📢 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...

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...

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

Very happy to get this in the mail today! Looks nice! 😀📖 #philsci #HPS #hpbio

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 🦠

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 🦠

Such a fun an intense time @ishpssb2025.bsky.social with @nmorar.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social Thanks for the amazing discussion!

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

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

This is excellent Best piece on AI and education and the humanities I have read yet

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

Epistemic injustice in health care! Join this exciting talk!👇 #HPBio #PhilMed

#Microbes can actually be a help around the #house ... | #plants | #pets | #bacteria | #virus | #fungi | #home | Via @sandiegouniontribune.com‬

Next week, we welcome Daniel Whistler ‬(University of London) in our ROTO Lecture Series. Dan will speak about Agnes Arber and her thoughts on the dangers of morphological method. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci

Out now (print and open access!): Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at @cambridgeup.bsky.social . It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

Save the date! Interdisciplinary Workshop: The Human Diversity Dilemma: Navigating the Intersection of Microbiomes, Ethics, and Society in Africa #hpbio #histbio #philbio 🌱🐋 Check the Call for Abstracts for our special issue on our website: perspectivesrace.wixsite.com/the-human-di...

This week, we are super happy 🤩 to share Aline Potiron’s publication on the measurement of biodiversity in microbial ecology. #philbio #hpbio #histbio 🐋🌱 Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s131...

Tomorrow at 3:30 CET, we will have our reading group! We will read: Sumrall, Laura, and Maureen A O’Malley. “Conceptual Parallels: Microbiome Research and Ancient Medicine.” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 67, no. 3 (2024): 406–23. doi.org/10.1353/pbm..... teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi....

Next week, we welcome @elisj.bsky.social (TU Munich) in our ROTO Lecture Series. He will ask "What is normal?" and talk about shifting baselines in biology. Just register via this link to participate: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... 🦓 #HPBio #PhilSci

Great talk! 🦠#HPBio

📣2nd call for #ISHPSSB2025 travel grants open until May 15, 2025! Information here: ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration... #philsci #hpbio #histSTM #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

Our group did a little excursion today before lunch to see the giant Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in full bloom at the botanical garden here in Bochum 🌺 It only blooms once every few years for 1-2 days, so this was quite the botanical spectacle. 😍 #Botany

Our favorite philosopher Aline Potiron is presenting her work next Monday 12 May at 16 CET @roto-rub.bsky.social You can't miss this talk! #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci 🦠💗🐋🌱We are so lucky to have her @utrechthps.bsky.social

Looking forward to reading it! 🤓🦠🐋🌱 #philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci

Awesome research done @roto-rub.bsky.social!

In our "History and philosophy of race and microbes" reading group we are reading Chapter 6: ‘Being Gutless: Race, Kinship, and Microbial Medicine’ from Wolf-Meyer, Matthew J. American Disgust 2024. Join us on Wednesday 30 at 15:30 CET with the link below 👇 #hps #hpb 🦠🐋🌱

Exciting days with awesome colleagues 💕🌱🐬 #PhilSci @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social

Such fun and intense two days at the Spring School "Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society" @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social

Today at 15:30 CET in our "History and Philosophy of Race and Microbes" reading group we will discuss Schneider 2021 "Interactions within the Holobiont" quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/t.... Join us! #hpb #philbio👇🦠🐋🌱

Don't miss Phila's talk @msimang.bsky.social next Monday! 🐋🌱🦠😷

Great lineup including our favorite philosophers Aline Potiron www.uu.nl/staff/AIPoti... and Phila Msimang @msimang.bsky.social. Don't miss these talks! #hpb 🐋🦠

I am a bacterium, and you? Which microbes are you? www.buzzfeed.com/carlilejolie...

Nueva fecha límite para envío de trabajos. congressin.com/e/aifibi/

Really? #hpbio, #histbio, #philbio

Join us tomorrow at 3:30 PM CET for our discussion of Weisz, George, and Jesse Olszynko-Gryn. “The Theory of Epidemiologic Transition: The Origins of a Citation Classic.” Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 65, no. 3 (2010): 287–326. teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

We are so happy to have @luciacneco.bsky.social with us at the HPS program @utrechthps.bsky.social Today presenting "Rethinking Race in Microbiome Research: A Social Systems Approach" at the Descartes Colloquium @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #hps #philbio 🐋🌱

US politicians commonly claim that the US has been a "beacon of democracy" for the past 250 years, at home and abroad. Let's have a look a the evidence. 🧵 Links at the end.

Today we strike against the budget cuts to Dutch education🌱🐳 #hps

Sandra Harding's work was some of the first I read in philosophy of science. She opened up a world for me, and I'm sure she'll continue to do so for generations to come.

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

📣Apply now for the HPS+Logic M.A. at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de ! The program includes courses on science and its history, logic and topics on culture, ethics & technology. More info: www.hpsplus.org Application deadline for the summer term: 15 March (EU students) #PhilSci #HistSci #HPS #STS #logic

Join us today ‘History and Philosophy of Race and Microbes’ March 5th 15:30 CET to read: Schaan et al. 2021. “The Structure of Brazilian Amazonian Gut Microbiomes in the Process of Urbanisation.” doi.org/10.1038/s415... . Join us: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi.... 🌱🦠🐋#hpbio #philbio

Join us to our ‘History and Philosophy of Race and Microbes’ reading group on Wednesday, March 5th. We will read: Schaan et al. 2021. “The Structure of Brazilian Amazonian Gut Microbiomes in the Process of Urbanisation.” doi.org/10.1038/s415... Join us online: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

Hello! I am Elian Schure, happy to be part of the Microbiome research and race in the ‘Local South’ project! #hpbio #philbio I am especially interested in the interaction between colonialism and the life sciences 🪴 Outside of work, I run two book clubs and like picnicking in the park! 🌳

I am Aline Potiron, delighted to be part of the Microbiome research and race in the ‘Local South’ project! #hpbio #philbio 🐋🌱 Throughout my PhD, I relied on my experience as a microbiologist 🦠 to challenge major ideas in the philosophy of science. When not doing philosophy, I like playing rugby 🏉

The next "History and Philosophy of Race and Microbes" reading group session is on Wednesday, February 12th at 15:30 CET. We will read: "The human gut microbiome and health inequities" by Katherine R. Amato et al. 2021! Join us on Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the European Philosophy of Science Association Conference #EPSA25. The CfP is closing this Friday, 31st Jan. philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP

Today, we have the last talk in our ROTO Lecture Series for this semester! We're very happy to have Don Opitz as our last speaker, talking about arboreal agency in environmental histories. You can still register for the talk: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #EnvHist #HPBio #PhilSci