Forced sterilisation for disabled people? Still happening youtu.be/7ac_LxNHSOU?... @sara-rocha.bsky.social

#paper How do organisms adapt to changing environments? Through plasticity, evolution, or a combination of both? Find out in our new paper by Alger Jorritsma, where we show which strategies evolve under different environmental conditions. @journal-evo.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

"The evolutionary role of mutational robustness: theoretical insights" by Pieter van den Berg & co "Here, we categorize and critically discuss the main approaches for modeling the evolutionary causes and consequences of mutational robustness." FREE till Jan 18: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mBGtcQbJF...

#meetourmembers! Today, we would like to introduce our newest labmate: Juliette. She joined us from France just last month! Add her on Bluesky to follow her work: @julietteluiselli.bsky.social !!

I have again been given the opportunity to speak out loud. This time a little louder… kathetgedacht.com/2025/12/02/a...

Next week, we welcome @rebeccasear.bsky.social in our Lecture Series. Rebecca will talk about 21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio

New paper from my colleagues at the @vandenberglab.bsky.social !

· #AcademicSky · The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.

Hi I am Piet! Pi of the Evolutionary Modelling Group! Isn’t it just fascinating that we are all here because of evolution? If you feel the same, feel free to reach out to me to join our group!

Hi everyone! We are the Evolutionary Modelling Group! We are interested in many topics, from the evolution of microbial mutational robustness to the evolution of language and culture in humans. We rely on a variety of methods, both computational (evolutionary simulations) and mathematical.

What are we even doing, really? kathetgedacht.com/2025/11/07/t...

"The mistake, however, is to presume – a priori – that animal communication is anything like ours. All too often we try to crowbar animal communication into a human-centric framework..." By Helen Pilcher @theguardian.com, with great examples. #animalcommunication #language #nature #anthropology

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"Het leven is vaak saai. Gelukkig maar!" Interview met Kat Van der Poorten in het septembernummer van Sonar (KU Leuven). Kat is de laureate van het eerste LAVA-scholarship en is tevens bestuurder in onze vzw. @kathetgedacht.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

We are really grateful to everyone who made it so special. Thank you!! 💫 #ESEB2025

Found in the wild

Next call for our scholarship for openly autistic academics at (post)doctoral level in autumn 2025! We offer a grant that enables participation in an activity of choice relevant to their research. We also enable them to present their research at our symposium.

For the people attending @eseb2025.bsky.social asking about the scholarship for autistic researchers: @lavavzw.bsky.social (Autistic Adults' Reading and Advisory Group) just joined Bluesky!

"sequencing millions year old DNA is hard, but getting a major grant is even harder". Great talk this morning at #eseb2025 from Love Dalén, with a funny- but also important message: whether you are sequencing ancient DNA or applying for major grants, don't give up.

“When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.”

Global Strike for Gaza tomorrow - x.com/GermanPolygl...

Online now: Disability in ecology and evolution

Sometimes life really is Ghibli

Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans

I am tired of people who value decorum over democracy, politeness over people, & professionalism over integrity.

On International Women's Day, I highlight the need for leadership of women with disabilities in all national and EU policies, strategies and legislation. We need to #EndForcedSterilisation and ensure sexual and reproductive rights. We need rights, not violence as "protection". Nothing without us!

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

one curious feature of our particular dismal political era: some people have gotten so addicted to the particular vice signaling around empathy / concern for other people that they seem to see evidence that something will benefit others as evidence that it will harm them

Kat Van der Poorten is the laureate of the first-ever Reading and Advisory Group of Autistic Adults scholarship (in Belgium). Read her speech! 💪 "I want to finish with that discomfort. Because true change only begins when we allow ourselves to feel that discomfort." Kat Van der Poorten, 2025

This speech is a rousing and beautiful defence of diversity and inclusion - do take a moment to give it a read!

Thank you all for sharing my speech all over the world! Keep valuing diversity in all its forms 🌺 kathetgedacht.com/2025/02/22/l...

Read Kat's acceptance speech, it was breathtaking.

To all people worried about all things US (and related): open.spotify.com/track/5oAeRf...

Proud to be the laureate of the first ever LAVA Scholarship for autistic researchers! Upon request: a link to the written version of my acceptance speech in Dutch, with English translation. kathetgedacht.com/2025/02/22/l... Thank you! I hope to honour this scholarship and the autistic community.

Today my postdoc presented on his NSF-funded project modeling the evolution of intersectional identity signaling, and my grad students sardonically dubbed it “The Last Hurrah of Quantitative Woke Studies.”

Check out my interview about being an autistic researcher in TREE's disability series: www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... If you're a disabled researcher in ecology/evolution and want to share your own experiences, reach out to @aeastephens.bsky.social More voices = more change!

Minder van de pot gerukt dan het lijkt!

PhD position: Wild orangutan grammatical rules and the evolution of language. University of Warwick www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Een kerstverhaal over mijn worsteling met het interpreteren van de neurobiologische literatuur rond sequentiële informatieverwerking waarin ik de verwarring, de metaforen en mijn ongeduld probeer op een rijtje te zetten.