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Nick Mason

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Ornithology, evolution, ecology. Assistant Professor and Curator of Birds at Louisiana State University. I also like rugby, house music, hip-hop, food, baking, and art. he/him/él

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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Cornell Lab invites applications for Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships. These competitive awards support innovative, independent research by early-career scholars of exceptional promise. Two to four awards are made in each cycle. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32334
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Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO32334, WDR-00059934 Rose Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481
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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Huge Fish Curator gig is advertised! Assistant Curator of Fishes at the Florida Museum of Natural History (part of Uni of. Florida) explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/54...
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University of Florida - Details - Assistant Curator of Ichthyology
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 28/05/2026
📢 REMINDER: IBIS SPECIAL ISSUE Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World If you use avian natural history collections in your research, then this Special Issue is for you! onlinelibrary.wiley.... ⏰ Submission deadline: 30 June 2026 #ornithology
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Kevin Bennett @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📢New warbler research!📢 A phylogeny of Myioborus (the youngest genus of warblers) plus a hypothesis for how they diversified in South America and a gene causing a color difference between hybridizing species. It was great co-leading this with Laura Céspedes Arias. doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Diversification and divergence in Myioborus warblers: insights into evolutionary relationships and plumage genetics
Abstract. Genomic data can provide valuable insights into the evolutionary history of rapidly diversifying groups and the genetic basis of phenotypic trait
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Stable ecology jobs are few and far between at the moment, but the team I'm on is actually hiring! Come coordinate the third Ohio Bird Atlas! This'll be a 5+ year role, based at Ohio State. Bachelor's degree required (Master's preferred). Please share! osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
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Ohio Bird Atlas 3 Outreach Specialist
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j...
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Proposals are due soon for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! This year the R. C. Lewontin Early Award and Rosemary Grant Advanced Award are both due on May 18. Be sure to review the application instructions and apply soon! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
S. Gangothri in the field. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants, Apply by May 18, 2026.
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Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
NSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.
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29th International Ornithological Conference 2026 @ioc2026.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Great news! Deadline extended to April 30th for abstract submission. Noticias! Fecha límite extendida a abril 30 para enviar resumen iocongress2026.com/registration...
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William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The deadline for our NHMLA Student Collections Study Award is coming up really soon. There are still a few more days to apply!
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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
First paper from our program is out 🎉 Our pub in BSSB shares outcomes from our postbaccalaureate training model, demonstrating how research & mentorship can build confidence & career readiness in STEM. Huge thanks to our SREC partners for making this work possible. 🔗 ssbbulletin.org/article/id/6...
Multi-mentoring network applied by LAGNiAppE
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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Reminder: The deadline is 3/15/26 to submit abstracts for oral presentations & posters for the #AOS26 annual meeting in Amherst, Mass. meeting.americanornithology.org/call-for-abs... #ornithology #ornithologicalmeeting
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American Birding Association @aba.org · 12/03/2026
New episode of the American Birding Podcast! Dr. Nick Mason is the curator of the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural History, and he joins us to talk about the fascinating work done being there. Listen here: www.aba.org/bird-collect...
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Bird Collections, From the Inside, with Nick Mason - American Birding Association
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Hernán @hernanhvm.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Come join me and other great colleagues at @ib_unam !! We’re searching for a new orno 🦅 🦢 🦉 systematics researcher/prof. for the largest bird collection in Mexico. See details herein www.ib.unam.mx/ibunam/Convo... Amigxs ornitólogxs! Habemus búsqueda de nuevx investigadorx! Apliquen!
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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We have several ornithological research funding opportunities currently available to #AOSmembers. Application deadlines are approaching. See our website for more info: americanornithology.org/awards-grant...
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Research Grants - American Ornithological Society
AOS research grants include the Kessel Fellowships for post-docs, the Latin American/Caribbean Conservation Research Grant for student/early-career researchers, and a variety of Student Research Grant...
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Strong @lsu.bsky.social contingent at #ssb2026 - LSU alumni and current folks
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The great @jembrown.bsky.social closing out #ssb2026 It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources. Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended.
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Nick Mason @nick-mason.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠 Review begins February 15th, please share! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
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Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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Aimee M. Van Tatenhove @full-o-fulmars.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Please share! Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology. Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166... #boost
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Postdoctoral Associate - Predictive Modeler
We are looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral scientist (postdoc) to lead the development of models for predicting wild bird strikes in and around an airport’s airspace in space and time. The objec...
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Cuomo fell victim to one of the classic blunders: The most famous of which is, "Don't sexually harass 13 women on your gubernatorial staff." But only slightly less well-known is "Never go in against a Democratic Socialist when affordability is on the line."
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Elize Ng @elizeyxng.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere? Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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ybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Proud of the latest edition of my free intro biostats book. gitrepo: github.com/ybrandvain/b... book: ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/ Not complete but at a good point to take a break, and I think its quite usable dm me with comments , ideas etc
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Applied Biostatistics
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
If you're already a WOS member, now is the time to renew for 2026—and if you're not, it's a great time to join! We strive to provide professional development and community for everyone involved in #ornithology. wilsonsociety.org/membershipbe...
Why WOS?

“My favorite thing about being a WOS member is that I feel valued as an individual, and that this support from the WOS Council is extended to every student. As a Councilor, I have firsthand experience with how the WOS puts in the work to have hard conversations that: a) listen to and respond to student member needs, and b) prioritize inclusion and accessibility. I am a proud member of the WOS community!”

—Maggie MacPherson, WOS Elected Councilor
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/10/2025
⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING ⏰ BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶
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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
#AOSMembers: Join us at noon ET Monday (10/6) for a seminar: "The solar reflectance properties & structures of iridescence in Sturnidae & their potential biomimetic applications" w/ Samantha Rutledge, 2023 AOS Student research grant winner. #AOS_SRGS Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I had missed this well written rebuttal on the purported Ivory-billed Woodpecker rediscoveries; these passages in particular are gold:🪶 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... #Ornithology
They are reported not by random, casual observers but typically by select enthusiasts deeply committed and emotionally attached to the idea of the ivory-billed woodpecker's survival against all odds. These individuals have often dedicated years to the hopeful pursuit of clues supporting the species' continuing existence. Therefore, as one of the former searchers admitted in hindsight, “many searchers may have been subconsciously biased and, as a result, not sufficiently cautious in their identifications under field conditions” (Sykes 2016).The purported sightings invariably occur in flooded southern swamp forests deemed by the dedicated enthusiasts as the ideal habitat for the species and less often, if at all, frequented by other observers (Hill 2007, Collins 2019). The vastness and inaccessibility in the descriptions tend to be exaggerated: “Alligators, wild boars, and venomous snakes are abundant, and there is a danger of heat stroke during the summer and hypothermia during the winter” (Collins 2019), being a description of an area of less than 100 km2, a mere 40 kilometers (km) away from New Orleans, the most populous city in Louisiana. The LSU Museum of Natural Science in Baton Rouge, historically one of the most vibrant ornithological centers in the Unites States, is about 145 km away. An area of 100 km2 would by no means be vast enough even for a single ivory-billed woodpecker, let alone a breeding population, to hide in for long. Meanwhile, there are abundant eBird reports of other bird species from the same area (Pearl River swamp), with the widest gap between adjacent observations of pileated woodpeckers, as an example, being less than 5 km (figure 3).
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The Weir Lab at the University of Toronto seeks PhD students for Fall 2026 to study avian genomics and speciation. Competitive funding, diverse training, and a collaborative environment are offered. Apply: jason.weir@utoronto.ca. More info: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~jweir/index.h… #phd
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Jason Weir's research page
Jason Weir's research page
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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week? We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!! laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Early career researcher in systematics? Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026 👇 www.systbio.org/early-career...
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Evolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
1 week left to get your image in for Evolution 2026 logo contest! www.evolutionmeetings.org/2026-logo-co...
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 23/09/2025
NEW IBIS ISSUE Past research and future directions in understanding how birds use their sense of smell | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Darcy Creece, Rafael Freire, Melanie Massaro | #ornithology
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🥳New paper out in the Journal of #ornithology Assignment of wintering Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms link.springer.com/article/10.1... A nice collaboration between Wageningen University and NIOO-KNAW. 🤝
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Reminder: We continue to seek presubmission inquiries for Review, Perspective, and Methods papers for The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology! We can offer a limited number of Open Access fee waivers each year for these types of papers.
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Call for Review, Perspective, or Methods Papers—Open Access Fees Waived
The Editors-in-Chief of The Wilson Journal of Ornithology invite prospective authors to submit presubmission inquiries for Review, Perspective, or Methods papers that we can publish Free Open Acces…
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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The AOS journals are piloting a new Peer Editing Program to provide English-language editing assistance for AOS members whose primary language is not English to assist authors before their articles are sent out for peer review. Learn more! americanornithology.org/aos-editoria...
the graphic includes the same text provided in the post and includes cover images for Ornithology and Ornithological Applications.
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 15/09/2025
Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building
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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Mondays through mid-December for our Fall 2025 Student Research Grant Seminar Series. Our lunchtime series highlights cutting-edge student research funded by the AOS! See the full lineup: americanornithology.org/professional... #AOS_SRGS
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Andre Moncrieff @andremoncrieff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This summer in Brazil we partnered with the talented team at Cabala Producciones, who captured our fieldwork and the magic of Amazonian biodiversity on film. 🎥 Here’s the trailer—hope you enjoy it as much as I did! vimeo.com/1115821170/b...
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Melodies of the Amazon Trailer 2
This is "Melodies of the Amazon Trailer 2" by Cabala Producciones on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇 www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
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Employment | New York Botanical Garden
Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.
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Jeremy M. Brown @jembrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We're thrilled to see such an enthusiastic response for SSB 2026! 111 spots are already claimed, with a cap of 200. Be sure to register soon, if you're planning to join us! ssb2026.github.io #SSB2026 @systbiol.bsky.social
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Cody Limber @codylimber.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My feather cell type paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/ede.... We’ve packed a ton of stuff into this paper but I’ll go through some highlights in this thread!
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Genetic Characterization of the Cell Types in Developing Feathers, and the Evolution of Feather Complexity
We used single cell sequencing to investigate the cell types of developing chicken feathers. From these data, we are able to describe the transcriptional profile of feather cell types, look at their ....
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
New academic year, new ecoevojobs site. Already >200 faculty / permanent jobs! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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Andre Moncrieff @andremoncrieff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬 I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma. Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation 👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org Please share!
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Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution
The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...
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Nick Mason @nick-mason.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good review / synthesis of the evolution of DNA sequencing technologies over the last 40-50 years? Looking for something to read as a lab group with folks who are newer to the field. TIA
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections' The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026. ssb2026.github.io
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2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
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Quinn McCallum @ornithomancer.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I'm very excited (and a bit nervous) to talk all about the work I did on Zonotrichia sparrows with @darrenirwin.bsky.social at UBC tomorrow morning at 10:30 am in the JEB Stearns Prize Symposium at #ESEB2025!
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