@CicadaScience

Aficionado of the natural history of organisms and molecules.

Joined November 2016
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@Rainmaker197314 Nov 2023
Asperitas are ominous-looking clouds occurring mostly with Stratocumulus and Altocumulus. These ones have been photographed over Gorham, New Hampshire on April 23, 2023 [📷 Crystal Lee]
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RIP Megatibicen grossus/auletes.
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I re-read the original BUCKy paper by Ané et al, probably for the first time in 10 years. I forgot how creative and original it was, and how many of the ideas in it have simply been rediscovered by others (including me). academic.oup.com/mbe/article…

Bayesian Estimation of Concordance among Gene Trees

Abstract. Multigene sequence data have great potential for elucidating important and interesting evolutionary processes, but statistical methods for extrac

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Paul Lewis@polewis25 Jun 2023
An awesome talk by @uconneeb grad @AnalisaMilkey on her sequential Monte Carlo approach to sampling from the multispecies coalescent model! #Evol2023
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Checking the North America annual cicada leader board as of the week ending 5/20 ... looks like #1) Giant Cicada (Quesada gigas), #2) Resh Cicada (Megatibicen resh), and #3) Hieroglyphic cicadas (Neocicada hieroglyphica) inaturalist.org/projects/202…
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Systematic Biology will soon celebrate 75 years! To prepare, SSB's Legacy Committee is calling for (1) proposals to write "Evolving View/Timeline" articles and (2) nominations for previously published "Notable Papers". More here: systbio.org/ Deadline: October 1st
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Simon Ho@DrSimonHo17 Jun 2022
Applications for our postdoc position close in 2 days (19 June)! This is a 3-year position and is open to international applicants. Starting date is flexible.
Simon Ho@DrSimonHo16 May 2022
Postdoc position available: Join us in Sydney!   We seek a postdoc researcher to work on rates of evolution and models of macroevolutionary change.   You will have the chance to lead research, analyse genomic data sets, and address key questions in evolutionary biology.
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"The new fossils expand the list of large meat-eating dinosaurs that roamed around 100 million years ago." #SciChat #SciComm buff.ly/3Opx15t
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New review out on New Zealand phylogeography! The lead author (Katie Marske, U Oklahoma) asked me to collaborate on this one, and it was an excellent experience. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Phylogeography reveals the complex impact of the Last Glacial Maximum on New Zealand’s terrestrial...

We review the major phylogeographic patterns in Aotearoa New Zealand’s terrestrial flora and fauna that have been associated with the Ōtira Glaciation of the Pleistocene, the end of which coincides...

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New butterfly evolutionary study is out as preprint! 2244 spp sequenced for 391 genes. Butterflies likely originated in what is now Americas, ~100 million years ago. Research led @FloridaMuseum #McGuireCenter. Global study w/87 scientists from 28 countries tinyurl.com/7ra5uaba
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I made a procedurally animated isopod... in 3D! This #unrealengine thing is pretty neat!
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The life cycle of the largest stag beetle in North America, Lucanus elaphus, in solid bronze, on a nice piece of rotted wood. 1/5
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jobrxiv.org/job/pennsylvania… This is a great opportunity to join the vibrant community at the Microbiome Center at Penn State and to be a part of the lab of @Symbionticism! Positions include manager, research tech, postdoc, and research professor, so should be relevant to many!

Research Positions on Symbiosis and the Microbiome Sciences

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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The Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists is seeking submissions for a special issue on species delimitation edited by @quattrinia and @bryanccarstens. Submissions are due by the end of February for a tentative publication release date in late 2022
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A ‘furry snake’ baffled many when it was first discovered in an Indonesian villagers home & some hoped that it was a new species - however specialists believe it’s likely to be a puff-faced water snake with algae growing on its scales - either way still super cool & interesting.
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An excellent example of #DataVisualization for the #ClimateCrisis
Kirstin Ferguson@kirstinferguson13 Mar 2022
The clever people at @NASA have created this deceptively simple yet highly effective data visualisation showing monthly global temperatures between 1880-2021. Watch until the end... Learn more here - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #climate
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Nominations, including self-nominations, are still being accepted until March 7 for our next graduate student representative!
Society of Systematic Biologists@systbiol18 Feb 2022
SSB invites nominations for the next graduate student representative to serve on Council. As a member of SSB Council, the grad rep will play an important role in shaping the future of the Society. More information available here: systbio.org/grad-rep-nominat…
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Jumping styles of 2 related insect orders. I give it to the roach: more technical, seems like it spent more time in the gym perfecting the art.
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So you want to know what's going on with climate change, but AR6 WGII is a whopping 3,675 pages. How do you read an #ipcc report? Five easy steps:
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And don’t forget to join SSB if you’d like to publish an article in the Bulletin. systbio.org/membership.html All articles are published open access and published without article processing charges or page fees. @systbiol @quattrinia @bryanccarstens
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