Paula (Paulinha) Lemos-Costa
@paulinhalemos.bsky.social
Theoretical Ecology, Species Interactions, Community Structure and Coevolution
Postdoctoral investigator at the University of Sao Paulo, former UChicago PD Scholar
Postdoctoral investigator at the University of Sao Paulo, former UChicago PD Scholar
Reposted by Paula (Paulinha) Lemos-Costa
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Reposted by Paula (Paulinha) Lemos-Costa
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is pretty insane, seems like it came out of a fiction book www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A mind-reading brain implant that comes with password protection
A brain–computer interface decodes in near-real time the imagined speech of people who have difficulty enunciating words.
www.nature.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is pretty insane, seems like it came out of a fiction book www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Paula (Paulinha) Lemos-Costa
Super excited to share our new study, where we introduce and apply a data-driven modeling approach to predict dynamical regimes of ecosystems at unseen environmental conditions (e.g. beyond a tipping point):
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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June 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Super excited to share our new study, where we introduce and apply a data-driven modeling approach to predict dynamical regimes of ecosystems at unseen environmental conditions (e.g. beyond a tipping point):
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Flock behavior at SP-Arte
I see complex systems everywhere
Art by Amalia Giacomini
I see complex systems everywhere
Art by Amalia Giacomini
April 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Flock behavior at SP-Arte
I see complex systems everywhere
Art by Amalia Giacomini
I see complex systems everywhere
Art by Amalia Giacomini
Reposted by Paula (Paulinha) Lemos-Costa
Please share this story. Talk about it with your colleagues, friends, and family. Spread the word, and don’t let what’s happening die in darkness.
When we shut the eyes of science, we lose more than we know.
When we shut the eyes of science, we lose more than we know.
March 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Please share this story. Talk about it with your colleagues, friends, and family. Spread the word, and don’t let what’s happening die in darkness.
When we shut the eyes of science, we lose more than we know.
When we shut the eyes of science, we lose more than we know.
This is insane! Evolution is beautiful and “schizogamy” is a great name!
Reproduction mode “in which the posterior body part filled with gametes detaches from the original body, as a reproductive unit (stolon) that autonomously swims and spawns” with eyes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reproduction mode “in which the posterior body part filled with gametes detaches from the original body, as a reproductive unit (stolon) that autonomously swims and spawns” with eyes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Morphological, histological and gene-expression analyses on stolonization in the Japanese Green Syllid, Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida, Syllidae) - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Morphological, histological and gene-expression analyses on stolonization in the Japanese Green Syllid, Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida, Syllidae)
www.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is insane! Evolution is beautiful and “schizogamy” is a great name!
Reproduction mode “in which the posterior body part filled with gametes detaches from the original body, as a reproductive unit (stolon) that autonomously swims and spawns” with eyes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reproduction mode “in which the posterior body part filled with gametes detaches from the original body, as a reproductive unit (stolon) that autonomously swims and spawns” with eyes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
After a long time away from the former little bird social media, I decided to give it a try here. Back in the good old days, my account was a precious curated scientific bubble that I truly cherished and enjoyed. Hoping to bring these feelings back or keep the nostalgic talk
February 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
After a long time away from the former little bird social media, I decided to give it a try here. Back in the good old days, my account was a precious curated scientific bubble that I truly cherished and enjoyed. Hoping to bring these feelings back or keep the nostalgic talk