New exciting publications by postdoctoral fellow Ludo Schoenmakers (@lljschoenmakers.bsky.social) on scientific understanding!
Check them out! 👇📃
#philsky #philsci #HPS #HPbio #evosky #EvoDevo #histsci 🧪
Check them out! 👇📃
#philsky #philsci #HPS #HPbio #evosky #EvoDevo #histsci 🧪
Happy to have some work on scientific understanding come out!
One paper on 'Scientific understanding in evolutionary biology'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And one lovely collaborative paper on 'Scientific understanding across disciplines'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now back to life!
One paper on 'Scientific understanding in evolutionary biology'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And one lovely collaborative paper on 'Scientific understanding across disciplines'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now back to life!
Scientific understanding and the controversy over adaptationism in evolutionary biology - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
In this paper, I show how explanatory and objectual scientific understanding can be used to explain the early 1980s controversy over adaptationism. In this controversy, critics of adaptationism argued...
link.springer.com
November 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Dissecting functional elements in giant genomes using the first generation of high quality salamander assemblies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42990299/ #EvoDevo
November 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Dissecting functional elements in giant genomes using the first generation of high quality salamander assemblies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42990299/ #EvoDevo
November 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Meet Shreya Rai ZooCELL DC at @imev-mer.fr 👩🔬 🇫🇷
This week’s Q&A takes a visual approach. Through her own illustrations and photographs, Shreya gives us a glimpse into her work on jellyfish and more...
Swipe through Shreya’s visual Q&A!
#MSCA #evodevo #clytia #PhD
@shreya-rai.bsky.social
This week’s Q&A takes a visual approach. Through her own illustrations and photographs, Shreya gives us a glimpse into her work on jellyfish and more...
Swipe through Shreya’s visual Q&A!
#MSCA #evodevo #clytia #PhD
@shreya-rai.bsky.social
November 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Meet Shreya Rai ZooCELL DC at @imev-mer.fr 👩🔬 🇫🇷
This week’s Q&A takes a visual approach. Through her own illustrations and photographs, Shreya gives us a glimpse into her work on jellyfish and more...
Swipe through Shreya’s visual Q&A!
#MSCA #evodevo #clytia #PhD
@shreya-rai.bsky.social
This week’s Q&A takes a visual approach. Through her own illustrations and photographs, Shreya gives us a glimpse into her work on jellyfish and more...
Swipe through Shreya’s visual Q&A!
#MSCA #evodevo #clytia #PhD
@shreya-rai.bsky.social
Please consider applying to this if you're interested in theory in biology, including where philosophy can have lasting impacts in biological reasoning! These meetings have been among the most rigorous and intellectually rewarding venues I've ever visited. #hpbio #philsci #evodevo
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2027:
Biological organization and the evolution of form
August 22-27, 2027
Centro Cultural Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice
Register at:
meetings.embo.org/event/27-bio...
Deadline is March 15, 2027.
#VeniceEvoDevo
Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2027:
Biological organization and the evolution of form
August 22-27, 2027
Centro Cultural Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice
Register at:
meetings.embo.org/event/27-bio...
Deadline is March 15, 2027.
#VeniceEvoDevo
November 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In the Spotlight—Established Researcher https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.70051 #EvoDevo
November 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
In the Spotlight—Established Researcher https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.70051 #EvoDevo
ALT text: Fluorescence images of an adult lobate comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) that expresses a foreign gene that labels calcium expression in real-time so you can visualize the response to injury (laceration across body). Key: Comb rows (>) Aboral organ (*)
#EvoDevo #devbio #scicomm #ctenophore 🦑
#EvoDevo #devbio #scicomm #ctenophore 🦑
November 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
ALT text: Fluorescence images of an adult lobate comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) that expresses a foreign gene that labels calcium expression in real-time so you can visualize the response to injury (laceration across body). Key: Comb rows (>) Aboral organ (*)
#EvoDevo #devbio #scicomm #ctenophore 🦑
#EvoDevo #devbio #scicomm #ctenophore 🦑
An incredibly fun collaboration that let us mix #EvoDevo and #quantbio with the great @erikandersen.bsky.social and Eric J Deeds!
November 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
An incredibly fun collaboration that let us mix #EvoDevo and #quantbio with the great @erikandersen.bsky.social and Eric J Deeds!
Optix Regulates Abdominal Melanin Pigmentation in the Tobacco Hawkmoth Manduca sexta https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.70065 #EvoDevo
November 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Optix Regulates Abdominal Melanin Pigmentation in the Tobacco Hawkmoth Manduca sexta https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.70065 #EvoDevo
#PASEDB community
Get ready for our next webinar
⭐️EvoDevoMondays⭐️
December 7
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#PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #evodevo
Get ready for our next webinar
⭐️EvoDevoMondays⭐️
December 7
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#PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #evodevo
November 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
#PASEDB community
Get ready for our next webinar
⭐️EvoDevoMondays⭐️
December 7
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#PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #evodevo
Get ready for our next webinar
⭐️EvoDevoMondays⭐️
December 7
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#PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #evodevo
New Insight to Morphogenetic Movements Underlying Gastrulation in the Freshwater Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.70050 #EvoDevo
November 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New Insight to Morphogenetic Movements Underlying Gastrulation in the Freshwater Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.70050 #EvoDevo
In his book, "The Other Big Bang," #UMD biologist Eric Haag set out to answer the question: Why do we have sexes (and sex) at all?
In our #RedditAMA tomorrow (11/4), Eric will be answering your questions about the evolution of reproduction—submit your question(s) now: redd.it/1xn5l8t #EvoDevo
In our #RedditAMA tomorrow (11/4), Eric will be answering your questions about the evolution of reproduction—submit your question(s) now: redd.it/1xn5l8t #EvoDevo
November 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
In his book, "The Other Big Bang," #UMD biologist Eric Haag set out to answer the question: Why do we have sexes (and sex) at all?
In our #RedditAMA tomorrow (11/4), Eric will be answering your questions about the evolution of reproduction—submit your question(s) now: redd.it/1xn5l8t #EvoDevo
In our #RedditAMA tomorrow (11/4), Eric will be answering your questions about the evolution of reproduction—submit your question(s) now: redd.it/1xn5l8t #EvoDevo
Suprabranchial Chamber of Secrets: Comparative Morphology of the Air‐Breathing Organ in Anabantoid Fishes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.70066 #EvoDevo
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Suprabranchial Chamber of Secrets: Comparative Morphology of the Air‐Breathing Organ in Anabantoid Fishes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.70066 #EvoDevo
Apocrine secretion in the salivary glands of Drosophilidae and other dipterans is evolutionarily conserved https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.1088055/full #EvoDevo
November 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Apocrine secretion in the salivary glands of Drosophilidae and other dipterans is evolutionarily conserved https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.1088055/full #EvoDevo
Different from bone: Tooth formation and enameloid mineralization are not affected by reduced dietary phosphorus intake https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42965308/ #EvoDevo
November 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Different from bone: Tooth formation and enameloid mineralization are not affected by reduced dietary phosphorus intake https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42965308/ #EvoDevo
GSK3 Inhibition During Annelid Head Regeneration Results in a Hyper‐Proliferative Blastema and Impaired Differentiation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.70049 #EvoDevo
October 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
GSK3 Inhibition During Annelid Head Regeneration Results in a Hyper‐Proliferative Blastema and Impaired Differentiation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.70049 #EvoDevo
Plasticity associated with adoption of social roles in clown anemonefish https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42949256/ #EvoDevo
October 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Plasticity associated with adoption of social roles in clown anemonefish https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42949256/ #EvoDevo
Embryonic and early postembryonic development of the freshwater isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus - staging based on morphology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42945808/ #EvoDevo
October 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Embryonic and early postembryonic development of the freshwater isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus - staging based on morphology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42945808/ #EvoDevo
Want a bird with no wings? I gotch you! Start with Lancaster (PMID: 5245956), then Takeuchi et al. (PMID: 12736216), and finally Farlie et al. (PMID: 28743862): we can already use genetic engineering and synthetic biology to make wingless birds (the Farlie et al. study is cool) #DevoEvo #EvoDevo
This NZ Herald interview of @itiscolossal.bsky.social & Canterbury Museum's Paul Scofield is very weak. No difficult ??. If it wasn't clear already, this confirms the only reason Colossal wants to de-extinct moa is Peter Jackson wants one & to open Moa Park www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/moa-egg-r...
Sir Peter Jackson hails moa egg return as de-extinction programme gains pace
De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences will gift the egg to local iwi Ngāi Tahu.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Another Story of O: On the Origin of the Ovule https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42943065/ #EvoDevo
October 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Another Story of O: On the Origin of the Ovule https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42943065/ #EvoDevo
From my reading of EvoDevo literature, it is largely built on animal models. What if these are too morphologically and regulatorily stable to really work in plants? Plants are constantly recreating major tissues like laticifers and diff trichomes in a way that may not fit current EvoDevo theory.
October 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
From my reading of EvoDevo literature, it is largely built on animal models. What if these are too morphologically and regulatorily stable to really work in plants? Plants are constantly recreating major tissues like laticifers and diff trichomes in a way that may not fit current EvoDevo theory.
Updated and much improved preprint on post-embryonic EvoDevo of metamorphosis in teleost fishes!
New results: conserved post-embryonic gene network is
- distinct from embryonic networks
- responsive to thyroid hormone
- ecologically plastic
doi.org/10.64898/202...
New results: conserved post-embryonic gene network is
- distinct from embryonic networks
- responsive to thyroid hormone
- ecologically plastic
doi.org/10.64898/202...
October 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Updated and much improved preprint on post-embryonic EvoDevo of metamorphosis in teleost fishes!
New results: conserved post-embryonic gene network is
- distinct from embryonic networks
- responsive to thyroid hormone
- ecologically plastic
doi.org/10.64898/202...
New results: conserved post-embryonic gene network is
- distinct from embryonic networks
- responsive to thyroid hormone
- ecologically plastic
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Very sad to learn of the passing away of Nick Holland, a giant of zoology and #evodevo, who brought amphioxus into modern biology
https://ndholland.org/
https://ndholland.org/
Nicholas Holland
ndholland.org
October 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Very sad to learn of the passing away of Nick Holland, a giant of zoology and #evodevo, who brought amphioxus into modern biology
https://ndholland.org/
https://ndholland.org/
Very sad to learn of the passing away of Nick Holland, a giant of zoology and #EvoDevo, who brought amphioxus into modern biology
ndholland.org
ndholland.org
Nicholas Holland
ndholland.org
October 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Very sad to learn of the passing away of Nick Holland, a giant of zoology and #EvoDevo, who brought amphioxus into modern biology
ndholland.org
ndholland.org