Maxime Lucas
@maximelca.bsky.social
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Physicist. Complex systems, networks, and data. ππ @UNamur @UCLouvain @FNRS @ProjectCETI
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A sperm whale was born, and we were lucky enough to witness it with
@projectceti.bsky.social
. Read about it below, and go watch the videos! π³
@science.org
:
bit.ly/4bIKkeo
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Lorenzo Lucchini
28 days ago
Amazing! Congrats to
@lordgrilo.bsky.social
@maximelca.bsky.social
Alaa Maalouf, Joseph DelPreto, and all the authors
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Cooperation by non-kin during birth underpins sperm whale social complexity
We quantitatively document a sperm whale birth event, revealing collective support behaviors across kinship lines. Using high-resolution drone footage, computer vision, and multiscale network analysis...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady9280
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Project CETI
29 days ago
Explore moment-by-moment of the most in-depth documentation of any cetacean birth in the new CETI paper, βDescription of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events,β published in
@natureportfolio.nature.com
βs Scientific Reports:
bit.ly/4bIVZKc
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By: Alaa Maalouf, Joseph DelPreto,
@maximelca.bsky.social
,
@poetz.bsky.social
, Jacob Andreas, Antonio Torralba, Shane Gero,
@lordgrilo.bsky.social
, Daniela Rus, David F. Gruber.
@csail.mit.edu
,
@northeasternu.bsky.social
,
@carleton.ca
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@baruch.cuny.edu
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A sperm whale was born, and we were lucky enough to witness it with
@projectceti.bsky.social
. Read about it below, and go watch the videos! π³
@science.org
:
bit.ly/4bIKkeo
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Brian J. Enquist
about 2 months ago
Looks like a fundamental study and approach ... Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature. Insects at high elevations utilize plasticity to cope with rising temperatures, whereas lowland species have limited plastic abilities.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature - Nature
A survey of tropical insect populations and thermal tolerance limits indicates that species from lowland areas have low capacity to survive increased temperatures, and that thermal tolerance is limite...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10155-w
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Nature Portfolio
about 2 months ago
A study in Nature shows that the single-celled form of a tiny, aquatic organism can turn into a multicellular version by three different routes. The discovery adds insight to the possible origins of multicellular life, suggesting a previously unrecognized degree of flexibility. π§ͺ
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Clonal-aggregative multicellularity tuned by salinity in a choanoflagellate - Nature
The choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa forms motile and contractile cell monolayers purely clonally, purely aggregatively or through a combination of both processesΒ depending on environmental conditions.
https://go.nature.com/3OxlmH6
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Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros
2 months ago
Filamentous growth everywhere! It is really fascinating that no matter if you are the fungus that grows as a "mold" in bread or on decomposing wood, in very unrelated lineages; the trademark is filamentous network growth!
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New papers in Network Science
2 months ago
Nat. Rev. Phys.: Collective dynamics on higher-order networks
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-025-00916-3
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When should we favour a model with higher-order interactions over classical pairwise ones? "Reducibility of higher-order networks from dynamics" is now out in
@natcomms.nature.com
Paper:
rdcu.be/e3tH4
Code:
t.ly/pdELP
w/
@lgajo.bsky.social
A. Ghavasieh
@fede7j.bsky.social
@manlius.bsky.social
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The final version of "Reducibility of higher-order networks from dynamics" is finally out in Nature Communications! πππ
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Ricard SolΓ©
3 months ago
Why does life explore so few of the forms it could possibly take? Using fractal descriptors, this
#scienceadvances
paper shows that Earthβs biosphere clusters around simple shapes, reflecting deep evolutionary constraints.
@artemyte.bsky.social
@manlius.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Laurent HΓ©bert-Dufresne
6 months ago
We wrote a little something!
@nwlandry.bsky.social
and I talk about how new software to study networks with groups (like
@xgi.bsky.social
!) can help interdisciplinary collaborations tackle old questions from social ontology and the science of groups.
www.siam.org/publications...
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Group Science: The Open Source Study of Higher-order Networks With XGI | SIAM
The CompleX Group Interactions (XGI) software package offers analytical tools, tutorials, and documentation for higher-order network science research.
https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/group-science-the-open-source-study-of-higher-order-networks-with-xgi/
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CENTURI - Turing Centre for Living Systems
4 months ago
The CENTURI PhD Call 2026 is still ongoing. Applications are open until the end of the month, on January 28th! Visit
centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/
to apply.
#PHD
#CENTURI
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Nicholas Landry
5 months ago
One week left to apply to the UVA Biology PhD program! If you or someone you know are interested in contagion from a complex systems perspective, please reach out! I'm looking for a grad student!
bio.as.virginia.edu/how-apply-gr...
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How to Apply to the Graduate Program
https://bio.as.virginia.edu/how-apply-graduate-program
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Christian Bick
7 months ago
Lots of higher-order interactions at the joint
@beyondtheedge.network
and RUNES workshop at AMU in Marseille this week. Thanks to
@alainbarrat.bsky.social
and
@lordgrilo.bsky.social
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Santa Fe Institute
7 months ago
Final week to apply for the 2026 SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you. Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 Apply:
santafe.edu/sfifellowship
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Andrea Brovelli
8 months ago
β οΈJOB ANNOUNCEMENTβ οΈ Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with
@alainbarrat.bsky.social
. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
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Postdoc in computational cognitive neuroscience - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
https://www.fens.org/careers/job-market/job/123942
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Nicholas Landry
8 months ago
Come be my colleague! Happy to answer any questions about what it's like living in Charlottesville and being in the department.
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Nicholas Landry
9 months ago
π¨π¨ New preprint just dropped! In collaboration with
@colltoaction.bsky.social
, Cliff Joslyn,
@fralotito.bsky.social
, Audun Myers, Joshua Pickard, Brenda Praggastis, and PrzemysΕaw Szufel, we define a new data sharing standard for higher-order networks.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.11520
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Simone Poetto
10 months ago
Thrilled to finally share a huge piece of my PhD project! Our paper βThe Topological Architecture of Brain Identityβ is now out on bioRxiv:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Andrea Santoro
10 months ago
π§ Want to understand how different higher-order methods compare in brain connectivity analysis? Check out our new preprint β a fantastic collab with past & present NPL members
@lordgrilo.bsky.social
: π
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@nwlandry.bsky.social
fighting against vibes-based estimations of the convergence when sampling from the configuration model. Good content. Bonus:
@xgi.bsky.social
viz
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Our first keynote
@marilyngatica.bsky.social
opening TopoNets
@netsciconf.bsky.social
with higher-order interactions for neuroscience
11 months ago
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Giovanni Petri
11 months ago
Learning from
@maximelca.bsky.social
how to be nice to people in science π€£π€£
@netplace.bsky.social
@netsciconf.bsky.social
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Basti Kusch
11 months ago
If you are at
#NetSci25
, join us at 1pm for our
@netplace.bsky.social
panel on the topic of "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression", with panelists
@asteixeira.bsky.social
,
@maximelca.bsky.social
and
@captainkirk1041.bsky.social
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Tomorrow at lunch πππ
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NetPlace
11 months ago
π Very happy to announce Maxime Lucas
@maximelca.bsky.social
as our next panelist! Maxime is an FNRS Postdoc at the Namur Institute for Complex Systems & UCLouvain in Belgium. He is interested in dynamical systems, complex systems, networks, and their applications to life sciences.
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Iacopo Iacopini
11 months ago
Next week at
@netsciconf.bsky.social
-- it's time for another edition of TopoNets! ποΈ June 3, 2025 π FPN Paarse Zaal A great lineup, including keynote talks by
@marilyngatica.bsky.social
, Kwang-Il Goh,
@captainkirk1041.bsky.social
& Maria Pope Full programme:
sites.google.com/view/toponet...
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Tomorrow after lunch I'll talk about fungi πππ
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Daniele Marinazzo
11 months ago
PhD fellowship to work with me and Benedetta Franceschiello on the analysis and modelling of fast sampled fMRI data!
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
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Doctoral fellow
https://www.ugent.be/en/work/scientific/doctoral-fellow-11
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π£ Commentary by
@danielemarinazzo.bsky.social
(thanks!) on our latest led by
@thomrobiglio.bsky.social
now out in PRL. Paper:
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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Giulia Cencetti
about 1 year ago
Would you like to engage in scientific communication for the general public? In Siena during
@css-conference.bsky.social
it will be your occasion! 4 scientists will be chosen and coached by Scienza Coatta to step into the spotlight of a big event-show-scientific quiz.
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A (fun) night with Complex Systems!
This event should be a celebration of science, designed to bring complex systems research to life for a broader audience. With the support of La Scienza Coatta, a collective of Italian science communi...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbLUE0Ptw090FeqkE2L_5IFekjBtqK8e9ZjDbs6ZUFiWftJQ/viewform
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GOTHAM lab
about 1 year ago
1/6 New work in PRE selected as editor's suggestion! With a new hyperedge overlap matrix we characterize its impact on synchronizability in systems with HO interactions
go.aps.org/3FfNGJ6
@santiagolaot.bsky.social
,
@federicomalizia.bsky.social
, V. Latora, M. Frasca &
@gomezgardenes.bsky.social
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Hyperedge overlap drives synchronizability of systems with higher-order interactions
This study explores the nuanced interplay between the structural organization of complex systems and their synchronization stability, specifically focusing on the effects of higher-order interactions ...
https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.034302
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Toby Kiers
about 1 year ago
Our newest research in
@nature.com
We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@sasaspacal.bsky.social
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Carlos Gershenson
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This is result of several efforts from the Complex Systems Society to strive for fairer publishing and evaluating systems in academia.
cssociety.org/about/manife...
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Complex Systems Society
https://cssociety.org/about/manifesto
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NetScience
about 1 year ago
Higher-order Laplacian renormalization
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Higher-order Laplacian renormalization - Nature Physics
The renormalization group is a powerful tool to study the universal properties of physical systems. A diffusion-based renormalization scheme now enables the study of scale invariance and universality ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02784-1
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Nature Physics
about 1 year ago
New online today: ($) A diffusion-based RG scheme enables the study of scale invariance and universality in higher-order complex networks.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Higher-order Laplacian renormalization - Nature Physics
The renormalization group is a powerful tool to study the universal properties of physical systems. A diffusion-based renormalization scheme now enables the study of scale invariance and universality ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02784-1?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nphys
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π£ "Higher-order Laplacian renormalization" finally out in Nat. Phys.! Well done Marco and
@martasolves.bsky.social
for leading this one! π Thanks to the great team with Francesco, Tommaso, and
@lordgrilo.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ea16y
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Pierre de Buyl
about 1 year ago
#ClimateJob
for a scientist (postdoctoral) contract at the Belgian Climate Centre
@meteobe.bsky.social
on the topic "Societal tipping points and social-ecological inequalities". 2 year, SW2 salary scale, Uccle (&collaboration with ULB - Ixelles), deadline 16 march 2025.
www.meteo.be/fr/infos/act...
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Jun Yamamoto
about 1 year ago
π¨3 days remaining to submit your abstract to our Physical Networks Satellite
@netsciconf.bsky.social
! Working on complex networks in which physical constraints & embeddings matter? Send your abstract to
[email protected]
by 17th Feb! Details:
sites.google.com/view/physnet...
#NetSci25
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