Here's something to normalise in 2023 - decent time off. I took a two week break from emails, work and science over Christmas. It was as restful as it could be with a toddler but I really needed it and I am very glad I did it. Feeling refreshed and able to face the year ahead now #academia
Mark Ravinet
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Ramen-addicted evolutionary biologist studying human-commensalism in sparrows. Assistant Professor at University of Nottingham.
Interested in #evolution, #ecology, #conservation? Over a week (11th Jan) to apply for this #PhDposition to work on convergent adaptation to anthropogenic environments in #birds in my group in the #UK Info here: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/bird-life-in-the-anthropocene-understanding-convergent-adaptation-to-urbanisation/?p147810
I'll be at #popgroup56 if you want to chat. Please RT! #joboffer @joboffersecoevo
I'll be at #popgroup56 if you want to chat. Please RT! #joboffer @joboffersecoevo
Andrew HendryGuppies are the iconic example of parallel evolution, right?
Check out our meta-analysis: "Compiling forty years of guppy research to investigate the factors contributing to (non)parallel evolution"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.14086
by @alexisheckley @photopidge @KristaOke & A Pearce
Physalia-coursesWe have just kicked off the 6th edition of the #SpeciationGenomics course with @markravinet @jmeier @NaturalSelection @jackharper and an international group of attendees working on very cool projects.
A fantastic learning week is in front of us!
@paleowin Sorry for taking a while to respond! I would be interesting in seeing that spreadsheet and amounts of borax used if you have them?
Does anyone have a reliable protocol for processing bird skulls using borax? #birds #protocols
@NaturalSelection cover letter with mention of things you do that are helpful to the community? You can mention your motivation for supervision, teaching and outreach more easily that way
José Cerca[advice request; pls RT] How do you label yourself as a kind/collaborative colleague on your CV?
I mean - it is easy to see how many papers and awards one candidate has; but how do you distinguish yourself as a good colleague (or a decent human being for that matter)?
I'm trying to figure out solutions for future applications, after my current postdoc.
Rob LanfearPlease boost:
Who else on here works on #phylogenetics?
Maybe do a quick post with what you work on (e.g. clades, methods, questions...), and include the hashtag #phylogenetics so we can find and follow each other. Feel free to link to a paper or two!
For my part - I work on model selection, phylogenetic algorithms, mixture models, and at the moment am mostly working on the problem of how you find >1 tree in a single alignment, e.g. our latest attempt https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.06.511210v1
@alxsim yes OK. I think the discussion here is very helpful overall. It makes sense to me that large corporations have a server of their own. How to decide these things and draw the line is less straightforward. It is a lot of work for you, is it worth having some sort of council that runs the instance?