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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South'
@localmicrobes.bsky.social
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Research group "Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South'" based @Utrecht University
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microbesinfo.bsky.social
#Nature's motor from billions of years ago ...

| #evolution | #bacteria | #microbes | #propulsion | #flagellum | #flagella | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
How life first got moving: Nature's motor from billions of years ago
Research led by the University of Auckland has cast light on the evolutionary origins of one of nature's first motors, which developed 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago to propel bacteria.
phys.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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cohodes.bsky.social
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣

"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
Screenshot of working paper: The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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susanamonso.com
My book Playing Possum has been nominated in its German edition for 'Science book of the year' (Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres)! Please kindly vote for it if you think it deserves to win 😇
Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres
Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres
www.wissenschaftsbuch.at
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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naomioreskes.bsky.social
This is crazy
arxiv.org/html/2505.23...
Large Language Models Often Know When They Are Being Evaluated
arxiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Charbel El-Hani presenting @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social Descartes Colloquium with awesome comments from Jonas Torrens @utrechthps.bsky.social #hps #philbio 🌱🦜🦠
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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geophotographer.org
Fungi may have been shaping Earth’s ecosystems far earlier than we thought. New fossil-calibrated timelines show their ancestors branching off between 1.4 and 0.9 billion years ago, long before plants appeared.
#Fungi
#Evolution
#Paleobiology
#EarthHistory
🧪🍄🍄‍🟫

Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The billion-year reign of fungi that predated plants and made Earth livable
Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...
www.sciencedaily.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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wombatscholar.bsky.social
Interesting confirmation (and specification) of the role of autoimmunity in ALS published yesterday in Nature, open access. Still, not enough attention is given to the contributions of autoimmunity in disease causation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Nature
An analysis of T cell responses in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shows that the C9orf72 antigen is a key target of autoimmune responses in the disease, and identifies C9orf72 epitopes that are recognized.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
It is so inspiring to listen to world cafe insights and see them taking shape in the incredible art of Caileigh Pentz 😍 #hps #hpb #philbio 🌱🦜🦠
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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roto-rub.bsky.social
Amazing talk by @msimang.bsky.social at the "Human Diversity Dilemma" Workshop (@localmicrobes.bsky.social), Cape Town! Check out this great infographic on shifting racial classif. in South Africa 17-21C by @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social and Phila:
figshare.com/articles/fig...
#hpbio #philsky #race
October 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
We are excited to have Jan Baedke from @roto-rub.bsky.social in our interdisciplinary workshop. Join online! perspectivesrace.wixsite.com/the-human-di...
October 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Starting with an exciting talk from Exodia Setati on the landscape of microbiome research in Africa
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Great news!
Our workshop will also be streamed online!
Join us this Wednesday morning from 8:30 by following the link available here: perspectivesrace.wixsite.com/the-human-di...
September 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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roto-rub.bsky.social
📢 Come work in Bochum!
- 3 year PostDoc Position in an edition and research project on Ernst F. Apelt
- PhD in philosophy or history of science and very good German language skills required
- PI: Prof. Helmut Pulte
- Deadline: 6.10.25
All information here: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/d...
Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) in einem Editionsprojekt
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Last days to register for The Human Diversity Dilemma workshop! Don't miss this great opportunity!

#hpbio #histbio #philbio🐋🌱

Register now! perspectivesrace.wixsite.com/the-human-di...
September 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
If you haven't registered yet, please do so before September 22nd!
#hpbio #philbio #histbio 🐋🌱
October 1st to 3rd, 2025 – Interdisciplinary Workshop in South Africa (Cape Town) – The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics, and Society in Africa
September 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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roto-rub.bsky.social
Very happy to get this in the mail today! Looks nice! 😀📖
#philsci #HPS #hpbio
September 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Submitted abstracts will be selected to appear in an interdisciplinary OA special issue in the South African Journal of Science! sajs.co.za 🙌 Deadline: August 18th. Early career scholars accepted can request travel support to our writeshop in Cape Town!
#hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠
August 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Such a fun an intense time @ishpssb2025.bsky.social with @nmorar.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social Thanks for the amazing discussion!
July 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Our confirmed speakers for the workshop "The Human Diversity Dilemma" include Jantina de Vries, Marina Joubert ‪@marinajoubert.bsky.social‬, Phila Msimang @msimang.bsky.social‬, Tessa Moll @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social Evodia Setati. Check our exciting program! 👇🦠 💗 #philbio
July 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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drlynnchiu.bsky.social
At the #Rudolphina editorial desk, we're quite excited about Sarah Davies' new #STS book on strategies for living in a technoscience world.

Enjoy our interview-- and learn more about her recommended reads for this summer! #RudolphinaReads
univie.ac.at Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Jul 14
#Technologies & scientific knowledge are all around us. In her recent book, Sarah Davies suggests a #toolkit to navigate this increasingly complex world. The most important strategy: to understand that the way that #technoscience develops is not inevitable, but the result of human choices. ⤵️🥼🧪
Rudolphina Reads | Science Societies by Sarah Davies
Technologies and scientific knowledge are all around us. In her recent book, Sarah Davies suggests a toolkit to navigate this increasingly complex world. The most important strategy: to understand tha...
rudolphina.univie.ac.at
July 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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rob-kowa.bsky.social
This is excellent
Best piece on AI and education and the humanities I have read yet
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
By New York Times -D. Graham Burnett - May 24, 2025. (Article in book format) – (Fox News Video) Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring....
human-synthesis.ghost.io
July 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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roto-rub.bsky.social
Join us Monday at 4pm (CET) for our last Reading Group session in this semester, discussing "Citizen science from the margins: Epistemologies of ignorance in the movement of women with endometriosis in Mexico" by Julieta Piña-Romero.
Just email jan.baedke[at]rub.de to participate!
#PhilMed #PhilSci
Screenshot of the title page of the article "Citizen science ‚from the margins‘: epistemologies of ignorance in the Movement of Women with Endometriosis in Mexico" by Julieta Piña-Romero.
July 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
localmicrobes.bsky.social
Epistemic injustice in health care! Join this exciting talk!👇
#HPBio #PhilMed
roto-rub.bsky.social ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · Jun 27
Join us next Monday for our last lecture in this semester! Just register via the link: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed #HPBio
roto-rub.bsky.social ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · Jun 26
We are very happy to welcome Havi Carel (University of Bristol) next Monday for the last talk in our ROTO Lecture Series. Havi will speak about #EpistemicInjustice in Health Care.
Just register via this link to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #PhilMed
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM