Category Archives: Alan Hastings

Big wig and the memorial

  This is from the “Mario’s Entangled Bank” blog (http://pineda-krch.com) of Mario Pineda-Krch, a theoretical biologist at the University of Alberta.

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F1000 Biology review: The unpredictability of ecological tipping points

Today the following post-publication peer review of a recent paper by Alan Hastings and Derin Wysham came out in Faculty of 1000 Biology: Pineda-Krch, M. Lewis, M.: Faculty of 1000 Biology, 1 Oct 2010 http://f1000biology.com/article/id/2620964/evaluation This paper (i.e. Hastings & Wysham, 2010) … Continue reading

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Good academic karma from luxuriantly flowing hairdo… or not

Some prominent scientists are known for their hairdos while some wannabes hope that the mere resemblance to a luxuriantly flowing hairdo of an admired bigwig may give them good karma when submitting their papers. So far, however, evidence in support … Continue reading

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Imminent announcement from NSF on the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)

There is a news piece in Nature about the launch of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). NSF is expected to make an announcement this week that the University of Tennessee in Knoxville has beaten 18 other … Continue reading

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Report from the meeting of the Ecological Society of America in San Jose

I am attending the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in San Jose. I have never been to a meeting of this magnitude before, some of the impressive stats are: 5 days long, around 3000 participants, 20-30 … Continue reading

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Two new theoretical journals

There are two new journals on the block that should be of interest to ecology-evolutionary-theory minded folks. Theoretical Ecology with Alan Hastings as the Editor in Chief. A few phrases from its aims and scope that caught my attention are; … Continue reading

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ESA 2007 – San Jose here I come!

Finally took the leap and decided to go the ESA (Ecological Society of America) meeting despite it clashing with the useR! meeting. After checking out their smörgåsbord of a program there were simply too many yummy temptations, e.g. Alan Hastings … Continue reading

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