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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · Jul 31

Every time I see this book in the library, I imagine Darwin saying “draw me like one of your French girls”

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Apr 26

A video of the same - apols, taken quickly on phone

Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Apr 26

@jimmybernot.bsky.social do you know what this pinchy nauplius looking boy might be? It's serving parasite to me, somehow.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · Apr 16

Planned action!

Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.

Boadicea and Her Daughters.

Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JH

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Sculpture

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URGENT: Join Us in Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm- Stand for Trans Rights

Dear Friends,

We need your support now more than ever.

This Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in Parliament Square, there will be a critical protest in support of trans rights, following the recent Supreme Court decision that threatens the recognition and dignity of trans people across the UK.

sure no one misses it!!!

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I'll share some social media graphics soon for you to post. By 6pm

Let's show up and show out for trans lives.

See you in Parliament Square this Saturday.

Meeting Point: Boadicea and Her Daughters Statue - https://g.co/kgs /pkDwGp3

Trans women are women

Trans men are men

Non-binary people exist and deserve rights too

UNISON branches are supporting this protest, and we are calling on every member, friend, and ally to join us in solidarity. We need a huge turnout to show that we will not stand by while rights are taken from our family.

Please reach out to everyone you know- colleagues, friends, family, union members - and ask them to come along. Bring signs, bring energy, and most importantly, bring your voice.

This is very last minute, so we need everyone to shout about this protest as loudly and widely as possible. Share it with your networks, post it online, tell your friends. let's make sure no one misses it!!!

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · Apr 16

Posting this for the umpteenth time.

Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination

A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between

www.scientificamerican.com

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Apr 16

Gender is for the individual to decide, not the state. If somebody tells you who they are, and your response is to ignore/question/investigate that identity, I don't know what to say to you. Gender is a matter of etiquette, of common decency, of positive regard for others.

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Apr 1

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best!

www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna | Natural History Museum

www.nhm.ac.uk

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Jeremias N Brand 🪱 @brandgefahr.bsky.social · Mar 28

🌍 4 year, fully funded PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Basel! 🌿
Explore flatworm speciation in the African Great Lakes!

✔️ Fieldwork in Zambia & Tanzania
✔️ Training in phylogenetics, molecular ecology, evolutionary biology & stable isotope analysis

📅 Deadline: May 31, 2025

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Apr 1

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best!

www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna | Natural History Museum

www.nhm.ac.uk

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Apr 1

What are people's thoughts on the new metazoa_odb12 as a BUSCO db?

Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Mar 18

Taking the pulse of meiofauna research in 2025. My biggest take-home message as the head of one panel: evolutionary genomics is not (yet) anywhere near reaching its potential in this field, partly because of a lack of visibility/interdisciplinary education. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature - Communications Biology

This paper identifies the top-50 priority questions for meiofaunal research, highlighting their critical roles in biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity. It calls for a balanced research agenda, inter...

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sumie-dh @sumie-dh.bsky.social · Jan 11

Do you have #Discord account? Did you know there is #microscopy server? Good mixture of microscopy and imaging folks with various backgrounds [1.3k members] is already in. Join us, everyone is welcomed. Repost is deeply appreciated ;] disboard.org/server/67276...

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Jan 7

Together with Richard Unsworth at Swansea (@zosterar.bsky.social), we've cooked up a PhD project via the CROCUS DLA. Come do cutting-edge molecular ecology of meiofaunal communities in seagrass meadows in various states of "health". Deadline 20 January, please RT.
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

A multi-image figure showing a sandy seafloor with a core sampler in front of a tall meadow of dying seagrass, on the left, and on the right, 6 individual images of various exemplar meiofauna species: a rotifer, a gnathostomulid, a kinorhynch, a protodrilid, an oligochaete, and a proseriate flatworm.

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Jan 7

Together with Richard Unsworth at Swansea (@zosterar.bsky.social), we've cooked up a PhD project via the CROCUS DLA. Come do cutting-edge molecular ecology of meiofaunal communities in seagrass meadows in various states of "health". Deadline 20 January, please RT.
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · Nov 29

Happy that my first publication in 🦋 is about this. Our preprint on the origin of Bilateria is out. A nice story about the position of the Xenoacoelomorpha in the animal tree of life. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

Novel genomic approaches support Xenacoelomorpha as sister to all Bilateria

One of the most contentious debates in animal evolution is whether the first bilaterian animal was simple or complex. At the centre of this debate is the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic lineag...

www.researchsquare.com

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Dec 24

Oh yes please!

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Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social · Dec 11

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Dec 12

Really fascinating work, and great storytelling in this thread.

Question: would such engineered S. epi vaccines be potentially transmissible from person to person?

Remembering Hannu Rajaniemi's Vaccine Season...

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Lewis MacKenzie @lemackz.bsky.social · Dec 9

A weird thing about an #ECR group leader in mid 2020s is that loads of grants are stuck at the same level for years, not accountin for the 20% inflation in the past few years.

E.g. A max grant cap of £5000 in 2020 now only has £4000 worth of spending power in 2024.

Ladder keeps getting pulled!

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · Nov 25

We have two open PhD positions in my group at @crg.eu.
We are seeking candidates with a background in computational and/or molecular biology, and with a broad interest in evolutionary biology, gene regulation, and comparative genomics.

📅Apply before January 12 here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · Nov 25

last couple days to apply (for free! from anywhere in the world!) to the Sanger 2025 PhD Programme — Deadline: 28th November 2024 (09:00 GMT)

For more info, visit www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...

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Louise Lavictoire @louiselavictoire.bsky.social · Nov 20

I haven't posted about #FreshwaterMussels yet on @bsky.app so here's a summery video of a gorgeous #mussel #river in the #LakeDistrict and it's inhabitants

#Cumbria #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery #SpeciesConservation #Restoration #Bivalve #Mollusc

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · Nov 18

This is an incredible, chilling video essay from #notjustbikes which has totally changed how I think about self-driving cars. Something between documentary, journalism, polemic, and the coldly logical tradition of the best dystopian science fiction:

youtu.be/040ejWnFkj0?...

How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

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Mafalda S Ferreira @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social · Nov 12

Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity
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Assistant Professor in Biodiversity (up to three positions)

at the Department for Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, the Department of Environmental Science, the Department of Geological Sciences, the Department of Physical Geography or the Department of

su.varbi.com

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Chris Laumer @tendersombrero.bsky.social · May 22

Who else at #nanoporeconf is going to try to make bluesky happen?

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