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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · 2h

I'm very much looking forward to the BPC conference tomorrow and on Friday at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Everyone is welcome to attend and you can also watch the stream on zoom. I will give a talk at 4pm about early 20th century concepts of plant agency (featuring Arber, Ungerer and Francé). 🌿

Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

Basic Principles of Cognition

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

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GWMT @gwmt.bsky.social · 12d

Nach drei anregenden Tagen ist die Jahrestagung #gwmt2025 schon wieder vorbei.
Wir danken dem lokalen Organisationsteam für die tolle Vorbereitung!
Allen Teilnehmenden eine gute und sichere Heimreise und wir sehen uns 2026 in Prag!

Gruppenfoto der Teilnehmenden der GWMT-Jahrestagung 2025 in Dresden

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to be in Dresden for my 3rd conference this year: the annual meeting of the German Society for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Looking forward to learning a lot about animal history after already talking about plant history at the FoGeL meeting yesterday. 🦉🌳
#PhDSky #HistSci

Photo of the botanical garden in Dresden that we visited yesterday.

Photo of a cupboard full of coloring agents in glass bottles that we were shown during a tour through the historical color collection at the TU Dresden.

Photo of local organiser Gisela Hürlimann during her welcome address at the opening session of the conference.

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 14d

I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy

Toward a Metaphilosophy of Science - PhilSci-Archive

philsci-archive.pitt.edu

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · 18d

We have some really great talks lined up for this semester 🤩

ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · 28d

New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio

Overview of the ROTO Lecture Series in the winter semester 2025/2026.

The talks will be:
- "Race Reification and Population Descriptors in Human Genomics" by Celso Neto (University of Exeter)
- "Understanding plant holobionts through complexity science" by César Marín (Universidad Santo Tomás)
- "What is Dialectical Biology?" by Chris Shambaugh (University of Oregon)
- "Learning from Partial Overlaps Between Knowledge Systems" by Charbel El-Hani (Federal University of Bahia)
- "21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology" by Rebecca Sear (Brunel University London)
- "The Organism and the System: Boundary Crossings in 20th Century Science" by Libby O’Neil (Mississippi State University)

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

Basic Principles of Cognition

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · Sep 4

We’re taking a short mid-season break, but we’ll be back next week with more great conversations!

In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen.

www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podc...

#HPS #philsci #histsci #sts

THE HPS PODCAST | HPS @UniMelb

www.hpsunimelb.org

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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · Sep 2

Hi, #evosky #EvoDevo #paleosky hivemind! I have a Q: Have there been any studies that build theoretical or empirical morphospaces that include and/or compare organisms from different kingdoms? I am looking for instances of research that meet that condition (regardless of their focus). Thanks a lot!

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Sep 1

#EPSA2025 was a really great experience! Thank you to @epsaphilsci.bsky.social and all the local organizers for creating this beautiful event! Inspiring talks, friendly people, interesting posters and dinner in a church - what else could you ask for?! 😀
#PhDSky #PhilSci

View over a bridge to some nice houses and a rainbow-colored crosswalk.

Sergei Shevchenko next to his slide in front of the audience at EPSA 2025.

People sitting at white tables in a church with white walls.

View of the city center of Groningen from the roof of a building.

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm a big fan of "The Natural Philosophy of Plant Form" and also "The Mind and the Eye" (do you mean this as her book on pragmatism?).

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yay, a fellow Arber fan 😊🙌

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wishing a very #Goethe birthday to this guy.

(Engraving by James Posselwhite)

James Posselwhite's engraving portrait of Goethe

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is a wall of the room I'm sitting in right now

Wall of a pompous room hanging full of portraits of Dutch professors.

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yes, the Academiegebouw in Groningen really has crazy rooms! I almost feel aristocratic being here :D

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Gave my talk today at the @epsaphilsci.bsky.social meeting, speaking about plant agency in Agnes Arber, Emil Ungerer and Raoul Francé. 🌳🤓 Thank you to everyone who attended, it was a really great session and an engaged audience! 🤩
#PhDSky #HistSci #PhilSci

Photo of me standing next to a screen with a slide from my talk that shows an AI generated drawing of Ungerer, Arber and Francé working in a plant lab together.

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy to be at the meeting of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social in Groningen! Already had a great day yesterday visiting the amazing botanical garden, having a great Poké-Bowl for dinner and chilling in my hostel bunk bed 😃
#PhDSky #PhilSci

Photo of the aula where the keynote talk today took place

Photo of the gorgeous Chinese garden in the botanical garden of Groningen.

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Oregon State University Botany and Plant Pathology @osubpp.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!

We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is hiring a Directory of the Herbarium

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 19

Rereading Rudi Schmid's paper on Agnes Arber from 2001 (academic.oup.com/aob/article-...) and appreciating all the hours of work he must have put into this meticulously researched piece! So valuable!!

Agnes Arber, née Robertson (1879–1960): Fragments of her Life, Including her Place in Biology and in Women's Studies

Abstract. Born in London into a learned and artistic middle-class family, Agnes Arber, née Robertson (23 Feb. 1879–22 Mar. 1960), was a renowned plant morp

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Aug 18

🔎 We are looking for new associate editors to join our Biological Flora team!🌷
🌲Do you have expert knowledge of one or more aspects of diverse species of vascular plants either in Britain and Ireland or in other regions globally?🌺
👉 More info: buff.ly/rmzadTG

Biological Flora Associate Editor - British Ecological Society

Join the editorial board on Journal of Ecology in this journal-unique role! Apply by 26 Sep 2025.

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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · Aug 7

The NMNH Department of Botany is looking for a Museum Specialist. Please spread the word!

Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09

Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 18

As requested - A Starter Pack of PIs in Biology (or related fields) who are recruiting PHD STUDENTS! If you would like to be added, feel free to ask! go.bsky.app/Bf4DRFm

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Ruãn Batista @batistaruan.bsky.social · Jul 27

I’m deeply inspired after attending my first ISHPSSB in Porto. I was excited by the diversity of problems and the openness of the community. I felt truly impressed and grateful for the responses to my work (on varieties of organicism and the metaphysics of phylogenetic systematics). Until next time!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 7

Scientists!

@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!

We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15

If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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Philippe huneman @philippehune.bsky.social · Aug 2

If you missed that great Cognizing life conference in Tubingen organized by Christoph Hueck two weeks ago, here are the videos of the presentations. Talks by Denis Walsh, Joan Steigerwald, Dan Nicholson and many others.
www.clc2025.de/videos

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