phyddle: software for phylogenetic model exploration with deep learning new work with @ThompsonAmmon software: preprint:

Please share: We're looking for a few more *mentors* to join the SSB Mentorship Program by July 5th! I mentored a fantastic botany student (Betsy Collins) last year. Very fulfilling and a welcome change of routine. Highly recommended! Happy to chat with those who are interested.

We're excited to run the SSB Mentorship Program for another year. A rewarding experience that only takes ~1 hour/month. Please share with junior and senior researchers who want to see our phylogenetics community grow! More info and link to apply here:

First preprint with postdoc (and possible wizard) @albertwong15, using diffusion-based approximations to study relationships among process rates, state patterns, and mixing times for ClaSSE-type models

Phylojunction is a new Python package, CLI, and GUI to design phylogenetic models and simulate & visualize datasets, led by the talented @fabiokmendes Learn more here:

Thanks everyone for sharing! One more week to apply to our RevBayes workshop on phylogenetic biogeography in St. Louis. Details below.

@TribbleTweets @WUSTL @ca_naturalist @fabiokmendes @SarahSwiston @zapata_f @NSF we're aiming for that sacred place between deep slumber and night terror

@Samik_shaa @WUSTL @ca_naturalist @fabiokmendes @SarahSwiston @zapata_f @NSF We're still planning the exact details, but we might livestream/record the workshop

@KgGulzar @WUSTL @ca_naturalist @fabiokmendes @SarahSwiston @zapata_f @NSF Not planned at this moment, but we might livestream/record

@cj_battey What is your next command? > eat lego

@vsbuffalo I had a problem setting up my packages with pip, so I installed conda, and now I have two problems

@Chudi2007 @systbiol @sse_evolution @Biogeography @DiversifyEEB You can apply through our Ecology & Evolutionary Biology or Computational & Systems Biology PhD programs. Feel welcome to email me with questions. Links:

@nparmalee @systbiol @sse_evolution @Biogeography @DiversifyEEB I think often yes for big biomed programs, but more variable among eco/evo programs

@nparmalee @systbiol @sse_evolution @Biogeography @DiversifyEEB no hurry for me, but want to assure students that there is a clear funding plan for 5 years :-) fwiw, where I did my PhD at a big public school, many evo bio students graduated in 6-8 years, taught every semester, funded their own projects, etc. have heard the same from others.

ohhhh, data *science*...

@StefaniCrabtree @jgschraiber @systbiol @sse_evolution @Biogeography @DiversifyEEB yes, more common than you might think!

@nparmalee @systbiol @sse_evolution @Biogeography @DiversifyEEB Funding after Y5 comes from teaching, fellowships, other grants (if available), between couch cushions, etc. but would need to be improvised

I've boiled the same pot of water 5 times without remembering to make tea, and now I'm beyond the event horizon of being uncaffeinated, pls send help.