The thematic issue I co-edited with @javiersuarez.bsky.social "Complicating the Concept of Lineage" is online. Includes papers by Javier & @phieveigl.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, François Papale, Kate MacCord and me. See reply for links to articles: doi.org/10.1007/s137...

Complicating the Concept of Lineage: A Topical Collection - Biological Theory

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Join @cmaley.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, Joel Brown and Benjamin Spada for a live EvoChat discussion about "How we define cancer matters", hosted by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer (ISEEC). Oct 1st at 8am PST, 11am EST, 5pm CEST ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375...

In this #Essay, @cmaley.bsky.social @jeffreytownsend.bsky.social @lucielaplane.bsky.social @plutynski.bsky.social &co examine how evolutionary selection operates across levels, highlighting how this understanding can be used to improve #cancer prevention and treatment 🧪 plos.io/47epeUq

Read all Elements in The Philosophy of Biology series for FREE during the ISHPSSB conference 20 - 25 July. You can find all of these Elements free to download and read here: cup.org/4kEgivL

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Welcome to Cambridge Core

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Application deadline for our @wellcometrust.bsky.social #CancerEvolution summer school is tomorrow, 1 April 2025. coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/evolut... Our brilliant faculty will cover evo&eco theory, math models, genomics, digital path, clinical trial design & more

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Our #Cancer #Evolution summer school runs again 30 June-3 July at the beautiful Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK sponsored by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Ideal for starters in the field; this year's focus is on using genomic data for cancer evo research. Brilliant & inspiring faculty! bit.ly/40nLdDD

In honor of our recent birthday, read more about our founder, Jane Maienschein--also the 2024 Sarton Medalist from @historyscience.bsky.social! cbs.asu.edu/news/jane-ma...

Join us for our upcoming PhilInBioMed-Seminar! 24 March, 2:30 pm | Hybrid Event Carlo Maley (Arizona State University, USA) - How Evolution Can Help Solve All the Biggest Problems in Cancer Further information can be found here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/carlo-...

Carlo Maley (Arizona State University, USA) How Evolution Can Help Solve All the Biggest Problems in Cancer - PhilInBioMed

Carlo Maley is a biologist who specializes in cancer, evolution and computational biology. He works at the intersection of these fields. Professor Maley and his research team apply evolutionary and ec...

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My colleague Bo Schuman runs a YouTube channel on #logic— particularly its philosophy & history. As part of his FWO project's outreach efforts, he plans to be much more active in the coming years. Share it with struggling students & check it out yourself! www.youtube.com/@LogicwithBo... #philsky

Logic with Bo

Hi everyone, I'm Bo! Originally from Canada, I am now an FWO-funded postdoc at KU Leuven in Belgium. Here, I am working on indirect proof (sometimes called proof by reductio) in the Arabic, Latin, and...

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You are interested in a Master 2 internship in a dynamic and supportive team working on animal #regeneration in Paris at @ijmonod.bsky.social ? Take a look at our project proposal and contact us! @stemdevevo.bsky.social stemdevevo.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

"Epistemic limitations of measurable residual disease in haematological malignancies". Free access until April 22: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kiL4_rV3G... If you like it, all the credit should go to @bc-y.bsky.social and @sujobert.bsky.social If you want more philo: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

Excited to share the publication of my paper, "Biology's Einstein Moment" in Biological Theory. TL;DR: biology is complex and entangled and there's lot of very cool recent upshots of this. (Shout out to @javiersuarez.bsky.social). PS open access, so it's free to download. doi.org/10.1007/s137...

Biology’s Einstein Moment: Specifying Lineal Frames of Reference and Rejecting Absolute Biological History - Biological Theory

We are currently in the midst of what I call biology’s Einstein moment. This is the rejection of absolute biological history, the idea that there is an invariant, privileged biological history against...

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Just one week to the grant application (travel support) deadline for #ISHPSSB2025! ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration... #hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

Are you interested in joining the only mathematical oncology department @mathonco.bsky.social in a cancer center @moffittnews.bsky.social in the world? We have an open rank position (assistant/associate/full) available now! Apply here: moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/1859278...

This is a great interview of Scott Gilbert about our 'Evolution Evolving' book. As always, @drlynnchiu.bsky.social did a fantastic job of leading the discussion and asking inciteful questions, while Scott is just wonderful. It makes for terrific viewing. #evolution www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTx1...

Lynn Chiu in conversation with Scott Gilbert

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Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project, by @mjacquart.bsky.social and me, is now out! For an interdisciplinary audience, the book introduces resources and principles for effective public engagement with science. Open access, free PDF at this link. #scicomm #sciengage #philsci #science

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Cambridge Core - Life Science Professional Development - Public Engagement with Science

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New book "Explanation in Biology" with Cambridge University Press is out & open access! Covers (1) causal explanation & (2) non-causal/mathematical explanation in life sciences--bio, neuro, etc 🌿🧬🧠 Introduction to philosophical work on scientific explanation! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Interested in lineages? Read this paper by Kate MacCord on the germline. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Fun and provocative. A great combination of history and philosophy of biology. Part of a spetial issue on Lineage in Biological Theory. @javiersuarez.bsky.social @profmatthaber.bsky.social

Let’s Talk About Sex…Cell Lineages - Biological Theory

Sex is fundamental to many organisms. It is through sexual reproduction that humans, and many metazoans (multicellular eukaryotes in the animal kingdom), propagate our species. For more than 150 years...

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🚨 We are hiring! We are looking for motivated bioinformatician to join our team “Genomics and Development of Childhood Cancers" at Institut Curie, Paris, France. The interested candidates should apply by sending an email with their CV and motivation letter

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Cool paper by @sujobert.bsky.social on blood cell counts across many species. Reading it opens many cool questions about the structure and evolution of the hematopoietic system. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"Cancer clones revised". Out in Biological Theory: rdcu.be/d4SEk My first philosophy paper that includes a bioinformatic analysis (variance in gene expression from RNAseq data). Nothing fancy. But a first step. One I care about. #PhiLabo

How do we judge whether a particular experiment is 'pursuitworthy'? What factors need to be considered? @ennofischer.bsky.social & I are receiving submissions exploring these & related questions for a topical collection in EJPS! Please help us spread the word! tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/iph... #philsci