FEBS Letters Blames Society and History for their Sexist Meeting ... #Boycott
What a joke.I was pointed on Twitter to a meeting run by FEBS Letters to "celebrate" their 50th Anniversary. The meeting has some 20 speakers highlighted of which only one is a woman.See for exampleNot acceptable !@phylogenomics would not approve eitherhttps://t.co/UPGrki5uA2— Liane G. Benning #FBPE (@LianeGBenning)February 3, 2018 andHey@FEBS_Letters what is your conference speaker policy? This speaker list is not representative of your readership. I wouldn't attendhttps://t.co/TCEscGT4o1— Jenny Martin (@Jenny_STEM)February 2, 2018And I guess in response to criticism they now writeWe acknowledge that it is disap...
Source: The Tree of Life - February 3, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

A useful read with some useful links ... "Are you aware of Gender Bias in peer review"
This is worth a look:Are you aware of gender bias in peer review? - Research in progress blogBy Elizabeth Moylan& Elisa De Ranieri -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - January 27, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Nice video on cat domestication from June from SciAm
-------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - December 26, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

A must read: It's Time for Science and Academia to Address Sexual Misconduct
This is a true must read for anyone associated with science or academia:It's Time for Science and Academia to Address Sexual Misconduct - Scientific American Blog NetworkBy By Rukmani Vijayaraghavan, Kristy L. Duran, Kelly Ramirez, Jane Zelikova, Emily Lescak, and 500 Women ScientistsIt not only discusses some of the issues but suggests specific responses that can be done by individuals, institutions, professional organizations, and governments. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates,...
Source: The Tree of Life - December 20, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Retroblogging CALPEG 1992 (California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Group)) meeting
When I was in graduate school I was blessed to be able to attend many of the CALPEG (California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Group) meetings (at least, I think that is what CALPEG stood for).These meetings were critical to me in many ways but especially since I ended up doing molecular evolution work in a lab that was not focused on molecular evolution. CALPEG gave me a community.SO am posting here about the first one I attended - the 1992 meeting which I think was in San Deigo.Here is a PDF of my notes and other materials:https://phylogenomics.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/calpeg-1992.pdfI am including pics of the p...
Source: The Tree of Life - December 18, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Best of #Yolo Bypass Photos
Experimenting with SmugMug as a way to post some of my better pictures. SeeGallery Here and below  -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - December 16, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Retroblogging 1993 SSE/SSN/SSB Meeting in Snowbird, Utah #evolution #ecology #systematics
So I am continuing on with Retroblogging past seminars and meetings and other events. Today I am posting about the 1993 Joint meeting of SSE/SSB/ASN (Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, American Society of Naturalists)I drove to this meeting from Stanford with David Pollock and we went camping along the way at a relatively new National Park - Great Basin. I brought my bike and overall had a nice time.And then we arrived in Snowbird and, amazingly, at the reception I discovered that a friend of mine from high school Jeff Wager was working at the Snowbird resort. Anyway - enou...
Source: The Tree of Life - December 14, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Storify to shut down May 16, 2018 - no new accounts as of today
Well, crapDear Storify Customer,Thank you for contributing your stories to the Storify community. Unfortunately, Storify.com will no longer be available after May 16, 2018. While product end-of-life is a part of the overall product life cycle, we understand that this could impact you and are committed to making the transition as smooth as possible.Here are important dates to be aware of. We will provide ongoing reminders of upcoming milestones over the coming months.December 12, 2017• No new accounts can be created on Storify.comMay 1, 2018• No new stories can be createdMay 16, 2018, 5pm PST• Last opport...
Source: The Tree of Life - December 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Retroblogging 1990s talk by James Childress on deep-sea & hydrothermal vent symbioses
Not 100% sure when this talk was but ... here are my notes from a talk at Stanford byJim Childress on hydrothermal vent symbioses. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - December 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Blast from past - Colleen Cavanaugh gets tenure in 1996 at @Harvard
Can't remember who sent this to me but thought I would share. It is an article about Colleen Cavanaugh, my undergraduate advisor, getting tenure at Harvard in 1996. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - December 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Retroblogging seminars: Harry Noller 1993 Ribosomal RNA & Translation
I am going back to posting notes from talks I went to a long time ago ... I have scanned in notes form talks and am posting some of these. It is something I call "retroblogging".Here are notes from a talk I saw while at Stanford in Graduate School. The talk was by Harry Noller.  -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - December 11, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Another blast from the past - 1986 Maryland High School Mock Trial Competition Handbook
When I was in high school and in college I was interested in law. This is why I worked at the Public Defender Service in DC the summer after my freshman year in college and why I still have a passion for things related to forensics. I was digging through some old files and found by Mock Trail Competition handbook from 1986. I thought some people might get a kick out of seeing it. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - December 3, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

A blast from the wacky packs of the past (~ 1978)
So - I found an old binder of mine that was decorated with Wacky Pack and related stickers. It is from 1978. And, well, I thought I would share the pics since they brought back memories of my youth. And, of course I should have known - lots of people sell versions of these or related ones -e.g., via Amazon. I seem to remember them being more offensive but these ones seems to be mostly just kind of dorky. -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. ----...
Source: The Tree of Life - December 3, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

WMD Video w/ @edyong209: Wolbachia of Male Destruction adapted for fighting dengue, Zika
Another video from Tangled Bank Studios  -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - November 30, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

Good Twitter thread on phylogenetic methods
Question for my systematics colleagues: at this point in science history, when if ever is it permissible to publish a morphology-based phylogeny (or character-mapping) study using only parsimony not maximum likelihood/similar methods? (can of worms I know)— John R. Hutchinson (@JohnRHutchinson)November 29, 2017 -------- This is from the "Tree of Life Blog" of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter. -------- (Source: The Tree of Life)
Source: The Tree of Life - November 30, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs