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Kat Van der Poorten (キャット)

@kathetgedacht.bsky.social

FWO fellow @ KU Leuven studying the origin and evolution of human language @vandenberglab.bsky.social winner of the 2025 LAVA Scholarship for autistic researchers pedagoog, bioloog en ervaringstaalkundige

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New Scientist@newscientist.com · 9mo ago

Mathematician Hannah Fry travels to the front lines of AI in her new BBC documentary AI Confidential with Hannah Fry. She talks to Bethan Ackerley about what the technology is doing to us – for better and for worse

Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

Mathematician Hannah Fry travels to the front lines of AI in her new BBC documentary AI Confidential with Hannah Fry. She talks to Bethan Ackerley about what the technology is doing to us – for better and for worse

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Evolutionary modelling group (PI: Piet van den Berg)@vandenberglab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#paper How do organisms adapt to changing environments? Through plasticity, evolution, or a combination of both? Find out in our new paper by Alger Jorritsma, where we show which strategies evolve under different environmental conditions. @journal-evo.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

The evolution of plasticity and evolvability in a simple gene regulatory network

How do organisms adapt to changing environments? Do they respond plastically or evolve through genetic alterations? We present a large-scale simulation stu

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Katherine Stiles@katherinestiles.org · 11mo ago

· #AcademicSky · The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.

ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News

European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent

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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · last yr.

"The mistake, however, is to presume – a priori – that animal communication is anything like ours. All too often we try to crowbar animal communication into a human-centric framework..." By Helen Pilcher @theguardian.com, with great examples. #animalcommunication #language #nature #anthropology

Dogs name toys while elephants name each other. Animal language is more complex than we imagine | Helen Pilcher

If we really want to grasp what animals are ‘saying’, we need to understand their communication on their terms, not ours, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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Noah Hensen@noahinstockholm.bsky.social · last yr.

"sequencing millions year old DNA is hard, but getting a major grant is even harder". Great talk this morning at #eseb2025 from Love Dalén, with a funny- but also important message: whether you are sequencing ancient DNA or applying for major grants, don't give up.

Flo Débarre@flodebarre.eurosky.social · last yr.

At the end of his #ESEB2025 plenary on deep-time palaeogenomes, Love Dalén shared his history of trying to obtain a big grant for his work. It eventually worked out!

Photo of the talk, showing 3+4 ERC logos crossed out and two Wallenberg foundation logos crossed out
Allen Gathman@agathman.bsky.social · last yr.

“When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.”

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Here is a press release/ summary blog post about our new paper. Key conclusion: For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is. www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...

Trends in Ecology & Evolution@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · last yr.

Online now: Disability in ecology and evolution

Disability in ecology and evolution

In this TrendsTalk series “Disability in ecology and evolution” in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology & evolution. We are asking ecologists and evolutionary biologists with disabilities what the community could do to make our field more inclusive – these changes can be very practical things (e.g. large fonts), they could be institutional, or involve people’s attitudes and beliefs. If you identify as disabled or have a chronic condition and would like to share your thoughts, please get in touch – tree@cell.com, we would love to hear from you.

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans

Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans

Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests. The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string together vocalisations to produce phrases with meanings that go beyond the sum of their parts – something often considered unique to human language. Continue reading...

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aslynn is autistic actually 🪴@aslynnromano.com · 2y ago

I am tired of people who value decorum over democracy, politeness over people, & professionalism over integrity.

aslynn is autistic actually 🪴@aslynnromano.com · 2y ago

I'm tired of ego impeding progress Tired of greed dictating the allocation of resources I am tired of people who seek profit over justice, value comfort over human rights, & conformity over inclusion. I'm tired of trying to teach the value compassion, explain why we ought to care, & see apathy.