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Promoting the study of systematics, general biology and evolution since 1937.

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*a symposium

I really have to stop posting before having my coffee β˜•

15.07.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...

We have a new volume out! www.routledge.com/The-New-Taxo...

This collates contributions from a symposia in last year's Biennial Meeting. If you care for taxonomy and are curious about its future, check it out!

(Psst, Routledge is running its mid-year sale right now!)

15.07.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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And this year's Policy 'Lecture' aka discussion panel is underway! @systassn.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

12.06.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final days to register join us, the @linneansociety.bsky.social and our wonderful panelists for a discussion on how increasingly politicised media is affecting biodiversity conservation!

Thursday, June 12 at 18:00 BST, Burlington House, London
Register: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

09.06.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

Tired of politicised media discourse?

Unsure of how it is affecting boots on the ground science?

Then join us and the @linneansociety.bsky.social at Burlington House NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12 AT 6PM for an in-person evening debate on misinformation and conservation!

Register! tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

05.06.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

Just over a week left to register to join us (@systassn.bsky.social and
@linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!

When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

03.06.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

In a time of increasingly polarised discourse, join us (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) for an in-person evening debate on the effects of misinformation on conservation efforts!

When: Thurs, June 12 at 18:00 BST
Where: Burlington House, London
How: tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

20.05.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Misinformation and the Threat to Conservation Can truth survive in a fractured media landscape - and what’s at stake for life on Earth if it doesn’t?

How is misinformation threatening efforts to preserve biodiversity?

Join us (@linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social) on Thursday, June 12th 6PM at Burlington House, London for a panel discussion on the effects of polarised mass communication on conservation.

tinyurl.com/e8e4p5zt

16.05.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And that's a wrap on the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop!

Thank you to all the attendees, instructors (@anaserrasilva.bsky.social, @sabifo4.bsky.social, Tomas Flouri and Yuttapong Thawornwattana) and to our wonderful TA @lauramulvey.bsky.social!

30.04.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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And Tomas Flouris is back with a guided tutorial on using BPP for species tree inference.

30.04.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 2 of our (@systassn.bsky.social and SRUK/CERU) joint Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop is underway!

We started with an introduction to the Multispecies Coalescent by Yuttapong Thawornwattana.

30.04.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

We're on tenterhooks for tomorrow's BPP sessions!

29.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And spent the afternoon being guided through divergence time estimation and using MCMCTree by @sabifo4.bsky.social

29.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After Tomas Flouris's in depth overview of Bayesian probabilities and MCMC, we got a whirlwind tour of PhyloBayes's model testing capabilities from @anaserrasilva.bsky.social

29.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first joint @systassn.bsky.social and SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop is underway!

29.04.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey @systassn.bsky.social members, if you have issues with membership payments, please check the email you use for PayPal, especially if you haven't given us any other email address! Odds are we've tried to contact you already

18.04.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Update: We are back up and running!

01.04.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alert! Our website and email are currently down.

We will let everyone know when they are back up and running!

01.04.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We've still got some spots open for our in-person Bayesian phylogenetics workshop!

Deadline is tomorrow, Friday 14th at 17:00 GMT+0

Register! systass.org/workshop-bay...

13.03.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PSA for @systassn.bsky.social members and soon-to-be members - if you're paying dues using someone else's PayPal, you need to tell me that! I can't psychically know that Jane is paying John's membership

11.03.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

Final day! You have until 23:59 GMT+0 March 10 to apply yo the LinneSys scheme.

We (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) provide up to 1500GBP for taxonomy and/or systematics projects.

You just need to be a member to apply.

Apply TODAY: systass.org/linnesys/

10.03.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DEADLINE MONDAY MARCH 10TH AT 2359 GMT+0

Ran out of space...

Don't harass our Membership Officer!

If both the payment and membership form are sent BEFORE the deadline, we will consider you to be a member in good standing for the purposes of the LinneSys application!

06.03.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’4 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY TO THE LINNESYS SCHEME

Deadline 10th at 23:59 GMT+0

We (@systassn.bsky.social and @linneansociety.bsky.social) provide up to 1500GBP for taxonomy and systematics projects.

All you need is to be a member of either society and write an A4 page proposal! systass.org/linnesys/

06.03.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

THERE'S STILL TIME TO APPLY TO THE LINNESYS SCHEME!

YOU HAVE 6 DAYS, GET TYPING!

We offer up to 1500GBP for systematics/taxonomy-based projects.

Join the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social and apply!

systass.org/linnesys/

04.03.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

Looking for funds for a small systematics-focused project?

You have until 23:59 GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 10TH to apply to the LinneSys scheme!

You can apply for up to 1500GBP, you just need to be a member of @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social!

Details here: systass.org/linnesys/

27.02.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Are you a student interested in Bayesian phylogenetics?

Student travel bursary applications to attend our (@systassn.bsky.social, SRUK/CERU) in-person workshop are open till 5PM GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 3RD!!!

Everyone else has until Friday, March 14th to register.

systass.org/workshop-bay...

27.02.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

Applications for the LinneSys fund are still open.

You just need a systematics-focused project and to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social.

Don't leave membership to the last minute and don't harass our Membership Officer!!!

Apply now ! systass.org/linnesys/

21.02.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We are organising an in-person Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU.

When: April 29-30, 2025

Where: University College London

There are limited places, so please pre-register by March 14th!!!

Find more details here: systass.org/workshop-bay...

18.02.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

The LinneSys call is open!

Deadline: March 10th, 23:59PM GMT+0

All you need is a systematics-based proposal and to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social!

Don't leave membership applications to the last minute!

Apply: systass.org/linnesys/

13.02.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

The 2025 LinneSys call is open!

Looking for a small grant for systematics work? Check us out! systass.org/linnesys/

All you need is to be a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social

Caveat, legally, we cannot fund anyone in a country listed here: tinyurl.com/n2t929zh

10.02.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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