Joe Keating
@evopalaeo.bsky.social
Palaeontologist who likes phylogeny, morphology and early vertebrates. Lecturer @bristolbiosci.bsky.social; Education Officer @thepalass.bsky.social; Developer of treesurgeon https://www.evopalaeo.com/
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We are hiring a new lecturer in Bioinformatics!
Hit the link below to find out more and apply:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences
Hit the link below to find out more and apply:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences
September 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We are hiring a new lecturer in Bioinformatics!
Hit the link below to find out more and apply:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences
Hit the link below to find out more and apply:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences
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The taxonomy and phylogeny of British ‘cephalaspids’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @morphobank.bsky.social @aminff.bsky.social @fossilrob.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social
September 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The taxonomy and phylogeny of British ‘cephalaspids’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @morphobank.bsky.social @aminff.bsky.social @fossilrob.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social
⚠️BIOINFORMATCIS JOB ALERT⚠️
Come and join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
We are recruiting a Lecturer in Bioinformatics.
Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested!
Come and join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
We are recruiting a Lecturer in Bioinformatics.
Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested!
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www.bristol.ac.uk
September 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
⚠️BIOINFORMATCIS JOB ALERT⚠️
Come and join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
We are recruiting a Lecturer in Bioinformatics.
Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested!
Come and join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
We are recruiting a Lecturer in Bioinformatics.
Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested!
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🚨 I AM HIRING a 3-year postdoc & 4-year PhD student 🚨
[PLEASE SHARE WIDELY]
My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need?
WELL... we need you!
APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
[PLEASE SHARE WIDELY]
My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need?
WELL... we need you!
APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
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August 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
🚨 I AM HIRING a 3-year postdoc & 4-year PhD student 🚨
[PLEASE SHARE WIDELY]
My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need?
WELL... we need you!
APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
[PLEASE SHARE WIDELY]
My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need?
WELL... we need you!
APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
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Open Palaeontology has a new look 💜 Our brand-new website is live! Same mission as ever: Diamond Open Access palaeo research — free to publish, free to read, for everyone. Come explore ➡️ www.openpalaeo.org #PaleoSky #OpenAccess #Palaeontology
Cahiers de l'ILTP
Open Palaeontology is an international Diamond Open Access journal promoting open science in palaeontology
www.openpalaeo.org
August 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Open Palaeontology has a new look 💜 Our brand-new website is live! Same mission as ever: Diamond Open Access palaeo research — free to publish, free to read, for everyone. Come explore ➡️ www.openpalaeo.org #PaleoSky #OpenAccess #Palaeontology
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🧪So happy this is finally out after almost four years!
We try to bring some order to the messy taxonomy of an iconic jawless fish. 🐟
Thanks to @evopalaeo.bsky.social, Madleen, Mike, @fossilrob.bsky.social & to all who contributed to this research!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We try to bring some order to the messy taxonomy of an iconic jawless fish. 🐟
Thanks to @evopalaeo.bsky.social, Madleen, Mike, @fossilrob.bsky.social & to all who contributed to this research!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The taxonomy and phylogeny of British ‘cephalaspids’
Osteostracans are considered the sister group of jawed vertebrates and are phylogenetically the earliest branching vertebrate lineage to exhibit true paired fins with endoskeletal support. This means...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2026 at 7:32 AM
🧪So happy this is finally out after almost four years!
We try to bring some order to the messy taxonomy of an iconic jawless fish. 🐟
Thanks to @evopalaeo.bsky.social, Madleen, Mike, @fossilrob.bsky.social & to all who contributed to this research!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We try to bring some order to the messy taxonomy of an iconic jawless fish. 🐟
Thanks to @evopalaeo.bsky.social, Madleen, Mike, @fossilrob.bsky.social & to all who contributed to this research!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We need to reach 100,000 signatures by the end of September. Have you signed yet? An independent commission would help build consensus on the changes we need to make every vote count. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform to review the electoral system
I ask the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as advocated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. It should be an independent, time limited, expert led…
petition.parliament.uk
August 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
We need to reach 100,000 signatures by the end of September. Have you signed yet? An independent commission would help build consensus on the changes we need to make every vote count. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history.
We're making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
The consultation is open now! Have your say👇
Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history.
We're making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
The consultation is open now! Have your say👇
GCSE Natural History - Palaeontology - Joseph Keating
Joseph Keating puts forward a case for including palaeontology in the new GCSE Natural History curriculum due to its unique deep-time perspective.
teach.ocr.org.uk
August 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
⚠️Please repost!⚠️
Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history.
We're making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
The consultation is open now! Have your say👇
Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history.
We're making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
The consultation is open now! Have your say👇
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The PalAss is proud to support the new Natural History GCSE 🌿🦋. As the public consultation on subject content is under way, we make the case that fossils should be at the heart of this new qualification. Read the full story here and have your say 📚👇
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
August 8, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The PalAss is proud to support the new Natural History GCSE 🌿🦋. As the public consultation on subject content is under way, we make the case that fossils should be at the heart of this new qualification. Read the full story here and have your say 📚👇
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog...
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📢 JOB ALERT! 📢
I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social !
If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you!
📆Deadline 27. Aug
Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social !
If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you!
📆Deadline 27. Aug
Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
July 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM
📢 JOB ALERT! 📢
I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social !
If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you!
📆Deadline 27. Aug
Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social !
If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you!
📆Deadline 27. Aug
Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Please share, I am hiring an evo devo postdoctoral research fellow!
📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world)
📅: start after 1st December 2026
🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs)
⌛: 3 year contract
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world)
📅: start after 1st December 2026
🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs)
⌛: 3 year contract
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
July 27, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Please share, I am hiring an evo devo postdoctoral research fellow!
📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world)
📅: start after 1st December 2026
🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs)
⌛: 3 year contract
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world)
📅: start after 1st December 2026
🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs)
⌛: 3 year contract
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
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Applications for the 2027 summer school on Computational Molecular Evolution on Crete are now open at: meetings.embo.org/event/27-com...
July 17, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Applications for the 2027 summer school on Computational Molecular Evolution on Crete are now open at: meetings.embo.org/event/27-com...
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📢 Heads-up: I'm currently finalising the job description for a 30-month postdoc modelling visual abilities in these very gorgeous and very dead creatures!
If you're interested, please get in touch - anticipated start is late 2026/early 2027 and the project combines great colleagues in UK + S Korea!
If you're interested, please get in touch - anticipated start is late 2026/early 2027 and the project combines great colleagues in UK + S Korea!
So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳
I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!
I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!
July 16, 2026 at 8:37 AM
📢 Heads-up: I'm currently finalising the job description for a 30-month postdoc modelling visual abilities in these very gorgeous and very dead creatures!
If you're interested, please get in touch - anticipated start is late 2026/early 2027 and the project combines great colleagues in UK + S Korea!
If you're interested, please get in touch - anticipated start is late 2026/early 2027 and the project combines great colleagues in UK + S Korea!
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Oh, hey, Evolution did a "digest" of our recent piece on rodent stripes. academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
July 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Oh, hey, Evolution did a "digest" of our recent piece on rodent stripes. academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
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🔎OPal is seeking a Managing Editor to join its Editorial Team!
Please consider applying if you want to play a leading role in shaping a growing diamond open-access journal making high quality palaeontological research broadly accessible.
Deadline is 07/08/2026
Read more on how to apply below👇
Please consider applying if you want to play a leading role in shaping a growing diamond open-access journal making high quality palaeontological research broadly accessible.
Deadline is 07/08/2026
Read more on how to apply below👇
July 13, 2026 at 9:49 AM
🔎OPal is seeking a Managing Editor to join its Editorial Team!
Please consider applying if you want to play a leading role in shaping a growing diamond open-access journal making high quality palaeontological research broadly accessible.
Deadline is 07/08/2026
Read more on how to apply below👇
Please consider applying if you want to play a leading role in shaping a growing diamond open-access journal making high quality palaeontological research broadly accessible.
Deadline is 07/08/2026
Read more on how to apply below👇
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@bristolpalaeo.bsky.social MSc student Annes Kathrada gave an inspiring speech at graduation in Feb reflecting on finding community in Bristol and the privilege of education in a world of unequal opportunities and the agency to make change. It's a good watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXrx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXrx...
University of Bristol Feb 2026 Graduation Speech
YouTube video by Jake Corr
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
@bristolpalaeo.bsky.social MSc student Annes Kathrada gave an inspiring speech at graduation in Feb reflecting on finding community in Bristol and the privilege of education in a world of unequal opportunities and the agency to make change. It's a good watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXrx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXrx...
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I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab
June 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab
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Anyone know anyone still looking for a PhD for this autumn? Vicky Sleight's lab* here at Aberdeen has a late-breaking vacancy to study mollusc morphogenesis. Deadline July 12, 'home' students only.
*And team of co-supervisors, myself included 🤓🐚
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
*And team of co-supervisors, myself included 🤓🐚
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
PhD Vacancy: Oct 2026 - Sleight Lab
Fully funded PhD position available in the Sleight Lab @ University of Aberdeen! Single cell RNA-sequencing, seashells, immune versus biomin role, dev bio
sleightlab.com
July 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Anyone know anyone still looking for a PhD for this autumn? Vicky Sleight's lab* here at Aberdeen has a late-breaking vacancy to study mollusc morphogenesis. Deadline July 12, 'home' students only.
*And team of co-supervisors, myself included 🤓🐚
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
*And team of co-supervisors, myself included 🤓🐚
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
really enjoyed all the talks in our EED symposium 'Skin Deep:
Common Threads in the Evolution of Bilaterian Ectodermal Appendages'. Thanks again to all the speakers and to Carlos Rivera Rivera for getting me involved.
Common Threads in the Evolution of Bilaterian Ectodermal Appendages'. Thanks again to all the speakers and to Carlos Rivera Rivera for getting me involved.
June 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
really enjoyed all the talks in our EED symposium 'Skin Deep:
Common Threads in the Evolution of Bilaterian Ectodermal Appendages'. Thanks again to all the speakers and to Carlos Rivera Rivera for getting me involved.
Common Threads in the Evolution of Bilaterian Ectodermal Appendages'. Thanks again to all the speakers and to Carlos Rivera Rivera for getting me involved.
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Want to do a Masters by Research at the University of Bristol? If you're interested in phylogenetics, morphology, macroevolution or vertebrate palaeobiology, please get in touch!
More information: tinyurl.com/4h6v3s99
⏰ Deadlines:
• International: 30th June
• Home: 31st July
Want to do a Masters by Research at the University of Bristol? If you're interested in phylogenetics, morphology, macroevolution or vertebrate palaeobiology, please get in touch!
More information: tinyurl.com/4h6v3s99
⏰ Deadlines:
• International: 30th June
• Home: 31st July
Biological Sciences | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
Find out about the University of Bristol's PhD in Biological Sciences, including entry requirements, supervisors and research groups.
www.bristol.ac.uk
June 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
📢 Please repost!
Want to do a Masters by Research at the University of Bristol? If you're interested in phylogenetics, morphology, macroevolution or vertebrate palaeobiology, please get in touch!
More information: tinyurl.com/4h6v3s99
⏰ Deadlines:
• International: 30th June
• Home: 31st July
Want to do a Masters by Research at the University of Bristol? If you're interested in phylogenetics, morphology, macroevolution or vertebrate palaeobiology, please get in touch!
More information: tinyurl.com/4h6v3s99
⏰ Deadlines:
• International: 30th June
• Home: 31st July
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Join our Symposium S08 – Integrative Perspectives on Craniofacial Evo-Devo, at #EED2026 !
Invited speakers: Agáta Horáčková, Markéta Kaucká, Joseph Keating, Hiroki Higashiyama
Contributing speakers: Taro Nojiri, Laura Wilson, Joshua Gross, Irene Soto Bajo, Richard Dearden, Tatjana Haitina
Invited speakers: Agáta Horáčková, Markéta Kaucká, Joseph Keating, Hiroki Higashiyama
Contributing speakers: Taro Nojiri, Laura Wilson, Joshua Gross, Irene Soto Bajo, Richard Dearden, Tatjana Haitina
June 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Join our Symposium S08 – Integrative Perspectives on Craniofacial Evo-Devo, at #EED2026 !
Invited speakers: Agáta Horáčková, Markéta Kaucká, Joseph Keating, Hiroki Higashiyama
Contributing speakers: Taro Nojiri, Laura Wilson, Joshua Gross, Irene Soto Bajo, Richard Dearden, Tatjana Haitina
Invited speakers: Agáta Horáčková, Markéta Kaucká, Joseph Keating, Hiroki Higashiyama
Contributing speakers: Taro Nojiri, Laura Wilson, Joshua Gross, Irene Soto Bajo, Richard Dearden, Tatjana Haitina
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Our latest: Dermoskeletal histology of Moythomasia and the evolution of the vertebrate dermal skeleton, led by Xianren Shan and Edine Pape, with a little help from Martin Rucklin @evopalaeo.bsky.social and Davide Pisani @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social
The Dermal Skeleton of Stem‐Actinopterygian Moythomasia durgaringa and Its Implications for the Nature of the Ancestral Osteichthyan
The figure presents a model of Moythomasia and a schematic histological model illustrating the internal structure and features of the cranial bones. These include bone (brown), osteocyte spaces (red)...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 20, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Our latest: Dermoskeletal histology of Moythomasia and the evolution of the vertebrate dermal skeleton, led by Xianren Shan and Edine Pape, with a little help from Martin Rucklin @evopalaeo.bsky.social and Davide Pisani @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social
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Postdoc in Macroevolution - Deadline April 12th -
Join a team of Stuttgart botanists & myself to test drivers of Angiosperm diversification! Fully open process
Submit cover letter, CV, 3 referees & publication list in a single PDF to [email protected] + 3 key papers (if possible) as PDF
Join a team of Stuttgart botanists & myself to test drivers of Angiosperm diversification! Fully open process
Submit cover letter, CV, 3 referees & publication list in a single PDF to [email protected] + 3 key papers (if possible) as PDF
Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Offene Stellen
www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de
March 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Postdoc in Macroevolution - Deadline April 12th -
Join a team of Stuttgart botanists & myself to test drivers of Angiosperm diversification! Fully open process
Submit cover letter, CV, 3 referees & publication list in a single PDF to [email protected] + 3 key papers (if possible) as PDF
Join a team of Stuttgart botanists & myself to test drivers of Angiosperm diversification! Fully open process
Submit cover letter, CV, 3 referees & publication list in a single PDF to [email protected] + 3 key papers (if possible) as PDF
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‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨
Two Post Doc Opportunities:
PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.
Two Post Doc Opportunities:
PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.
Job Details
my.corehr.com
March 30, 2026 at 8:18 AM
‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨
Two Post Doc Opportunities:
PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.
Two Post Doc Opportunities:
PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.