Upcoming PhilInBioMed-Seminar: Nov 20 | 3:00 pm (CET) | hybrid Alvaro Moreno (IAS, Univ. of the Basque Country): "An Evolutionary Story of Agency: How Life Evolved to Act on its Own" Further info can be found at philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/alvaro.... For participation,please contact us directly.

Excellent talks & discussion between Sam Scheiner and @alkistiseg.bsky.social just now: check out their work! Also occurs to me I haven't yet announced I started working on the PhilInBioMed team 2 weeks ago: my first research post-doc, studying the impact of philosophical thinking in neuroscience.

Upcoming PhilInBioMed Seminar: Nov 18, 2025 | 5:00 pm CET | Virtual (Zoom) Join us for a dialogue between Alkistis Elliott‑Greaves (Bielefeld University) and Sam Scheiner (NSF, USA) on the impact of philosophy and theoretical thinking on ecology. More details: philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philin...

Busy week at the institute! Join us for an exciting talk by Carlo Maley (Arizona State University) (hybrid) | 29. Oct, 2:00 pm (CET) “Launching a new field: Evolutionary cancer epidemiology” Please send us a DM if you are interested in participating.

Join us for our upcoming PhilInBioMed Seminar: Samir Okasha (University of Bristol) (hybrid) | 27. Oct, 5:00 pm (CET) The “Philosophy of Fitness” revisited More information can be found here: philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philin... If you are interested in participating, please send us a DM.

Upcoming: Tuul Sepp (Univ. of Tartu) (hybrid) | 16.Oct, 1:30 pm (CEST) “Sentinels of the sea: what does the health of marine animals tell us about the state of the environment and how can scientists help to make a change?” immunoconcept.cnrs.fr/event/thursd... Please send a DM to attend online.

Tuesday, September 16th | 5 pm (French time, UTC+2) | VIRTUAL via Zoom We are excited to announce our upcoming PhilInBioMed-Seminar: Herbert Virgin on "AI for drug discovery and development". Please send us a message if you would like to participate.

Special issue on "The ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems." @pradeu.bsky.social @philinbiomed.bsky.social and all the other philosophers interested in immunology, etc. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Special issue in @science.org on #EvolvingImmunity (great illustrations!), with themes addressed by the ERC #IDEM @philinbiomed.bsky.social 10+ years ago: the need to rethink the function of immunity in the context of its physiological roles & co-evo with microbes www.science.org/toc/science/...

New paper out! rdcu.be/etKdN Experts in #cancer across the tree of life and philosophers of science teamed up to explore how comparative thinking can improve current approaches to cancer, including conceptually and therapeutically. #evolution #ecology #oncology #philosophy

Impressions of Day 2 of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?) Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... Marie Vasse on "Predictions and Unexpectedness" #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

Some impressions of the first day of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?) Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

The #PhilInBioMed Summer School has started! Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine. @philinbiomed.bsky.social 👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

Up next: Ludo L.J. Schoenmakers (KLI) @ Bordeaux Team Meeting (hybrid) | 22.05. 3 – 4:30 pm Join us for an exciting talk on ” Evolution and the Origins of Life”. More information here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/team-m... If you are interested in participating online, please send us a DM.

Very honored to host the great Nick Lane in Bordeaux tomorrow! www.philinbiomed.org/event/nick-l... Part of the PhilInBioMed seminar series @philinbiomed.bsky.social

Join us for our next PhilInBioMed seminar! April 1, 5:00 pm | Hybrid Event Nick Lane (University College London, UK) - Why membrane bioenergetics structures cell evolution from the origin of life to agency More information can be found here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/nick-l...

Today in Bordeaux, Carlo Maley gave an exciting talk on the implications of evolution for cancer. Some of the biggest problems regarding cancer are its early detection, the development from a local phenomenon to metastases as well as developing promising therapies and adapting to resistances.(1/)

Join us for our upcoming PhilInBioMed-Seminar! 24 March, 2:30 pm | Hybrid Event Carlo Maley (Arizona State University, USA) - How Evolution Can Help Solve All the Biggest Problems in Cancer Further information can be found here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/carlo-...

Update: There will be no PhilInBioMed-Seminar tomorrow.

Greetings from Bordeaux! Here, we will keep you updated on events, publications and everything else of interest for the PhilInBioMed-Community.