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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 6h

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Friday, OCT 24!

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 6h

Do you like bats, phylogenetics, comparative genomics?

Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!

Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇

Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

Poster with Founders' Lecture details and QR code for registration.

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 6h

Psst, do register or we won't tell you where the post-lecture reception will be 😉

Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 6h

Do you like bats, phylogenetics, comparative genomics?

Then join us in-person 6 PM Friday, OCT 25 at the @linneansociety.bsky.social for our annual Founders' Lecture!

Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social will be speaking to us on all things bat! 🦇

Register here: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 2d

The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us!

If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!

Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1

REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

YSF2025 Registration Form

Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form. This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...

tinyurl.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 7d

Don't forget to register for our (free) upcoming Founder's Lecture on Friday, Oct 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.

Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin, will be talking to us about all things bats! 🦇

Registration: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

Details: systass.org/founders-lec...

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 8d

Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.

Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!

REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc

systass.org/young-system...

Young Systematists’ Forum

Young Systematists’ Forum An exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic…

systass.org

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 13d

We are delighted to announce that this year's Founders' Lecture will be delivered by Prof. @emmateeling.bsky.social, University College Dublin!

TITLE: Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures?

WHEN: Friday, October 24th at 6PM

WHERE: Burlington House, London

JOIN US: tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8

Founders' Lecture details and registration QR code.

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 21d

If this whets your appetite to learn more about deuterostomes and/or phylogenetics, you can read Max's recent review on deuterostome relationships: doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Or buy his book: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/max-t...

Weighing the Evidence for a Deuterostome Branch of Animals and Implications for Understanding Chordate Origins | Annual Reviews

For over 100 years, the deuterostome clade has been one of the few unchallenged branches in the phylogeny of the animal phyla. Deuterostomia includes the echinoderms and hemichordate worms and also ou...

doi.org

Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 21d

We are nearly ready to announce this year's Founders' Lecture speaker!

In the meantime time check out @maxjtelford.bsky.social's 2024 lecture: 'Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR5...

Founders' Lecture 2024 | Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms?

YouTube video by Systematics Association

www.youtube.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Registration for this year's YSF is open!!!

Abstract deadline: October 25th 2025 11:59PM GMT+1

Registration deadline: November 1st 2025 11:59PM GMT+0

Link: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

YSF2025 Registration Form

Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form. This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...

tinyurl.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Sep 2

Keep your eyes peeled, this year's edition of the Young Systematists' Forum approaches!

When: Nov 14 2025

Where: Online!

We will open registration and abstract submission soon!

Stay up to date here: systass.org/young-system...

Young Systematists’ Forum

Young Systematists’ Forum An exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic…

systass.org

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Jul 15

*a symposium

I really have to stop posting before having my coffee ☕

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Jul 15

We have a new volume out! www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...

This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out!

(Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)

The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined

Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...

www.routledge.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Jun 12

And this year's Policy 'Lecture' aka discussion panel is underway! @systassn.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Jun 9

Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation!

Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Jun 5

Tired of politicised media discourse?

Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science?

Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation!

Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation

Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

tinyurl.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Jun 3

Just over a week left to register to join us (@systassn.bsky.social and
@linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!

When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation

Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

tinyurl.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · May 20

In a time of increasingly polarised discourse, join us (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!

When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation

Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

tinyurl.com

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · May 16

How is misinformation threatening efforts to preserve biodiversity?

Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.

tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation

Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Apr 30

And that's a wrap on the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop!

Thank you to all the attendees, instructors (@anaserrasilva.bsky.social, @sabifo4.bsky.social, Tomas Flouri and Yuttapong Thawornwattana) and to our wonderful TA @lauramulvey.bsky.social!

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Apr 30

And Tomas Flouris is back with a guided tutorial on using BPP for species tree inference.

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Apr 30

Day 2 of our (@systassn.bsky.social and SRUK/CERU) joint Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop is underway!

We started with an introduction to the Multispecies Coalescent by Yuttapong Thawornwattana.

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Apr 29

We're on tenterhooks for tomorrow's BPP sessions!

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Apr 29

And spent the afternoon being guided through divergence time estimation and using MCMCTree by @sabifo4.bsky.social

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Apr 29

After Tomas Flouris's in depth overview of Bayesian probabilities and MCMC, we got a whirlwind tour of PhyloBayes's model testing capabilities from @anaserrasilva.bsky.social

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