Blai Vidiella
@blaividiella.bsky.social
PostDoc at SETE (CNRS). Previously: >PD Evolution of Technology Lab, CSIC >PD Nonlinear Evolution Lab (CRM) >PhD in Terraforming Anthropogenic Ecosystems, CSL-UPF >Biomedical Engineer
#Ecology, #ComplexSystems & #Anthropocene
www.vidiella.science
#Ecology, #ComplexSystems & #Anthropocene
www.vidiella.science
What does #ecology have to do with #innovation?
#Scalinglaws of innovation don’t just come from city size, they emerge from how ideas compete and spread.
Then, inequality is not a bug; it’s an emergent feature.
See doi.org/10.1038/s442... @svalver.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social
#Scalinglaws of innovation don’t just come from city size, they emerge from how ideas compete and spread.
Then, inequality is not a bug; it’s an emergent feature.
See doi.org/10.1038/s442... @svalver.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
What does #ecology have to do with #innovation?
#Scalinglaws of innovation don’t just come from city size, they emerge from how ideas compete and spread.
Then, inequality is not a bug; it’s an emergent feature.
See doi.org/10.1038/s442... @svalver.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social
#Scalinglaws of innovation don’t just come from city size, they emerge from how ideas compete and spread.
Then, inequality is not a bug; it’s an emergent feature.
See doi.org/10.1038/s442... @svalver.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social
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Thrilled to have received these two prizes for my PhD thesis! 🤩 More info at news covered by IBE.
📣 Mattia Menchetti’s PhD thesis at #IBE_Barcelona — “Exploring the genetic diversity of European ants and butterflies” 🐜🦋 — has received both the Extraordinary Doctoral Award from #UPFBarcelona and the III Premio Tesis Doctoral Relevante from @csic.es . 🏆
👉https://shorturl.at/hbOjE
👉https://shorturl.at/hbOjE
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thrilled to have received these two prizes for my PhD thesis! 🤩 More info at news covered by IBE.
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Amazing paper idea, brilliantly executed! Cultural #macroevolution of arcade video games by @svalver.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social and R. Alexander Bentley
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Cultural Macroevolution of Arcade Video Games: Innovation, Collaboration, and Collapse | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
The Cultural Macroevolution of Arcade Video Games: Innovation, Collaboration, and Collapse
www.cambridge.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Amazing paper idea, brilliantly executed! Cultural #macroevolution of arcade video games by @svalver.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social and R. Alexander Bentley
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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What do Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Mortal Kombat have to teach us about #cultural #evolution? As a social-technological phenomenon, #arcade game genres evolved like cultural species—some diversified, while others became "living fossils." 🕹️🧪 👉 doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
August 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What do Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Mortal Kombat have to teach us about #cultural #evolution? As a social-technological phenomenon, #arcade game genres evolved like cultural species—some diversified, while others became "living fossils." 🕹️🧪 👉 doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
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Next Monday I will be at @i2sysbio.es with my colleagues @julipereto.bsky.social, @josepsardanyes.bsky.social, and others discussing our recent work with @nilese.bsky.social, @blaividiella.bsky.social, @andrejpaleo.bsky.social et al. on punctuated evolution. See you! www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
July 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Next Monday I will be at @i2sysbio.es with my colleagues @julipereto.bsky.social, @josepsardanyes.bsky.social, and others discussing our recent work with @nilese.bsky.social, @blaividiella.bsky.social, @andrejpaleo.bsky.social et al. on punctuated evolution. See you! www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
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Next July 14th, I will be at the @i2sysbio.es talking about our recent work about punctuated evolution in culture, technology, biology, and more. i2sysbio.es. @blaividiella.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @nilese.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Next July 14th, I will be at the @i2sysbio.es talking about our recent work about punctuated evolution in culture, technology, biology, and more. i2sysbio.es. @blaividiella.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @nilese.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social
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@svalver.bsky.social et al. analyzed 15 years of Gene Ontology evolution, finding that GO changes not just incrementally, but also via major, curator-driven restructurings.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf148
#evobio #geneontology
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf148
#evobio #geneontology
June 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
@svalver.bsky.social et al. analyzed 15 years of Gene Ontology evolution, finding that GO changes not just incrementally, but also via major, curator-driven restructurings.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf148
#evobio #geneontology
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf148
#evobio #geneontology
Punctuated evolution by “hopeful monsters” to enable terrestrialization?
Is it possible that evolution actually follows more dramatic and "unprovable" paths than what typical gradual models predict?
See doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Amazing & ground breaking findings from @rosafernandez.bsky.social lab!
Is it possible that evolution actually follows more dramatic and "unprovable" paths than what typical gradual models predict?
See doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Amazing & ground breaking findings from @rosafernandez.bsky.social lab!
June 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Punctuated evolution by “hopeful monsters” to enable terrestrialization?
Is it possible that evolution actually follows more dramatic and "unprovable" paths than what typical gradual models predict?
See doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Amazing & ground breaking findings from @rosafernandez.bsky.social lab!
Is it possible that evolution actually follows more dramatic and "unprovable" paths than what typical gradual models predict?
See doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Amazing & ground breaking findings from @rosafernandez.bsky.social lab!
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Can the structure of knowledge evolve like life itself?
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Can the structure of knowledge evolve like life itself?
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
Thanks Sergi!
Congratulations, Blai Vidiella (@blaividiella.bsky.social), on being nominee for the FRCCS Thom Young Research Award 2025! Blai is an exceptional complex systems researcher and one of my most valued collaborators. iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/t... #EvoBio #Ecology #ComplexSystems
June 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Thanks Sergi!
What are the implications of considering #TippingPoints in #restoration strategies?
Thanks to the organizers of the #RamonMargalefColloquia &
@ricardsole.bsky.social for the opportunity to give this lecture!
Some topics were: #ClimateChange #WarningSignals #DynamicalGhosts #Antrhopocene
Thanks to the organizers of the #RamonMargalefColloquia &
@ricardsole.bsky.social for the opportunity to give this lecture!
Some topics were: #ClimateChange #WarningSignals #DynamicalGhosts #Antrhopocene
March 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
What are the implications of considering #TippingPoints in #restoration strategies?
Thanks to the organizers of the #RamonMargalefColloquia &
@ricardsole.bsky.social for the opportunity to give this lecture!
Some topics were: #ClimateChange #WarningSignals #DynamicalGhosts #Antrhopocene
Thanks to the organizers of the #RamonMargalefColloquia &
@ricardsole.bsky.social for the opportunity to give this lecture!
Some topics were: #ClimateChange #WarningSignals #DynamicalGhosts #Antrhopocene
Why does theory matter in marine restoration? Cristina Linares gave a great lecture at RAMON MARGALEF colloquia on recovery depth, habitat connectivity, facilitation, and succession cascades. i.e. Slow-growing species can survive fluctuating pressures—living on borrowed time. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
March 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Why does theory matter in marine restoration? Cristina Linares gave a great lecture at RAMON MARGALEF colloquia on recovery depth, habitat connectivity, facilitation, and succession cascades. i.e. Slow-growing species can survive fluctuating pressures—living on borrowed time. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.
Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What is complexity? What kind of approach is needed to define it? Here's a 1977 paper by Robert Rosen, one of the pioneers of System Science, discussing how information, error and scale are central to this problem: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
@manlius.bsky.social @svalver.bsky.social
@manlius.bsky.social @svalver.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What is complexity? What kind of approach is needed to define it? Here's a 1977 paper by Robert Rosen, one of the pioneers of System Science, discussing how information, error and scale are central to this problem: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
@manlius.bsky.social @svalver.bsky.social
@manlius.bsky.social @svalver.bsky.social
Great to see the incredible work happening in the #Biocean5Dproject! Bringing together disciplines, diverse organisms, and countries is advancing our understanding of ocean #biodiversity and functioning.
With the SETE-CNRS team: @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social, Jose Montoya, Alexandre Génin & F.Rincon
With the SETE-CNRS team: @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social, Jose Montoya, Alexandre Génin & F.Rincon
February 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great to see the incredible work happening in the #Biocean5Dproject! Bringing together disciplines, diverse organisms, and countries is advancing our understanding of ocean #biodiversity and functioning.
With the SETE-CNRS team: @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social, Jose Montoya, Alexandre Génin & F.Rincon
With the SETE-CNRS team: @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social, Jose Montoya, Alexandre Génin & F.Rincon
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Following two wild weeks completing my Spanish national grant, here I am working on the slides for a Tuesday talk @icarehb.bsky.social on punctuated evolution. cc: @blaividiella.bsky.social @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Following two wild weeks completing my Spanish national grant, here I am working on the slides for a Tuesday talk @icarehb.bsky.social on punctuated evolution. cc: @blaividiella.bsky.social @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social
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Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity
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January 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I am thrilled to have been selected to share our ongoing research on punctuated evolution at this amazing symposium. See you there! #EvoBio #CultEvo @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social @nilese.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social
📢 The Scientific Program for the #HEIRS Opening Symposium is out!
Early bird registration closing soon.
Join us to explore #ResearchSynthesis & collaboration in #HumanEvolution!
👉 heirs.icarehb.com/symposium-ou...
Early bird registration closing soon.
Join us to explore #ResearchSynthesis & collaboration in #HumanEvolution!
👉 heirs.icarehb.com/symposium-ou...
January 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I am thrilled to have been selected to share our ongoing research on punctuated evolution at this amazing symposium. See you there! #EvoBio #CultEvo @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social @nilese.bsky.social @sduran-nebreda.bsky.social
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Many thanks to Alex Bentley, our coauthor, for coming to see us today. We look forward to working on future projects! @blaividiella.bsky.social @utknoxville.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Many thanks to Alex Bentley, our coauthor, for coming to see us today. We look forward to working on future projects! @blaividiella.bsky.social @utknoxville.bsky.social
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How do we make ecological networks relevant to biodiversity conservation and management? 🌏🧪
In a new preprint, @gabdans.bsky.social & @ceresbarros.bsky.social et al. suggest that the main challenge remains uncertainty and its propagation. But the good news is that they suggest a way forward!
In a new preprint, @gabdans.bsky.social & @ceresbarros.bsky.social et al. suggest that the main challenge remains uncertainty and its propagation. But the good news is that they suggest a way forward!
Overcoming the disconnect between interaction networks and biodiversity conservation and management
ecoevorxiv.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
How do we make ecological networks relevant to biodiversity conservation and management? 🌏🧪
In a new preprint, @gabdans.bsky.social & @ceresbarros.bsky.social et al. suggest that the main challenge remains uncertainty and its propagation. But the good news is that they suggest a way forward!
In a new preprint, @gabdans.bsky.social & @ceresbarros.bsky.social et al. suggest that the main challenge remains uncertainty and its propagation. But the good news is that they suggest a way forward!
🌊 How does climate change reshape sponge microbiomes? How effective are cleaner fish in controlling parasites?
Last week, @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social from BIOcean5 shared fascinating insights into sponge responses to warming & the ecology of cleaners!
See an ex doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03858-3
Last week, @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social from BIOcean5 shared fascinating insights into sponge responses to warming & the ecology of cleaners!
See an ex doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03858-3
November 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM
🌊 How does climate change reshape sponge microbiomes? How effective are cleaner fish in controlling parasites?
Last week, @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social from BIOcean5 shared fascinating insights into sponge responses to warming & the ecology of cleaners!
See an ex doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03858-3
Last week, @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social from BIOcean5 shared fascinating insights into sponge responses to warming & the ecology of cleaners!
See an ex doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03858-3
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Are the major evolutionary transitions describable as phase transitions, as in statistical physics? A great example of this is the transition to eukaryotic cells, as shown by this excellent paper by Jordi Bascompte and co-workers europepmc.org/api/fulltext...
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Are the major evolutionary transitions describable as phase transitions, as in statistical physics? A great example of this is the transition to eukaryotic cells, as shown by this excellent paper by Jordi Bascompte and co-workers europepmc.org/api/fulltext...
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In this article we provide a wide review on regime shifts and tipping points, and implications in ecosystems management. We also introduce the so-called Late Warning Signals, with @blaividiella.bsky.social
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Identifying regime shifts, transients and late warning signals for proactive ecosystem management
Conservation Biology fosters the study of Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity aiming at protecting species and their habitats from menaces causing the…
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November 18, 2024 at 6:57 AM
In this article we provide a wide review on regime shifts and tipping points, and implications in ecosystems management. We also introduce the so-called Late Warning Signals, with @blaividiella.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...