Nicolae Morar
@nmorar.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies & Philosophy, University of Oregon
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Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
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Book tour! Come by and help brainstorm how to fight together to protect democracy and make the world more just. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky
August 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Book tour! Come by and help brainstorm how to fight together to protect democracy and make the world more just. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky
Got back to Eugene (OR) after an AMAZING one-year sabbatical in Barcelona… and my Swiss friend, Romain, took me - as a welcome back party - to see the stoner rock/ metal band from Sweden-#DOZER! They played a small venue but- OMG -they still played like there was no tomorrow… what a great band !
August 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Got back to Eugene (OR) after an AMAZING one-year sabbatical in Barcelona… and my Swiss friend, Romain, took me - as a welcome back party - to see the stoner rock/ metal band from Sweden-#DOZER! They played a small venue but- OMG -they still played like there was no tomorrow… what a great band !
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Reposted by Nicolae Morar
The research group “Microbiome Researh and Race in ‘Local South’” investigates how categories of race and ethnicity are used in the production of local scientific knowledge in South Africa and Latin America Learn more about us here: www.uu.nl/en/research/... #hpbio 🦠🌱🐋@utrechthps
Microbiome Research and Race in the ‘Local South’
How can scientists in human microbiome ecology adopt epistemically fruitful, non-discriminatory, and locally relevant classification criteria of human diversity and race?
www.uu.nl
February 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The research group “Microbiome Researh and Race in ‘Local South’” investigates how categories of race and ethnicity are used in the production of local scientific knowledge in South Africa and Latin America Learn more about us here: www.uu.nl/en/research/... #hpbio 🦠🌱🐋@utrechthps
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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
Such a fun an intense time @ishpssb2025.bsky.social with @nmorar.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social Thanks for the amazing discussion!
And the ‘tour de force’ on how to think about #humannature continued at #ISHPSSB2025 with @theramseylab.bsky.social
(chair of the session), Maria Kronfeldner, @matteomameli.bsky.social and Subrena Smith ! Thank you ISH community for such a great conference ! See you - hopefully - next year !
(chair of the session), Maria Kronfeldner, @matteomameli.bsky.social and Subrena Smith ! Thank you ISH community for such a great conference ! See you - hopefully - next year !
July 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
And the ‘tour de force’ on how to think about #humannature continued at #ISHPSSB2025 with @theramseylab.bsky.social
(chair of the session), Maria Kronfeldner, @matteomameli.bsky.social and Subrena Smith ! Thank you ISH community for such a great conference ! See you - hopefully - next year !
(chair of the session), Maria Kronfeldner, @matteomameli.bsky.social and Subrena Smith ! Thank you ISH community for such a great conference ! See you - hopefully - next year !
An amazing festival on how to think about ‘human nature’ with
@edouardmachery.bsky.social, @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, and Aleksandra Knežević ! #ISHPSSB2025 totally rocks!
@edouardmachery.bsky.social, @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, and Aleksandra Knežević ! #ISHPSSB2025 totally rocks!
July 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
An amazing festival on how to think about ‘human nature’ with
@edouardmachery.bsky.social, @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, and Aleksandra Knežević ! #ISHPSSB2025 totally rocks!
@edouardmachery.bsky.social, @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, and Aleksandra Knežević ! #ISHPSSB2025 totally rocks!
Continuing learning at #ISHPSSB2025 about values in ecology and conservation with @luciacneco.bsky.social and Alejandro Merlo ! Thank you for your great presentations !
July 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Continuing learning at #ISHPSSB2025 about values in ecology and conservation with @luciacneco.bsky.social and Alejandro Merlo ! Thank you for your great presentations !
Inspiring work by Denis Walsh on organism/ environment dialectic, along side @jonothingeb.bsky.social and Stuart Newman ! #ISHPSSB2025 is such a treat !
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Inspiring work by Denis Walsh on organism/ environment dialectic, along side @jonothingeb.bsky.social and Stuart Newman ! #ISHPSSB2025 is such a treat !
What a great talk with Mike Travisano about evolutionary innovation and the origin of life, alongside amazing panelists Ken Waters and @mrebolleda.bsky.social ! So happy to be at #ISHPSSB2025 !
July 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What a great talk with Mike Travisano about evolutionary innovation and the origin of life, alongside amazing panelists Ken Waters and @mrebolleda.bsky.social ! So happy to be at #ISHPSSB2025 !
Beautiful piece by May R. Berenbaum, Editor-in-Chief @pnas.org , showing how the history of science/ biology can help us to understand our present time and its current challenges when it comes to political interference… www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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July 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Beautiful piece by May R. Berenbaum, Editor-in-Chief @pnas.org , showing how the history of science/ biology can help us to understand our present time and its current challenges when it comes to political interference… www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The 2nd International Congress of Ecological Humanities is officially open ! With the unique @bea-labajos.bsky.social - amazing organizer ! #CIHE @publicpolicycenter.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The 2nd International Congress of Ecological Humanities is officially open ! With the unique @bea-labajos.bsky.social - amazing organizer ! #CIHE @publicpolicycenter.bsky.social
Truly inspiring work on the human microbiome with an eye toward clinical applications... with Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich & @bernatolle.bsky.social ! No better way to close two days at #BCNMicrobiome. Special thanks to the organizers of this event !
June 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Truly inspiring work on the human microbiome with an eye toward clinical applications... with Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich & @bernatolle.bsky.social ! No better way to close two days at #BCNMicrobiome. Special thanks to the organizers of this event !
A masterclass in human microbiome studies (about the Dutch microbiome and microbiome transmission) with Sasha Zhernakova & @mireiavallesc.bsky.social ! #BCNMicrobiome
June 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A masterclass in human microbiome studies (about the Dutch microbiome and microbiome transmission) with Sasha Zhernakova & @mireiavallesc.bsky.social ! #BCNMicrobiome
And, the learning continues with #BCNMicrobiome - from emulsifier and chronic disease to immune signatures in HIV vaccine responses with Benoit Chassaing & Alessandra Borgognone !
June 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
And, the learning continues with #BCNMicrobiome - from emulsifier and chronic disease to immune signatures in HIV vaccine responses with Benoit Chassaing & Alessandra Borgognone !
Two more amazing talks with @fasnicar.bsky.social and Johannes Bjork ! #BCNMicrobiome
June 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Two more amazing talks with @fasnicar.bsky.social and Johannes Bjork ! #BCNMicrobiome
Great microbiota-brain research timeline - thanks to Jane Foster ! #BarcelonaMicrobiome
June 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Great microbiota-brain research timeline - thanks to Jane Foster ! #BarcelonaMicrobiome
Super happy to be here for the Barcelona debates on the human microbiome 2025 : the promise - two amazing days filled with talks, discussions and learning !
June 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Super happy to be here for the Barcelona debates on the human microbiome 2025 : the promise - two amazing days filled with talks, discussions and learning !
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#CIHE2025 invites you to reflect on the connections between critical thought, aesthetics, Southern epistemologies, environmental philosophy, commons governance, and ecosocial justice. 🌍✨
🗓️ June 30 – July 1, 2025
📍 @upf.edu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQ3...
🗓️ June 30 – July 1, 2025
📍 @upf.edu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQ3...
🌍✨ 2nd International Congress on #EcologicalHumanities 🌱🔍 #CIHE2025
YouTube video by JHU-UPF Public Policy Center
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#CIHE2025 invites you to reflect on the connections between critical thought, aesthetics, Southern epistemologies, environmental philosophy, commons governance, and ecosocial justice. 🌍✨
🗓️ June 30 – July 1, 2025
📍 @upf.edu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQ3...
🗓️ June 30 – July 1, 2025
📍 @upf.edu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQ3...
As always, an incredibly meaningful podcast with Frédéric Gros about Michel Foucault's Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique !!! #radiofrance #Foucault #madness
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Frédéric Gros : "Selon Foucault, la folie n'est rien d'autre que l'inquiétude de la raison"
Le philosophe Frédéric Gros nous parle de l'"Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique", texte qui l'a bouleversé et dans lequel Michel Foucault trace une ligne de crête entre l'exaltation de la raison e...
www.radiofrance.fr
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As always, an incredibly meaningful podcast with Frédéric Gros about Michel Foucault's Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique !!! #radiofrance #Foucault #madness
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
An absolutely amazing exhibition about the Amazon region and the Indigenous people living there … a must see if you have the chance !
February 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
An absolutely amazing exhibition about the Amazon region and the Indigenous people living there … a must see if you have the chance !
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"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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An important read for all microbiome researchers #microbiomania www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
There’s little evidence of a ‘brain microbiome’ | Letter
Letters: Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
An important read for all microbiome researchers #microbiomania www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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A lovely essay and review of my book by Erik Parens, of the @hastingscenter.bsky.social. Erik disagrees, gently, with the basis for my pessimism about the prospects for genetic explanation of human differences. /1
Is Human Agency in Danger of Being Drowned by Genetic Determinism?
Erik Parens, PhD is a Senior Research Scholar at The Hastings Center and director of its Initiative in Bioethics and the Humanities.
elsihub.org
December 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
A lovely essay and review of my book by Erik Parens, of the @hastingscenter.bsky.social. Erik disagrees, gently, with the basis for my pessimism about the prospects for genetic explanation of human differences. /1