"Here, we develop mathematical models linking anisogamy to secondary sex-role evolution, showing that anisogamy drives sex-role divergence along contrasting evolutionary trajectories depending on ecological context." #philbio
Anisogamy drives diverse patterns of sex-role divergence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.26.754688v1
October 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"Here, we develop mathematical models linking anisogamy to secondary sex-role evolution, showing that anisogamy drives sex-role divergence along contrasting evolutionary trajectories depending on ecological context." #philbio
After a workshop in March in Milan, we are meeting next week in the woods of Leusden (ISVW) to continue our discussion of the epistemic and ethical challenges in microbiome and exposome research!
Thanks to the Descartes Centre's Seed Money, this collaborative work can thrive!
#hpbio #philbio 🐋🌱
Thanks to the Descartes Centre's Seed Money, this collaborative work can thrive!
#hpbio #philbio 🐋🌱
September 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"... we show that a combination of random environmental fluctuations with fitness benefits that specific microbes provide to their hosts can result in the evolution of vertical transmission, even when microbes are continually acquired from the environment." #philbio
An eco-evolutionary theory of host-associated microbiomes
#microbiology #microbiomes #evolution #MicroSky
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#microbiology #microbiomes #evolution #MicroSky
@pnas.org
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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September 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
"... we show that a combination of random environmental fluctuations with fitness benefits that specific microbes provide to their hosts can result in the evolution of vertical transmission, even when microbes are continually acquired from the environment." #philbio
This makes me wonder how many human organs are also composed of parallel cell lineages during development. Is it so unusual that one anatomical part comes from two distinct lineages? #philbio #philsci
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Human brain is two separate organs, study finds
Scientists have viewed the brain as one organ for centuries. A Stanford Medicine-led discovery challenging that view could advance research into ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, and other neurological di...
news.stanford.edu
September 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This makes me wonder how many human organs are also composed of parallel cell lineages during development. Is it so unusual that one anatomical part comes from two distinct lineages? #philbio #philsci
news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
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"High-quality revisionary taxonomy must be grounded in experienced character evaluation and homology assessment, concept delimitation, and contingent analytical judgment, skills that are developed over years of immersive engagement with natural history collections" 👏👏👏
Newly accepted work I contributed to: Challenges for reproducibility in species delimitation academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
September 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This ought to be of interest to some #philbio people.
I'm happy to share my new paper "A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis"
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis
Abstract. Host-microbe relationships are studied across biological disciplines, with unique but overlapping conceptual frameworks arising from each of them
academic.oup.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:42 AM
This ought to be of interest to some #philbio people.
We will sorely miss @andrameneganzin.bsky.social, but we are absolutely sure that she will take the University of Bordeaux by storm as Assistant Professor! @pacea.bsky.social is so lucky to have her!
If you are interested in human #evolution & #philbio, be sure to check out her impressive research!
If you are interested in human #evolution & #philbio, be sure to check out her impressive research!
Goodbye @theramseylab.bsky.social & @clpskuleuven.bsky.social … it’s been an absolute blast! ❤️🥹
Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.
Thank y'all!
#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky
Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.
Thank y'all!
#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky
September 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We will sorely miss @andrameneganzin.bsky.social, but we are absolutely sure that she will take the University of Bordeaux by storm as Assistant Professor! @pacea.bsky.social is so lucky to have her!
If you are interested in human #evolution & #philbio, be sure to check out her impressive research!
If you are interested in human #evolution & #philbio, be sure to check out her impressive research!
Goodbye @theramseylab.bsky.social & @clpskuleuven.bsky.social … it’s been an absolute blast! ❤️🥹
Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.
Thank y'all!
#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky
Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.
Thank y'all!
#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky
September 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Goodbye @theramseylab.bsky.social & @clpskuleuven.bsky.social … it’s been an absolute blast! ❤️🥹
Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.
Thank y'all!
#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky
Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.
Thank y'all!
#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky
What does it mean that biological control is organized heterarchically?
We turn common assumptions upside-down and argue that integration of control inputs ultimately takes place at the last step: in the controlled production mechanisms themselves rather than in the central nervous system. #philbio
We turn common assumptions upside-down and argue that integration of control inputs ultimately takes place at the last step: in the controlled production mechanisms themselves rather than in the central nervous system. #philbio
September 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
What does it mean that biological control is organized heterarchically?
We turn common assumptions upside-down and argue that integration of control inputs ultimately takes place at the last step: in the controlled production mechanisms themselves rather than in the central nervous system. #philbio
We turn common assumptions upside-down and argue that integration of control inputs ultimately takes place at the last step: in the controlled production mechanisms themselves rather than in the central nervous system. #philbio
Are stem cell types natural kinds? The answer is multifarious.
My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816
Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds
My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816
Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds
The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
September 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Are stem cell types natural kinds? The answer is multifarious.
My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816
Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds
My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816
Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds
Live from @kli.ac.at for #EASPLS2026, whose consortium we're part of 🌍
How is human impact reshaping the way organisms reproduce and evolve? Our senior researcher Arantza Etxeberria (UPV/EHU) argues that reproduction is a web of developmental, physiological & ecological relations. #PhilBio
How is human impact reshaping the way organisms reproduce and evolve? Our senior researcher Arantza Etxeberria (UPV/EHU) argues that reproduction is a web of developmental, physiological & ecological relations. #PhilBio
September 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Live from @kli.ac.at for #EASPLS2026, whose consortium we're part of 🌍
How is human impact reshaping the way organisms reproduce and evolve? Our senior researcher Arantza Etxeberria (UPV/EHU) argues that reproduction is a web of developmental, physiological & ecological relations. #PhilBio
How is human impact reshaping the way organisms reproduce and evolve? Our senior researcher Arantza Etxeberria (UPV/EHU) argues that reproduction is a web of developmental, physiological & ecological relations. #PhilBio
I am happy to announce "Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 3" on the topic of microbiome and how it succeeds or fails at explaining how microbial shifts translate into physiological change. Both online/in-person! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci
September 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
I am happy to announce "Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 3" on the topic of microbiome and how it succeeds or fails at explaining how microbial shifts translate into physiological change. Both online/in-person! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci
This paper might be of interest to some people in #philbio.
For non-geneticists: effective size is not a countable number. It's a metric that tells you how fast the population loses genetic diversity, expressed as a population size. If you want to be safe in the long run, this value needs to be larger than 500. I tried to explain what it means here
Population Size in Evolutionary Biology Is More Than the Effective Size
In population genetics idealized Wright-Fisher (WF) populations are generally considered equivalent to real populations with regard to the major evolutionary processes that influence genotype and all....
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September 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This paper might be of interest to some people in #philbio.
I inadvertently deleted the thread w/ the link to the published version of this paper in Bio&Phil (🤦♀️): here it is! 🏺🦣🧪💀
It’s not OA, but the publisher’s full text is available on ResearchGate. Or, more simply... drop me a line! 📩
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#evosky #philbio #philsky
It’s not OA, but the publisher’s full text is available on ResearchGate. Or, more simply... drop me a line! 📩
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#evosky #philbio #philsky
August 28, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I inadvertently deleted the thread w/ the link to the published version of this paper in Bio&Phil (🤦♀️): here it is! 🏺🦣🧪💀
It’s not OA, but the publisher’s full text is available on ResearchGate. Or, more simply... drop me a line! 📩
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#evosky #philbio #philsky
It’s not OA, but the publisher’s full text is available on ResearchGate. Or, more simply... drop me a line! 📩
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#evosky #philbio #philsky
I kind of did this in my book for one empirical example--explain Lande/Arnold--but that was me explaining the math. I think less is needed for understanding developmental bias. I think one can get the intuition without even learning what a matrix is. #philbio #evbio #popgen
August 23, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I don’t think your wording was imprecise, I think you just didn’t bother to check whether there was such a field as philbio before declaring there wasn’t, and you’d rather sound insane by declaring that only fields that are bachelor of science degrees exist than admit a minor error.
August 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I don’t think your wording was imprecise, I think you just didn’t bother to check whether there was such a field as philbio before declaring there wasn’t, and you’d rather sound insane by declaring that only fields that are bachelor of science degrees exist than admit a minor error.
More teasers! Prepare yourself to read one of the weirdest texts of philbio in the constellation that is CT. You will see bizarre pictures, insane claims about communism, and you might even ignite a love for lichens that you did not know that you had! Stay tuned for MN2!
August 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
More teasers! Prepare yourself to read one of the weirdest texts of philbio in the constellation that is CT. You will see bizarre pictures, insane claims about communism, and you might even ignite a love for lichens that you did not know that you had! Stay tuned for MN2!
Register now for the 2026 International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable Conference. Talks will range from diagnosis, uncertainty, AI, and policy to measurement, extrapolation, and testimony.
Visit our website to register. https://ow.ly/ZnZy50ZxGGU
#philsci
Visit our website to register. https://ow.ly/ZnZy50ZxGGU
#philsci
August 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
A great paper about Lovelock and Margulis’ Gaia and its first formulation in Tellus 50 years ago. Where do we stand now ? Who are the Gaians and what do they do ?
By Tim Lenton and Sebastien Dutreuil
In Tellus
#geoscience #philsci #philbio #ecology
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By Tim Lenton and Sebastien Dutreuil
In Tellus
#geoscience #philsci #philbio #ecology
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July 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
A great paper about Lovelock and Margulis’ Gaia and its first formulation in Tellus 50 years ago. Where do we stand now ? Who are the Gaians and what do they do ?
By Tim Lenton and Sebastien Dutreuil
In Tellus
#geoscience #philsci #philbio #ecology
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By Tim Lenton and Sebastien Dutreuil
In Tellus
#geoscience #philsci #philbio #ecology
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My first #SPSP conference in Cambridge was fun. Best bits: getting a glimpse of the many facets of philosophy of science in practice, presenting my work as part of a fun symposium on "making data speak" in archaeology, cows on campus, and a fantastic final gig ✨️
#philsky #philbio #evosky #hps 💀🏺
#philsky #philbio #evosky #hps 💀🏺
July 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The ISHPSSB June 2026 Newsletter is now available!
👉https://www.ishpssb.org/news/newsletters/336-newsletter-volume-37-no-1-issue-70-june-2026
👉https://www.ishpssb.org/news/newsletters/336-newsletter-volume-37-no-1-issue-70-june-2026
July 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
July 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Aline had the honor to receive the Faculty Innovation Award 2025 🏆 from Johannes Kepler University #jku for her paper "Different kinds of data: samples and the relational framework" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philbio 🐋🌱
Congrats! 🎉
www.jku.at/en/institut-...
#philbio 🐋🌱
Congrats! 🎉
www.jku.at/en/institut-...
July 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Aline had the honor to receive the Faculty Innovation Award 2025 🏆 from Johannes Kepler University #jku for her paper "Different kinds of data: samples and the relational framework" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philbio 🐋🌱
Congrats! 🎉
www.jku.at/en/institut-...
#philbio 🐋🌱
Congrats! 🎉
www.jku.at/en/institut-...
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in @philscijournal.bsky.social 🥳 We discuss the role of values in scientific recommendations and expert committees. It was such a pleasure working on this together! #PhilSci #PhilBio
doi.org/10.1017/psa....
doi.org/10.1017/psa....
Navigating Values in Scientific Recommendations | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Navigating Values in Scientific Recommendations
doi.org
July 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
@celsoneto.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in @philscijournal.bsky.social 🥳 We discuss the role of values in scientific recommendations and expert committees. It was such a pleasure working on this together! #PhilSci #PhilBio
doi.org/10.1017/psa....
doi.org/10.1017/psa....