Biology graduate student retreat in Sandgerði
14 to 15 of Nóvember 2025
Whiteboard talks, worked quite well!

#graduatestudents #academicchatter #biology #marinebio #bioinformatics #UICELAND #Iceland

New paper in Royal Society Interface! Integrating kelp genomic analyses and geological data to reveal ancient earthquake impacts:
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0105

#geology #earthquake #algae #seaweed #kelp #genetics #genomics #marinesci #marinebio #evolution #ecology

Cool new study that quantifies sample cross-contamination, including laboratory mitigation methods: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad004

#genomics #genetics #GBS #RADseq #fisheries #tuna #fieldwork #marinesci #marinebio #ecology #conservation

“What if I were to purchase the #ManospondylusMonday hashtag as a disguise to show off some of my own blogposts? Ohoho, delightfully devilish, Sivgin.”

Here’s one it my favorites, where I try to defend #brachiopods against the ill words of some #fossil enthusiasts. It even includes a bit of #speculativeevolution at the end: https://www.manospondylus.com/2021/07/why-brachiopods-are-actually-pretty-cool.html?m=1

#fossils #paleontology #paleoart #invertebrates #aliens #astrobiology #marinebio

Having switched servers, I should give another #intro: I’m a #geneticist with a background in #neuroscience, #evodevo, #HumanGenetics, and #MarineBio. These days I work in #PublicHealth and #epi spaces, doing #DataScience, #sequencing, and #rnd, usually in #R. I used to be a #sysadmin, for my sins.

#PunkMusic, punk ethos, all things #ocean, cranky lefty #politics, #cocktails, #ttrpg, and #baking are all pretty much guaranteed if you stick around.

Actual #intro post: I’m a #geneticist with a background in #neuroscience, #evodevo, and #MarineBio. These days I work in #PublicHealth/#epi spaces, doing #DataScience, #sequencing, and #r&d, usually in #R

#punk music, punk ethos, all things #ocean, cranky lefty #politics, #cocktails, and #baking are all pretty much guaranteed if you stick around.