@NESCent

NSF-funded science nonprofit dedicated to cross-disciplinary research in evolution. Jointly operated by Duke, UNC, and NC State. Tweets by Nicole Duncan.

 Durham, NC
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Joined July 2009
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Runner-up of the @NESCent #evol2015 film festival: Alice and the Enigmatic Tree of Rabbits vimeo.com/129265142
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Winner of @NESCent #evol2015 film festival: Escaping the Sex Trap: Can Female Resistance Promote the Loss of Sex? vimeo.com/123792957

Escaping the sex trap: Can female resistance promote the loss of sex?

Almost all multicellular organisms reproduce sexually, but it isn’t entirely clear why this should be the case. Since sex is associated with a number of large costs, evolutionary theory predicts that...

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Less than 1 month to submit your entry to 2015 @NESCent/@HHMINEWS Evolution Film Festival. Check out past entries @ filmfestival.nescent.org
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NESCent representing at 2015 Broader Impacts Summit #BIS15 @NA4BI at Univ. of Wisconsin.
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High school teachers - Apply to participate in the @NESCent / @NatSciLearn annual Evolution Summer Workshop - more at bit.ly/1CBICT6
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Check out the newly launched Fossil Calibration Database, c/o of NESCent alums @KsepkaLab and Adam Smith
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The newly launched Fossil Calibration Database combines fossil records with DNA sequences c/o @FieldMuseum @KsepkaLab
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Faculty travel award for attending this year's #Evolution meeting in Brazil. Via @NESCent. docs.google.com/forms/d/1wMn…
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MSI Faculty Travel Award Application to #evol2015 docs.google.com/forms/d/1wMn…

NESCent/SSE 2015 MSI Faculty Travel Award Application

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) and the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), are teaming up to provide airfare and conference registration for faculty from Minority Serving...

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Awards for Minority Graduate Student Travel to #evol2015 docs.google.com/forms/d/15wU…
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Need inspiration for your 2015 @NESCent/@HHMINEWS Evolution Film Festival submission? Check out past entries at filmfestival.nescent.org
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Submit your best 3-min-or-less Evolution video to the 2015 @NESCent Evolution Video Contest! More info: filmfestival.nescent.org
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#sDiv:The International Synthesis Consortium synthesis-consortium.org @NESCent @sesync @nceas @ACEAS_Aus @eos_nerc @CEESUiO @FRBiodiv @usgsjwp
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Former NESCent postdoc @thednainus is awarded the Newton International Fellowship! ow.ly/HKF48 @royalsociety @britac_news
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@DRViden Whoops! Please check out this excellent article on sizing sea giants bit.ly/1yGXfq3, Danish (not Dutch) is required.
Read about researchers fact-checking the sizes of sea giants. Some Dutch (or Google Translate) required via @DRViden bit.ly/1yGXfq3
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@NESCent Good to see the NESCent logo has evolved from its ancestral form. I far prefer the derived logo.
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@NESCent comic sans FTW!
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@NESCent My eyes! The goggles do nothing....
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The @NESCent logo may look slick now, but it had some faux pas in the early years.This one circa 2004--ouch! #tbt
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