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Those five are all gone but I have four new ones today.

I’ve got five codes to the other place. Let me know if you want one.

Please get in touch if you have any questions. Closing date is 5th September, and both positions are available to start as soon as possible. Relocation expenses are available.

Job 2: 33 month Royal Society funded position using existing occurrence databases and building a specimen-level occurrence database to investigate macroevolutionary trends in ray-finned fishes through the Palaeozoic. Details and apply here: .

Job 1: 24 month NSF-NERC funded postdoc using CT data of the jaws and skulls of Devonian-Carboniferous ray-finned fishes to investigate the first major anatomical radiation of the group. Details and apply here:

Job alert: I’m hiring two postdocs! The first is a 24 month position looking at the first anatomical radiation of ray-finned fishes during the mid-late Palaeozoic; the second is a 33 month position looking at macroevolutionary trends in ray-finned fishes during the Palaeozoic 🐟.

RT @DrNatashaDowey: Are you involved in PhD admissions? Do you advertise projects or assess candidates? . Check out this paper, the latest….

RT @space_quakes: 📢New paper alert!! . We analysed PhD recruitment processes in the geosciences, and developed recommendations for making t….

RT @justin_isip: Had a great time at the @NHM_Explorers Summer Social presenting my PhD research and connecting folks with the @ReedEcolNet….

RT @kkaineus: Please RT! I'm looking to get short statements from queer marine scientists & biologists (& related fields) about their exper….

RT @ok_girlfriend: a weighted blanket isn't enough, I need whatever is happening here

Aimovig is generally working really well at reducing my migraines to a manageable level, but annoyingly I’m suffering from a rare severe side effects. My doctor is having me try out a medication to counter it… and one of it *its* side effects is severe headaches 🤦.

RT @professor_dave: As we enter school summer holiday period, I did an interview reflecting on the realities of working part-time in academ….

‘We’re going to dock half your wages even though teaching isn’t mentioned in your contract because it’s a career development opportunity ☺️’.

Getting strong ‘If I can’t see you, you can’t see me’ vibes from this mysterious statue in New Street station, as if you’re playing hide and seek with a three year old

For #FossilFriday I’m going to indulge myself by spending some time segmenting this deliciously noisy CT scan. There’s a whole 3D skull in there, honestly 🤩

RT @KirstySedgman: the UK media: universities need to stop luring students into degrees where they’ll receive poor-quality teaching that do….

Many many thanks to the track defect in the Cheltenham area for waiting until after I was on a train out of Cheltenham to develop; here’s hoping I can still catch a train on to Manchester later 😬.