Diogo B Proietti
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Diogo B Proietti
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Assistant Professor at UFMS, Brazil. Interested in Biodiversity synthesis. Humboldt fellow. Manuela’s dad. Advisor. Senior Editor at J Biogeography and Ecology and Evolution. Open science activist. 🐸☀️🌳🚫👕👖
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"… in the final stretch of the year, let’s recognize everyone who continues to do the important work of great teaching, despite the discouraging climate." writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3XeEqei
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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In our new preprint, we test ALT vs. NCT using evolutionary rates of climate niche and morphology, multiple phylogenies, and comparative models.
Curious about when phenotype drives niche — or the opposite?
👇 Preprint link
www.authorea.com/users/100245...
Divergent pathways shape climatic niches and body size evolution across terrestrial vertebrates
Understanding how phenotypic and niche evolution interact is central to macroevolution, yet their causal direction remains uncertain. We contrasted predictions from Adaptive Landscape Theory, where ph...
www.authorea.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Very cool paper from my former PhD student @mmoroti.bsky.social , not at a preprint stage
Ever wondered what comes first in evolution: changes in climatic niche or changes in morphology? Does climate pull species, or do organisms evolve first and then shift their niches? This is one of macroevolution’s most persistent open questions.
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🌟🆕 At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the fees for processing and publishing your research.

📖 Find out more here ➡️ buff.ly/irQPJaP
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Our new paper Just in @globalchangebio.bsky.social

Climate change is boosting suitability for key malaria vectors across Africa. Between 200M-1000M more people could live in high-risk areas by 2100

doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

#climatechange #malaria #globalhealth #biodiversity #Africa #vectors
Climate Change Favors African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes
Malaria is a deadly parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. This study investigates occurrence patterns of malaria mosquito species to predict how climate change will affect their range ...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Será que já dá pra pensar em julgar e prender quem prescreveu tratamento precoce na pandemia? Quem organizou e executou o contágio do país? Quem negou vacina?
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Dúvida sincera: Como é a rotina de trabalho dos 12 secretários do gabinete da Carla Zambelli atualmente? Vale para os 17 do gabinete do Ramagem e para os 9 do bananinha também.
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!

8) The ASN Diversity committee is seeking 2 new members to start Jan 2026, Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ASN DC Membership Application 2025
The ASN Diversity Committee (DC) seeks to add 2 new members starting in January 2026. The DC works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusiveness to enhance the study of evolution, ecology, and behav...
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Is it a flagellate? A tiny ball with tentacles? Contamination in my ciliate culture? NEW SUPERGROUP OF EUKARYOTES? Yes to all 4! Meet Solarion - just out in #Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415... Huge congrats to Marek Valt, Cepicka Lab & the star team! Very happy to be part of this project. #ProtistsOnSky
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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He dedicado los últimos días a trabajar Observation.org durante horas, algo que llevaba tiempo queriendo hacer. Como toda obra humana, tiene virtudes y defectos. Algunos de estos son peligrosos para caminantes novatos. Sigue ejemplo de "fatal flaw" para advertir contra un excesivo optimismo(1/3) 🧵
Observation.org
Biodiversity Citizen Science & Monitoring
Observation.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Your Introduction section is probably too long (and what to do about it!)

#AcademicWriting #phd #Postdoc
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I tried an even harder example on Gemini Pro image generation and this is quite scary/amazing. I asked for a microscopy image of around 20 HeLa cells, GFP tagged 20% nuclear, 10% membrane, +1 nuclear staining, + overlap. Image below and prompt in the following post.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Another thing that is making this an "interesting" time to be the head of Integrity in Publishing at a scientific publisher 🥲

We really need major oversight at institutions, before things are sent for publication. Data provenance is key.
I tried an even harder example on Gemini Pro image generation and this is quite scary/amazing. I asked for a microscopy image of around 20 HeLa cells, GFP tagged 20% nuclear, 10% membrane, +1 nuclear staining, + overlap. Image below and prompt in the following post.
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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About three years after ChatGPT emerged, students are using artificial intelligence to help with outlining, brainstorming, and studying. In this week's episode of College Matters from The Chronicle, we examine how colleges can weight the promise of AI against its pitfalls. https://chroni.cl/47UcJO8
Using AI Without (Really) Cheating
There’s plenty of moral panic about college students using generative AI to write their essays, but many students say they are trying to use these tools in the right way.
chroni.cl
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Nature’s survey of PhD students shows that one-third of the 3,800 participants were based outside their country of origin, and the most common reason for their move was “a lack of funding at home.” #Academicsky 🧪
On the move: why PhD students study abroad in 2025
Mobility turns pragmatic as living costs and politics bite, Nature’s latest graduate survey shows.
go.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Here's how the world can measure well-being rather than economic growth

go.nature.com/4r3Ce6S
Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now
The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen.
go.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetics under the Infinite Sites Model https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688551v1
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Pessoas que disseram que Gladiador II era bom. Onde vivem? Do que se alimentam?
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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As dozens of frog species have declined across Central America, scientists have witnessed a remarkable chain of events: With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria in the region have climbed, resulting in a fivefold increase in cases. https://wapo.st/4paBuuT
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM