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I have a feeling that the study of systems composed of feedback loops (all of creation, I dare say!) will be of interest to you.

I understand it is called "cybernetics".

Please find attached an amusing 1949 Letter from the US Library of Congress to Norbert Weiner, asking him in which section his book "Cybernetics" is supposed to be.

#math #maths #mathematics #library #librarian #DeweyDecimal #physics #economics #biology #astronomy #science #computing #computation


Great interview

Ardem Patapoutian, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine:

"Forty percent of Nobel Prize winners in the United States are immigrants, but this government does not value either science or immigration."

english.elpais.com/science-tec…

#science #biology


Excited to announce our article, "EvoWeaver: large-scale prediction of gene functional associations from coevolutionary signals" was just published in Nature Communications!

We demonstrate that it's possible to infer how genes work together using only sequencing data by leveraging correlated signals of evolution. Check it out at the link below!

#genomics #bioinformatics #rstats #genetics #evolution #biology

nature.com/articles/s41467-025…


If anybody is in #Tokyo and would like to hear about some of my work in #scicomm and #community #biology that is to say: expanding the BioArtBot palette with place-based #microbes; please drop by the BioClub on Monday evening bioclub.tokyo/en/events/bioart…


A large, rare, 225 kb deletion containing six snake venom metalloproteinase genes in eastern diamondback rattlesnake adds to the striking venom diversity shaped by structural variation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf058

#NewPaperAlert #venom #snakes #biology


Advanced genetic techniques and #microscopy offer new insights into anaerobic ciliate and methanogen #symbiosis phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced…

Methanogenic #symbionts of anaerobic #ciliates are host and habitat specific academic.oup.com/ismej/article… #ISEPpapers by @joro

"This study provides a clearer understanding of how anaerobic ciliates have evolved a mix transmission mode to both maintain and replace their symbionts over time"

#microbes #protists #bacteria #archaea #methanogenesis #biology


New #ISEPpapers! Evolutionary origins of the lysosome-related organelle sorting machinery reveal ancient homology in post-endosome trafficking pathways: Kiran More et al. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2403…

#protists #microbes #CellBiology #eukaryogenesis #biology #organelles


Insertions and Deletions: Computational Methods, Evolutionary Dynamics, and Biological Applications buff.ly/3Zmg2JS #science #evolution #biology #genome


New #ISEPpapers #preprint! Viral infection to the raphidophycean alga #Heterosigma akashiwo affects both intracellular organic matter composition and dynamics of a coastal prokaryotic community biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…

#protists #algae #viruses #microbes #biology


New #ISEPpapers! Updated classification of the phylum Parabasalia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu…

"Most are harmless or beneficial gut #symbionts of #animals, but some have turned into #parasites in other body compartments, the most notorious example being #Trichomonas vaginalis in humans."

#protists #microbes #symbiosis #evolution #biology


New #ISEPpapers! Contractile vacuoles: a rapidly expanding (and occasionally diminishing?) understanding sciencedirect.com/science/arti… by Kiran More et al.

#protists #microbes #organelles #biology #evolution #algae #parasites


Gene Transfer Among Viruses Substantially Contributes to Gene Gain of Giant Viruses buff.ly/4dbfB8l #science #evolution #biology #genome


A newly discovered bacterium, Uabimicrobium helgolandensis, eats other bacteria and is a kind of 'bacteria of prey,' that should not even exist based on previous concepts about microbial cells. It could be a kind of microbial missing link, researchers suggest.

#biology #nature #life #cell #microbiology #science #research

labroots.com/trending/microbio…


Recent scientist biographies I have read. All very good!

#science #books #biology


What is the 'tree of life'?
livescience.com/planet-earth/e…
#biology #life #evolution #cladistics


Maxine Singer obituary: biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination

nature.com/articles/d41586-024…

#science #biology


DNA Transposons Favor De Novo Transcript Emergence Through Enrichment of Transcription Factor Binding Motifs doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae134 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper


Over at @sciencemagazine I reviewed @9brandon's marvelous MEET THE NEIGHBORS, about animal lives, animal minds, and ethics of animal-human relating. It's a brilliant book and I hope you'll check it out. #books #bookreview #bookstodon #animals #animalwelfare #animalrights #anthropology #biology science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc…


Funded PhD Position in metagenomics of environmental films

Texas Tech University

Exciting funded PhD opportunity studying metagenomics of environmental films

See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/texas-tech-uni…

#biofilms #bioinformatics #biology #metag...
jobrxiv.org/job/texas-tech-uni…


What's that you say? You want an undergraduate practical course that teaches #MinION sequencing of the skin microbiome? Here you go:

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…

#Biology #Hull #microbiome #UKHE


Jump to molecular #biology. 🧬Not all #evolution is #gradual. Life can leap forward in bursts in response to external stresses or internal #genomic changes, #epigenetics, #horizontal_gene_transfer, and massive re-arrangements.


Mesmerising microbes: bacteria as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures

As a side hustle he manipulates and photographs the microbial world; his images are collected in a book, Beautiful Bacteria. Taking bacteria from substances such as wastewater, dental plaque or kimchi, Danino lets them multiply in a petri dish, adding dyes. The results are artworks differing from the digital enhancements often made in scientific photography to make images more informative.

theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

#News #Photography #Photo #Photos #Image #Images #Microbiology #Biology #Science #STEM #Bacteria #Microbes #Microbes @science @biology @microbiology


The baffling intelligence of a single cell… This, long-read deep-dive into how a single e-coli cell uses chemotaxis to find its food is fascinating for those interested in #Biology and human #physiology. TL;DR even simple small cells have an internal bio computer that mimics basic intelligence and adaptability. #CellularBiology #Chemotaxis

jsomers.net/e-coli-chemotaxis/


Fossil stingray (Cyclobatis sp.)
Upper Cretaceous. Approximately 100.5 million to 66 million years ago. When alive, this creature lived in warm, shallow seas and had a very short tail, which was fitted with a venomous stinger. Discovered in Haqil, Byblos, Lebanon. It just happens to look like an ancient space alien. #science #fossil #archeology #evolution #photo #nature #biology #wildlife


#Deforestation is suspected to have adverse impacts on child #health. Investigating this phenomenon in #Cambodia, a recent study sheds light on the devastating impact of #prenatal exposure to deforestation on child health in Cambodia.
#Environmental #Biology #sflorg
sflorg.com/2024/02/en02262401.…


Wonderful! I love the runner-up, 'The Scholar's Dream', on browntail moths, to the music of Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre: youtube.com/watch?v=SFwRMZKODb…

Overview & other category winners here: science.org/content/article/ka…

#DanceYourPhD #moth #kangaroo #epigenetics #circadian #dance #zoology #science #SciComm #SocialScience #biology #chemistry #physics


This week on the BioAudio podcast an introduction to species concepts created for my Y1 #biology and #Evolution students. bioaudio.buzzsprout.com/223432…


#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #indonesia just pinched us:

Lepidothelphusa menneri

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE879…
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.…
#Zootaxa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crabs


Tom Cavalier-Smith prize DEADLINE EXTENDED isep-protists.com/post/tcs-pri…

We are pleased to announce that we are extending the deadline for Tom Cavalier-Smith prize nominations to January 31st, and that in light of the complicating factor of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are extending eligibility to 4 years post-PhD.

The Tom Cavalier-Smith prize recognizes contributions to evolutionary #protistology, or related fields (e.g. #protists #biology, #biodiversity or #ecology), by #EarlyCareerResearchers.


I just finished putting together a Wikipedia article on plant biologist Mary Clutter, who was so instrumental in determining mechanisms for gene regulation and expression through her work with plant hormones.

She also was one of the foremost scientists involved in expanding opportunities for women scientists in the latter half of the 20th century, including getting them the recognition they deserved for their accomplishments.

#Wikipedia #Women #Biology #Science

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Clu…


Scientists and the general public have long dismissed the cognitive abilities of cows, pigs, and other livestock. But farm animals are capable of much more than we think.

#Science #Biology #AnimalBehaviour #Behaviour #Cognition #intelligence #Cattle #Cow #Pig #Livestock #Chicken

📄 Grimm D (2023) What are farm animals thinking? Science 382:1103–1107 dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adn…


Chance Favors the Prepared Genomes: Horizontal Transfer Shapes the Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance Mutations in Core Genes doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad217 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper


Hello, so I'm coming to the end of my time as the main volunteer organizer for #Biotech Without Borders (a 501(c)(3) in the USA and an all-volunteer member-led #community biolab, aka #makerspace for molecular #biology). I'm reaching out to ask for #donations to keep our #lab running in 2024. We want to be entirely supported by memberships but its' taking time to find our people. opencollective.com/bwob2024

Please boost.


Marine #microorganisms are crucial for #ocean health.

#Bacteria, #archaea, #fungi, #algae and #viruses make up most of the biomass in the seas and form the base of marine food webs.

They support nutrient cycling and drive crucial biogeochemical processes, including key steps in the carbon, nitrogen and silicon cycles.

Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.

#biology #ecology #oceans
nature.com/articles/d41586-023…


October's cover image accompanies the article Population Genomics of Two Closely Related Anhydrobiotic Midges Reveals Differences in Adaptation to Extreme Desiccation doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad169 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper


Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly of the Solitary Parasitoid Wasp Microplitis manilae Ashmead, 1904 (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad144 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper


Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Rapid Evolution of Immunity- and Cancer-Related Genes in Bats doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad148 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper

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