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AssemblingLife
@assemblinglife.bsky.social
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Research project on the significance of self-assembly and self-organization for understanding and explaining living systems, hosted by @uio.no and funded by @erc.europa.eu
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We had a great time at our symposium “Self-assembly and self-organisation in living systems” at #EPSA25. Here some pics from our talks from Gry Oftedal and @jietongx.bsky.social @sanderoest.bsky.social @frabellazzi.bsky.social and Bendik Hellenic-Aaby. 🦋 @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
August 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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If you are in Porto for the #ISHPSSB, look out for our team presenting different works on self-assembly&self-organisation! Interesting talks from @sanderoest.bsky.social @jietongx.bsky.social and Bendik Hellem-Aaby 🦋 @erc.europa.eu @uio.no

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July 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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We just concluded our second year project meeting in Copenhagen! It was a great opportunity to get feedback on our drafts and get to know a new project member (details soon). Ahead a summer of conferences and holidays (1/2) 🗣️⛵️ @erc.europa.eu #philsky
June 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Our research assistant Jietong Xu is going to start the coolest PhD program at #KIT where she will work on the relationship between the simulations/computer models and target systems in the subproject “Philosophical Issues of Multiscale Modeling and AI” in the PHILETAS group 🎉 @jietongx.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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frabellazzi.bsky.social
It also included my last talk at UiO as full time postdoc and I feel very grateful to have been part of this community this year 💙🦋 @assemblinglife.bsky.social @uio.no #philsky
April 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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frabellazzi.bsky.social
One year ago we started a small online reading group on functions and now we have our first workshop on biological functions! Proud of the growing functions in philosophy network 💙 thanks to best co-organiser @harrif.bsky.social and @assemblinglife.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
April 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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This week we are hosting a workshop on Biological functions organised by @frabellazzi.bsky.social and @harrif.bsky.social. Check out the program and get in touch if you want to attend remotely 🦋
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky
Cambridge-Oslo Workshop on Biological Functions - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
First meeting of Functions in Philosophy Network
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April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Last week us&CPS organised a great workshop on “ScaM: scales and measurement in the sciences”. We kicked off with some group work and ended up with a panel discussion. Thanks to all the attendees and speakers! @federicabocchi.bsky.social @beccajackson.bsky.social @uio.no
March 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Thanks, @frabellazzi.bsky.social, for co-organizing a great multidisciplinary workshop on Scale and Measurement at the Center for Philosophy and the Sciences at the University of Oslo. Here's a picture from @beccajackson.bsky.social 's talk on the Apgar Score and "Construct Realization".
March 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Exciting week of #AssemblingLife events ahead:
📖 Reading group on AssemblingLife&Medicine with Sara Green, Rebecca Jackson and Harriet Fagerberg
🗣️ Science Colloquium with Sara Green
📐📏 ScaM workshop organised with #CPS
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ScaM workshop: on scale and measurement in the sciences - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
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March 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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frabellazzi.bsky.social
One of the last outputs of #Metascience has just been published! Here an article with our take on “Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds” for the the edited volume “Special Objects” ⤵️
@ttahko.bsky.social #philsky #philbio

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Francesca Bellazzi & Tuomas E. Tahko, Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds - PhilPapers
Biochemical kinds present an interesting case study in the philosophical literature on natural kinds and functions, as they fall between chemical kinds, defined by their intrinsic microstructural prop...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Another #AssemblingLife talk this week at the CPS Lunch time seminar. This time @frabellazzi.bsky.social was applying comparative philosophy of science to the problem of biochemical structure. 🦋 #philsky
March 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Today our postdoc Bendik Hellem-Aaby gave a fantastic talk on the interplay between self-organisation and natural selection at the CPS LunchTime seminar 🦋
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March 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The team is growing - last month we welcomed our new PhD researcher Hilde Langengen Teigen. Hilde will explore the explanatory role and scope of the predictive processing framework by identifying self-assembly processes in the brain in relation to brain function. 🦋
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Welcome Hilde! - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
Hilde Langengen Teigen is our new PhD student.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Thanks to everyone that applied for our #postdoc and #researcher positions! It is great to see such good research proposals and stimulating ideas on #selfassembly and #selforganization 🦋
March 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I'm trying to put together a history and philosophy of biology and medicine starter pack! Let me know who to add, including if that is you!
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November 23, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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frabellazzi.bsky.social
Last days to apply for the #postdocs in @assemblinglife.bsky.social at UiO! It is a great project in a fantastic team! 🦋 #philjobs

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February 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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New #AssemblingLife article on the Metaphysics of Pregnancy now out on #PhilosophyCompass. Embryogenesis is often mentioned as a case of self-organisation and in mammals it is intrinsically linked to pregnancy, so this article explores how we can think about pregnancy in the first place. 🦋 #philsky
February 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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We are hiring one 3yr post doc and one 2yr researcher to work on philosophy of science in the AssemblingLife project! Please distribute to possible applicants! Deadline: Feb 28
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher in Philosophy of Science -  "AssemblingLife" (271935) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher in Philosophy of Science -  "AssemblingLife" (271935), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The @AssemblingLife project is on Bluesky! Excited to share our activities and work on philosophy of self-assembly and self-organization in living systems. Follow us here for updates on project research and events, and have a look at our website: www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
Assembling Life - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
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February 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM