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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 2

“In his second administration, President Donald Trump is not just approaching climate science with skepticism. Instead, his administration is moving to destroy the methods by which his or any future administration can respond to climate change.“

Analysis: The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change | CNN Politics

Americans are used to whiplash in their climate policy. The US has been in and out and in and out again of the key Paris climate agreement over the past four presidencies.

www.cnn.com

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · May 23

🧪,🌍,#ecoevo

International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · May 8

📣Next Tuesday our seminar will be Troy Day (Queen's), presenting:

⭐Modelling the distribution of fitness effects of new mutations⭐

Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

As ever, free for all get involved, just join the call.
See you there!

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Apr 24

Theoretical Ecology Seminar, next Tuesday!

Gaurav S. Kandlikar & Anita Simha:
Soil microbial effects on plant community responses to fire in longleaf pine savannas

29 April, 9 a.m. Pacific

Info: iite.info/seminar/

See the abstract below and you there!
🧪,🌍,#ecoevo

Gaurav S. Kandlikar & Anita Simha:
Soil microbial effects on plant community responses to fire in longleaf pine savannas
29 April, 9 a.m. Pacific
Info: iite.info/seminar/

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Apr 12

📣Next Tuesday our online seminar is with Jacopo Grilli (ICTP Trieste) on:

⭐Competition without contingency and functional convergence⭐

Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

See you there!
🧪,🌍,#ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Mar 29

@iite-ecotheory.bsky.social

📆Join us next Tuesday for our next free online seminar: Uli Brose (iDiv) will present:

⭐The internet of nature: integrating food webs with information flow⭐

Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

See you there!
🧪,🌍,#ecoevo

Theoretical Ecology Webinar • International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology

We operate an international seminar series on Theoretical Ecology via Zoom since September, 2020. With some exceptions, the hour-long events are held on every other Tuesday at 9 a.m. Pacific […]

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Mar 14

📆Join us next Tuesday for our online seminar: Hal Caswell (Woods Hole) will present on:

⭐The formal demography of kinship: Demographic stochasticity in the kinship network⭐

Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

NB Euro time shift!

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Theoretical Ecology Webinar • International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology

We operate an international seminar series on Theoretical Ecology via Zoom since September, 2020. With some exceptions, the hour-long events are held on every other Tuesday at 9 a.m. Pacific […]

iite.info

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · Mar 13

📆Join us next Tuesday for our online seminar: Hal Caswell (Woods Hole) will present on:

⭐The formal demography of kinship: Demographic stochasticity in the kinship network⭐

Free for all to join!
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

NB Euro time shift!

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Feb 28

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · Feb 24

📣Join us next week for the first talk of the year! Virginia Domínguez-García (EBD-CSIC, Seville) will present:

⭐Complex Networks to Understand Persistence in Empirical Plant-Pollinator Communities⭐

Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global Times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

See you there!

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · Jan 31

📆We are back and excited to announce our all-star lineup for next series of online seminars! Add the dates to your diaries and join theoretical ecologists from across the world - it's free and open to all via Zoom. Details here iite.info/seminar/, including email list signup.

See you in March!

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Jan 30

Soon!!

International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · Nov 26

Not necessarily how we hoped to start off on BlueSky, but a reminder that our planned seminar for today has had to be postponed.

We will be back next year!

In the meantime, we still have our back catalogue of 67 past recorded seminars and counting: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

See you then!

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Nov 25

I used to distribute here the lectures of the IITE Theoretical Ecology Webinar series. The last lecture of the semester was planned for tomorrow, November 26, but got posponed by a scheduling conflict of the lecturer. We continue in January, 2025.

Our new account: @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Nov 11

Join us for our next online seminar tomorrow: Aaron King (Michegan + Santa Fe) will present:
⭐️Exact phylodynamics via structured Markov genealogy processes⭐️
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Free and open for all - see you there!
🧪,🌍,#ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Oct 28

Bo Zhang (Oklahoma State):
Movement alters ecological dynamics in heterogeneous environments
29 October, 9 a.m. Pacific
IITE seminar: iite.info/seminar/
Zoom link: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍,#ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Oct 14

I forgot to links in my earlier post.
IITE seminar: iite.info/seminar/
Zoom link: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Oct 11

🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Oct 1

We have been organizing a webinar on Theoretical Ecology: iite.info/seminar/
Lectures for the current semester, each announced later:
Oct 15: Ophélie Ronce (Montpellier)
Oct 29: Bo Zhang (Oklahoma State)
Nov 12: Aaron King (Michigan, Santa Fe)
Nov 26: Jacopo Grilli (ISTP)
Dec 10: TBA
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Jun 10

IITE webinar

William Campillay-Llanos (University of Talca, Chile):
Body size impact on trophic dynamics: mathematical modeling and biological control in a three-level food chain

11 June, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific

Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
Web: iite.info/seminar/

🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · May 27

IITE webinar
Géza Meszéna (Eötvös University, Budapest):
What is niche-space? The exact and intuitive theory.
28 May, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
Web: iite.info/seminar/
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Apr 29

IITE webinar Evan Johnson (Alberta):
On the prevalence of cycles and chaos in natural ecosystems 30 April, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
Web: iite.info/seminar/
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Apr 15

IITE webinar
Mark McPeek (Dartmouth college):
Can Mutualists Foster Coexistence Among Resource Competitors? Mechanistic Analyses Of Various Mutualisms.
16 April, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
Web: iite.info/seminar/
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Apr 1

IITE webinar
Anuraag Bukkuri (Moffit Cancer Center):
The Polyaneuploid Cancer Cell State and Therapeutic Resistance: Models of State-Structured Populations
2 April, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Mar 25

IITE webinar
Robin Snyder (Case Western):
The role of luck in reproductive skew and individual success
26 March, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Mar 4

IITE webinar
Holly Moeller (Santa Barbara):
Trade, Borrow, or Steal: Combining math and experiments to understand acquired metabolism
March 5, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
Zoom:
liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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Géza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · Feb 19

IITE webinar Axel Rossberg (Queen Mary):
Ecological Structural Instability everywhere
February 20, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

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