Rich Meisel

The deadline to apply is February 15, 2026.
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This NSF-funded program provides recent college graduates with a year-long mentored research experience on the evolutionary genetics of biological interactions, technical training and professional skills. The program is hosted by the University of Houston, Texas A&M University, and Rice University.

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Evolutionary transitions and reversions in individuality Abstract. Biological individuality exists in different forms—unicellular, multicellular, colonial, etc.—which have arisen through evolutionary transitions

NEW PAPER with @arvidagren.bsky.social and Manus Patten on evolutionary reversions in individuality now out (as an advance article) at @jevbio.bsky.social (see academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...). Thread below! [1/8]
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Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Year 2026! We kick off with the January Issue of JEB online now:

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📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano

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I think you owe us a track by tracking grading of Mellon Collie given the high variance in this table

Looks nice, but the helmet probably protects you better when it's on your head instead of your charming front rack

Leave it up and in 10 months it's a Halloween decoration

Happy the one day a year you listen to the Vandals to all who celebrate 🥳

There should be a folk band that plays Christmas themed horror music called the Kingston Falls Trio

Quiz time: what is the song Jingle Bells about?

a. Christmas
b. Street racing
c. A vehicle accident
d. Picking up women

Why not just drink the Laphroaig?

This smells distinctly like collider bias and/or selection bias and/or regression to the mean... You simply can't select teen prodigies, and world class athletes rom databases, and go run regressions without serious consideration of the selection process!

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Two steely Dan albums!

This is cool! Also, maybe the first ever map of Houston population data that does not generate the arrow... Geology trumps systemic demographic impacts

Even the good ones that were written by Jews?

berghain

Oldest? ~32 yo Florida Marlins hat
Most proud of? ~30 yo shorts

R, but his first love is the C

What's a pirate's favorite way to compress multiple files?

What's the basic pirate's favorite thing to order at the Italian restaurant?

What's a pirate's favorite part of a farm?

What's a pirate's favorite sea creature?

What's a pirate's favorite sewing material?