You may have heard about the recent shooting at UNC. My colleague, Prof. Zijie Yan, was murdered in his lab by a student that worked with him. He had two young daughters and they and Zijie's extended family are now in a very difficult financial situation.

The answer was a whole taxonomic class, but I'll take it. 🐫 Animal #40 🐴 I figured it out in 2 guesses! 🟥🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6 metazooa.com #metazooa

Nice tribute to a great writer and intellect. His columns were delightful.

“Evolution is taking its course yet again in this new setting.” Deadly avian flu reaches Galápagos Islands | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

In honor of M. S. Swaminathan, the father of India's Green Revolution, who has passed away at age 98, a brief explainer of his greatest accomplishment (among many): youtube.com/watch?v=Sq5AyT…

BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with one purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.

"Biodiversity Biobanking – a Handbook on Protocols and Practices." A free online book that covers just about every taxon and application you might imagine. Carolina Corrales, Jonas J Astrin (eds) ab.pensoft.net/book/101876/li…

Fantastic graphic design!

Somehow missed the announcement for this 'Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution' Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Regional Meeting in Uttarakhand, India, Dec 16-17 ashoka.edu.in/event/molecula…

If Kevin Guskiewicz goes to Michigan State, the headlines will read "Concussion expert leaves UNC after banging head against wall for four years." 🤕 It's difficult to keep a good Chancellor when the BoT, BoG, and NC Leg are actively trying to destroy UNC. 🤬

We’re recruiting! Dryad is looking for a full-time #datacurator to join our team. Fully remote, but fully supported. If you have a passion for research data quality and open data publication, then take a look: buff.ly/3qtjoIG.

Many thanks to Jen Gibson of Dryad for answering my questions in today’s Scholarly Kitchen #KitchenEssentials post - read on to learn more about Dryad & about Jen’s journey to & experience of scholarly infrastructure scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/11/22/kit…

Humans and #camelids have a relationship dating back to ancient times. In honor of the United Nations declaring 2024 the Year of the Camelids, we’ve rounded up some of our top camelid data in this month’s Open Data Digest. buff.ly/426mNyH

This was fun blog post to write, once I got over the initial hump blog.datadryad.org/2024/01/18/ope…

"The decision by Duke University to close their herbarium is deeply concerning. Herbaria are not just repositories of plant specimens, they hold the keys to understanding and preserving our planet's diversity." Petition with iDigBio, NSCAlliance SPNHC: change.org/p/urge-duke-un…

SSE Council, along with @ASNAmNat and Society of Systematic Biologists leadership, has written an open letter to express concern for the ongoing reduction of support for biological collections. Read the full letter here: drive.google.com/file/d/12VBnvr…

UNC is hiring in Plant Evolutionary Biology! Our focus is broad. Topics of interest may include but are not limited to biodiversity, macroevolution, evolutionary response to global change, or evolutionary mechanisms. To apply please see unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288645