@glpcjd

Fondler of fossils, University of Bristol. Interested in causes and consequences of major evolutionary transitions. Some views shared by others, surely?

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Joined June 2014
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Our latest, led by @sometimesferns of @MilnerCentre shows that the notorious mismatch between molecular and palaeontological estimates for the timing of origin of flowering plants is a consequence of the equivocal interpretation of their fossil record royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Uncertainty in the timing of diversification of flowering plants rests with equivocal interpretat...

Abstract. The timing of the origin of crown-angiosperms exemplifies the impact of competing approaches to establishing evolutionary timescales. Fossils of

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Fun @BristolPalaeo and friends collab which shows that aerobic bacteria arose in the Archaean, long before the GOE - after which aerobes proliferated through HGT. A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation

Microbial life has dominated Earth’s history but left a sparse fossil record, greatly hindering our understanding of evolution in deep time. However, bacterial metabolism has left signatures in the...

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March 11 deadline looming for 44 month PostDoc @BristolPalaeo researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication: comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with myself and @sometimesferns
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This postdoc is based in the lab of @glpcjd at Bristol Life Sciences Building, but will be co-supervised by @sometimesferns who is based in nearby Bath
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X won't let me post the application url so search using the job code 'ACAD107969' and the deets should be the first hit - if not, email me: [email protected]
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This week Prof Susie Maidment @Tweetisaurus from @NHM_London gave the palaeo seminar @BristolPalaeo on Middle Jurassic armoured dinosaurs from Morroco
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it was awesome
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Our latest, by Emily Carlisle @Some__Sunshine Zongjun Yin @YinZjyin Davide Pisani and myself @BristolPalaeo: 'Ediacaran origin and Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa' science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…

Ediacaran origin and Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa

Molecular clock analyses based on revised fossil interpretations and rock dating estimate an Ediacaran origin of animals.

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From new geochronology and fossil interpretations, our molecular timescale infers crown animals to have originated and diverged into phyla within a Ediacaran - early Cambrian interval
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This week's palaeo research seminar @BristolPalaeo was from @fieldpalaeo on '200 years of dinosaurs, avian antecedents', a review of Dan's group's amazing discoveries of the past few years, plus equally exciting new insights into early bird evolution
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In this week's palaeo seminar, our own Daniela Schmidt told us about palaeontology's contribution to understanding climate change, including her work informing policy from IPCC to local government @BristolPalaeo
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We presented our Tree of Life outreach project @BristolCathedra Festival of Gaia. The quilt was created by Ilaria Padovani and Julie Harvey, and represents the history of Earth and Life. Here supported by project scientists Davide Pisani, Chris Kay @BristolPalaeo @Project_Telos – at Bristol, England
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This week we've been celebrating our first 10 years in the Life Sciences Building @BristolUni @BristolBioSci, culminating in last night's soirée where our very own Liz Martin-Silverstone @gimpasaura received the 'unsung hero' award! The next decade starts today! @BristolPalaeo
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Funded PhD on plant genome and phenome evolution @MilnerCentre @UniofBath with the awesome James Clark @sometimesferns
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A PhD opportunity (findaphd.com/phds/project/ge…) to come to Bath and work with myself @WillsProf and @glpcjd on all things plants, from morphology to genomes 🌿🌲🌱

Genome Evolution and Major Transitions in Land Plant Evolution at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Genome Evolution and Major Transitions in Land Plant Evolution at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

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In this week's palaeo seminar we have @ErinSaupe telling us about climate change as a predictor of extinction risk in deep time @BristolPalaeo @UoBEarthScience
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Awesome talk on the palaeobiology of Ediacaran beasties using computed fluid dynamics by Imran Rahman @VirtualPalaeo at last week's Palaeo Seminar @BristolPalaeo @UoBEarthScience
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Register free for our Royal Society Discussion meeting "Chance and purpose in the evolution of biospheres" Nov 11-12 London. We have an amazing line up of speakers covering the emergence of life on Earth to the search for exobiospheres royalsociety.org/science-eve…

Chance and purpose in the evolution of biospheres | Royal Society

Discussion meeting organised by Professor Philip Donoghue, Professor Anja Spang, Professor Tim Lenton, Professor Samir Okasha, and Professor Graham Shields.

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Leverhulme Trust Early Career PostDoc Fellowships (for UK degree holders) leverhulme.ac.uk/early-caree… are supported by @BristolPalaeo. If you are interested in applying, please get in touch with one of our fossil- or genome-fondlers
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Commentary by @LewisAlcott and myself on the recent study by @RichardStockey and friends of the Late Proterozoic and early Phanerozoic oxygenation of the biosphere. @BristolPalaeo @UoBEarthScience Geobiology: When did animals develop their oxygen habit? sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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