Free online symposium on using environmental DNA to detect insects. Feb 13, 2026, 11:30-3:30 EST. Multiple talks will be given by eDNA researchers, on bees, butterflies, pollinator networks, and more.

There will be a panel at the end if you have any questions about using eDNA in your own work.

https://nmsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YtxZMU5zRGCPjHVikCgnmQ

#ecology #entomology #bees #pollinators #science #biology #seminars #eDNA #butterflies #academia #MolecularEcology #insects

Why I don’t like recording events

I was asked earlier why I don’t like recording events and realised I’d never actually written it down. There are a few reasons I feel increasingly strongly about this:

• We have started to record academic events by default and I think that is fundamentally problematic in principle
• There’s an assumption that the ease with which we can record online events means we should record them and I just don’t get why that is
• There’s a fundamental value in the academic event as something that brings people together synchronously which recording undercuts
• The biggest problem with online events is passive engagement and (automatic) recording of them fits into that structure
• The quality of engagement should be more important than the quantity in most cases. What matters is how richly a core audience engages and there are trade offs which we need to recognise.
• Recording undermines the space for intellectual improvisation and risk taking
• The evidence I’ve seen (as someone who ran a lot of academic social media for a long time) is that engagement rates with event recording is very slow.
• My hunch is that the request for a recording often tracks a fear of missing out as much as it does a deliberate intention to engage with the recording

I’m not saying never record events. Clearly this serves a purpose in some cases. But we should only record events when we are clear about the rationale for doing so.

#academicEvents #conferences #digitalScholarship #onlineVideo #publicScholarship #seminars #socialMediaForAcademics #workshops #zoom

Are you interested in cutting-edge research in Early Drug Discovery and Development?

We have an amazing program for our LED3 Lectures for the remaining months of this academic year. Make sure to check out the program and mark your calendars for the talks that you want to attend!

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/led3/led3-lectures

#DrugDiscovery #Chemistry #ChemBio #Seminars #Lectures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r-ZhwGlWc

Prof Janna Levin and Prof Sir Roger Penrose at #Oxford Dept of Physics 'A Universe of Black Holes'

Delighted to be listed among such a great looking set of #seminars at the Center for Research in Digital Education in Edinburgh.

https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/events/

I'm particularly looking forwards to hearing Lindsay Weinberg and Anish Vanaik speak. Lindsay's work has been hugely influential for me in the last months as my HE institution continues its terrifyingly uncritical adoption of AI.

Free online genomics seminar - Genomics for Biodiversity Conference, October 29-31. All hosted on youtube. There are 3 parallel sessions on management, conservation, and genomics standardization.

#genomics #science #biology #conservation #seminars #GenomicsForBiodiversity #biodiversity #ecology

AIhub

This page contains a list of past and forthcoming seminars relating to AI and machine learning for 2025. All events listed here should be free and open for anyone to attend. We have, where possible, included the sign-up link or information on how to join. The search
function is buried on the lower left of this
webpage: https://aihub.org/resources/

Seminars:
https://aihub.org/seminars-2025/

#AI #seminars #research #ML

Neat free seminar on limb-reduced lizards, "Noodle Bodies, Gyroscope Ears, and Phantom Girdles | Limb Reduced Lizards", presented by the Linnean Society of London, Aug 13, 5:30 MDT.

#seminars #biology #science #herpetology #lizards #education #OnlineSeminars

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noodle-bodies-gyroscope-ears-and-phantom-girdles-limb-reduced-lizards-tickets-1347722968679?keep_tld=1