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Author Archives: David Maddison
Ten years later: the Lionepha paper is out
In September of 2009, I arrived in Oregon, excited to begin my new position at Oregon State University. I was also excited to live near Marys Peak, as the top of Marys Peak was the locality of capture of the … Continue reading
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The Tree of Life Web Project: 25 years online
On 16 November 1994, we first made public the prototype version of the Tree of Life Web Project. At that time, it was a series of static web pages, with trees made out of text characters, created by a special … Continue reading
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In Memory of George
As the ship rolls gently upon the waves, I look east toward the Tasman Sea, The relentless surges swallowing time, As they have for millions of years, Through turn after turn of the Milky Way, Beneath and beyond the waves, … Continue reading
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George Eugene Ball
25 September 1926 – 12 January 2019 There are those amongst us who, through their words and actions, radiate strength, courage, compassion, and generosity, causing a positive ripple to spread across the communities they touch, increasing the good in the … Continue reading
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Zephyr 2.0 and Mesquite 3.3 released
Yesterday, after about three years in gestation, we released Zephyr 2.0. Zephyr is a Mesquite package that manages interactions with phylogeny inference packages including RAxML, GARLI, PAUP, and TNT. The most notable additions to Zephyr 2 include implementation of the … Continue reading
Happiness is a Big Tree on the Wall
In the hallway outside my lab, about 800 species of Bembidiina, together in one tree. 🙂
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Tagged beetle, Bembidiina, Bembidion, Carabidae, DNA, Lionepha, phylogenetics, phylogeny
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A Stained Trepanedoris
I started learning how to do stained glass pieces over the summer, and for my first piece I decided to honor our Discovering Insect Species class by doing the head of an undescribed species of Bembidion (Trepanedoris) that we discovered. I … Continue reading
Flavor 100
Today we reached a milestone: our 100th flavor in our approximately weekly Guess the Potato Chip Flavor event in my lab. Today we decided to celebrate the event not only with our 100th flavor, but also with five other flavors to round … Continue reading
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Discovering Insect Species: the Trepaneleven Awards!
In the Discovering Insect Species course, the eleven of us (students Alex, Ana, Danielle, Elle, Julia, Mamo, Shannon, Tom, and Trevin, plus John and me) formed a great team, and we learned a lot together. Over the course of the … Continue reading
Discovering Insect Species: Overview in Rearview
When last I blogged, the Discovering Insect Species course was in full swing; we were excitedly waiting for the DNA sequence results from our first big field trip, which was to Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. I’m sorry I didn’t … Continue reading