Category Archives: Sally Otto

Sally Otto awarded a MacArthur Fellowship

Great news in the ether today. Evolutionary geneticist Sally Otto has been awarded the MacArthur Fellowship. Awards get handed out all the time to deserving scientists but this one hits home base. Sally is a friend and a colleague and, to me, it is … Continue reading

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WWF is calling all leaders in Canada’s scientific community

Tomorrow, the Globe and Mail will publish a full-page advertisement by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Canada) outlining an open letter signed by over 500 Canadian scientists to Prime Minister Harper calling for strong Canadian action to address climate change, leading … Continue reading

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CSEE 2008 – here I come!

I am on my way to the 2008 annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE). This year it is held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, my previous home base. It will be nice … Continue reading

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Show me the code

An email came this morning to one of the mailing lists I subscribe to. It goes like so, Dear Colleagues, This to inform you that we must retract Hall, B.G. and S. Salipante. 2007. Measures of clade confidence do not … Continue reading

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