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Steve and I

It’s a sad day as guru Steve leaves us. Unbeknownst to Steve, however, Steve and I did designed a unique piece of art together. While he provided the blank slate I made further aesthetic improvements turning an everyday apple into a one of a kind work of … Continue reading

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New and exciting in EEB (July 17-23)

Here are this week’s new and exciting EEB papers hot off the press (actually, some are still in press). This week there are five papers covering a big chunk of my own research interests so this is some pretty exciting … Continue reading

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New and exciting in EEB this week

With apologies to others who have had the same idea but acted on it, here are some of the new and exciting stuff that came out (roughly) during the last week in EEB (ecology and evolutionary biology). I am aiming … Continue reading

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Alan – we’re sorry, you deserved so much better…

So finally it has happened! Yesterday British PM Gordon Brown issued an posthumous apology to WW2 mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing. It took the British government 57 years to get here! But I presume it’s better than never. Here … Continue reading

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I have moved!

I recently moved to Canada to start a research position at the University of Alberta (hence my absence from the blogosphere). I am now spending my time at the Centre for Mathematical Biology in the Department of Mathematical & Statistical … Continue reading

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Makeup sex advice for sex-refugees

Due to the massive flooding in Iowa the meeting on Sex and Recombination was canceled. So for all of you sex-refugees out there here’s a bit of makeup sex advice from Dr. Tatiana herself. Apparently she gave a public lecture … Continue reading

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The Googlefication of Davis

Apparently the Google Street View truck made a pass through Davis the other day and it seems that they did pretty thorough job. Here is a view of the little backwater street we used to live at. It looks like … Continue reading

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Welcome back beautiful little greater dwarf cloud rat

Here’s a great story from the Mount Pulag National Park in the Philippines. Scientists have rediscovered a “beautiful little animal” last seen 112 years ago in the mossy forests of the Philippines and long thought to be extinct. A team … Continue reading

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There is no place like Davis

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