Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 04/11/2025One week to go! Don't forget to register for what is going to be an excellent day of highlighting early career research and networking. Keep your eyes peeled for the meeting programme and abstract booklet soon! 040
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK. 917286
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 24/09/2025New in Trends in Ecology & Evolution: 'Earth system engineers' and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time 🔓 #ecoevo #openaccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A thread 🧵:sciencedirect.com‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep timeUnderstanding the role of humans as ‘ecosystem engineers’ requires a deep-time perspective rooted in evolutionary history and the fossil record. Howev… 32712
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 17/09/2025🌊 >70% of W. Atlantic coral reefs will transition into net erosional states by 2040. If warming >2°C (SSP2–4.5+), 99% eroding by 2100. Sea level will rise 0.3–0.5 m above reefs by 2060, 0.7–1.2 m by 2100, boosting coastal flood risk www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts - NatureAn analysis of coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic suggests that nearly all will be eroding by 2100 if global warming exceeds 2 °C, which will worsen the effects of sea-level rise. 11912
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbJoel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies? Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!! Check our new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...ecoevorxiv.orgsquidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 26735
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbKristy Ferraro @kristymferraro.bsky.social · 21/08/2025The bottom line: zoogeochemical niche construction offers a way to understand how animals, through their elemental legacies, can influence not just ecosystems—but their own evolutionary trajectories. 041
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbKristy Ferraro @kristymferraro.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Animals don’t just live in their environments—they transform them. And in doing so, they may also shape their own evolutionary trajectories. Our new paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution introduces a framework for zoogeochemical niche construction. A thread 👇 86428
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbRebecca Cooper @rebeccasaurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Really happy to see chapter 2 of my PhD published today in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. DeepDiveR is an R package to assist with deep learning inference of biodiversity change through time 🤿🦊 Thanks to @bethanyjallen.bsky.social & Daniele Silvestro for the collaboration doi.org/10.1111/2041... 13414
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 21/07/2025It's a bias amplification engine thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...thenextweb.comChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study findsA new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. 20411169
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDr. Bethany Allen @bethanyjallen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Ever wanted to infer a morphological or total-evidence phylogeny in BEAST2? It’s long overdue, but we now have a tutorial on Taming the BEAST to talk you through the process 💻🌳⚙️ Thanks to Joëlle Barido-Sottani for helping me pull this together! taming-the-beast.org/tutorials/To...taming-the-beast.orgTotal Evidence Tutorial 15220
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵 25620411
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbBenjamin J. Wallis @benjaminjwallis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025This is also totally inconsistent with action on EDI issues. The more that funding for ECRs is an inconsistent boom and bust, the more it harms those without the opportunities and external resources to ride out the droughts. Lots of my peers are less fortunate than me in this regard. 031
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbBenjamin J. Wallis @benjaminjwallis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The early career researchers who apply for fellowships like these are usually working on fixed term contracts without much job security. We need consistent, plannable fellowship opportunities, not mixed messages wasting our time. It shouldn't be a big ask. 141
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbBenjamin J. Wallis @benjaminjwallis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025So NERC have quietly announced this afternoon that they're delaying/cancelling/suspending, whatever 'not launched at this time' means, their 2025 Independent Research Fellowship round. After announcing it 34 days ago. Flip-flopping like this is really detrimental to early career researchers. 2169
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Very sad to learn Richard Bambach has passed away. In addition to his significant contributions to science and the 'paleobiological revolution', I will mostly remember him as a warm and wonderful presence in our paleobiology journal club when I was a postdoc at the Smithsonian 4326
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The mathematics gender gap has incredibly damaging consequences down the line for women’s rights re financial literacy and independence. For example, you’re more likely to give control of your finances to someone else if you genuinely believe you can’t and never will understand compound interest. 132
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/06/2025We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.theguardian.comOnly two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warnBreaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering 451563745
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbKelly Tingle @kellyetingle.bsky.social · 19/06/2025✨ Excited to share our new paper! ✨ Sustained shift in the morphology of organic-walled microfossils over the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @royalsocietypublishing.org @rosspanderson.bsky.social @kelleypaleolab.bsky.social 3138
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbLife and Planet 2025 @lifeandplanet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Registration for Life and Planet is now open on lifeandplanet.com! Keep an eye on your inboxes if you submitted an abstract, and watch the website for the program of talks. We are excited to see you in July!lifeandplanet.comLife and Planet 011
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbJames Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 28/04/2025How can zombie microbes interact with the Earth system? 🦠🧟🌎 Microbes, even when dormant, play a massive role in shaping Earth's ecosystems & biogeochemistry 🌎 In @natcomms.nature.com I explore dormancy in the context of Earth’s geosphere-biosphere co-evolution 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comMicrobial dormancy as an ecological and biogeochemical regulator on Earth - Nature CommunicationsDormancy enables microbes to withstand periods of environmental harshness. It occurs throughout diverse ecosystems and spans vast timescales, and could play an important role in shaping the co-ev... 47124
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbLife and Planet 2025 @lifeandplanet.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Today is the last day to submit an abstract under the extended deadline. Don't forget! lifeandplanet.com 001
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbPalaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 15/04/2025🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️24th April 2025, 16:00 UTC🗓️ Next week’s talk is from Dr Richard Stockey @richardstockey.bsky.social from University of Southampton, on “Modelling ancient animal habitats in space and time: linking fossils and Earth system models” Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-... 01610
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbGeology of the Tour de France @geotdf.bsky.social · 13/04/2025No Paris-Roubaix without a geology story! Marjolein Naudé explains in this clip how the Hell of the North froze over and made the muddy, dusty mess we all love so much! And read more in our blog: www.geo-sports.org/2024/geology... youtu.be/R00JSTLw-f0?...youtu.beGeology of Paris-Roubaix - When did the Hell of the North break loose?YouTube video by Geo-Sports - The Geology of Sports Events 27614
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbLife and Planet 2025 @lifeandplanet.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Missed getting your Life and Planet abstract in? Good news! The deadline is now extended up 16 April, so there’s still time to submit your abstract! 023
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Speaking as a paleontologist, we don't need to bring back species long lost to extinction. Modern ecosystems are already stressed without introducing bioengineered monstrosities. Celebrate biodiversity by appreciating & conserving the endless forms most beautiful & wonderful alive in the world today 312225
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 06/04/2025✅ 13.1 to finish off The Big Week Of Scaries 060
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbLife and Planet 2025 @lifeandplanet.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Your friendly Friday reminder that abstracts for Life and Planet 2025 are open until Wednesday April 9th. Abstract submission is FREE! Submit your abstracts here: lifeandplanet.com 🌍🦠🌱🐚🧪🧑💻🧬👽🌏 011
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025🌎🦠🐚🧪🌏🧬🌳👽🌍 Interested in the co-evolution of life and our planet? Life and Planet 2025 abstracts are still open until 9 April! The meeting this year will be 14-16 July. Students and early career researchers especially encouraged! lifeandplanet.com @lifeandplanet.bsky.social 1136
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbEmma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Global North-based researchers publish more on Latin American fossils—and receive more citations—than their Latin American counterparts 🌎 This is an important and thoughtful case study of systematic inequalities in #palaeontology - well worth your time to read 🧪👩🏻🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s42...nature.comHistorical and ongoing inequities shape research visibility in Latin American aquatic mammal paleontology - Communications BiologyAnalysis shows that Latin American researchers and women published less on fossil mammals from Latin America than Global North researchers and male counterparts. Papers with more Latin American author... 23317
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbLewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Happy #FossilFriday! We’re excited to share our new preprint from the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team “Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology”, available now from EcoEvoRXiv: doi.org/10.32942/X2F... With a bonus accompanying vignette! tenrules.palaeoverse.orgtenrules.palaeoverse.orgTen simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiologyTen simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 02512
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbBritish Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 14/03/2025We’ve just published the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet (called Bedmap3), and we learnt some pretty cool facts about Antarctica that you can use to impress your pals. Ready? Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al 11380136
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbJeff Thompson @echinerd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Like morphometrics, micro-CT scanning, and morphological evolution? Then please consider applying for our 18 month postdoc position at the university of Southampton! Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF402/r... 24844
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbNeil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · 08/03/2025We have a rich fossil heritage on the south coast, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, the first humans on these islands... And everything in between. Come and find out about it at our new exhibition, running from April 4th to June 1st. godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi... @unisouthampton.bsky.social 23216
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbAdriana Guatame-García @adriguatame.bsky.social · 06/03/2025A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩🔬 12365132320
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbUniversity of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Fall in love with science this Valentine’s! 💙 Our biggest-ever Southampton Science and Engineering Festival launches today - a great lead-up to us hosting the British Science Festival 2026! 🗓️ Join us 7 - 16 March. Find out more and book your tickets 👉 sotsef.co.uk 073
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDr. Amanda Godbold @amandagodbold.bsky.social · 07/02/2025🚨publication alert🚨 Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Chase James, @kiessl.bsky.social , @niklashohmann.bsky.social, Emilia Jarochowska, Frank Corsetti, David Bottjer urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...urldefense.comAncient frameworks as modern templates: exploring reef rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesBoth natural and human-induced stressors cause reef erosion, resulting in reef rubble formation. When consolidated, the rubble can facilitate reef recovery, sparking interest in artificial rubble stab... 152
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbCPEG & CPB Symposium 2025 @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social · 20/01/2025🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Abstract submission for the CPEG Meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium closes soon! 🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below! 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch | Crossing the Paleontological-Ecological Gap & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium | Zurich, 2025 | UZH 12525
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Searching for Sponsors of the largest non-profit, free palaeontological festival in Britian - the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Attracting, entertaining and educating 20,000 souls! Get in touch if you want to make the festival happen. 15716
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025New preprint live today on ecosystem engineers during the Phanerozoic, and evidence we have found that metazoan bioturbators and reef-builders have had persistent positive impacts on community biodiversity since the Cambrian 🪱🪸 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...researchsquare.com 0156
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Did you know that you can get trained in IUCN Red List assessment for free online? I have my undergrads do this as a semester-long assignment to understand policy-relevant science. You can do it too! 🧪🦑🌎 www.conservationtraining.org/course/index... 819566
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 18/12/2024There is something profoundly beautiful in the fact that we can still make fundamental discoveries about the natural world by flipping over rocks. 09625
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Reminder of the January 8th deadline for this reef palaeoecology PhD project at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social with @tomezard.bsky.social + @chrisgoatley.bsky.social :) www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 11414
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Southampton palaeobiology having a great time at #PalAss2024 this year 🌍🦕🪸🐚 @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social 0134
Reposted by Dr Alison Cribb𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗 @morganxyz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Writing this pilot took years of meeting with my writing partner on weekends and late nights in-between our full time jobs 😮💨 We’re 4 days away from the end of our seed and spark and donation and share helps 💚 seedandspark.com/fund/reptili... 021
Dr Alison Cribb @alisoncribb.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Merry PalAss to all who celebrate 🎄🪨🦖🪼🐚 @richardstockey.bsky.social 0111
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbPaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Are you interested in some analytical training in paleobiology and a grad student? Then apply for a place in the Summer School 2025! The call is open as of today. More info can be found here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/ap... 02116
Reposted by Dr Alison CribbDaniel 🕹️ @strengejacke.de · 29/11/2024{ggeffects} version 2.0.0 is out now! Read more about this #rstats package at strengejacke.github.io/ggeffects What does {ggeffects} do? The 📦 helps you to understand (complex) models and results by calculating and plotting *estimated marginal means* or more generally, *adjusted predictions*. 🧵strengejacke.github.ioCreate Tidy Data Frames of Marginal Effects for ggplot from Model OutputsCompute marginal effects and adjusted predictions from statistical models and returns the result as tidy data frames. These data frames are ready to use with the ggplot2-package. Effects and predictio... 413236