Nile Stephenson

Out now in @Ecol_Evol is our paper on the importance of natural history research to topics as varied as education, policy management, and conservation, with a wide array of experts #MuseumMonday onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… 🧵👇

Come join the group! @MPEG_Edinburgh @InstMolPlantSci @SBSatEd 3yr postdoc position investigating the origin of apical growth in land plants focused on the Rhynie chert fossils! Deadline 30/10/2023 Full details: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

📢📢Job Alert!! Please RT We are looking for a Thin Section Lab Manager to join the team & run our excellent facilities @OxUniEarthSci Closing deadline is October 13th. Details here: tinyurl.com/3svjkz9w @Earthworksjobs #Geoscience #Geology #jobs

I'm advertising a PhD project with @OxfordEnvRes with @VirtualPalaeo @Cambriannelids and Seb Shimeld. Get in touch if you're interested! "Unravelling the deep homology of gill slits and the origin of bilaterian body plans" oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/dunn…

Another DTP PhD! This time led by @Frankie_Dunn_ on the origin of the iconic deuterostome (or perhaps bilaterian🤔) gill slits and figuring out which extinct echinoderms might have them. Collab with @VirtualPalaeo and Seb Shimeld. oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/dunn…

🚨🚨PhD Opportunity! 🚨🚨 @OxfordEnvRes DTP project with a crack team on evolution of early skeletons with me, @JCosmidis, @glpcjd, @djemurdock and @VirtualPalaeo. "Using machine learning tools to understand the Cambrian Explosion of animal skeletons" earth.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

.@NileStephenson looking at census community structure and succession!

Short but sweet trip to the Yukon to explore the amazing Ediacaran rocks of the Wernecke Mountains!! Huge shout out to Justin Strauss, @brenhinkeller (seen below enjoying the many disks of the disk member) and Geordi Geier for a great field season!! Can’t wait to go back…

Really wonderful to chat this evening about our work in @WhereLifeGotBig at the Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre ❤️

If you are a woman interested in palaeoecology and/or benthic ecology and are looking for fellowships @CamZoology do get in contact 😀

🚨🚨 Paper alert! I am happy to share my new paper with @PGueriau and @cambriancritter 🥳. The paper talks about the suspension-feeding radiodonts from the Fezouata Shale 🇲🇦. Spoiler: Aegirocassis was not alone. Check out the link if you want more details bit.ly/47B1W9k

🚨 We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out TODAY in @CurrentBiology 🚨 Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🔗 tinyurl.com/4p424mbx 🧵 Thread to find out more: (1/7)

PhD position available at CNRS. Hydrodynamics and ecological functions of gorgonians forests DEADLINE august 10th More info at the link below emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctora…

Had a lovely past 2 days at the first Life & Planet Meeting in London hearing recent perspectives from modellers, geochemists, paleobiologists and more! And I got to present a poster on my recent Master’s project too :)

New fire 🔥 and fungi 🍄 paper out in @molecology led by @LeanneGreenwoo9 looking at how fungal communities shift with fire frequency & time-since-fire. A rare look into how fire shapes fungal communities in semi-arid landscapes. doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

Global Drug Facility Update on Access to Bedaquiline stoptb.org/news/global-dr…

Some Tubastrea color magic from Kochi ☀️🌈

Had a wonderful week imaging the beautiful, dramatic soft coral fields of Kochi 🪸❤️ And was so happy to show the team of paleontologists around Okinawa and Japan @EGMitchell @NileStephenson @DeepTimeEcology !☺️ #OctocoralFriday #thisishowmiserolls

We are recruiting for our Professorship in Conservation Biology @CamZoology - most prestigious position in conservation @Cambridge_Uni. Further details here, and please circulate. It's an international call - jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41785/ Get in touch with any questions!

4.5 billion years in the making... Presented by @ChrisGPackham, #Earth is the ground-breaking new series from BBC Studios Science Unit, using immersive CGI to tell the astonishing story of the planet we call home. 🌍 Coming soon to @BBCTwo & @BBCiPlayer.