Category Archives: community

This June, in Snowbird …

Posted on 16 Apr, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

I just finished my registration for Evolution 2013, the joint annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the Society for the Study of Evolution. This year it’ll run from the 21st to the 26th of June, at the … Continue reading →

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The end of Primer Notes, the start of Genomic Resources Notes

Posted on 21 Feb, 2013 by Tim Vines

Molecular Ecology Notes published its first issue back in March 2001 – an issue containing a brief editorial, four technical notes, and 35 primer notes. The latter, brief papers describing new primer pairs useful for studying natural populations, have been … Continue reading →

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Show us your molecular ecology!

Posted on 11 Feb, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

Anyone who’s hung around the blogosphere long enough is familiar with the “View From Your Window” feature at Andrew Sullivan’s blog, in which readers send in photos of, well, exactly what it says on the tin. The result is a … Continue reading →

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Mol Ecol's best reviewers

Posted on 5 Feb, 2013 by Tim Vines

A healthy peer review system is essential for the integrity of science, but the anonymity of the process means that good reviewers seldom get recognition from the broader community. This is particularly a problem for junior researchers trying to get … Continue reading →

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The MEC symposium Online Forum: October 24th

Posted on 12 Sep, 2012 by Tim Vines

We had a great turnout for the Molecular Ecology symposium at the Joint Ottawa Evolution meeting in July, and it sounded like people found the talks and discussions really useful. The videos of all the talks and the accompanying slides … Continue reading →

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Do famous researchers have biased perceptions of peer review?

Posted on 1 Feb, 2012 by Tim Vines

I thought some of you would be interested in this: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/02/01/the-famous-grouse-do-prominent-scientists-have-biased-perceptions-of-peer-review/…

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A new poll for our readers.

Posted on 31 Mar, 2011 by Dilara Ally

We all know that the genetic landscape has dramatically changed in the last five years with the introduction of multiple parallel sequencing platforms. What I’m interested in is which platform researchers are choosing to use. You might say that in … Continue reading →

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Comment articles

Posted on 23 Nov, 2010 by Tim Vines

It’s never happened as yet, but I was wondering what my response would be if someone wanted to write a Comment article about a Mol Ecol paper, but wanted to remain anonymous. The logistics would be quite easy, but the … Continue reading →

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