On behalf of beleaguered postdocs, I'm begging hiring committees to fight this tendency to demand more and more from job applications. I recently received an ad that asks for 9 separate statements/documents, maybe 20-30 pages.
This is absurd. Applying isn't a full time job.
Carbon export flux close to the surface is dominated by dead cells, but at depth by large copepod fecal pellets. Powerful application of the global NUM copepod model by @cam_sp90 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles: https://t.co/dj8saxa3ys
A fantastic talk today by PhD student @karo_daniel explaining her exciting new research about plant competition and using network theory to study competition and how it is affected by nitrogen, fungicide and plant diversity. Work done as part of our #PaNDiv experiment!
Great food and live Greek music for the International Dinner at @OceanLifeCentre 🌍
Couldn't be more grateful for doing my PhD in such an amazing community 🌊🦞🐟🪸🦠🌊
New paper out on the feeding strategies of flagellates, and how they overcome the impeding effect of viscosity. https://t.co/7zzRQDYCXw
Read the paper here: https://t.co/4znInenXx9
@Thomaskiorboe
Should we include preprints in Google Scholar pages?
Pros: shows the most recent & exciting work
Cons: muddies the waters by mixing peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed work
La Russie est en train de déclencher la 3è GM, et nous, les petits Français, on s'apprête à envoyer tranquillement en finale la plus ardente ambassadrice de Poutine, dont le vieux parti corrompu doit 9 millions d'euros à une banque russe. 🙃🤡
Delighted to announce that the publication of SizeExtractR is now out in Ecology and Evolution.
This a useful workflow for demography in Ecology, written in ImageJ and R.
Read more here:
https://t.co/LEDNGDnWLl
Interested in why/how metabolic rate scales with body mass? Come to this @SEBiology meeting on 3-4 July in Montpellier, France: https://t.co/ujz7cgDc1N. Abstract submission is open for talks/posters & meeting will have discussion sessions. Hoping for lots of interest. PLEASE RT!
The Mathematics of Machine Learning book early release is launching in September 1st! Exciting times are ahead :)
If you are interested in understanding the mathematics of machine learning, this is the book for you.
https://t.co/gl2i0Kg8ay
From species to functions: towards a paradigm shift for biodiversity conservation?
Save the date for an upcoming conference (16th June) in Montpellier organized by @FRBiodiv#CESAB
Includes a training workshop on Functional Rarity in R
Registration
https://t.co/iuOFcd7W6q