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Genetic structure of populations with restricted gene flow often reflects #geohistory and #ClimateChange . Species inhabiting high-altitude Sky Islands are particularly susceptible, as seen in the #caddisfly in this paper 👇
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The The Linnean Society of London is buzzing today with attendees to our Perspectives of Speciation Symposium. Huge thanks to our speakers and supporters - The Company of Biologists, ESEB & Oxford Academic.
Submit your papers to our Special Issue by 31 May.
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This year we are participating in Pint of Science UK! Join our event on May 13 with Dr Joanne Littlefair and Stephanie Holt on eDNA and how it is aiding biodiversity conservation. And pints of course! 🍻
Tickets below 👇
Share the joy of science!
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This months #EditorsChoice looks at homeologue ('similar to') differential expression underlying flower colour variation in wild and cultivated versions of the tobacco plant #Nicotiana tabacum! Read it below 👇
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Our 2024 John Spedan Lewis Emerging Leader Award winner is Kabir Kaul! Kabir created the first interactive map of London’s nature reserves and is now a volunteer Ranger with London National Park City, connecting people with nature.
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Our 2024 HH Bloomer Award winner is Charley Eiseman (Charley Eiseman)! Charley’s work documenting and understanding the biology of leaf-mining insects has culminated in the unique and detailed book ‘Leafminers of North America’.
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Dr Dr Heather White is our 2024 John C Marsden Medal winner! Her award-winning thesis proposes that developmental mechanisms shaping suture morphology are central to the evolution of mammalian cranial phenotypic diversity.
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Our 2024 winner of the Irene Manton Prize is Dr Tin Hang (Henry) Hung 洪天恒! His thesis studied two illegally exploited rosewood species, and his research could have an enormous impact on the conservation of these critically endangered trees.
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Evolutionary biologist Prof Dr Anne-Claire Fabre (Anne-Claire Fabre) is our 2024 Bicentenary Medal winner! Her work on functional morphology focuses on shape evolution in an ecological context across vertebrate animals.
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Prof Sir Peter Crane is our 2024 Darwin–Wallace Medal winner! His contribution to the field of plant diversity is globally acclaimed and his research has profoundly altered our outlook on flowering plant evolution. He is also President of Oak Spring Garden Foundation.
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Get your applications ready - this weekend is the deadline for the 2024 LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund.
Best of luck to all applying! If you have any last-minute questions, contact [email protected].
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This year, we are part of the London Craft Week!
Join us at the society for workshops on botanical motif design (See link below for tickets) and a lecture on the centrality of the 'tree of life' in the world of design. Dr Susy Paisley-Day
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If you missed Quentin Groom's talk on how Open Science cab better inform policy, monitor, predict and conserve biodiversity when data is constantly changing and compartmentalised, you can now watch the recording. Quentin Groom ☘️
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📢📢LinneSys deadline approaches!!! Applications close 23:59 BST on April 7th 📢📢
You need to a member of the The Systematics Association or The Linnean Society of London to apply. Don't leave membership to the last minute!!!
Apply here: systass.org/linnesys/appli…