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Down to the final 2 days of Summer School after an awesome 🌭BBQ night🔥
Today: “Spatial Subsampling and #NicheModeling” with Erin Saupe & Cooper Malanoski. Hard to believe these 3 weeks are almost over! Hope everyone had an incredible time and learned a lot. 🙌✨
#ScienceCommunity #FinalCountdown
Today: “Spatial Subsampling and #NicheModeling” with Erin Saupe & Cooper Malanoski. Hard to believe these 3 weeks are almost over! Hope everyone had an incredible time and learned a lot. 🙌✨
#ScienceCommunity #FinalCountdown
September 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Down to the final 2 days of Summer School after an awesome 🌭BBQ night🔥
Today: “Spatial Subsampling and #NicheModeling” with Erin Saupe & Cooper Malanoski. Hard to believe these 3 weeks are almost over! Hope everyone had an incredible time and learned a lot. 🙌✨
#ScienceCommunity #FinalCountdown
Today: “Spatial Subsampling and #NicheModeling” with Erin Saupe & Cooper Malanoski. Hard to believe these 3 weeks are almost over! Hope everyone had an incredible time and learned a lot. 🙌✨
#ScienceCommunity #FinalCountdown
Only 3 days left of Summer School—time is absolutely flying! ⏳ We're diving into an exciting new topic: “Analyses of #DiversityDynamics with #CaptureMarkRecapture” led by Lee Hsiang Liow & Isaiah Smith.
Lee Hsiang can't join us in person, we’re shifting into a hybrid format. Thanks 🙌 #AcademicLife
Lee Hsiang can't join us in person, we’re shifting into a hybrid format. Thanks 🙌 #AcademicLife
September 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Only 3 days left of Summer School—time is absolutely flying! ⏳ We're diving into an exciting new topic: “Analyses of #DiversityDynamics with #CaptureMarkRecapture” led by Lee Hsiang Liow & Isaiah Smith.
Lee Hsiang can't join us in person, we’re shifting into a hybrid format. Thanks 🙌 #AcademicLife
Lee Hsiang can't join us in person, we’re shifting into a hybrid format. Thanks 🙌 #AcademicLife
Keeping the momentum rolling with Kjetil Voje taking the stage for a 2day deep dive into #paleoTS.
From mastering model fitting to unlocking multivariate trait dynamics, our students are gaining serious computational firepower to supercharge their PhD research.✨ #DeepTime #Paleontology
From mastering model fitting to unlocking multivariate trait dynamics, our students are gaining serious computational firepower to supercharge their PhD research.✨ #DeepTime #Paleontology
August 31, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Keeping the momentum rolling with Kjetil Voje taking the stage for a 2day deep dive into #paleoTS.
From mastering model fitting to unlocking multivariate trait dynamics, our students are gaining serious computational firepower to supercharge their PhD research.✨ #DeepTime #Paleontology
From mastering model fitting to unlocking multivariate trait dynamics, our students are gaining serious computational firepower to supercharge their PhD research.✨ #DeepTime #Paleontology
🌍 Ever wondered where fossils actually lived back in the day?
#Paleogeography Sunday! Elizabeth Dowding & Adam Kocsis are diving into the basics of #GIS today, with an overview on how to combine geographic data with the #Fossils 🦴 record, but watch out for those pesky data pitfalls 🪤! #DataModeling
#Paleogeography Sunday! Elizabeth Dowding & Adam Kocsis are diving into the basics of #GIS today, with an overview on how to combine geographic data with the #Fossils 🦴 record, but watch out for those pesky data pitfalls 🪤! #DataModeling
August 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🌍 Ever wondered where fossils actually lived back in the day?
#Paleogeography Sunday! Elizabeth Dowding & Adam Kocsis are diving into the basics of #GIS today, with an overview on how to combine geographic data with the #Fossils 🦴 record, but watch out for those pesky data pitfalls 🪤! #DataModeling
#Paleogeography Sunday! Elizabeth Dowding & Adam Kocsis are diving into the basics of #GIS today, with an overview on how to combine geographic data with the #Fossils 🦴 record, but watch out for those pesky data pitfalls 🪤! #DataModeling
💥 Still riding that enthusiasm! Today, we’re diving headfirst into morphometry. A huge welcome to Ryan Felice, who traveled all the way from 🇬🇧 London to lead our Analytical Paleobiology Workshop over the next two days. It’s always a pleasure to host Ryan 🤩 and learn from his expertise. Welcome back!
August 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
💥 Still riding that enthusiasm! Today, we’re diving headfirst into morphometry. A huge welcome to Ryan Felice, who traveled all the way from 🇬🇧 London to lead our Analytical Paleobiology Workshop over the next two days. It’s always a pleasure to host Ryan 🤩 and learn from his expertise. Welcome back!
Back from the weekend, diving straight into macroevolutionary analyses 📊 Fast fact: Daniele Silvestro (along with other amazing guest lecturers) has been backing us since many years. Huge thanks for the continuous support! 🙌✨ #Macroevolution #GuestLecturer #AcademicCommunity #DataScience
August 24, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Back from the weekend, diving straight into macroevolutionary analyses 📊 Fast fact: Daniele Silvestro (along with other amazing guest lecturers) has been backing us since many years. Huge thanks for the continuous support! 🙌✨ #Macroevolution #GuestLecturer #AcademicCommunity #DataScience
✨New day, new adventure✨! Start of a two-day deep dive into the fascinating world of phylogeny. Rachel Warnock at the helm - or rather, at the keyboard -our students are unlocking 🔐 the code to evolutionary history & learning how to piece together the 🌳 of life. #Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils
August 21, 2026 at 12:26 PM
✨New day, new adventure✨! Start of a two-day deep dive into the fascinating world of phylogeny. Rachel Warnock at the helm - or rather, at the keyboard -our students are unlocking 🔐 the code to evolutionary history & learning how to piece together the 🌳 of life. #Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils
Passing the mic🎙️ Following Adam Kocsis's intro, Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling kicked off his section yesterday, diving into the core fundamentals of paleobiodiversity analysis. #Paleobiology #Biodiversity #FossilRecord #DataScience #EarthSciences
August 19, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Passing the mic🎙️ Following Adam Kocsis's intro, Prof. Wolfgang Kiessling kicked off his section yesterday, diving into the core fundamentals of paleobiodiversity analysis. #Paleobiology #Biodiversity #FossilRecord #DataScience #EarthSciences
The time has finally come: Summer School 2026 is kicking off! ☀️🚀
After a warm welcome from Prof. Kießling, Adam Kocsis takes the reins and guides our students through Day 1.
We wish all participants an exciting week full of new insights and every success! 💡🙌
After a warm welcome from Prof. Kießling, Adam Kocsis takes the reins and guides our students through Day 1.
We wish all participants an exciting week full of new insights and every success! 💡🙌
August 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The time has finally come: Summer School 2026 is kicking off! ☀️🚀
After a warm welcome from Prof. Kießling, Adam Kocsis takes the reins and guides our students through Day 1.
We wish all participants an exciting week full of new insights and every success! 💡🙌
After a warm welcome from Prof. Kießling, Adam Kocsis takes the reins and guides our students through Day 1.
We wish all participants an exciting week full of new insights and every success! 💡🙌
The Analytical Paleobiology School (aka ☀️ Summer School ☀️) is fast approaching! We’ll once again welcome 12 PhD students and receive active support from external instructors once again. Many thanks! TY as well to the Volkswagen Foundation for its financial support. (image: google gemini)
August 4, 2026 at 7:43 AM
The Analytical Paleobiology School (aka ☀️ Summer School ☀️) is fast approaching! We’ll once again welcome 12 PhD students and receive active support from external instructors once again. Many thanks! TY as well to the Volkswagen Foundation for its financial support. (image: google gemini)
✨THE AWARDS GO TO...✨
🎉 Blast at #Paleo4Alps. Highlight: seeing the Paleo team get recognized for their hard work! 🥳 🖼️Joel Koelewijn - Poster Award! 🎙️Aldo Benites Palomino - best talk by Senior Scientists! ⭐Bastian Seidl - Young Scientist Award! #PalGes #Paleontology #Team #ScienceAwards #PowerHouse
🎉 Blast at #Paleo4Alps. Highlight: seeing the Paleo team get recognized for their hard work! 🥳 🖼️Joel Koelewijn - Poster Award! 🎙️Aldo Benites Palomino - best talk by Senior Scientists! ⭐Bastian Seidl - Young Scientist Award! #PalGes #Paleontology #Team #ScienceAwards #PowerHouse
July 25, 2026 at 8:15 AM
✨THE AWARDS GO TO...✨
🎉 Blast at #Paleo4Alps. Highlight: seeing the Paleo team get recognized for their hard work! 🥳 🖼️Joel Koelewijn - Poster Award! 🎙️Aldo Benites Palomino - best talk by Senior Scientists! ⭐Bastian Seidl - Young Scientist Award! #PalGes #Paleontology #Team #ScienceAwards #PowerHouse
🎉 Blast at #Paleo4Alps. Highlight: seeing the Paleo team get recognized for their hard work! 🥳 🖼️Joel Koelewijn - Poster Award! 🎙️Aldo Benites Palomino - best talk by Senior Scientists! ⭐Bastian Seidl - Young Scientist Award! #PalGes #Paleontology #Team #ScienceAwards #PowerHouse
#Paleo4Alps🏔️ Kick off this Sunday. We're ready!
Find us: 🔥Monday|S3: Big Paleontology (PI Kiessling, PostDoc Dimitrijevic. Don't miss it!
ℹ️Questions? Visit the Helpdesk! Project coordinator, Dr. Seuss has answers. Say hi & connect! 👋
#PaleoSynthesis #BigPaleontology #Paleontology #ScienceCommunity
Find us: 🔥Monday|S3: Big Paleontology (PI Kiessling, PostDoc Dimitrijevic. Don't miss it!
ℹ️Questions? Visit the Helpdesk! Project coordinator, Dr. Seuss has answers. Say hi & connect! 👋
#PaleoSynthesis #BigPaleontology #Paleontology #ScienceCommunity
July 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
#Paleo4Alps🏔️ Kick off this Sunday. We're ready!
Find us: 🔥Monday|S3: Big Paleontology (PI Kiessling, PostDoc Dimitrijevic. Don't miss it!
ℹ️Questions? Visit the Helpdesk! Project coordinator, Dr. Seuss has answers. Say hi & connect! 👋
#PaleoSynthesis #BigPaleontology #Paleontology #ScienceCommunity
Find us: 🔥Monday|S3: Big Paleontology (PI Kiessling, PostDoc Dimitrijevic. Don't miss it!
ℹ️Questions? Visit the Helpdesk! Project coordinator, Dr. Seuss has answers. Say hi & connect! 👋
#PaleoSynthesis #BigPaleontology #Paleontology #ScienceCommunity
🪸 Is coral photosymbiosis a permanent superpower? No!
New study shows symbiotic corals lagged behind non-symbiotic ones before the Triassic. A major shift in ocean chemistry changed the game. Evolution is context-dependent!
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.253224212
#Evolution #CoralReefs #Paleontology
New study shows symbiotic corals lagged behind non-symbiotic ones before the Triassic. A major shift in ocean chemistry changed the game. Evolution is context-dependent!
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.253224212
#Evolution #CoralReefs #Paleontology
July 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🪸 Is coral photosymbiosis a permanent superpower? No!
New study shows symbiotic corals lagged behind non-symbiotic ones before the Triassic. A major shift in ocean chemistry changed the game. Evolution is context-dependent!
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.253224212
#Evolution #CoralReefs #Paleontology
New study shows symbiotic corals lagged behind non-symbiotic ones before the Triassic. A major shift in ocean chemistry changed the game. Evolution is context-dependent!
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.253224212
#Evolution #CoralReefs #Paleontology
📉Why are marine animals shrinking?
A new study compiling ~9,000 body size records confirms the "Lilliput Effect". The biggest driver? Warming 🥵. This has major implications for our modern warming oceans. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505564123) #ClimateChange #MarineBiology #Science #Paleontology
A new study compiling ~9,000 body size records confirms the "Lilliput Effect". The biggest driver? Warming 🥵. This has major implications for our modern warming oceans. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505564123) #ClimateChange #MarineBiology #Science #Paleontology
July 14, 2026 at 5:57 AM
📉Why are marine animals shrinking?
A new study compiling ~9,000 body size records confirms the "Lilliput Effect". The biggest driver? Warming 🥵. This has major implications for our modern warming oceans. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505564123) #ClimateChange #MarineBiology #Science #Paleontology
A new study compiling ~9,000 body size records confirms the "Lilliput Effect". The biggest driver? Warming 🥵. This has major implications for our modern warming oceans. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505564123) #ClimateChange #MarineBiology #Science #Paleontology
And the winners are... 🥁✨ The decision has been made and we couldn’t be happier to congratulate two outstanding workshop teams: SEA-SURGE and PHOTON!
We are ready to kick off ⚽ this collaboration and dive deep into some fascinating new topics with them. More details on the PaleoSynthesis HP!
We are ready to kick off ⚽ this collaboration and dive deep into some fascinating new topics with them. More details on the PaleoSynthesis HP!
July 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
And the winners are... 🥁✨ The decision has been made and we couldn’t be happier to congratulate two outstanding workshop teams: SEA-SURGE and PHOTON!
We are ready to kick off ⚽ this collaboration and dive deep into some fascinating new topics with them. More details on the PaleoSynthesis HP!
We are ready to kick off ⚽ this collaboration and dive deep into some fascinating new topics with them. More details on the PaleoSynthesis HP!
🪱 New research alert from the BITE workshop! Paula Dentzien-Dias & colleagues discovered tapeworm eggs in Permian coprolites (fossilized poop), shedding new light on prehistoric parasites. #OpenAccess! Dive into the deep history of parasites: doi.org/10.4202/app.... #Paleontology #Science #Evolution
July 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
🪱 New research alert from the BITE workshop! Paula Dentzien-Dias & colleagues discovered tapeworm eggs in Permian coprolites (fossilized poop), shedding new light on prehistoric parasites. #OpenAccess! Dive into the deep history of parasites: doi.org/10.4202/app.... #Paleontology #Science #Evolution
Reminder! New MSc (ESDE) at FAU Germany! 🌍🧪
Starts Oct 2026. Interdisciplinary + Science Diplomacy. No tuition fees worldwide! 🎓
Funding: Elite Network of Bavaria.
🗓️ Deadline: July 15
Info & Reg: earthsystem-master.nat.fau.eu
Starts Oct 2026. Interdisciplinary + Science Diplomacy. No tuition fees worldwide! 🎓
Funding: Elite Network of Bavaria.
🗓️ Deadline: July 15
Info & Reg: earthsystem-master.nat.fau.eu
June 29, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Reminder! New MSc (ESDE) at FAU Germany! 🌍🧪
Starts Oct 2026. Interdisciplinary + Science Diplomacy. No tuition fees worldwide! 🎓
Funding: Elite Network of Bavaria.
🗓️ Deadline: July 15
Info & Reg: earthsystem-master.nat.fau.eu
Starts Oct 2026. Interdisciplinary + Science Diplomacy. No tuition fees worldwide! 🎓
Funding: Elite Network of Bavaria.
🗓️ Deadline: July 15
Info & Reg: earthsystem-master.nat.fau.eu
Check out MorphSim! A R package simulating realistic morphological matrices for total-evidence and tip-dated phylogenetics, incl. taphonomic preservation biases; in collaboration with Rachel Warnock, member of the Scientific Advisory Board and Summer School instructor. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.70326
June 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Check out MorphSim! A R package simulating realistic morphological matrices for total-evidence and tip-dated phylogenetics, incl. taphonomic preservation biases; in collaboration with Rachel Warnock, member of the Scientific Advisory Board and Summer School instructor. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.70326
An inspiring week at the Consensis workshop has come to a close! We’ll pick up where we left off this fall. 🍂
The registration deadline for our fall workshop is at the end of the month. There's still time to apply: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...
The registration deadline for our fall workshop is at the end of the month. There's still time to apply: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...
June 15, 2026 at 7:09 AM
An inspiring week at the Consensis workshop has come to a close! We’ll pick up where we left off this fall. 🍂
The registration deadline for our fall workshop is at the end of the month. There's still time to apply: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...
The registration deadline for our fall workshop is at the end of the month. There's still time to apply: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-work...
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I've been in Germany this past week meeting with old friends and making even more new while forging some strong long-term collaborations. Thanks @paleosynth.bsky.social for hosting the workshop!
It’s the third day of the CONSENSIS workshop, and the team is still in good spirits and making good progress. PaleoSynthesis postdoc Danijela Dimitrijevic and Pal research assistant Aldo Benites Palomino are greatly supporting. As a reward ^^, we’re having our traditional workshop dinner tonight!
June 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I've been in Germany this past week meeting with old friends and making even more new while forging some strong long-term collaborations. Thanks @paleosynth.bsky.social for hosting the workshop!
It’s the third day of the CONSENSIS workshop, and the team is still in good spirits and making good progress. PaleoSynthesis postdoc Danijela Dimitrijevic and Pal research assistant Aldo Benites Palomino are greatly supporting. As a reward ^^, we’re having our traditional workshop dinner tonight!
June 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
It’s the third day of the CONSENSIS workshop, and the team is still in good spirits and making good progress. PaleoSynthesis postdoc Danijela Dimitrijevic and Pal research assistant Aldo Benites Palomino are greatly supporting. As a reward ^^, we’re having our traditional workshop dinner tonight!
Set up complete! Coffee machines are turned on… Let‘s go!
June 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Set up complete! Coffee machines are turned on… Let‘s go!
Just a few more days, and then it finally begins! The CONSENSIS workshop starts on Monday, and we’re really looking forward to learning more about sensory evolution. Already a warm "whale-come" to all our participants and the PI's!
June 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Just a few more days, and then it finally begins! The CONSENSIS workshop starts on Monday, and we’re really looking forward to learning more about sensory evolution. Already a warm "whale-come" to all our participants and the PI's!
Now on LinkedIn! Connect with the GeoZentrum Nordbayern - Paleo institute and we will keep you up to date. Follow us and interact with us! www.linkedin.com/company/1191...
May 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Now on LinkedIn! Connect with the GeoZentrum Nordbayern - Paleo institute and we will keep you up to date. Follow us and interact with us! www.linkedin.com/company/1191...