Category Archives: community

Friday Action Item: Science

Posted on 30 Dec, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

Now that we’ve posted a few of these Action Items, I want to step back and add an important caveat to this idea of small things to do in the wake of a devastating political reversal. These posts are intended … Continue reading →

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I do not think it means what you think it means: "relic DNA" can obscure microbial diversity studies

Posted on 20 Dec, 2016 by Kelle Freel

Although microbes are small, they play an important part in both biogeochemical cycles in the ocean as well as on land. However, as they are not so easy to observe by eye, and in many cases can’t be cultured in … Continue reading →

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Friday action item: Visit a local library

Posted on 16 Dec, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

In the wake of the recent U.S. election, we’ve started these “Friday Action Item” posts with ideas about specific things you can do to support science — from calling Congress to helping crowd-fund a cool new research project. Got a … Continue reading →

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Friday action item: Support the ACLU

Posted on 9 Dec, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

In the wake of the recent U.S. election, we’ve started these “Friday Action Item” posts with ideas about specific things you can do to support science — from calling Congress to helping crowd-fund a cool new research project. Got a … Continue reading →

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Friday Action Item: Get involved with a scientific society

Posted on 2 Dec, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

In the wake of the recent U.S. election, we at *The Molecular Ecologist wanted to better use the site to help organize our community’s support for scientific inquiry and science education under an administration that may be quite unfriendly to … Continue reading →

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Friday Action Item: Support science teaching through Donors Choose

Posted on 25 Nov, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

In the wake of the recent U.S. election, we at *The Molecular Ecologist wanted to better use the site to help organize our community’s support for scientific inquiry and science education under an administration that may be quite unfriendly to … Continue reading →

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The road ahead

Posted on 22 Nov, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

It’s been almost two weeks since we woke up to the reality that Donald Trump — the failed casino mogul, the virtuoso tax-dodger, the reality-show star, the self-described serial sexual assailant, the Ku Klux Klan endorsee and darling of white … Continue reading →

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Making ecology “count”: a review of the why and how of molecular ecology  

Posted on 25 Oct, 2016 by Kelle Freel

It’s likely that everyone has been asked by either a friend or family member “What do you do?” Which, depending on what level of detail you shoot for, might be relatively straight forward. The follow-up question, however, can be a … Continue reading →

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A Comparative View of Comparative Phylogeography

Posted on 8 Aug, 2016 by Bryan McLean

A recent issue of PNAS includes papers from a Sackler Colloquium on comparative phylogeography. As stated by the organizers, a major purpose of that gathering “was to bring together leading scientists to address the current state of phylogeography as the … Continue reading →

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The Fourth Reviewer: Pre-print reviews, parental monikers, and points for student participation

Posted on 14 Jun, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

Tim Vines is an evolutionary ecologist who found his calling in the process of peer review. He was Managing Editor of Molecular Ecology from 2008 to 2015, launched The Molecular Ecologist in 2010, and he’s now the founder and Managing Editor of Axios Review. Here, Tim … Continue reading →

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