I should mention Sarah graduated last Tuesday, so that should read Dr. Swiston! 🥳
Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society, is seeking new editors to join the team! If interested, please see the solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...
Our #evol2026 cheatsheet is live, coinciding with the program release. Your one-stop shop for all the Society events during the meeting.
Bookmark it and check back often in case of updates!
www.systbio.org/evolution-20...
The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027!
The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings.
More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...
Apply by June 12th!
The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027!
The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings.
More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...
Apply by June 12th!
New preprint with Sarah Swiston (sswiston.com) and Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) modeling species range evolution in continuous space using ellipses to represent ranges, applied to Australian skinks
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New work by methods-maven Anna Nagel (nage0178.github.io) on adapting likelihood-free deep-learning approaches for ancestral state estimation problems. Anna assessed how DL and Bayesian estimates compare (when possible) under various CTMC, SSE, and SIR models
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
One federal grant was just terminated ($1.3 million from DHS) and one was awarded but not funded ($46,748 from NOAA) due to the new federal administration priorities and executive orders. PIs, how are you addressing these situations on your CVs? 💸
