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Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social
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Post-identity earthling working on complex systems, networks, biomedicine, AI, evolution. Music, politics, DJ as E-Trash. E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara.
https://casci.binghamton.edu/
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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 25d
We are looking for a PhD student to work with us on network science methods for biomedicine. The student can be enrolled in any graduate program. #NetworkMedicine #ComplexSystems.
cberaproject.bsky.social CBeRa - Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems fo @cberaproject.bsky.social · Dec 2
Now hiring: Research Fellow
Focus: Network models in biomedicine. Redundancy and canalization.
📍 Oeiras, Portugal
🗓 Start date: 02/2026
🔗 cbr.fm.ucp.pt/en/bolsa-inv...
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thedailyshow on Instagram: "Sen. @BernieSanders and Jon Stewart break down how technology should be improving the lives of working people instead of just a few…"
Sen. @BernieSanders and Jon Stewart break down how technology should be improving the lives of working people instead of just a few corporate oligarchs
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December 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Grueling academics
GPAs and mental health in a top Portuguese university, anecdotal notes
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December 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
lmrocha.bsky.social
We have no idea whether the unsupportive, bullying and elitist culture at Instituto Superior técnico (especially in the 80s and 90s) was a factor, but it certainly did not help providing a path for better mental health skills of its graduates ...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Brown shooting suspect: gruelling academic climate may have taken mental toll, say ex-classmates
Cláudio Valente and one of victims, Nuno FG Loureiro, both studied at notoriously challenging Técnico in Lisbon
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
lmrocha.bsky.social
Happy holidays everyone. May we all drive home for a Christmas with dignity for all. RIP Chris Rea.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Here are my choices for the best music of 2025: heycityzen.substack.com/p/hey-city-z...
A playlist follows on link below. A great year for music, with amazing tracks from Jazz, House & Techno to Pop, Rock and Country - even Brazilian Disco by AI! Don’t let Boomers tell you music was better back when
Hey City Zen 2025
Best music of 2025
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December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
lmrocha.bsky.social
I have been on substack for a while as a reader, but am now moving my more extensive blogging and news writing there at heycityzen.substack.com
Hey City Zen! | Luis Rocha | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read "Hey City Zen!", by Luis Rocha, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Patriot!
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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proflhunter.bsky.social
Another big study showing actual *benefits* of cheese / full fat dairy consumption.

"Higher intake of high-fat cheese and high-fat cream was associated with a lower risk of all-cause dementia"

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December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
lmrocha.bsky.social
Great surprise to catch @estebanmoro.bsky.social speaking in Lisbon NOVA IMS organized by Flávio Pinheiro and including @joanagsa.bsky.social .
December 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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cyrilpedia.bsky.social
"The worm demonstrates that curiosity-driven science using a simple animal can not only illuminate biology but also help deliver medicines that change human lives (...) Discoveries from C. elegans research have impacted society beyond biomedical outcomes."
From nematode to Nobel: How community-shared resources fueled the rise of Caenorhabditis elegans as a research organism | PNAS
Experimental organisms such as the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are fundamental to biological discovery. The success of C. elegans research has ...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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dpwaters.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
The Year in Biology | Quanta Magazine
Take a jaunt through a jungle of strange neurons underlying your sense of touch, hundreds of millions of years of animal evolution and the dense neural networks of brains and AIs.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
lmrocha.bsky.social
A gestão privada/monopólio ANA/Davinci do aeroporto de Lisboa é literalmente um atraso de vida... Não percebo como a plataforma neoliberal tem tração em Portugal....
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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How Both Parties Enshrined Trump's New Kill List
The drone attacks in the Caribbean are using Dick Cheney's power grab that was then expanded by Barack Obama.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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cna25.bsky.social
Cities are complex systems where networks meet physics and social life. At #ComplexNetworks2025, Luis Bettencourt shows how social and infrastructure networks scale with city size, enabling predictions of past & future cities, revealing development as measurable network growth.
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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@felipexc.bsky.social presents @cna25.bsky.social our work on two new sparsification methods based on the distance backbone and triangular topology of networks. Relevant papers (some work not out yet):

doi.org/10.1088/2632...
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doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Ziqi Guo @cna25.bsky.social presents recent work in our lab on #socialmedia #datascience for #biomedical applications via #networkscience. Relevant papers are:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...
doi.org/10.1093/jami...
doi.org/10.36190/202...
Redirecting
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December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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cna25.bsky.social
Michelle Girvan on bringing biology into AI: brain-inspired, locally adaptive excitation–inhibition balance makes reservoir computing more robust, boosts memory & forecasting, and cuts the need for fragile parameter tuning. Self-regulation beats hand-tuning.

#ComplexNetworks2025
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Michelle Girvan shows adaptive network dynamics and heterogeneity improve the performance of reservoir computing!! 👍💪🎉
#ComplexNetworks2025
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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hirokisayama.bsky.social
First #ComplexNetworks2025 keynote Kimbie Glass discusses network medicine
(in the gorgeous Osterhout Theater at Binghamton University)
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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cna25.bsky.social
Our first keynote at #ComplexNetworks2025 is Kimberly Glass, who studies how sample-specific network inference reveals population heterogeneity in biomedical data, linking network structure to patient phenotypes while highlighting key opportunities in #NetworkMedicine.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Now Luis M. Rocha kicks off #ComplexNetworks2025 by introducing Binghamton history, focusing on the School of Systems Science, where we are holding this great event.
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
lmrocha.bsky.social
We are looking for a PhD student to work with us on network science methods for biomedicine. The student can be enrolled in any graduate program. #NetworkMedicine #ComplexSystems.
cberaproject.bsky.social CBeRa - Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems fo @cberaproject.bsky.social · Dec 2
Now hiring: Research Fellow
Focus: Network models in biomedicine. Redundancy and canalization.
📍 Oeiras, Portugal
🗓 Start date: 02/2026
🔗 cbr.fm.ucp.pt/en/bolsa-inv...
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
Photo shared by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025 tagging @naomi.marie__, @nathanmiller612, @rubyscher, @holaarepa, @birksg, @chefjholig, and @haihaimpls. May be an image of text that says 'AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, I.C.E. PAID US A VISIT AT AREPA YESTERDAY. OUR GM NAOMI & TEAM MEMBERS FOLLOWED OUR ICE PROTOCOL PERFECTLY, THE AGENTS LEFT & NO ONE WAS DETAINED. tO WHOEVER NEEDS THIS: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. (1/5)'. christinanguyenmpls 11h We had an ICE scare yesterday and even though we’re afraid of the repercussions of being vocal, we feel that it’s also important to inform people that this is right at our front door. ICE is not some far away boogeyman. They are here right now, spreading fear in our community. We’re so grateful to our entire staff and their bravery. They did the right things and couldn’t have dealt with this situation in a better way. We are grateful to our community activists that came to support us from @miracmn @litosonlake and Monarcha. We hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, that you find these resources helpful. Peace and take care of each other ❤️ Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'. Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'. WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S APPALLING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE, HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI (5/5)
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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cberaproject.bsky.social
Exciting highlight for CBeRa!
Times Higher Education featured our upcoming work on applying complex systems + network science to predict disease progression, a key focus of ERA Chair holder @lmrocha.bsky.social .

Read the article 👇
www.timeshighereducation.com/research/cat...
Using Complex Systems to Predict Disease Progression | Times Higher Education
The CBeRa – Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems for Advancing Biomedical Research – project is redefining how we study health and disease, applying complex systems science to biomedi...
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM