Our new preprint
On a global scale, plants did not experience a catastrophic mass extinction during the Permian–Triassic boundary (PTB). However, they still suffered losses, with extinction rates reaching around 30%. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Today marks a special day. 💚 We started this project nearly a decade ago when I was just a wee undergrad with a burning curiosity. Now to see it published in Oecologia as a PhD candidate is surreal... & on the one-year anniversary of my father's passing, no less. So grateful. doi.org/10.1007/s004...
I am shocked to see this language from the NSF.
“The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”
Lizard head on the journal cover
Our work as Editor's choice in @evolletters.bsky.social !✨️
Developmental biases & micro- to macroevution in the lizard skull 🦎
academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
The American Naturalist classic cover
Yu et al. propose a measure for stochastic game dynamic: the likelihood ratio of the probability density of phenotypic frequency under selection versus neutral conditions.
Available now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Previous GREG recipient Isabela Hernández Rodriguez in the lab.
Current grad students: Submit your research proposal by May 18th to be considered for a Graduate Research Excellence Grant! Learn more about how to craft a strong proposal on our website: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
From Knowledge to Action: Next Steps for the Natural Science Collections Community
Ellwood et al. 2026, BioScience
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all
If only I was just a hop away... 🐸
Fun bird facts 🐦
Thankful to have a solid foundation in this and no bad habits to break, but I'll be sending this to all the new students in the department. It's so important and future you (or whoever inherits your data) will thank you! 🤣
I would say that someone was having a laugh at your expense, but I'm fairly certain I've seen my 60 year old mother read baking instructions like this when she forgot her reading glasses. 🤣
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
My non-biologist spouse is very food motivated. Have you tried bribing them with a breakfast burrito or a stop at a donut shop? Works like a charm *most* weird requests.
Many journals require data and code sharing. Yet code is still rarely shared and datasets are often hard to reuse.
Our new paper introduces the @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code quality control in ecology & evolution, developed by 26 experienced data editors.
📄 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
I’m happy to share that the third chapter of my doctoral dissertation has been published in Global Ecology and Biogeography: Diversification and Evolutionary Dynamics in Tropical Montane Regions
Huge thanks to my co-authors for their support!
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Oooh, I've been waiting for this album to drop too!
For FREE?!
a group of people are posing for a picture in a library or workroom of some kind and all are pointing dramatically at a piece of preserved palm frond pressed to a piece of paper on the table in front of them
a person with a name badge on a lanyard is leaning over a piece of paper holding a preserved section of palm frond and fruits to put a sticker on it at a desk in some kind of library or office
There is a stump of palm branch with several stems of black oval fruit and short palm leaves dried and pressed to a sheet of paper with stamps and a printed card of details about where it was found on a wooden desk
The University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) here at the Florida Museum, a collection of over 530,000 preserved plant specimens, marked a major milestone with their 300,000th vascular plant specimen being accessioned into the collection! 👏👏👏
What was it?
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-blog/...
Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates
Congratulations!!! Fascinating and exciting discoveries!!
Also, I love how you pitch this as a common issue for the average person. Almost infomercial-like 🤣.
Nice guide to Structural Variants (SVs)
Phenotypic complexity determines the predictability of molecular convergence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03...
I love the idea of a cheaper mac, but hate that they use the anti-PC retoric to fuel sales. It is not, in fact, "competitive" in its specifications and power as a typical non-Apple brand $500 laptop. 😅 With only 8GB RAM and 250GB memory, you are still greatly overpaying for the shiny Apple.
Ruckman & Long review how affordable sequencing is transforming complex trait research, focusing on how affordable sequencing has fundamentally reshaped what questions evolutionary researchers can ask and how they can answer them.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag025
#evobio #molbio
It's so disillusioning taking my comprehensive exams while the state of my country is what it is.
Why do some islands have more biodiversity than others? In our new paper, published in @ecography.bsky.social , we sought to answer this question for amphibians! 🌐🏝️🐸
@provete.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Follow the thread 🧵(1/7).
It's super grainy, but you get the idea. 😅
