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Keogh Lab - Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University @EcoEvo_ANU
Canberra, Australia
Joined July 2016
What’s dartR? 🧬 An open-source R package that helps researchers filter, analyse & visualise genomic data — powering 1,000+ studies in conservation, ag & health. A community-built tool making genomics more accessible. 👉
georges.biomatix.org
We recently received the Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software for the dartR package. But what is dartR?
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🚨 Workshop Alert! 🚨 Learn how to simplify population genetics with the dartRverse 🧬 Hands-on training in R for ecologists, conservation biologists & early-career researchers. 📅 Nov 12–14, 2025 | Canberra, Australia 🔗 https://t.co/U8rWQXVrLX
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Happy World Lizard Day! 🦎 Whether you prefer them earless, legless, spiny or spiky, lizards are incredible creatures. There are over 600 different species in Australia, and more than 6,000 different lizard species across the globe. Today we're taking a moment to appreciate
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Dermal armour in lizards: osteoderms more common than presumed
academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT. Skin and its derivatives form the boundary with the external environment for most animals. Despite the vital character of its function, some of i
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Check out the latest on osteoderm evolution from Roy Ebel!
Scientists have been studying these creatures for more than 200 years, but only now did we discover that they wear ‘chainmail’ in their skin. We found these previously unreported skin bone plates in no less than 29 Australo-Papuan monitor lizard species.
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Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. In our new study, we look beneath their skin with cutting-edge imaging – and we may just have found the key to their evolutionary success.
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Check out this great article by Roy Ebel on his recent paper in ZJLS. Fantastic video as well. New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them. @Ebelosaurus
theconversation.com
Australian goannas adapted remarkably well to harsh climates. Scientists looking for hidden bone structures in lizards may be a step closer to learning why.
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🐸 FrogID Dataset 6.0 is now online! Thanks to over 39,000 people, the dataset covers 6 years of #FrogID records across Australia and includes 974,700+ records from 226 species – that's nearly 1 million frog records! Read more:
australian.museum
The sixth annual release of FrogID data is now published open-access and online to help inform frog ecology and conservation.
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Come join us. Three permanent academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) at @MonashBiol. Supportive research and teaching environment. Fantastic colleagues. A great place to work. https://t.co/XGoJLvUhaf Ecology: https://t.co/SyowTwaHUO Genomics: https://t.co/rEDzI5lsrC
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This new mobile-friendly tool lets you create personalised species checklists for a specified area 📋 Check out the app: https://t.co/lt9kPubR1l Made by @unswbees @thomasmesaglio @fonti_kar @will_cornwell and team. https://t.co/s3qAI4C9JF
#rstats #Shiny #ecology
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Pretty happy with how my latest book turned out. The pdf version is freely available online.
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Today we celebrate 99 years of Sir David Attenborough! 🎂🍃 In 1996, Attenborough opened the Gould wing of the ANU Botany and Zoology building. Happy birthday to this living legend! 📷: ANU Archives
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After nearly a decade of work, I’m thrilled to share the publication of the southern corroboree frog genome—a high-quality, chromosome-level assembly made possible by an incredible team from @UniMelb, @genomeark, @sangerinstitute, @ZoosVictoria & more. https://t.co/lNq5Br4CSV
theguardian.com
Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park
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The Australian Academy of Science is excited to announce the establishment of a Global Talent Attraction Program. But we must act swiftly. There’s no time to waste as other countries are mobilising to attract talent to their shores. Partner with us to build a profound and
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Very happy and humbled to have received this award. A huge thanks to all my wonderful colleagues @EcoEvo_ANU and abroad who made this possible!
A/Prof Daniel Noble, a leader in evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology based @ScienceANU, has been awarded the Fenner Medal which recognises outstanding research in biology.
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Check it out!!! Huge congrats Dan.
A/Prof Daniel Noble, a leader in evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology based @ScienceANU, has been awarded the Fenner Medal which recognises outstanding research in biology.
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🚀 Exciting news for early-career researchers! The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. Applications are open now! https://t.co/mU5NBXMsDU
#ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram
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I'm opening a K-12 learning centre in Canberra! We'll offer after-school courses in STEM, digital art, public speaking, and maths & English tutoring. It's been my dream to contribute to children's education, and I'm excited to open in just a month. https://t.co/wF4zfmMDnW 🧵1/3
ivlearning.au
Fun-filled learning to grow life-lasting skills, Canberra
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McKenzie Post Doctoral Fellowships at @UniMelb for early career researchers (who have completed PhD on or after 17th March 2022). 3 year research opportunity with A6 level salary A$ 25,000 research grant Details at https://t.co/SGLBf4JX9c EOI must be made by 24th April 2025
sites.research.unimelb.edu.au
Find information and resources for applicants and recipients of the McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme scheme.
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Looking to improve repeat classification in your genome? Try our new tool! It excels at classifying previously unclassifiable repeats in amphibians and other non-model eukaryotes 🧬🐶🐸🪱🦇🐟
Excited to share Terrier 🧬✨🐶 — our new AI model to classify repetitive DNA. DNA repeats make up huge parts of genomes and play a key role in evolution, but are notoriously hard to classify. Preprint just released: https://t.co/LK0tcGB8i7
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