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Exciting to see my first PhD paper published, from a great study with Sarge Bray, Tobias Agterhuis, @thefosterlab.bsky.social, Bridget Wade, Jessica Whiteside and @climategordon.bsky.social

Key points:
🧪 GDGTs are robust across grain size, even if plastic is used in the processing
🪴 Leaf wax n-alkanes can be much more variable, and if plastic is used hydrocarbon contamination can cause misinterpretation of leaf wax distributions.

Evaluating the Reliability of Grain‐Size Sorting for Organic Biomarker Analysis We investigate the potential of using grain-size sorted marine sediments for biomarker analysis GDGT distributions are consistent regardless of grain-size sorting, and fine-grained sediment fract...

New paper out in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology: We used Cenozoic-spanning marine sediments to determine whether archived grain-size sorted sediments can be resurrected for biomarker analysis.
Great to see my first piece of PhD work published, available #openaccess: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Mandibular morphology clarifies phylogenetic relationships near the origin of crown birds - BMC Ecology and Evolution Background The phylogenetic relationships of fossil birds near the origin of the avian crown group remain debated, in part due to a limited amount of character evidence from incomplete fossils. The av...

🚨NEW PAPER OUT🚨
The anatomy of bird lower jaw bones has been understudied...until now! Here, we examine avian mandibular anatomy, answering some and raising more questions about the phylogenetic affinities of key early crown-group birds. Read on!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The power of non-destructive techniques! #2025SVP

Does anyone know if min-max normalization was ever used on environmental data to visualize contributions of variables with differing units/scales? (Or why it might not work?)
I can only find applications in machine learning 🧪⚒️
#academicsky #phdsky #environmentalscience

Nitrogen isotopes are a promising tool to reconstruct symbiosis in planktic foraminifera!
Check out our latest paper:
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

A circular logo for BOGS 2025 with the text Organic Geochemistry Unit and University of Bristol. The logo is multicoloured and features a toilet, a toilet brush, laboratory glassware and chemical structures.

The announcement you have all been waiting for... Save the date for BOGS 2025! The 35th meeting of the British Organic Geochemical Society will be held in Bristol on the 1st and 2nd of July 2025. www.bogs2025.com #BOGS2025

🚨 My first PhD paper is out! 🚨
In it we characterise the 3D structure of medullary bone, a type of bone tissue found only in female birds and (possibly) non-bird dinosaurs.
Read about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#palaeontology #birds #dinosaurs #science #phd

Full-time or part-time Research Technician in Micropalaeontology available in my lab @bridgetwade.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 23rd February 2025. More details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#technician #micropalaeontology #plankton #NERC

#PhD #studentship investigating the occurrence and degradation of GDGTs in extreme environments for paleoclimate insights and deep biosphere understanding. https://buff.ly/3UzCZpP

Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology Visit the post for more.

Are you a PhD or Masters student in Paleoclimate looking to learn and network with your community? Excited to announce that applications to USSP 2025 are now open until 6th March. 🦖⚛️🪨🌊🔬🧑🏽‍💻
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Want to find all published ocean temperature records from the Miocene? Look no further than the Miocene Data Portal, home to 103 SST and 13 BWT records. Deposit your own data or look at global coverage for different proxies. Just have fun!

bolin.su.se/data/miocene...

To all prospective PhD students with an interest in organic geochemistry - we are advertising 4 PhD projects this year - we have one FULLY FUNDED PhD via the Royal Society (deadline 9th Dec) and three are competition-funded via our DTP (deadline 8th Jan). Apply here: noc.ac.uk/education/gs...

Log10 fold change in mean OCpetro mass accumulation rates (MARs) between pre-PETM and during the PETM

New paper (led by Emily Hollingsworth) in P&P assessing spatial and temporal patterns in petrogenic organic carbon mobilization during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. It's also Emily's first first-author paper - wooo! #proudsupervisor

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

It's that time of the year again! Three NERC-funded PhDs available at Southampton. A strong carbon cycle vibe this year! Deadline to apply 3rd Jan 2024. Apply here: inspire-dtp.ac.uk.