If we were able to grasp the transformative potential of biodiversity – specifically how it relates to biocomplexity – how might we change our behavior?
In this episode, Nate is joined by ecologist Thomas Crowther to discuss the critical importance of biodiversity as an intricate web of life that supports all other living beings, not just through the sheer number of species, but because of the complexity of interactions within ecosystems.
May 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If we were able to grasp the transformative potential of biodiversity – specifically how it relates to biocomplexity – how might we change our behavior?
Preparing #scicomm #exposition #Barcelona about symbiosis between nature and technology to mitigate and adapt to sea level rise
#biocomplexity box 📦 in prep
#biocomplexity box 📦 in prep
May 25, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Preparing #scicomm #exposition #Barcelona about symbiosis between nature and technology to mitigate and adapt to sea level rise
#biocomplexity box 📦 in prep
#biocomplexity box 📦 in prep
A mathematical model to predict network growth in Physarum polycephalum as a function of extracellular matrix viscosity, measured by a novel viscometer: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #JRSocInterface #biocomplexity #biomechanics
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A mathematical model to predict network growth in Physarum polycephalum as a function of extracellular matrix viscosity, measured by a novel viscometer: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #JRSocInterface #biocomplexity #biomechanics
Fascinating results. All you need to evolve multicellularity is smashing single cell archaea together! From an ALife/biocomplexity angle, it speaks of how critical it is having a dynamic self-organising substrate-representation to evolve complexity
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea
The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Fascinating results. All you need to evolve multicellularity is smashing single cell archaea together! From an ALife/biocomplexity angle, it speaks of how critical it is having a dynamic self-organising substrate-representation to evolve complexity
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Why do birds suddenly burst into song at dawn? This #JRSocInterface study shows how simple individual decisions can produce synchronized dawn choruses, with small environmental changes triggering community-wide "tipping points" doi.org/10.1098/rsif... #Biocomplexity #ComputationalBiology #Ecosystem
August 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Why do birds suddenly burst into song at dawn? This #JRSocInterface study shows how simple individual decisions can produce synchronized dawn choruses, with small environmental changes triggering community-wide "tipping points" doi.org/10.1098/rsif... #Biocomplexity #ComputationalBiology #Ecosystem
#IceLab15 speaker spotlight: Ala Trusina will delve into the role of cell polarity in shaping and stabilizing multicellular organisms. Register by May 16 for the May 22 event.
www.umu.se/en/icelab...
#InterdisciplinaryResearch #biocomplexity #stressresponse
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
www.umu.se/en/icelab...
#InterdisciplinaryResearch #biocomplexity #stressresponse
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
Ala Trusina
Associate Professor in Biocomplexity at the Niels Bohr Institute.
www.umu.se
May 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#IceLab15 speaker spotlight: Ala Trusina will delve into the role of cell polarity in shaping and stabilizing multicellular organisms. Register by May 16 for the May 22 event.
www.umu.se/en/icelab...
#InterdisciplinaryResearch #biocomplexity #stressresponse
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
www.umu.se/en/icelab...
#InterdisciplinaryResearch #biocomplexity #stressresponse
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
New from #JRSocInterface: Generalized dynamics of cross-feeding bacteria royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... | #Biocomplexity #Biomathematics #EnvironmentalScience
March 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New from #JRSocInterface: Generalized dynamics of cross-feeding bacteria royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... | #Biocomplexity #Biomathematics #EnvironmentalScience
New research from #JRSocInterface: Visual influence networks in walking crowds royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... | #Biocomplexity #ComputationalBiology
March 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
New research from #JRSocInterface: Visual influence networks in walking crowds royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... | #Biocomplexity #ComputationalBiology
ICYMI On Bayesian mechanics: a physics of and by beliefs: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #InterfaceFocus #biophysics #biocomplexity
May 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
ICYMI On Bayesian mechanics: a physics of and by beliefs: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #InterfaceFocus #biophysics #biocomplexity
I think I fit! I’m getting my PhD in Biocomplexity and Evolution focusing on species responses to rainforest logging in Borneo
November 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I think I fit! I’m getting my PhD in Biocomplexity and Evolution focusing on species responses to rainforest logging in Borneo
I’m a scientist who studies microbes & biogeochemistry in the oceans. I document how microbes cycle materials in the ocean. Those little ‘bugs’, as we call them, keep Earth habitable. I seek to understand how those microbial engines are adapting to this changing world. #resilience #biocomplexity
January 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’m a scientist who studies microbes & biogeochemistry in the oceans. I document how microbes cycle materials in the ocean. Those little ‘bugs’, as we call them, keep Earth habitable. I seek to understand how those microbial engines are adapting to this changing world. #resilience #biocomplexity
We've got three great keynote speakers w/ panelists and moderators from a broad range of UVA disciplines, including media studies, education, data science, finance, psychology, public policy, biology, biocomplexity, and information systems
Social Contagions, Artificial Intelligence, and Democracy Workshop | Contagion Science
contagion-science.virginia.edu
March 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We've got three great keynote speakers w/ panelists and moderators from a broad range of UVA disciplines, including media studies, education, data science, finance, psychology, public policy, biology, biocomplexity, and information systems
Some interesting complexity/biocomplexity accounts here bsky.app/profile/naja...
A starter pack on Self-Organisation & AI, as well as adjacent topics such as ALife, morphogenesis, and open-endedness.
I will keep adding researchers as people join 🦋
go.bsky.app/3jNeAPY
I will keep adding researchers as people join 🦋
go.bsky.app/3jNeAPY
June 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Some interesting complexity/biocomplexity accounts here bsky.app/profile/naja...
This was one of my favourite episodes yet.
So much potential to empower people, ensure justice, and bring back biodiversity (biocomplexity) through convivial ecological restoration.
Answers to most of our current predicaments are already available if people would just engage and work together.
So much potential to empower people, ensure justice, and bring back biodiversity (biocomplexity) through convivial ecological restoration.
Answers to most of our current predicaments are already available if people would just engage and work together.
May 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This was one of my favourite episodes yet.
So much potential to empower people, ensure justice, and bring back biodiversity (biocomplexity) through convivial ecological restoration.
Answers to most of our current predicaments are already available if people would just engage and work together.
So much potential to empower people, ensure justice, and bring back biodiversity (biocomplexity) through convivial ecological restoration.
Answers to most of our current predicaments are already available if people would just engage and work together.
It's a cross-grounds collaboration of the UVA Biocomplexity Institute, the Karsh Institute of Democracy Digital Technology and Democracy Lab, the Contagion Science Program, and the Emotion & Behavior Lab
Social Contagions, Artificial Intelligence, and Democracy Workshop | Contagion Science
contagion-science.virginia.edu
March 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's a cross-grounds collaboration of the UVA Biocomplexity Institute, the Karsh Institute of Democracy Digital Technology and Democracy Lab, the Contagion Science Program, and the Emotion & Behavior Lab
Invasive alien predators overturn the spatial-scaling laws of biocomplexity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.718936v1
April 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Invasive alien predators overturn the spatial-scaling laws of biocomplexity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.718936v1
I can’t find anymore where I read the suggestion to replace the term #biodiversity by #biocomplexity… It fully makes sense (but maybe one doesn’t like it because it feels like a surrender. Anyway, it still makes a lot of sense!)
I just heard about an academic at a small university in the US, whose NSF grant application was rejected because the AI bot that scans it caught the word 'biodiversity' and of course we can't have any 'diversity'.
This grant proposal deals with biodiversity about 300 million years ago............
This grant proposal deals with biodiversity about 300 million years ago............
May 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I can’t find anymore where I read the suggestion to replace the term #biodiversity by #biocomplexity… It fully makes sense (but maybe one doesn’t like it because it feels like a surrender. Anyway, it still makes a lot of sense!)
To clean or not to clean: The free-rider problem in sequentially shared resources doi.org/10.1098/rsif... | #JRSocInterface #Biocomplexity #Evolution
June 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
To clean or not to clean: The free-rider problem in sequentially shared resources doi.org/10.1098/rsif... | #JRSocInterface #Biocomplexity #Evolution
Applications now open for the #Biocomplexity #SummerSchool2026!
Explore interdisciplinary approaches to complex biological systems.
⏰ Deadline to apply: March 15.
🔗 http://2026.biocomplexitysummerschool.org/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Explore interdisciplinary approaches to complex biological systems.
⏰ Deadline to apply: March 15.
🔗 http://2026.biocomplexitysummerschool.org/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
February 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Applications now open for the #Biocomplexity #SummerSchool2026!
Explore interdisciplinary approaches to complex biological systems.
⏰ Deadline to apply: March 15.
🔗 http://2026.biocomplexitysummerschool.org/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Explore interdisciplinary approaches to complex biological systems.
⏰ Deadline to apply: March 15.
🔗 http://2026.biocomplexitysummerschool.org/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
AI cracked a key to bacterial teamwork! Rice U. researchers found *early* stages of Myxococcus xanthus organizing hold surprisingly rich info. 🤯 #biocomplexity
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ai-hidden-behavior-patterns-bacteria.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ai-hidden-behavior-patterns-bacteria.html
April 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
AI cracked a key to bacterial teamwork! Rice U. researchers found *early* stages of Myxococcus xanthus organizing hold surprisingly rich info. 🤯 #biocomplexity
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ai-hidden-behavior-patterns-bacteria.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ai-hidden-behavior-patterns-bacteria.html
How do people make decisions in a crowd? This #JRSocInterface study found people were more likely to follow the majority than recent choices when selecting between two routes, revealing how social information shapes sequential decisions doi.org/10.1098/rsif... | #Biocomplexity #Biomathematics
July 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
How do people make decisions in a crowd? This #JRSocInterface study found people were more likely to follow the majority than recent choices when selecting between two routes, revealing how social information shapes sequential decisions doi.org/10.1098/rsif... | #Biocomplexity #Biomathematics
Virginia’s social distancing measures are slowing the spread of COVID-19, per UVA modeling, which also projects that cases could exceed capacity at Virginia hospitals without further mitigation.By @kamamasters
virginiamercury.com/2020/04/13/new…
virginiamercury.com/2020/04/13/new…
New models show social distancing working in Virginia, but cases still could exceed hospital capacity • Virginia Mercury
Virginia’s social distancing measures are slowing the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by a new coronavirus, according to a new model from scientists at the University of Virginia. But the model, presented Monday by state health officials and researchers from UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, also projects that case numbers will eventually exceed the surge capacity […]
www.virginiamercury.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Virginia’s social distancing measures are slowing the spread of COVID-19, per UVA modeling, which also projects that cases could exceed capacity at Virginia hospitals without further mitigation.By @kamamasters
virginiamercury.com/2020/04/13/new…
virginiamercury.com/2020/04/13/new…
6/ August closed with a trip to Colombia to meet InterPlex team members and contributors Rafael Hurtado, Jose Ernesto Mancera, and Omar Prias, plus other colleagues, to advance the next phase of our mangroves, wetlands, and biocomplexity InterGroup.
September 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
6/ August closed with a trip to Colombia to meet InterPlex team members and contributors Rafael Hurtado, Jose Ernesto Mancera, and Omar Prias, plus other colleagues, to advance the next phase of our mangroves, wetlands, and biocomplexity InterGroup.
UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers helped guide outbreak response during the 2014 Ebola crisis using agent-based models to test interventions and allocate resources. Today, those same approaches are helping prepare for future biological threats.
https://ow.ly/4gmX50ZjEo5
https://ow.ly/4gmX50ZjEo5
July 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers helped guide outbreak response during the 2014 Ebola crisis using agent-based models to test interventions and allocate resources. Today, those same approaches are helping prepare for future biological threats.
https://ow.ly/4gmX50ZjEo5
https://ow.ly/4gmX50ZjEo5