Migrating from "the other place" I want to share our new preprint here. Its about Plexin A's role in collective #cellmigration, #selforganization & #morphogenesis in #Drosophila testis, paralleling #angiogenesis, tissue repair & axon guidance!
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
#cellbio #devbio
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
#cellbio #devbio
November 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Migrating from "the other place" I want to share our new preprint here. Its about Plexin A's role in collective #cellmigration, #selforganization & #morphogenesis in #Drosophila testis, paralleling #angiogenesis, tissue repair & axon guidance!
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
#cellbio #devbio
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
#cellbio #devbio
Final forms of 3 new papers! #consciousness #selforganization #cognition #economics and more 🧪
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Brains and where else? Mapping theories of consciousness to unconventional embodiments
Abstract. It is assumed that a useful theory of consciousness (ToC) will explain why consciousness is associated with brains. However, the findings of evol
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
A new spatiotemporal paradigm for Artificial Life, here the emerging superstructure is tested against impulse noise. The structure reacts transforming the perturbation into mechanical work and information storing.
#complexity #ALife #emergence #selforganization
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#complexity #ALife #emergence #selforganization
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
April 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A new spatiotemporal paradigm for Artificial Life, here the emerging superstructure is tested against impulse noise. The structure reacts transforming the perturbation into mechanical work and information storing.
#complexity #ALife #emergence #selforganization
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#complexity #ALife #emergence #selforganization
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
New #preprint with Francesco Sacco and Dalton Sakthidivel - physics, #selforganization, #diverseintelligence 🧪
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
"Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems"
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
"Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems"
Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems
All intelligence is collective intelligence, in the sense that it is made of parts which must align with respect to system-level goals. Understanding the dynamics which facilitate or limit navigation ...
arxiv.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New #preprint with Francesco Sacco and Dalton Sakthidivel - physics, #selforganization, #diverseintelligence 🧪
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
"Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems"
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
"Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems"
Remarkable series of experiments & virtuoso #Developmental #Genetics by the one and only Eric Wieschaus.
#SelfOrganization of engrailed and wingless in zygotically unpatterned #Drosophila embryos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGl...
#SelfOrganization of engrailed and wingless in zygotically unpatterned #Drosophila embryos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGl...
January 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Remarkable series of experiments & virtuoso #Developmental #Genetics by the one and only Eric Wieschaus.
#SelfOrganization of engrailed and wingless in zygotically unpatterned #Drosophila embryos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGl...
#SelfOrganization of engrailed and wingless in zygotically unpatterned #Drosophila embryos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGl...
June deep reading
The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart Kauffman
academic.oup.com/book/53153/
#biology #evolution #CAS #complexity #selforganization
The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart Kauffman
academic.oup.com/book/53153/
#biology #evolution #CAS #complexity #selforganization
June 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
June deep reading
The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart Kauffman
academic.oup.com/book/53153/
#biology #evolution #CAS #complexity #selforganization
The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart Kauffman
academic.oup.com/book/53153/
#biology #evolution #CAS #complexity #selforganization
Embryonic development and material properties of skin layers provide a simple evolutionary mechanism for the diversity of head-scale patterns in crocodilian species. #selforganization www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Embryonic development and material properties of skin layers provide a simple evolutionary mechanism for the diversity of head-scale patterns in crocodilian species. #selforganization www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My quote of the day (or possibly the week/month/year):
‘Building organisms is about bringing #SelfOrganization under control’
I’m going to borrow this to use in my talks
‘Building organisms is about bringing #SelfOrganization under control’
I’m going to borrow this to use in my talks
First. The potential of a gene on its own is bigger than what is revealed by its loss of function.
Two. Don’t be fooled by deterministic genetic control. Underneath there is a capacity for #SelfOrganization which is the essence of biological systems.
Building organisms is @ bringing SO under control
Two. Don’t be fooled by deterministic genetic control. Underneath there is a capacity for #SelfOrganization which is the essence of biological systems.
Building organisms is @ bringing SO under control
January 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My quote of the day (or possibly the week/month/year):
‘Building organisms is about bringing #SelfOrganization under control’
I’m going to borrow this to use in my talks
‘Building organisms is about bringing #SelfOrganization under control’
I’m going to borrow this to use in my talks
At #Woodstockbio2025 #selforganization is key. If you plan to do something special at the #YMCAcampsite, go for a talk & work the #advertisement of the #event into your ~5 minutes of fame in #Prague - after the #walkupsong
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
March 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
At #Woodstockbio2025 #selforganization is key. If you plan to do something special at the #YMCAcampsite, go for a talk & work the #advertisement of the #event into your ~5 minutes of fame in #Prague - after the #walkupsong
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
In a few hours I'll be presenting @alife2025.bsky.social. A form of #brain without #neurons. See you in Kyoto!! room 4F, Neural Networks session #neuralnetworks #synchronization #emergence #complexity #selforganization #nonlineardynamics #chaos
October 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In a few hours I'll be presenting @alife2025.bsky.social. A form of #brain without #neurons. See you in Kyoto!! room 4F, Neural Networks session #neuralnetworks #synchronization #emergence #complexity #selforganization #nonlineardynamics #chaos
Recent work of @Mayor shorturl.at/PTaB2 has revived old observations of effect of Activin on Xenopus animal caps & some expts by J Green. However, it’s worth reminding an older set of experiments from J Holtfreter that also revealed #SelfOrganization in frogs explants shorturl.at/PJYrc #gastruloids
December 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Recent work of @Mayor shorturl.at/PTaB2 has revived old observations of effect of Activin on Xenopus animal caps & some expts by J Green. However, it’s worth reminding an older set of experiments from J Holtfreter that also revealed #SelfOrganization in frogs explants shorturl.at/PJYrc #gastruloids
One interesting consideration from E. Fox Keller @ #SelfOrganization lies in the comparison between #StatMech (disorganized complexity) and #Biology (organized complexity)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
At its core, there is #Physics in #Biology but Biology is not Physics.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
At its core, there is #Physics in #Biology but Biology is not Physics.
January 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
One interesting consideration from E. Fox Keller @ #SelfOrganization lies in the comparison between #StatMech (disorganized complexity) and #Biology (organized complexity)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
At its core, there is #Physics in #Biology but Biology is not Physics.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
At its core, there is #Physics in #Biology but Biology is not Physics.
First. The potential of a gene on its own is bigger than what is revealed by its loss of function.
Two. Don’t be fooled by deterministic genetic control. Underneath there is a capacity for #SelfOrganization which is the essence of biological systems.
Building organisms is @ bringing SO under control
Two. Don’t be fooled by deterministic genetic control. Underneath there is a capacity for #SelfOrganization which is the essence of biological systems.
Building organisms is @ bringing SO under control
January 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
First. The potential of a gene on its own is bigger than what is revealed by its loss of function.
Two. Don’t be fooled by deterministic genetic control. Underneath there is a capacity for #SelfOrganization which is the essence of biological systems.
Building organisms is @ bringing SO under control
Two. Don’t be fooled by deterministic genetic control. Underneath there is a capacity for #SelfOrganization which is the essence of biological systems.
Building organisms is @ bringing SO under control
Fascinating research into differentiable logic cellular automata from Google. This gets us closer to understanding self organization.
google-research.github.io/self-organis...
#cellularautomata #gameoflife #Conway #emergence #selforganization #AI #compsci
google-research.github.io/self-organis...
#cellularautomata #gameoflife #Conway #emergence #selforganization #AI #compsci
Differentiable Logic Cellular Automata: From Game of Life to pattern generation with learned recurrent circuits
We use Differentiable Logic Gate Networks to create end-to-end differentiable, self-organizing discrete cellular automata powered by recurrent circuits, capable of playing the Game of Life as well as ...
google-research.github.io
March 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fascinating research into differentiable logic cellular automata from Google. This gets us closer to understanding self organization.
google-research.github.io/self-organis...
#cellularautomata #gameoflife #Conway #emergence #selforganization #AI #compsci
google-research.github.io/self-organis...
#cellularautomata #gameoflife #Conway #emergence #selforganization #AI #compsci
Interesting approach to force patterning of PSCs shorturl.at/NLsjz. It echoes earlier 2D work from M. Lutolf's lab www.nature.com/articles/s41... (referenced). However, it does not solve the issue of #SelfOrganization and, also, why does it take 3 days to respond to the signal?
December 27, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Interesting approach to force patterning of PSCs shorturl.at/NLsjz. It echoes earlier 2D work from M. Lutolf's lab www.nature.com/articles/s41... (referenced). However, it does not solve the issue of #SelfOrganization and, also, why does it take 3 days to respond to the signal?
Nice account of a scientific journey and, a tale of #gastruloids. It is good to see that, in addition to telling us about the component elements of embryos they allow to explore physical principles of #SelfOrganization in context of embryo building #CellsRUs #MasterBuilder
P.S. for some scientific content, check out this 'behind the paper' post I wrote for @the-node.bsky.social describing the background and origin story of our recent study using signal-recording genetic circuits to decode gastruloid symmetry breaking!
thenode.biologists.com/behind-the-p...
thenode.biologists.com/behind-the-p...
Behind the paper stories - the Node
Behind the paper stories Every paper has a story behind it, and we regularly commission scientists to tell theirs. In this collection you'll discover the
thenode.biologists.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Nice account of a scientific journey and, a tale of #gastruloids. It is good to see that, in addition to telling us about the component elements of embryos they allow to explore physical principles of #SelfOrganization in context of embryo building #CellsRUs #MasterBuilder
No #complexitycat blog this week as I'm attending #NERCCS2025! Have you had a look at the great speaker outline at this conference? I'm looking forward to discussing #complexsystems, #networkscience and #selforganization! 🦠🤓😼
Check the program here:
nerccs2025.github.io
Check the program here:
nerccs2025.github.io
April 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
No #complexitycat blog this week as I'm attending #NERCCS2025! Have you had a look at the great speaker outline at this conference? I'm looking forward to discussing #complexsystems, #networkscience and #selforganization! 🦠🤓😼
Check the program here:
nerccs2025.github.io
Check the program here:
nerccs2025.github.io
Is all intelligence collective? 🤔 New research explores how parts of a system align to achieve goals, with implications for #AI, #neuroscience, and even the evolution of #biological complexity! 🤯 #emergence #selforganization #complexity #PottsModel
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
Topological constraints on self-organisation in locally interacting systems
All intelligence is collective intelligence, in the sense that it is made of parts which must align with respect to system-level goals. Understanding the dynamics which facilitate or limit navigation ...
arxiv.org
January 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Is all intelligence collective? 🤔 New research explores how parts of a system align to achieve goals, with implications for #AI, #neuroscience, and even the evolution of #biological complexity! 🤯 #emergence #selforganization #complexity #PottsModel
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
arxiv.org/abs/2501.13188
💣#HA46 – ONE YEAR OF SELFORGANIZATION
👉 #b2411 24.11. 19:00 Rote Insel #Berlin #Schöneberg
✊SOLIPARTY to cope with an attack on our house in #Habersaathstraße from 9.8.2023
🎤 Rap Punk Funk Acts
#supportyourlocalwitches
ℹ️ INFO: schneckenblog.blackblogs.org
👉 #b2411 24.11. 19:00 Rote Insel #Berlin #Schöneberg
✊SOLIPARTY to cope with an attack on our house in #Habersaathstraße from 9.8.2023
🎤 Rap Punk Funk Acts
#supportyourlocalwitches
ℹ️ INFO: schneckenblog.blackblogs.org
November 17, 2023 at 6:12 AM
💣#HA46 – ONE YEAR OF SELFORGANIZATION
👉 #b2411 24.11. 19:00 Rote Insel #Berlin #Schöneberg
✊SOLIPARTY to cope with an attack on our house in #Habersaathstraße from 9.8.2023
🎤 Rap Punk Funk Acts
#supportyourlocalwitches
ℹ️ INFO: schneckenblog.blackblogs.org
👉 #b2411 24.11. 19:00 Rote Insel #Berlin #Schöneberg
✊SOLIPARTY to cope with an attack on our house in #Habersaathstraße from 9.8.2023
🎤 Rap Punk Funk Acts
#supportyourlocalwitches
ℹ️ INFO: schneckenblog.blackblogs.org
AGI Proto-Custodians: Substrate Independent Blockchain Ecosystems for Emergent Digital Sentience
bryantmcgill.blogspot.com/2024/11/agi-...
#Symbiosis #Sentience #AGI #Ecosystems #Blockchain #AI #Ecology #Substrate #SelfOrganization #Energy #Emergence #Crypto #BioCybernetics #Consciousness #DARPA
bryantmcgill.blogspot.com/2024/11/agi-...
#Symbiosis #Sentience #AGI #Ecosystems #Blockchain #AI #Ecology #Substrate #SelfOrganization #Energy #Emergence #Crypto #BioCybernetics #Consciousness #DARPA
AGI Proto-Custodians: Substrate Independent Blockchain Ecosystems for Emergent Digital Sentience
bryantmcgill.blogspot.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:14 AM
AGI Proto-Custodians: Substrate Independent Blockchain Ecosystems for Emergent Digital Sentience
bryantmcgill.blogspot.com/2024/11/agi-...
#Symbiosis #Sentience #AGI #Ecosystems #Blockchain #AI #Ecology #Substrate #SelfOrganization #Energy #Emergence #Crypto #BioCybernetics #Consciousness #DARPA
bryantmcgill.blogspot.com/2024/11/agi-...
#Symbiosis #Sentience #AGI #Ecosystems #Blockchain #AI #Ecology #Substrate #SelfOrganization #Energy #Emergence #Crypto #BioCybernetics #Consciousness #DARPA
Thanks to everyone that applied for our #postdoc and #researcher positions! It is great to see such good research proposals and stimulating ideas on #selfassembly and #selforganization 🦋
March 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Thanks to everyone that applied for our #postdoc and #researcher positions! It is great to see such good research proposals and stimulating ideas on #selfassembly and #selforganization 🦋
Can biology teach us new ways to compute? 🧠
Decoding the bioelectric 'software' that builds biological bodies, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social 's work on developmental #intelligence and synthetic organisms challenges the boundaries of #cognition and #selforganization!
#GSO2026 #BioComputing
Decoding the bioelectric 'software' that builds biological bodies, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social 's work on developmental #intelligence and synthetic organisms challenges the boundaries of #cognition and #selforganization!
#GSO2026 #BioComputing
June 23, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Can biology teach us new ways to compute? 🧠
Decoding the bioelectric 'software' that builds biological bodies, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social 's work on developmental #intelligence and synthetic organisms challenges the boundaries of #cognition and #selforganization!
#GSO2026 #BioComputing
Decoding the bioelectric 'software' that builds biological bodies, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social 's work on developmental #intelligence and synthetic organisms challenges the boundaries of #cognition and #selforganization!
#GSO2026 #BioComputing
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Using physics & soft matter, his team uncovers the design principles shaping life.
#Biophysics #SelfOrganization #DevBio
Don’t miss his talk at #CellMech2025! 🔬
Stay tuned for more speaker profiles! 📅 #CellMech2025
Using physics & soft matter, his team uncovers the design principles shaping life.
#Biophysics #SelfOrganization #DevBio
Don’t miss his talk at #CellMech2025! 🔬
Stay tuned for more speaker profiles! 📅 #CellMech2025
March 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
(2/2)
Using physics & soft matter, his team uncovers the design principles shaping life.
#Biophysics #SelfOrganization #DevBio
Don’t miss his talk at #CellMech2025! 🔬
Stay tuned for more speaker profiles! 📅 #CellMech2025
Using physics & soft matter, his team uncovers the design principles shaping life.
#Biophysics #SelfOrganization #DevBio
Don’t miss his talk at #CellMech2025! 🔬
Stay tuned for more speaker profiles! 📅 #CellMech2025
Updated 4th Chapter of my "#EvolutionarySystems and #BioInspiredComputing " 2024 Class. #SelfOrganization #Criticality #Robustness #Resilience #Evolvability
casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-...
casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-...
ISE483/SSIE583: 4 - Self-Organization and Emergent Complex Behavior - Luis M. Rocha
casci.binghamton.edu
February 25, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Updated 4th Chapter of my "#EvolutionarySystems and #BioInspiredComputing " 2024 Class. #SelfOrganization #Criticality #Robustness #Resilience #Evolvability
casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-...
casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-...
Old article, but still pretty cool. Did you know that you can simulate the formation of the Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland) using cornstarch? Preview won't show but here's the link and a picture. www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/PN...
#ireland #selforganization #giantscauseway #geology
#ireland #selforganization #giantscauseway #geology
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Old article, but still pretty cool. Did you know that you can simulate the formation of the Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland) using cornstarch? Preview won't show but here's the link and a picture. www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/PN...
#ireland #selforganization #giantscauseway #geology
#ireland #selforganization #giantscauseway #geology