Multi-mentoring network applied by LAGNiAppE

First paper from our program is out 🎉 Our pub in BSSB shares outcomes from our postbaccalaureate training model, demonstrating how research & mentorship can build confidence & career readiness in STEM. Huge thanks to our SREC partners for making this work possible. 🔗 ssbbulletin.org/article/id/6...

Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biologists, Undergraduate Community at Evolution Program. Applications due January 20, 2026.

Today is the last day to apply for the Undergraduate Community at Evolution program at #Evol2026! Join other undergrads in Cleveland to present your research, learn more about the field, and make lasting connections: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...

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Proud graduate of this awesome course in 2000- Highly recommend!

Workshop on Molecular Evolution | Marine Biological Laboratory The workshop serves graduate students, postdocs, and established faculty from around the world seeking to apply the principles of molecular evolution to questions of anthropology, conservation genetic...

Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)!

www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:

lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684

Deadline to apply: 1/26

One of my highlights at #ssb2026 meeting last weekend was reconnecting with my amazing friend Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social of #BrainScoop and seeing her outstanding keynote presentation on her career path and the importance of museum collections @systbiol.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential

Systematic Biology’s January 2026 issue (75.1) is out! It launches our 75th anniversary series, debuts the new Invited Review article category, features a Tillandsia Spotlight, along with a nice mix of empirical & methods papers. Check it out: academic.oup.com/sysbio/issue...

@systbiol.bsky.social

Evolving RevBayes into an Open-Source Ecosystem

Had a great post-SSB hackathon with the RevBayes crew! Got tons of work done on both RevBayes and RevGadgets! Special thanks to @trayc7.bsky.social @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing and hosting!

It's not too late. Apply now to our Advanced Training Research Courses: go.mbl.edu/courses

Some of this is probably also too advanced, but worth a look:

decodinggenomes.org

It was a wonderful symposium! Thank you, Anahí, for organizing!

Four people sitting and talking on a stage.

Thanks @bruno-soares.bsky.social @kzutaustin.bsky.social and Valeria Ramirez Castaneda for presenting and bringing your insights during this weekend's @systbiol.bsky.social symposium and panel "Creating Meaningful Collaborations Across Communities and Natural History Collections"

Emily Graslie of Brain Scoop standing stage left presenting on the importance of natural history collections

Social event hosted at the LSU Museum of Natural Science. Meat service displayed directly near a large, glass encased, polar bear

Panel of scientists sat side by side on stage under the SSB26 logo on screen

Various herpetofauna displayed on a table

“What would our world look like if all natural history collections disappeared?”
Loved #SSB2026! Organized by @jembrown.bsky.social.
Great workshops, talks, panel discussion, and collections tours, plus an awesome social hosted by @prosanta.bsky.social. Great to meet some more fishy folks as well 🐠

Panelists for the Future of Natural History Collections at the SSB breakout meeting: Brian Smith, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Kory Evans, Corrie Moreau, Ixchel Gonzalez Ramirez, Alison Davis-Rabosky, Jessica Light, Laura Lagomarsino, and Vicens Vila-Coury

Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!

I'm so glad you liked it!

Such a great talk!

Proud mentor! @dlfwiley.bsky.social rocked her first conference talk at #SSB2026 discussing the importance of museum collections for her dissertation work and for her career trajectory

The great @jembrown.bsky.social closing out #ssb2026

It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources.

Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended.

Strong @lsu.bsky.social contingent at #ssb2026 - LSU alumni and current folks

#SSB2026, just a reminder that today we're moving down the street to the Manship Theatre.

@systbiol.bsky.social

We have a few items in the #SSB2026 lost and found. Let us know if you're looking for anything you misplaced.

Museum and Herbarium tours are now underway. Next bus will depart around 5:00 PM.

All tours should finish by 7:15 and Biodiversity Trivia Night will start at 7:30.

#SSB2026 @systbiol.bsky.social

Interested in trying to use RevBayes for the first time? Need help planning or debugging a phylogenetic analysis?

Check out the RevBayes Office Hours!

In the University Room this morning and the King Room this afternoon.

revbayes.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social #SSB2026

Registration continues this morning in the Hilton lobby for #SSB2026!

We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.

Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!

All in order for the #SSB2026 meeting in Baton Rouge!

The SSB2026 registration desk with an outstanding graduate student volunteer!

#SSB2026 is officially getting underway!

We're set up in the Hilton lobby for registrations until 8. If you haven't found us yet, swing on by.

@systbiol.bsky.social

Orlando, Edison, me, Rosana and Nico smile in a wood paneled restaurant holding red Raising Canes cups.

Fun fact for #SSB2026: the original Raising Cane’s- the mothership- is in Baton Rouge, right next to the LSU campus. Come for science and community, and stick around for chicken fingers!