social is underway!
📢📢📢We want your abstracts!!!!!!📢📢📢
Registration form manager is not known to dither!!!
Registration form manager is not known to dither!!!
📢📢📢 #YSF2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES THIS SATURDAY OCT 25TH 11:59PM GMT+1 📢📢📢
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📢📢📢We want your abstracts!!!!!!📢📢📢
Registration form manager is not known to dither!!!
Registration form manager is not known to dither!!!
📢📢📢 #YSF2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES THIS SATURDAY OCT 25TH 11:59PM GMT+1 📢📢📢
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📢📢📢 #YSF2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES THIS SATURDAY OCT 25TH 11:59PM GMT+1 📢📢📢
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student or early career researcher working on phylogenetics/taxonomy/systematics, join us online on Nov 14th for this year's (free!) Young Systematists' Forum!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Students (and recent graduates) working on anything phylogenetics, systematics or taxonomy-related, the abstract submission deadline for this year's (FREE ONLINE) Young Systematists' Forum approaches!
Send us your abstracts by Saturday, OCTOBER 25 11:59PM GMT+1
tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Send us your abstracts by Saturday, OCTOBER 25 11:59PM GMT+1
tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Students (and recent graduates) working on anything phylogenetics, systematics or taxonomy-related, the abstract submission deadline for this year's (FREE ONLINE) Young Systematists' Forum approaches!
Send us your abstracts by Saturday, OCTOBER 25 11:59PM GMT+1
tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Send us your abstracts by Saturday, OCTOBER 25 11:59PM GMT+1
tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Students, if you join us for the lecture, we will be hosting a Student Committee-sponsored reception and you'll be entitled to a FREE drink 🍻
The receptions will be held jointly, so you'll have the opportunity to meet other students and members of the Association.
Join us! tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
The receptions will be held jointly, so you'll have the opportunity to meet other students and members of the Association.
Join us! tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Don't forget to register for our in-person Founders' Lecture, next Friday OCT 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
October 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Students, if you join us for the lecture, we will be hosting a Student Committee-sponsored reception and you'll be entitled to a FREE drink 🍻
The receptions will be held jointly, so you'll have the opportunity to meet other students and members of the Association.
Join us! tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
The receptions will be held jointly, so you'll have the opportunity to meet other students and members of the Association.
Join us! tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Don't forget to register for our in-person Founders' Lecture, next Friday OCT 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
October 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Don't forget to register for our in-person Founders' Lecture, next Friday OCT 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
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October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our friends at the World Flora Online need your help!
They are asking all (potential) users to help them shape a useful plant identification feature to be added to WFO by answering a survey.
Please use the QR codes in the image below to access the survey.
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Please use the QR codes in the image below to access the survey.
📢📢📢 Correction!
Friday, OCT 24!
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Friday, OCT 24!
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Do you like bats, phylogenetics, comparative genomics?
Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇
Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇
Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📢📢📢 Correction!
Friday, OCT 24!
📢📢📢
Friday, OCT 24!
📢📢📢
Do you like bats, phylogenetics, comparative genomics?
Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇
Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇
Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
October 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Do you like bats, phylogenetics, comparative genomics?
Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇
Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇
Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us!
If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!
Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!
Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us!
If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!
Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!
Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Don't forget to register for our (free) upcoming Founder's Lecture on Friday, Oct 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin, will be talking to us about all things bats! 🦇
Registration: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Details: systass.org/founders-lec...
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin, will be talking to us about all things bats! 🦇
Registration: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Details: systass.org/founders-lec...
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Don't forget to register for our (free) upcoming Founder's Lecture on Friday, Oct 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin, will be talking to us about all things bats! 🦇
Registration: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Details: systass.org/founders-lec...
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin, will be talking to us about all things bats! 🦇
Registration: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Details: systass.org/founders-lec...
Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
Young Systematists’ Forum
Young Systematists’ Forum An exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic…
systass.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
systass.org/young-system...
We are delighted to announce that this year's Founders' Lecture will be delivered by Prof. @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin!
TITLE: Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures?
WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 6PM
WHERE: Burlington House, London
JOIN US: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
TITLE: Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures?
WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 6PM
WHERE: Burlington House, London
JOIN US: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We are delighted to announce that this year's Founders' Lecture will be delivered by Prof. @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin!
TITLE: Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures?
WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 6PM
WHERE: Burlington House, London
JOIN US: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
TITLE: Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures?
WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 6PM
WHERE: Burlington House, London
JOIN US: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker!
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
Founders' Lecture 2024 | Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?
YouTube video by Systematics Association
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September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker!
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...
Registration for this year's YSF is open!!!
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Registration for this year's YSF is open!!!
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1
Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0
Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
Keep your eyes peeled, this year's edition of the Young Systematists' Forum approaches!
When: Nov 14 2025
Where: Online!
We will open registration and abstract submission soon!
Stay up to date here: systass.org/young-system...
When: Nov 14 2025
Where: Online!
We will open registration and abstract submission soon!
Stay up to date here: systass.org/young-system...
Young Systematists’ Forum
Young Systematists’ Forum An exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic…
systass.org
September 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Keep your eyes peeled, this year's edition of the Young Systematists' Forum approaches!
When: Nov 14 2025
Where: Online!
We will open registration and abstract submission soon!
Stay up to date here: systass.org/young-system...
When: Nov 14 2025
Where: Online!
We will open registration and abstract submission soon!
Stay up to date here: systass.org/young-system...
We have a new volume out! www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out!
(Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)
This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out!
(Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)
The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...
www.routledge.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We have a new volume out! www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...
This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out!
(Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)
This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out!
(Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)
And this year's Policy 'Lecture' aka discussion panel is underway! @systassn.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And this year's Policy 'Lecture' aka discussion panel is underway! @systassn.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation!
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
June 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation!
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Tired of politicised media discourse?
Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science?
Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation!
Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science?
Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation!
Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation
Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?
tinyurl.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Tired of politicised media discourse?
Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science?
Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation!
Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science?
Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation!
Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Just over a week left to register to join us (@systassn.bsky.social and
@linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!
When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
@linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!
When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation
Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?
tinyurl.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just over a week left to register to join us (@systassn.bsky.social and
@linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!
When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt
@linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!
When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt