I've got a great PhD project working on phylogenetics/conservation of striated grasswrens (Amytornis striatus), a super interesting bird from the Aussie arid zone. Collaboration with folk at the SA Museum and CSIRO. Please get in touch ASAP.
This reminds me when an aspiring filmmaker asked me what a face would look like after a piano dropped on it. Scavengers would be unlikely short term, but if hot and humid insects could make a face unrecognizable quickly. I saw pigs go from fresh to almost full skeletons in a week
For the first time since 2014, full access to The Thanatos Archive (https://t.co/p5IqKxzY9E) will be 100% FREE to all, starting sometime tomorrow 10/12. This will be a permanent change. Until then you can still buy a subscription & just consider it a tip :^D
@KellyBBlacklock @MicrobiomDigest It would be good if it could work, but currently the list of publications that has to be included would tip off any reviewers, especially those who are biased against non-male applicants.
Unless grant success was based on the grant itself and not applicant past success!
I took a 30% pay cut going from a postdoc in Australia to tt in the USA. I was not being underpaid compared to others. The amount paid per class was not livable. Other tt academics I knew were also having to do adjunct work to make enough to live.
Great end to #artbiomatters, one of only two Australian participants with @PopelkaFilcoff. Looking forward to the next one where we can present advances in our @arc_gov_au research!
An exciting PhD opportunity @SciMelb to characterise the geology and geochemistry of Murujuga #rockart to understand desert varnish formation and what controls its preservation. Primary supervision by Janet Hergt, co-supervision by myself, @JoMcDonald12 @crar_m and colleagues.