Our #phylogenomics study on the evolutionary relationships of birds 🦉🦃🦆🦜based on whole genome analysis of 363 species is now available as a preview article in nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

New open access paper out today in Ecology & Evolution. We sequenced the genome of Cetoscarus ocellatus to find out what makes parrotfishes one of the most morphologically and dietarily specialised radiations on coral reefs (1/3)

CT scans by: Kory Evans Ph.D. #2

Final PhD paper is out! Native 🇦🇺 roaches live in permanent burrows underground. This lifestyle has caused their symbiotic bacteria 🦠 to lose core genes, implying 🪳 have found a novel nutrient source underground. Read more #OpenAccess Insect Science ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

Looking for a postdoc in molecular evolution & macroevolution? Interested in connecting rates of genomic change to patterns of biodiversity? Come to Australian National University & work with us!

jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdocto…

📸Robin Eckerman (cover: Origins of Biodiversity 2019)

2yr postdoc position available here in beautiful Tāmaki Makaurau- Auckland. Imputation strategies for low coverage sequencing from wild populations. Working with our fab team and Audald LLoret-Villas. Closing date 15-Jan-24. More info here: asanture.wordpress.com

Excited to share the latest from the #eFLOWERproject : a morphospace study of angiosperm flowers led by Andrea López-Martínez and Marion Chartier!

Angiosperm flowers reached their highest morphological diversity early in their evolutionary history
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Almost 200 in-person attendees! #Biosystematics2023

Australia’s taxonomists are gathered in Canberra with one central concern: their ambitious goal to name all undescribed species in Australia within a generation may remain out of reach without more government & philanthropic support. #taxonomy Read more: science.org.au/news-and-event…

The workshop will feature the concept, operational workflow, and data analysis of PacBio sequencing technique for students and researchers who are interested in genome sequencing & assembly. Free-of-charge. Please register by 5 August 2023.
Faculty of Science, CUHK CUHK Office of Academic Links The Chinese University of Hong Kong - CUHK

Keen on delving into phylogenomics this December? Join us for a theoretical+practical journey from phylogenetic to timetree inference with genomic data🧬💻 More information about how to register below 👇

We are all looking forward to our Molecular Evolution symposium International Congress of Genetics 2023 ! 🧬 If you are attending the #ICG2023 conference, please join us tomorrow at 13.30h (room 203). See you then! 🤗
Simon Ho Dahiana Arcila

🚨 Want to fit a molecular clock, or 2? 🚨

👉 Try clockor2.github.io - a client side tool for fitting global and local clocks with root-to-tip regression.

Developed in collaboration with Wytamma, arambaut, and Sebastian Duchene (rb.gy/dro6j)

Over time, the prevailing notion that amino acid sequences are superior to DNA 🧬 in reconstructing #DeepPhylogenies has rendered AA-based phylogenies an unquestionable #phylogenomic practice

Our latest preprint (in bioRxiv). We present Bayesian method to detect episodic evolution in genome data sets.

This has been a fantastic collaboration with @guyBaele and spearheaded by John Tay in my team at Doherty Institute, @unimelbMDHS. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/2)