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Along the Mackerel Road
We left Hokkaido and flew to Osaka where we collected our next rental car (our first teeny tiny one!) As our flight was delayed due to weather in Hokkaido, we decided to break the journey between Osaka and Obama (it … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, blogging, community, haploid-diploid, natural history, population genetics, speciation
Tagged Gracilaria, Japan, Kamiya, sampling, seaweed, tourist sites, Ulva
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An unspoiled frontier
“An unspoiled frontier, an escape from industrialized Japan and a chance to connect with nature …” or so says the Rough Guide to Japan (6th edition, September 2014). We had experienced a bit of the city-scene in Hakodate, but the rest … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, conservation, evolution, natural history, population genetics
Tagged Field work, Gracilaria, Hokkaido, Japan
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In the northern biosphere
As regular readers will know, I’ve spent the summer traveling around the Northern Hemisphere sampling the red seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla, an introduced alga in North America and Europe. I’ve rewound to the beginning of the summer in order to highlight our … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, blogging, community, haploid-diploid, natural history
Tagged Gracilaria, Hokkaido, Japan, seaweed, travel
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Dōmo arigatō
Along with my collaborators, Erik Sotka, Courtney Murren, Allan Strand and our battery of students, we have embarked on an intense summer field season. Erik and I are leading the effort of sampling populations of the introduced red seaweed Gracilaria … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, blogging, community, evolution, haploid-diploid, natural history
Tagged collaboration, Gracilaria, invasion, Japan, photos, seaweed, travel
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A few good molecular ecologists: six months and 116 posts later
My usual Wednesday spot on The Molecular Ecologist is primetime real estate: a lot of journal table-of-contents get sent out on Tuesday/Wednesday and whole slew of people are in the office looking at computer screens. This usually produces a nice readership on Wednesdays, … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Molecular Ecology views, Uncategorized
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The best of TME (for the last two months)
I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for year-end lists. Ten biggest science discoveries. Fifty best albums of 2014. They make fantastic procrastination fodder, and I’ll comb through each one that crosses my desktop before the New Year. In the same spirit, … Continue reading
Haldane's Sieve
This week we have a guest post by Graham Coop and Joe Pickrell. Here, Graham [GC] and Joe [JKP] answer a few questions we had about the development and future of their blog, Haldane’s Sieve. If you’re interested in population genetics … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, community, interview, peer review, science publishing
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We're looking for a few good Molecular Ecologists (UPDATED)
Update, 6 October: Thanks to everyone who has written in to apply for a position! I’ll try to respond to your inquiries in the next day or so; we’ll continue to accept applications until next Monday, 13 October before making … Continue reading
#Evol2014 in tweets
Getting free banana from anti-evolutionist on street outside #Evol2014 pic.twitter.com/FLL5zmOHgA — Mohamed Noor (@mafnoor) June 21, 2014 I think it’s fair to say that I was a pioneer of Twitter at the Evolution meetings—back when I set up the website … Continue reading
Social networks, and networking, at conferences
Cross-posted from Denim and Tweed: Just in time for the Evolution 2013 meeting, Nature has a nice article by Roberta Kwok on how to use social networks and mobile apps at scientific conferences. Oh, and there’s a brief appearence by … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, career, community, conferences
Tagged Evolution 2013, social media, Twitter
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