A few of the #thylacine skins behind the scenes of Natural History Museum. The adults have clearly never been on display - their coats are much darker than the taxidermy #thylacines we usually find in museum galleries, which have faded in the light; & the smallest known #taxidermy thylacine

Here comes the sun! Over Edinburgh.

ESEB welcomes nominations for the John Maynard Smith (JMS) Prize 2025 The JMS Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding young evolutionary biologist in the field of evolutionary biology. Nominations and self-nominations are accepted Details: ow.ly/yA0w50TIKR9

Call for applications! The Godfrey Hewitt mobility award supports fieldwork or lab visits of young researchers in evolutionary biology. Details and application procedure at ow.ly/Mb1g50TIL1q

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 62 CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SWIFT PARROTS IN THE TREE RIGHT BY OUR FRONT DOOR!!

Please RT! 🚨4-year PhD position in my lab (Oct 2025 start)🚨 The genomic architecture of adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster Application deadline: Jan 8, 2025 aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/g…

Delighted to share our new perspective article Journal of Evolutionary Biology: rising evidence suggests unexpectedly robust link btw micro- and macroevolution. It challenges past views of evolution and calls for interdisciplinary research. #Evolution #EvoDevo #Paleontology 1/7 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/vo…

Why is there so much diversity in male seminal fluid proteins? Funded PhD position available with Tracey Chapman @biouea Research team includes Mariana Wolfner Lab , Wilfried Haerty , Simone Immler and me biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/more-… Applications deadline Nov 25

Excited to share I will be joining Université Neuchâtel as an assistant professor early 2025. OFFER: 2 #PhDposition in the new lab. #1 is on zoo animals🐺🐒🦧 and saliva hormones, and #2 is on 🐠 cognition and brains 🧠 Deadline 20 Nov 2024 shorturl.at/NYvVd Spread the word 🙏🏽

We have PhD position advertised in evolution of ageing with Tracey Chapman and Simone Immler: Please contact me if you have questions about the project or about this PhD programme aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/m…

OK folks, I want to share with you one of my best homebrew uses for LLMs in teaching. Here, I’ll show you how to make textbook-style notes for your students based on a transcript of your lecture and your PowerPoint. I’ve done this for the last year and the students love it. 1/16

New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻‍♂️ The Welch Lab Royal Society Publishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

So good to have this one finally out! A massive effort by a very large group of authors to give a sort of view from space of the current ecosystem of niche modeling and distribution modeling software. I think this will be a really useful resource! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…

Now our special issue on the relationship between Oliver Pergams and @macroevolution is online Journal of Evolutionary Biology! We hope that it marks the beginning of a new era of exciting discoveries. link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/vo…

We show that despite low policy compliance, code- & data-sharing are much higher in journals WITH than WITHOUT a code-sharing policy 1. Code-sharing: 27% (policy) vs 5% (no policy) 2. Data-sharing: 79% (policy) vs 37% (no policy) 📰 doi.org/10.32942/X21S7H

Want to learn R and stats, or improve your existing skills? I'm running an online course in February - ideal for biology MSc/PhD students. Cost is £120, open to all, & fits around your schedule. Feel free to write me with any questions, full details here: napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…

2-day per week part time teaching job at Edinburgh Napier, biology undergrad and MSc! Lovely place to work, AMA. jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_webre…

Penultimate-year UK undergrads: if you're looking for a paid 6-8 week summer project before your final year, come to UEA in Norwich and create some transgenic Drosophila! The project is about sexual conflict and evolution/genetics. Please repost. uea.ac.uk/research/resea…