Bob and Caroline are spending the week at the 2013 Workshop in Applied Phylogenetics at Bodega Bay. Find out more about the workshop and what is going on at our new website.
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NSF Division of Environmental Biology Blog
via evoldir: DEBrief, the new blog from the Division of Environmental Biology at NSF, is now live. It is a trial project aimed at increasing communication and transparency in the DEB community. As the first blog approved by NSF administration,…
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Animal tree of life
Max Telford has a really nice perspective in today’s Science on the contribution that molecular data has made toward resolving the animal tree of life, it’s definitely worth a read. The perspective focuses on deep relationships among major groups of…
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New website for Bodega Course
We have brought a new website online just in time for the 2013 Bodega Bay Phylogenetics workshop. Check it out here. Some information about the reasons for the change and useage of the old website are contained in my post…
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Hawaii Herp Group
Lizards in the lab: What model organisms can teach us and when they can deceive us Presented by: Justin Waguarnery Wednesday February 20, 2013 6pm – 7:30pm Biomed B Courtyard Beer, beverages, and light snacks available. Contributions welcome. Please…
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Phylogenetic Discussion Group – First Meeting
TIME: Fridays at 3pm. LOCATION: Snyder 410. We’ll use the first meeting to get organized for the semester. Bring papers and topics that you’d like to cover!
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First meeting of the Hawaii Herp Group
Please come to the first meeting of the UH Herpetology Club Presented by: Jeff Scales The evolution of lizard locomotor diversity: selection, form and function in lizards of the Southwest United States Wednesday January 16, 2012 6pm – 7:30pm Biomed…
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New toys
…and just in time for the holidays. I’ve been using my spare minutes over the last few weeks to build us a new compute cluster, finally switching it on today. We’re the proud owners of a new 96 (virtual) core…
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Taxonomy: more than lumping and splitting
While this isn’t really lab news, I wanted to call attention to an ongoing discussion over at Anole Annals regarding a recently proposed reclassification that advocates breaking up the genus Anolis into eight genera (Nicholson et al. 2012; pdf). Regardless…
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Bodega Applied Phylogenetics Workshop
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Bodega Applied Phylogenetics Workshop. Visit the course website for further information and to apply.
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