Our eLetter github.com/caseywdunn/s... responding to a recent Science paper was just posted. The paper found more genes with consistent support for sponge-sister than ctenophore-sister. We found several technical issues that, when corrected, reverse the conclusions and recover ctenophore-sister.
All I have to say is that this essay worked for me ;)
TIL about two AI-generated stories that disparage my science and academic integrity. I cannot prove that they were paid for by #ColossalBio or its co-founder Ben Lamm, but you can read them and make your own decision:
www.apnnews.com/who-is-vince...
www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/06/vinc...
Unsolicited listicle: My list of the most criminally underused/underappreciated phylogenetic comparative methods. Note, I am not involved in ANY of these methods; but I see them as things people are often asking of comparative data but have been surprised at how infrequently they have been cited.
We are so proud of @azucena-virgen.bsky.social - Juliano lab undergraduate researcher and MARC scholar who recently won a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship! An excellent example of the talented young scientists we are fighting for. biology.ucdavis.edu/news/cbs-stu...
sure as hell right!!!
Our lab will be there!
Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived':
BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Big exciting news! The next Cnidarian Model Systems Meeting, better known as Cnidofest, will be held at the Marine Biological Laboratory from September 23-27, 2026. Mark your calendars!!! After two land-locked meetings, we are returning to an ocean view!!! 🌊🪸 @mblscience.bsky.social
Our bryozoan paper is out in @genomeresearch.bsky.social! Led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, we report genome shuffling across the phylum and synteny evidence for the Lophophorata hypothesis. Grateful to John Bishop @thembauk.bsky.social and the DToL project for sharing openly!
doi.org/10.1101/gr.2...
Fertility vs longevity. George Williams meets UK Biobank. Here's my story of an old evolutionary theory meeting new data. 🧪 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/s...
