Evolutionary ecologist, doing a PhD on phylogenetics and evolution of sex-determination in the Hawaiian Wikstroemia genus of flowering plants 🌿 At Lund University, Sweden.
Ever disappointed in the non-existence of dragons 🐉🐉🐉
He/him/they/them ~ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Ruben Cousins-Westerberg
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If I have to log into the cluster, let me do it from here ⛰️🌴
A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social has two open PhD positions, help us spread the word! 📣
We are looking for a PhD student in Lichen Biology, and one in Ecology & Evolution. Find more information and apply by 1 February below!
Coming to SMBE? Interested in plants and/or genomics? Come along to this symposium!
Back in Honolulu, gearing up for fieldwork on Kaua'i and the Maui Nui islands. Doesn't look like hard work you say? Well... you may be right. Hopefully it is coming, with all the permits in place, next week!
Fieldwork in some of the roughest terrains and with some of the prettiest views. Permit struggles notwithstanding, Maui island treated us well.
Searching for Wikstroemia spp. in the mountains of Kauai, sampling for systematics, popgen, and the genetics of sex-determination 🌿
Ruben Cousins-Westerberg
www.su.se
Wikipedia celebrates 25 years this year! Sending some love today to (arguably) the best source of knowledge in the world.
From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history. wikipedia25.org/en/twenty-fi...
"Quick and easy" roadmap to finished paper. If I do two things per week I'll be done in no time... It's fine if I don't do anything else the coming three months, right?
Incredible article about Art Borkent, biting midges, and aging taxonomists.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be ...
#SMBE2026
L02: Ancient plant DNA in the genomic era
🗓️ Tue Jun 30, 1:20pm
🔗 smbe2026.org/programme
Talks by:
Logan Kistler
@tpinotti.bsky.social
Benjamin Blackman
Rafal Gutaker
@plantricia.bsky.social
@pnovik.bsky.social
@hernanaburbano.bsky.social
@natalia-asp.bsky.social
@rucouwes.bsky.social
