Val has a new popular article out in the University’s student newspaper Kaleo on bioplastics. Check it out here.
Burgess Shale!
Becky Chong and I had the chance to visit the Burgess Shale the other day, which has been a career-long dream of mine. It’s an incredible hike high up in the Canadian Rockies with beautiful views and many many fossils. It seemed like every other rock had something in it.
Posted in Natural History, travel
JMIH 2019
Some of us will be in Snowbird, Utah July 24-28 for the 2019 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. If you’re around, please come say hi and check out these talks!
26 July – Friday
11:30 am. Sean Harrington, Riley Parks, Robert Thomson. Tip-dated phylogenetics and biogeography of Xenosaurus (Ballroom 3 – Cliff Lodge)
27 July – Saturday
2:45 pm. Van Wishingrad, Robert Thomson. Sceloporus occidentalis lizard landscape genetics in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. (Primrose A&B)
Field work
Anthony and I are just back from some fieldwork in the desert southwest focusing on our new NSF-funded whiptail project. Me, him, and Amber Wright did a big loop through Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas. He has a nice writeup over at his website.
Amber and Bob prepping specimens near Socorro, NM.
Evolution 2019 talk videos
In case you missed it, check out videos of Thomson Lab talks from this year’s Evolution meeting (list will be updated as videos are available)
The role of geography and climate in the global diversification of turtles
Bob Thomson
Part of: The bright side of phylogenetics 1
Spatial scale and gene flow in landscape genetics processes
Van Wishingrad, Bob Thomson
Part of: Gene Flow 1
Patterns of phylogenetic MCMC convergence across empirical datasets
Sean Harrington, Bob Thomson
Part of: Systematics 2
The role of model testing and evaluation in phylogenomics
Jeremy Brown, Bob Thomson, Lyndon Coghill, Ashley Schoonmaker, Lauren Rodriguez
Part of: Phylogenomics 2
Evolution 2019!
Several members of the Thomson Lab will be in Providence, Rhode Island June 21-25 for this year’s Evolution meeting. If you’re around, please come say hi and check out our talks and posters!
Sat, June 22
Population genomics of an endemic Hawaiian bird and the effect of habitat fragmentation on ‘elepaio demography (Poster board #54)
Luke Campillo, Erik VanderWerf, Bob Thomson
Part of: Posters: Conservation biology 1
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, Exhibit Hall B/C
Sun, June 23
The role of geography and climate in the global diversification of turtles
Bob Thomson
Part of: The bright side of phylogenetics 1
10:00 AM – 10:14 AM, Ballroom A
Spatial scale and gene flow in landscape genetics processes
Van Wishingrad, Bob Thomson
Part of: Gene Flow 1
10:30 AM – 10:44 AM, Room 551
SSB Symposium: New measures of phylogenetic support for the genomic era
(organizers: Jeremy Brown, Rob Lanfear, Bob Thomson)
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Exhibit Hall D
- Symposium Introduction
Jeremy Brown, Robert Lanfear, Bob Thomson
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM, Exhibit Hall D - Panel discussion: How should we assess support in phylogenomic studies?
Bob Thomson, Jeremy Brown, Robert Lanfear
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Exhibit Hall D
Mon, June 24
Patterns of phylogenetic MCMC convergence across empirical datasets
Sean Harrington, Bob Thomson
Part of: Systematics 2
9:30 AM – 9:44 AM, Room 556
Reconstructing patterns of hybridization and the origins of parthenogenesis in whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis)
Anthony Barley, Bob Thomson, Adrián Montes de Oca, Norma Manríquez Morán
Part of: Phylogenomics 2
11:30 AM – 11:44 AM, Ballroom BC
The role of model testing and evaluation in phylogenomics
Jeremy Brown, Bob Thomson, Lyndon Coghill, Ashley Schoonmaker, Lauren Rodriguez
Part of: Phylogenomics 2
12:00 PM – 12:14 PM, Ballroom BC
Short Course in Phylogenomics
This fall, Jeremy Brown and I will be offering a short course in Phylogenomics in Valencia, Spain. Registration is open now. More information is available here.
University of Hawaii Phylogenetics and Math Symposium
Ahead of next weekend’s AMS sectional meeting in Honolulu, Elizabeth Gross (UH Math), Sean Harrington, and I have organized a special symposium/discussion on the intersection of mathematics and phylogeny which will take place here on the UH campus Thursday March 21. It features talks from several mathematicians focusing on phylogenetic issues, as well as phylogeneticists that are interested in math. Please visit the symposium website for more information, all are welcome to join.
“I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for […those…] endowed seem to have an extra sense.” – CRD
Posted in phylogenetics, UH
Spring 2019 lab meetings
- January 31: Paper Discussion
- February 7: Luke
- February 14: Class Discussion
- February 21: Robyn
- February 28: Sean
- March 7: Ty
- March 14: Stevie
- March 21: No Meeting (Spring Break & Phylogenetics Day)
- March 28: Van
- April 4: Tester Prep
- April 11: No Meeting (Tester Sympoisum)
- April 18: Carla
- April 25: Riley, Elissa
- May 2: Val
Fall 2018 lab meeting schedule
- Sept 13: Amber
- Sept 20: Tyler
- Sept 27: Carla
- Oct 4: Becky
- Oct 11: Bob
- Oct 18: Sean
- Oct 25: Van
- Nov 1: Robyn
- Nov 8: Stevie
- Nov 15: Val
- Nov 22: No Meeting – Thanksgiving
- Nov 29: Luke
- Dec 6: Riley, Elissa
