¿Te interesa postularte a una beca de Estancias Posdoctorales por México (SECIHTI) para desarrollar investigación en sistemática y evolución de hepáticas talosas complejas de México en el Instituto de Biología, UNAM? ¡Estoy buscando una persona interesada en preparar conmigo la propuesta!

I'm delighted to share I was granted tenure on July 1st :-)

I'm excited to share that our latest paper is now out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... It was a pleasure working with @landismj.bsky.social and Ammon Thompson on this project, developing a new phylogenetic model for infectious disease transmission with realistic host movement dynamics. #evobio

I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab

The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is looking for a few more faculty/curators/etc. to help mentor the next generation of systematic biologists. Great way to meet new people and build community, and only takes ~1 hour per month. Link: forms.gle/1daBQbswoFqj... Please share!

Michael Landis@landismj.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027! The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings. More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Apply by June 12th!

#Evol2026 I’m launching a new research group at UNC Charlotte in January 2027. Prospective students, postdocs, and collaborators are welcome to get in touch: jacob.berv@charlotte.edu More at jakeberv.com, lab website coming soon.

Our lab has several #Evolution2026 presentations this year! Topics include SSE models, character maps, ancestral states, and deep learning Presenters: Raymond Castillo (@raymondcast.bsky.social), Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social), Anna Nagel, Albert Soewongsono (@albertchristian.bsky.social)

Frontiers of Biogeography, the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society, is seeking new editors to join the team! If interested, please see the solicitation here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...

I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com Please share widely!!!

The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027! The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings. More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Apply by June 12th!

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One federal grant was just terminated ($1.3 million from DHS) and one was awarded but not funded ($46,748 from NOAA) due to the new federal administration priorities and executive orders. PIs, how are you addressing these situations on your CVs? 💸

Don’t miss out on this!! Apply by June 12th!!

Michael Landis@landismj.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027! The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings. More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Apply by June 12th!

Our #evol2026 cheatsheet is live, coinciding with the program release. Your one-stop shop for all the Society events during the meeting. Bookmark it and check back often in case of updates! www.systbio.org/evolution-20...

The @systbiol.bsky.social Mentorship Program is back for 2026-2027! The program pairs off mentees with mentors based on shared interests in systematics and biodiversity research. Low effort, high reward! 12 virtual monthly meetings. More info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Apply by June 12th!

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I should mention Sarah graduated last Tuesday, so that should read Dr. Swiston! 🥳

Michael Landis@landismj.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New preprint with Sarah Swiston (sswiston.com) and Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) modeling species range evolution in continuous space using ellipses to represent ranges, applied to Australian skinks www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New work by methods-maven Anna Nagel (nage0178.github.io) on adapting likelihood-free deep-learning approaches for ancestral state estimation problems. Anna assessed how DL and Bayesian estimates compare (when possible) under various CTMC, SSE, and SIR models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New preprint with Sarah Swiston (sswiston.com) and Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) modeling species range evolution in continuous space using ellipses to represent ranges, applied to Australian skinks www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Preprint from Feburary by the talented @albertchristian.bsky.social on modeling diversity-dependent speciation, extinction, and dispersal in a GeoSSE framework while using deep learning for inference: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Join us on May 27th for the next Funk Biogeography Seminar! Dr. Michael Landis from Washington University in St. Louis will be speaking about the use of phylogenetic models to explore the biogeography of the past. Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

Systematic Biology's May issue is hot off the presses. This one has Title et al's 75th Anniversary paper on lineage diversification, new software for studying duplication and loss histories from Parsons and Bansal, and many more. academic.oup.com/sysbio/issue... @systbiol.bsky.social

New preprint on the recent history of phylogenetic biogeography, with co-authors Isabel Sanmartín and Joel Cracraft, now up on EcoEvoRxiv: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

New study led by Sean McHugh (@phyllurus.bsky.social) now out in @systbiol.bsky.social! Sean's approach models how species gain and lose biome affinities over time, both in terms of where they *do* live (e.g. movement) and where they *could* live (e.g. adaptation) doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

A Phylogenetic Model of Established and Enabled Biome Shifts

Abstract. Where each species actually lives is distinct from where it could potentially survive and persist. This suggests it is important to distinguish e

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I’m finishing my tenure as Chief Meeting Organizer for the Evolution Meetings. Apply to replace me! Without a doubt, this is my favorite service I’ve ever done. In trying times, it was a real balm to get together weekly with a group devoted to making the best meetings we can for students.

Evolution Meetings@evolmtg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Meeting Organizer Opportunity! Apply by May 1. www.evolutionmeetings.org/meeting-orga...

Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)! www.mbl.edu/education/ad... Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested: lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684 Deadline to apply: 1/26

Workshop on Molecular Evolution | Marine Biological Laboratory

The workshop serves graduate students, postdocs, and established faculty from around the world seeking to apply the principles of molecular evolution to questions of anthropology, conservation genetic...

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Reflections on the evolving practice of systematic biology, a joy to write with Michael Donoghue for the upcoming 75th volume of Systematic Biology! academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

New preprint modeling pathogen phylogeography, where infected hosts spread disease through short "trips" between locations. Very fun collaboration with the brilliant @albertchristian.bsky.social and Ammon Thompson. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

New preprint modeling biogeo diversification of Hawaiian Kadua 🌱🏝️🌋 w/ @ca-naturalist.bsky.social @sswiston.bsky.social @fabiology.bsky.social @phylogeny.bsky.social Warren Wagner, Bruce Baldwin, Ken Wood @ninaronsted.bsky.social @fzapata.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694722

Today at WashU’s EEB seminar, I presented a new species diversification model that incorporates regional species diversity into rates of evolution through time (a joint work w/ @landismj.bsky.social). Slides here: sites.google.com/view/albert-... Preprint hopefully will be here this month #evobio

What a blast attending my first in-person Evolution meetings! Had the opportunity to present our work on: 1. A new biogeographic model of species diversification that accounts for species richness. 2. Phylogeography model for infectious disease transmission with visitor dynamics. #Evol2025

EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open! This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too! eebmentormatch.com

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