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Eden Forbes
@eforbes.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory @ University of Vermont 🐟

Dynamical systems & agent-based modeling of adaptive behavior, animal perception, animal movement, ecological stability, food webs 🕸️

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cmcshaff.bsky.social
Where does the life-death boundary come from, and how will a cell's dynamics unfold relative to it? Myself, Eran Agmon, and Randy Beer argue for a theory of cellular viability, with new global organizing principles for cell fate.

Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.07847
A schematic of a death event in a multicellular system, where the loss of one cell results in a collapse in the dimensionality of the system. Each cell's essential variables have their ranges capped by viability constraints.
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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claudistics.bsky.social
always a good time to review this @katebeaton.bsky.social comic, gloriously entitled, “Every Lady Scientist Who Ever Did Anything (until recently)” 🧪
This image shows a six-panel comic by Kate Beaton, titled, “Every Lady Scientist Who Ever Did Anything (until recently).” Panel 1: Rosalind Franklin being taunted by a grinning James Watson while with Francis Crick, saying, “Oooh, what’s that you’ve got? Little Rosie Franklin’s research! I bet it’s something!” Rosalind replies, “My final report.” Panel 2: Franklin corrects Watson saying, “ROSALIND.” Crick retorts, “Oh, that’s a big name,” and Watson says, “You’re getting fancy on us! Tell me -“ Panel 3: Rosalind deadpans, “Ah. I love this game.” Watson says, “Is it a scientific breakthrough in feelings?” while Crick laughs Panel 4: Rosalind, leaving the room, says, “Well, I suppose I have to go into hysterics or have a baby somewhere, good day gentlemen” Panel 5: Watson, hiding behind doorframe, watching Franklin walk almost out of sight, says, “Go, go,” to Crick, who is grabbing a paper Panel 6: Watson and Crick hold out a folder in front of their faces, showing their eyes and tips of their heads. Crick remarks, “Nice,” while Watson says to Crick, “Quit hogging”
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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physaliacourses.bsky.social
We’re currently running our first online ABM and IBM with @netlogo.bsky.social course after two in-person editions in Berlin & Łódź! Huge thanks to Volker Grimm, Steve Railsback & Jacob Kelter for their expert guidance

Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey!
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
eforbes.bsky.social
Happy to say one of my dissertation projects was accepted for publication in Movement Ecology!

We evolved small neural controllers to show how forager perception (visual v. tactile) and target signals generate different movement patterns during pursuit.

Pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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smellosopher.bsky.social
Wohoo: @gjseverino.bsky.social's paper is accepted w minor revs in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences!

"Social Contingency in Embodied Neural Networks relies on Co-Constructed Dynamical Mechanisms"
Follow him + his insanely creative modeling research!

Link to paper forthcoming
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM