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Mario dos Reis

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We are organising an in-person Morphological Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU and @thepalass.bsky.social. When: Nov 9-11, 2026 Where: University College London There are limited places, so please pre-register by October 8th!!! Find more details here: tinyurl.com/52c9u7dw
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Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Keen on learning how to use Bayesian model selection to test different hypotheses of diversification? 🦴🧬🕰️ Check our latest work in Molecular Biology and Evolution! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... With @zihengyang.bsky.social, @phil-donoghue.bsky.social, and @mariodosreis.bsky.social 💫 (1/2)
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On the origin of animals and placental mammals: a critique of literalist readings of the fossil record
Abstract. The fossil record is incomplete, as evidenced by the pervasive presence of ghost lineages throughout the Tree of Life. For example, across placen
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our latest work on the nature of molecular clocks and fossil records: doi.org/10.1093/molb... Hopefully this will promote healthy debate!
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Latest from the lab: @ruolinwu.bsky.social integrates fossil and molecular evidence to estimate the timing of origin of flowering plants. Thanks to @sabifo4.bsky.social @jameswclark.bsky.social Yue Tong, Shan Wan, Davide Pisani, Harald Schneider and Daniele Silvestro for helping to make this happen
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Wong et al. present IQ-TREE version 3, with new features including mixture models, gene and site concordance factors, integration with phylogenomic divergence time estimation, and a fully featured sequence simulator. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag117 #evobio #molbio #compbio
MBE | IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
IQ-TREE 3 is now integrated with MCMCTree: That is, IQ-TREE's sophisticated substitution models can now be used for Bayesian molecular-clock dating analyses!
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Pre-Christmas moleclular-clock shenanigans with @sabifo4.bsky.social @mariodosreis.bsky.social @zihengyang.bsky.social
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MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It is #WorldAIDSDay! For this special #ScienceInContext Dr Fabricia Nascimento & Prof Sanjay Mehta join @eonore.bsky.social to speak about phylodynamic inference, HIV transmission, migration, genome sequencing & ethics @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social 🧵1/2 youtu.be/SzdAhdjJuAE
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Applications for the London TREES DTP programme are now open: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/news/applica... We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics! 😀 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int...
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Applications Now Open! | TREES DLA
TREES Overview & Research ThemesTREES supports doctoral research across a broad range of themes. Applicants should align with at least one of these areas:
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Frustrated that MCMCtree does not have complex substitution models? The IQ-tree team has now developed IQ2MC, an interface for seamless integration of IQ-tree's substitution models with MCMCtree's fast Bayesian pipeline for clock dating. Read the preprint here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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IQ2MC: A New Framework to Infer Phylogenetic Time Trees Using IQ-TREE 3 and MCMCTree with Mixture Models
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A reminder that we have two open PhD projects on Bayesian phylogenetics in the lab: One with the new TREE Doctoral Landscape Awards: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... (deadline 20th Jan) And another with CSC: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (deadline 29th Jan)
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Laura Mulvey @lauramulvey.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
So excited to see this paper finally published! 🥳 This was the main focus of my PhD and demonstrates the application of model adequacy for models of morphological evolution. 1/n academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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Assessing the Adequacy of Morphological Models Using Posterior Predictive Simulations
Abstract. Reconstructing the evolutionary history of different groups of organisms provides insight into how life originated and diversified on Earth. Phyl
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Over 120 PhD projects have now been released as part of the new London Doctoral Landscape Awards, for start in Oct 2025. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects
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Projects | UCL Trees
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 13/11/2024
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our paper on Bayesian selection of relaxed clock models is out in Systematic Biology! This is the work of our PhD student Muthukumaran Panchaksaram, in collaboration with Lucas Freitas from Brazil. doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
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Bayesian Selection of Relaxed-clock Models: Distinguishing Between Independent and Autocorrelated Rates
Abstract. In Bayesian molecular-clock dating of species divergences, rate models are used to construct the prior on the molecular evolutionary rates for br
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The new TREES London PhD training programming in the Environmental Sciences is now up! www.trees-dla.ac.uk
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TREES | Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences
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Mario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
PhD position available in our lab: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Developing efficient Bayesian samplers for evolutionary analysis in the Tree of Life at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Developing efficient Bayesian samplers for evolutionary analysis in the Tree of Life at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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