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Introducing The Molecular Ecologist Podcast
The Molecular Ecologist is trying out a new medium for the first time since we launched: audio! That’s right, TME contributors, talking about the science we’ve been reading and writing about, recorded for easy listening on any internet-capable device. As … Continue reading
Posted in community, housekeeping, microbiology, modest proposals, natural history, Science Communication, Science History, TME Podcast
Tagged Crow, ibex, Whales
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#StudentSciComm
I just submitted my four year review and in so doing listed out the students that had published blogs on The Molecular Ecologist. Seventeen students have not only received course credit, but also have a non-peer reviewed publication on their … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, career, chat, community, ecology, evolution, howto, methods, Molecular Ecology, the journal, Science Communication, science publishing
Tagged Blogging, ecology, Evolution, scicomm, student, StudentSciComm
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Nominations open for the 2020 Molecular Ecology Prize
From the Molecular Ecology Prize Committee: We are soliciting nominations for the annual Molecular Ecology Prize. The field of molecular ecology is young and inherently interdisciplinary. As a consequence, research in molecular ecology is not currently represented by a single … Continue reading
Molecular ecology highlights at the American Naturalist 2020 meeting
Even-numbered years are distinguished by Olympic Games (summer or winter), U.S. Congressional elections, and the American Society of Naturalists biennial meeting at Asilomar, a retreat center embedded in a California state park near the northern tip of the Monterey Peninsula. … Continue reading
Posted in community, conferences, evolution, genomics
Tagged American Society of Naturalists
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We're seeking new molecular ecologists for 2019 and 2020!
The Molecular Ecologist is seeking two new regular contributors for 2019 and 2020! Join us in blogging about “ecology, evolution, and everything in between.” Ideal candidates should have expertise and experience in the use of genetic data to understand the past … Continue reading
Conference catch-up: Seventh European Phycological Congress Zagreb, Croatia – algae and abominable life cycles!
The first European Phycological Congress was held in Cologne, Germany in 1996. In the last 20-odd years, the meeting has been held every four years since then in Italy, Northern Ireland, Spain, Greece, and then in London in 2015 (see … Continue reading
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Tagged Algae, conference, EPC, Science Communication
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The Research Coordinated Network for Evolution in Changing Seas (RCN-ECS)
The Molecular Ecologist contributors Reid Brennan, Laetitia Wilkins, and I (Stacy Krueger-Hadfield) were invited to attend the Research Coordinated Network for Evolution in Changing Seas synthesis workshop at the Shoals Marine Lab this past week (19-23 August). Evolving Seas is … Continue reading
Introducing Molecular Ecology Spotlight
Today, the Molecular Ecology journals are launching a new venue for highlights and behind-the-scenes looks at the research they publish. Molecular Ecology Spotlight fills a niche as the official blog of Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources, publishing author summaries and interviews linked to noteworthy new papers in the journals — … Continue reading
Nominations open for the 2019 Harry Smith Prize
The editorial board of the journal Molecular Ecologyis seeking nominations for the Harry Smith Prize, which recognizes the best paper published in Molecular Ecologyin the previous year by graduate students or early career scholars with no more than five years of postdoctoral … Continue reading