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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · 24d

Tuesday, September 16th | 5 pm (French time, UTC+2) | VIRTUAL via Zoom

We are excited to announce our upcoming PhilInBioMed-Seminar:

Herbert Virgin on "AI for drug discovery and development".

Please send us a message if you would like to participate.

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Matt Haber @profmatthaber.bsky.social · Sep 5

Special issue on "The ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems." @pradeu.bsky.social @philinbiomed.bsky.social and all the other philosophers interested in immunology, etc.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1934

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Lynn Chiu @drlynnchiu.bsky.social · Aug 13

Special issue in @science.org on #EvolvingImmunity (great illustrations!), with themes addressed by the ERC #IDEM @philinbiomed.bsky.social 10+ years ago: the need to rethink the function of immunity in the context of its physiological roles & co-evo with microbes

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Contents | Science 389, 6760

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Thomas Pradeu @pradeu.bsky.social · Jun 30

New paper out! rdcu.be/etKdN Experts in #cancer across the tree of life and philosophers of science teamed up to explore how comparative thinking can improve current approaches to cancer, including conceptually and therapeutically. #evolution #ecology #oncology #philosophy

Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology

Nature Reviews Cancer - Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular...

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

And obviously, conversations continue during the coffee breaks.

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

Bertrand Daignan-Fornier on "Biomass experience"

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

Impressions of Day 2 of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?)

Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...

Marie Vasse on "Predictions and Unexpectedness"

#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are looking forward to an exciting week with great speakers, interesting discussions on Philosophy in Science and intriguing project work! (4/4)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

James DiFrisco (Crick Institute, UK) on "Moving beyond conceptual analysis: conceptual methodology for philosophy 'in' science"

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thomas Pradeu on "What is "philosophy in science"?

#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

Some impressions of the first day of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?)

Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...

#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

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Chiara Pertile @chiarapertile.bsky.social · Jun 2

The #PhilInBioMed Summer School has started!
Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine.

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👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...

#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · May 20

Up next: Ludo L.J. Schoenmakers (KLI) @ Bordeaux Team Meeting (hybrid) | 22.05. 3 – 4:30 pm

Join us for an exciting talk on ” Evolution and the Origins of Life”.

More information here:
www.philinbiomed.org/event/team-m...

If you are interested in participating online, please send us a DM.

Team Meeting : Ludo L.J. Schoenmakers (KLI) - PhilInBioMed

We’re pleased to annonce thatLudo L.J. Schoenmakers will be joining us at our upcoming team meeting. He is a post doctoral fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (...

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Thomas Pradeu @pradeu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Very honored to host the great Nick Lane in Bordeaux tomorrow! www.philinbiomed.org/event/nick-l... Part of the PhilInBioMed seminar series @philinbiomed.bsky.social

Nick Lane (University College London, UK), Why membrane bioenergetics structures cell evolution from the origin of life to agency - PhilInBioMed

Hybrid talk, in-person in Bordeaux; Zoom link available upon request. Nick Lane (PhD, FRSB, FLS) is Director, Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution and Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry in the...

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 30

Join us for our next PhilInBioMed seminar!

April 1, 5:00 pm | Hybrid Event

Nick Lane (University College London, UK) - Why membrane bioenergetics structures cell evolution from the origin of life to agency

More information can be found here:

www.philinbiomed.org/event/nick-l...

Nick Lane (University College London, UK), Why membrane bioenergetics structures cell evolution from the origin of life to agency - PhilInBioMed

Hybrid talk, in-person in Bordeaux; Zoom link available upon request. Nick Lane (PhD, FRSB, FLS) is Director, Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution and Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry in the...

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Maley thus demonstrates that adopting an evolutionary framework for cancer can address pressing questions in the field of cancer research. Consequently, he proposes an adaptive therapeutic approach that takes into account the aforementioned findings (7/).

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Understanding cancer cells as undergoing a higher number of generations than currently addressed offers the potential to consider therapeutic approaches aimed at driving the extinction of certain traits and selecting for desirable traits, such as sensitivity to therapeutics. (6/)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Adjacent to metastases, one can identify micro-metastases too small for being detected by contemporary instruments. Adding them into our framework, this might mean that we have many more generations for the selection of traits before the first detectable metastases appear. (5/)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Methodologically this perspective is also interesting: Phylogenic reconstructions can serve as a form of time machine to reconstruct the history and genesis of cancer cells. Understanding the selection pressures cancer cells are subjected to, can bring forth new knowledge about their growth.(4/)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Along the tree of life, we find peculiar reactions to cancerogenous conditions: Sponges, for example, are highly X-ray resistant and accumulate little DNA-radiation damage even under high exposure in the lab. (3/)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Maley argues that an evolutionary lens can assist in addressing those problems. Understanding tumors as evolving by natural selection and cancer as a phenomenon developing along the multicellular branch of the tree of life, can open up new research heuristics and possibilities for treatments. (2/)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 24

Today in Bordeaux, Carlo Maley gave an exciting talk on the implications of evolution for cancer.

Some of the biggest problems regarding cancer are its early detection, the development from a local phenomenon to metastases as well as developing promising therapies and adapting to resistances.(1/)

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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 21

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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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 9

Update: There will be no PhilInBioMed-Seminar tomorrow.

PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · Feb 18

Please note that we have stopped using the X-Account and will only use Bluesky going forward.

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