Charlie Roger Scherer & Christian Voiculescu-Holvad (2023) Re-analysis of a dataset refutes claims of anagenesis within Tyrannosaurus-line tyrannosaurines (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae) Cretaceous Research 105780 doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.cret… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢Interested in a career in museums? 🙂 We have just the opportunity! We're looking for a recent graduate to join us for a 12 week paid museum internship. You'll experience a variety of museum work - apply by 8am on 4th Jan 2024. museums.cam.ac.uk/new-internships @camunivmuseums

Hi Ediacaran friends! ☺️🥰 If you’re planning to attend #NAPC2024 and you have some research that you’d love to share, please consider submitting to our Ediacaran symposium! We hope to see you there in Michigan! The abstract deadline is January 20! 👀

Applications are open to the UCL Earth Sciences Ph.D. scholarship. The scholarship is meant to support underrepresented groups at the Ph.D. level. The deadline for applications is on January 29th, 2024. bit.ly/47TTjGp

Applications are invited for postgraduate study in the Dept of Zoology Please see our website for project, supervisor and application info: zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgrad… Apply by 4 January 2024 to be considered for University funding/fully-funded departmental studentships

Festive #FossilFriday to everyone especially my awesome colleagues Deep Time Ecology

It's a mistake to think that the only wins in the #PhD worth celebrating are the big flashy events - submission, acceptance, awards. Here are 30 other wins in the PhD you might think are "no big deal" 🧵 #phdlife #phdchat #academicchatter #academictwitter #phdtips

This is how you remind me of what I need to write📝 It’s not like you to hide your fossils🐚 I was waiting on free time—impossible I’ve been writing, I’ve been done Been to the submission button on the NAPC portal💻 These five words in my head Scream, “Are we having fun yet?”🙌

For #FossilFriday just a friendly reminder that NAPC abstract deadline is next week February 15th! 😁😁😁

Looking for a fun trip this summer? Why not grab a lemonade, kick back, and enjoy some Ediacaran talks on a perfect Michigander day. Remember to submit to our NAPC session: sites.lsa.umich.edu/napc2024/

Many congratulations to the palaeontologists recognized in the 2024 The Geological Society awards! 🏅👏 Sue Tyler Friedman Medal - Martina Kölbl-Ebert (Universität München) Bigsby Medal - Dani Schmidt (University of Bristol Earth Sciences) President’s Awards - Princess Aira Buma-at (Museum of Zoology, Cambridge) and @Mokasaurus (Universität Hamburg)

Delighted to report that the first paper of my PhD is out in Lethaia! 🥳 In it, we describe a new protocol for stabilization of taphonomic experiments via solvent replacement, using some Ediacaran-style decay experiments as a case study. 🪼🦠🧫 doi.org/10.18261/let.5…

So excited for this -- come join me in hearing about the amazing work and journey the panellists are going to share! March 8th at Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. The event is free - online and in-person!

Next up we have Princess Buma-at Princess Aira Buma-at from Dept of Zoology, presenting putative algal microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo formation

Delighted to hear all about Princess Aira Buma-at work Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe Annual Science day on the origins of multicellularity

Fantastic Annual Science Day Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe

Delighted that Nile's first paper is now out NatureEcoEvo nature.com/articles/s4155… which investigates the driving forces behind the evolution of early metazoans from the Ediacaran time period ~565 million years ago.

The recipient of our first President’s Award is Princess Aira Buma-at! Currently completing a PhD at Dept of Zoology and Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Cambridge University, our President’s Award was given to Princess Aira Buma-at for showing significant early career promise and future leader potential.

It’s been a while but for #FossilFriday, I’m so beyond happy to have received the The Geological Society President’s Prize! ☺️ I’m so grateful to my nominators, my supervisors for guiding me, my friends for always supporting me. But most importantly for my family, this award is for them. ❤️

Congratulations to #PalAss24 winners of the President's prize! Congratulations to: Beatriz Carazo del Hoyo, Yan Feng, Princess Aira Buma-At, Emma Long, Elizabeth Steell, and Die Wen