@chrisklausmeier.bsky.social
Professor of Theoretical Ecology, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
Our experimental design workshop had ~40 participants from >15 countries!
@raviranjan.bsky.social and I focused on refining ideas, estimating parameters precisely, leverage in linear & nonlinear regression, and using simulations to compare designs.
Presentation & R scripts in next post:
Ever since I made a video about Fourier Transforms, one of the most requested topics on the channel has been its close cousin, the Laplace Transform.
I've been having a lot of fun animating a mini-series about this topic, and the main part is now out.
youtu.be/j0wJBEZdwLs
Lost art of illustration: Géza Entz jr. 1908 Tintinnid cilates
10.10.2025 07:46 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I wrote a commentary about the recent paper by @deepaagashe.bsky.social and @vrindarvkm.bsky.social
Also go have a look at the original paper if you haven't !
The timeframe of prediction for eco-evolutionary dynamics | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
More for the lab .. or yourself!
08.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Missed our last MEE live? Watch it now!
In our latest workshop, we were joined by author Ata Kalirad, who talked through their recent paper and illustrated how EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies.
Watch the video and find the paper below📃
Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community
@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The emphasis isn’t on professional level cooking, but strangely bingeable
www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt0...
@elenalitchman.bsky.social gave a fascinating keynote talk on “How can microbial traits help understand and predict ecosystem functions”?
#SAME18 @same18-bcn.bsky.social
The #DAIDD2025 deadline has been extended to 10 Oct!
30.09.2025 16:11 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0 MPDEE'26 - International Conference on Models in Population Dynamics, Ecology and Evolution @ Leicester, UK
20 Apr 2026 – 24 Apr 2026
dbearup.github.io/mpdee26/
I appreciate the age-appropriate gif here
26.09.2025 16:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm developing a grad course on experimental design (study design generally) & data analysis in biology. What topics, papers, etc. do you think are most important? If you teach something similar, I would love to hear what/how you teach (if you are willing to share a syllabus that would amazing!).
26.09.2025 12:28 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 8 📌 0Application review begins in one week for the MSU herbarium director position!!!! More info here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
26.09.2025 13:33 — 👍 12 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 1
I am advertising a postdoctoral position in my new lab at Duke, to start as early as August 2026. If you are interested in how plant communities respond to climate change, please consider applying!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30614
A must-read special issue: “Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace’s legacy”
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
I: Determinants of diversity & resilience.
II: Measuring the state of biodiversity
III: Biodiversity & natural capital
IV: Future scenarios for nature
Kind of… we have a menu of ecology courses that students can choose from, including Population & Community Ecology
24.09.2025 12:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Jimmy Kimmel is coming back! Does this mean I can watch the rest of the new season of 'Only Murders in the Building' guilt-free?
22.09.2025 20:06 — 👍 52 🔁 3 💬 10 📌 0Looking for openly available:
- before-after data in space
- with a restoration measure inbetween (e.g. dam/invasive spec. removal, urban green space creation...)
- min. 10 sites (quadrats / random places along a stream / ponds...)
- species data, env. data of some sort, GPS coordinates
Join us at SFU for a 2-year Mekler Postdoctoral Fellowship in mathematical biology to work with me and Ailene MacPherson. Apply at www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27... by Nov 15.
19.09.2025 15:28 — 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Geographic distribution of human toxoplasmosis
19.09.2025 09:04 — 👍 34 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
🚨 Great news! The DEB special issue in Ecological Modelling is now open for submissions! 📝🌍 Submit your DEB paper now! 🎯
🔗 Check the call:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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17.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 2149 🔁 1305 💬 82 📌 205Job Alert! Looking for a PhD student and a postdoc in quantitative ecology
Deets here: resiliencelab.github.io/join/
Poster for 90 minute workshop on HOW TO DESIGN BETTER EXPERIMENTS, by Mridul Thomas & Ravi Ranjan. Details: September 23rd 16:00 CEST ; 14:00 UTC Description: Experimental designs can make or break an experiment. A good experiment has a clear goal and efficiently uses experimental resources to achieve that goal. In this workshop, we will review what experiments are for, basic and advanced principles of designing experiments, and how to use simulations to evaluate designs before actually doing the experiment. We’ll do a moderate amount of coding in R and so experience with this would be helpful but is not required. We intend to have small-group discussions to help participants develop their own experiments, and encourage participants to think of a specific question they would like to answer with an experiment.
@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.
We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.
Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...
Grad school is HARD. Feels like everyone else has it together—but newsflash: everyone struggles, even your PI! These faculty interviews discussing their grad school struggles made me feel less alone. Share these with your cohort and be nicer to yourself 🧪🌿🎓
risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
Victory
14.09.2025 12:51 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The excellence cluster Ocean floor @marumunibremen.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de opens two strategic positions at the University of Oldenburg. Please distribute widely
Scientific Coordinator: uol.de/job723en
Data Steward: uol.de/job724en
