Mark Nikolic

Helix Fossils 🐚💧

Abstract submission for #GSA2024 closes in one week! Join us in session 'T129: phylogenetic and computational approaches in paleobiology' for fun times and exciting science @InvertLove_Kat and I super keen to see you there for another great session! 🌲💻📈

It isn't every day that you earn national honors for services to your community, and on this day in 2014, ten years ago, the Sam Noble Museum was honored at the White House as First Lady Michelle Obama presented the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Sam Noble Museum Director Dr. Michael Mares. As proud as we are of the work we've accomplished, we're even more excited about what's ahead as we continue our mission to share the natural and cultural history of Oklahoma!

Excited to see the first chapter of my PhD submitted!🥳 We show the impact discrete character evolution models on tree inference & present an approach for assessing the adequacy of models using posterior predictive sims. Check our preprint & tutorial 👇🏻biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 We're excited to share our new lectures series which will bring you the latest on novel software tools and methodological approaches in #palaeobiology! The lectures will run on the last Thursday of every month at 14:00 UTC. Sign up: bit.ly/palaeoverse-le…

I'm totally baffled by the adoption of my #deeptime R package📦 over the last 2.5 years. In fact, we just passed 15,000 cumulative downloads 😲!!! That's a lot of users 🧑‍🤝‍🧑! What would you all like to see added to deeptime in 2024? #rstats #dataviz #geology #paleontology #cran

In NJ/NY? Check out the Rutgers Geology Museum's open house NEXT SATURDAY, JANUARY 27th! I'll be giving a presentation on the evolution of Mosasaurus at 11:30am, & my RGGS cohort-mate Mark Nikolic will be talking trilobites to kick off the event at 10am!

Well, this arrived much faster than anticipated… Abstract submission for #GSA2023 closes in 5 days! Catch ya soon in Pittsburgh!

#July #GEOLOGY is now #online! Cover: fantastic illustration of #ammonoids by A. Tajika. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/geology/issue/… #GSAPubs #geoscience @geosociety #GSAPubs

This was good fun! Thanks for having me @UZH_Science and @amtajika!

David Byrne appreciation thread. 🧵

@DrTeethAl @journal_evo @EvansEvoMorph Thanks Al! And hopefully not the last!

@markus_barbatus @journal_evo Congrats Mark! Super exciting to see! First trilobite paper for @EvansEvoMorph

On #TrilobiteTuesday I'm keen to say my first lead-author paper is, at long last, published in @journal_evo! We find that segments developing in the tail region of trilobites follows a simple developmental rule that matches what is seen in vertebrates. academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…

@LuisCollantesR Thanks Luis! And of course! DM me your email and I’ll send it through

Abstract submission is open for GSA Connects 2023 in Pittsburgh! Submit an abstract to T77 if you're using phylogenetic and/or computational approaches to answer paleobiological or paleoecological questions. @InvertLove_Kat and I will see you there! #GSA2023 @geosociety @PaleoSoc

@Kimi_Chap @stonybrooku Congrats Kimi!! Can’t wait to have you back in NY!

📢I am THRILLED to announce that I have accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Dept of Anatomical Sciences @stonybrooku ! 🥳🎉 I am beyond excited to work with the awesome researchers there, & to pursue my collaborations with friends & colleagues around the world. 🦕🇿🇦🌍

Help @trilobugs

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For anyone around NY, tomorrow I will be talking at the @RGGSatAMNH seminar series 11am about 🦎🐍🐢🐊 and methods integrating different data types to infer the 🌳 of life

I am developing a paleontology videogame (TrilobiteUnderground). What science #outreach goals are you striving to meet in 2023?