@lewisajones
🌍 Palaeobiologist interested in deep-time biodiversity patterns & drivers 🔬 NERC Independent Research Fellow @es-ucl.bsky.social 🪸 Internet Officer for @ifcrs.bsky.social 👨🏻💻 @palaeoverse.bsky.social person
New Research Article published in OPal 🔬
Tip dating supports a Middle Ordovician origin for total-group chondrichthyans and a rapid radiation of acanthodian-grade taxa
By Lorenzo Emanuele Morra
www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series. The flyer features a cartoon laptop with a sticker of the Palaeoverse logo on the lid, alongside a picture of Natalie, wearing glasses and a white and green shirt.
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️26th February 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us next week for our next instalment, given by Dr Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social from Natural History Museum, London, on “Hack-a-thons: what, why and how to run them” 💻
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer describing the next four talks in the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, which take place on the last Thursday of every month at 3pm UTC. February 26th: Dr Natalie Cooper, Natural History Museum, London Hack-a-thons: what, why and how to run them March 26th: Dr Brooke Long-Fox, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Building open, reproducible palaeontology: a practical introduction to FAIR data and MorphoBank April 30th: Dr Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, University of Birmingham Cleaning taxonomy, time, and their messy interactions with the fossilbrush R package May 28th: Dr Alexandra Howard, Texas A&M University Using palaeontological, neontological, and spatial data to understand evolution through time and space
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
We are very excited to share our next four talks in the Series 🥳
We are looking forward to hearing from @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social, Joseph Flannery-Sutherland and @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social!
Sign up now at bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
🚨 Closing date: 18-Jan-2026 🚨
Not long left to apply now! Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social at @es-ucl.bsky.social as:
- Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
One week left to apply! ⬇️
Our job adverts are now live! 🤩
We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL.
Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️
More info and links below 👇
These roles are now live! 🚨
Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social.
Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Closing date: 18-Jan-2026
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Please consider applying when live for our two roles at UCL, UK! Join an excellent, diverse and friendly team to drive forwards open science and learn lots of new skills!
Alternative access links for anyone having issues with the original links:
- Research Software Engineer: drive.google.com/file/d/1Qf8-...
- Community Engagement Coordinator: drive.google.com/file/d/1J0bb...
Apologies @geologyjohnson.bsky.social and anyone else experiencing this! Here are some alternative links. Please let me know if you still have access issues:
- Research Software Engineer: drive.google.com/file/d/1Qf8-...
- Community Engagement Coordinator: drive.google.com/file/d/1J0bb...
Applications can be submitted from the 9th of January 2026 via UCL’s job search (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...). Deadline for submission of applications is the 18th of January 2026. See job descriptions linked above for more information!
If you’re passionate about open research, research software sustainability, and community building, we’d love to hear from you!
Both roles will contribute to the @softwaresaved.bsky.social funded project ‘Converting Users to Contributors: Enabling Sustainable Maintenance and Development of Palaeoverse', which aims to transform Palaeoverse into a sustainable, community-owned software ecosystem.
🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨
We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social.
- Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP
- Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn
Looking for a PhD in palaeontology or associated fields? Just a heads up that we have a list of opportunities on the @thepalass.bsky.social website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
(If you're advertising one, you can add it to our listings too: palass.org/form/webform... )
Are you familiar with the @palaeoverse.bsky.social Lecture Series?
Check out our YouTube Channel for lectures from community experts on method development and application in Palaeontology:
www.youtube.com/@ThePalaeove...
We will be announcing the next set of lectures in the New Year, stay tuned!
📌 Save the Date: UN Open Source Week 2026 takes place 22–26 June 2026.
Express Your Interest in Attending: forms.office.com/e/7Zf9dGvjZr
Stay tuned for more.
#UNOpenSourceWeek #OpenSource #DigitalCooperation
I had the fantastic opportunity to be the external examiner for a PhD viva today (my first!)… what a great experience to discuss at length with someone about their research.
Now I’m imagining a utopian peer-review publishing system 🥲
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
Looking forward to presenting on Sunday (15:30, Richmond Building) at PalAss @thepalass.bsky.social in Portsmouth on climatic drivers of crocodile-line archosaurs macroevolution @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @pdmannion.bsky.social #PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth
A flyer for the next talk in the Palaeoverse lecture series. The flyer features a cartoon of a graph, illustrating orange fluctuating lines, varying across time bins. There is also a photo of Dr Cantalapiedra, who sits cross-legged on the floor, in a blue-grey T-shirt, brown trousers and black trainers. He sits next to a large animal bone.
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️18th December 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us next week for our last talk of 2025, given by @singerstone.bsky.social from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, on “Mammals as a key to evolutionary theory” 🦬
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
Very excited to share with you all what's next for @palaeoverse.bsky.social in the New Year!
Hopefully see many of you in 2027!
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🌍🔬 Calling all aspiring palaeontologists!
Here are 10 open PhD opportunities from across the palaeo world 🦖📚
Explore the projects, find deadlines, and start your research journey!
👉 More info on our official website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
#PhD #PalAss #Opportunity
Interested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀
Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on Unlocking Palaeo-Historical Biodiversity Data to Inform Ecological Baselines @es-ucl.bsky.social
@uclcber.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 19th January 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Hey #Rstats do you know any cool R-related #podcast?
I am interested in #programming #DS #reproducibility #software #development etc
Preferably to be available on #spotify
#Rlang #rstat
Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK
Open Palaeontology (open access journal) Managing Editor job advert
Open Palaeontology (open access journal) Steering Committee job advert
*Gain skills and training in journal publishing!* Open Palaeontology is looking for Managing Editors and Steering Committee members! Please consider helping to shape community open-access publishing in palaeontology, and spread the word!
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