What a week! A huge thank you to all the students and teachers for the for the engaged discussions, thoughtful questions, and good vibes. Rock on, and stay curious! 🤓 ✨ #VeniceEvoDevo #levels #morphogenesis #sysbio #evodevo

Last chance to register! Our EXTENDED DEADLINE is TOMORROW (Apr 7), at noon (CENTRAL EUROPEAN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME). Don't forget to submit your application at the link below: #VeniceEvoDevo

DEADLINE EXTENDED to Apr 7 (midnight, CET) For those of you who struggled with the submission system (we do to!), and those that didn't realize the deadline was on midnight **Central European Time**. 😉 Submit your motivation letter & CV at the link below: #VeniceEvoDevo

Last chance to come join us, don’t forget to apply (by tomorrow March 31st)!!!

Deadline is TOMORROW night (Mar 31). Not tonight, like wrongly announced at first. And that's good news: because you get another 24hrs to apply, if you have not yet done so! What are you waiting for!? 😉 Registration link below:

REGISTRATION DEADLINE is on SUNDAY (Mar 31) !!! Don't forget to apply to learn about the challenges of understanding and modeling multi-scale systems in an absolutely stunning and contemplative environment. Registration link below. #VeniceEvoDevo

One more week until deadline! Don't miss this opportunity. Registration link below. #VeniceEvoDevo

Only about two weeks left to register! Deadline: Mar 31, 2025 Don't miss out on an unforgettable week in Venice. Registration link below.

It's #FollowFriday #FF Follow this year's #VeniceEvoDevo teachers: @bensteventon.bsky.social @dsbrooks.bsky.social @thibautbrunet.bsky.social @wallaceucsf.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social and organizers (James is extremely offline): @nrepina.bsky.social @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy

Our teachers this year: Günter Wagner Günter is an evolutionary biologist studying evolutionary innovations, with a special focus on mammalian female reproduction. He will talk about a model of multi-scale tissue evolution, which is based on metabolic interdependence.

Our teachers this year: Ben Steventon (@bensteventon.bsky.social) Ben investigates the mechanisms that ensure the development of robust and reproducible morphologies during embryogenesis. He will talk about the role of downward causation from the tissue level in development.

Our teachers this year: Merljin Staps Merlijn uses theory to study the evolution of multicellularity, colony organization in social insects, and vertebrate color patterns. He will talk about the role of the environment in major transitions and how to account for this in formal models.

Our teachers this year: Rashmi Priya (@rashmi-priya.bsky.social) Rashmi takes a systems-level approach, integrating quantitative imaging, genetics, and theory to explore how organs form and function emerges during embryogenesis. She will talk about the role of mechanical forces in organogenesis.

Our teachers this year: Mihaela Pavličev Mihaela co-chairs the Department of Evolutionary Biology at Uni Vienna. She studies mammalian reproduction to understand how organismal organization affects variation. She will present a model of tissue evolution based on metabolic interdependence.

Our teachers this year: Wallace Marshall (@wallaceucsf.bsky.social) Wallace studies how cells solve engineering problems, how geometry arises within cells, and how it shapes and constrains cellular behavior. He'll be telling us how cell shape constrains underlying pathways.

Only ONE MONTH to do until our application deadline. Don't miss it! Link below. #VeniceEvoDevo #FEBS @embo.org

Our teachers this year: Nicole King Nicole is an HHMI investigator at UC Berkeley who studies the genetic and developmental foundations of multicellularity and the origin of animals using choanoflagellates as a model system. At our school, she'll teach about the origin of multicellularity.

Our teachers this year: Ronald Jenner Ron works at the Natural History Museum London where he studies the evolution of animal venoms. He is the author (with Eivind Undheim) of 'Venom' & 'Ancestors in Evolutionary biology'. He will be talking about the role of conflict in the emergence of levels.

Our teachers this year: Zena Hadjivasiliou Zena is a mathematician with an interest in animal development and its evolution, who works at the Crick Institute in close collaboration with experimentalists. She will talk about biophysical modeling of morphogen-driven self-organization across scales.

Our teachers this year: Thibaut Brunet (@thibautbrunet.bsky.social) Thibaut studies the evolutionary origin of animal morphogenesis at Institut Pasteur in Paris. He will be teaching us about this and also how multicellularity first arose in evolution.

Our teachers this year: Dan Brooks (@dsbrooks.bsky.social) Dan's research interests span the history & philosophy of the life sciences, concept usage in science & theory in biology. At our school, he'll have a thing or two to say about levels of organization, what they are & where they come from.

Remember: deadline for registration for our Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2025 is on March 31, 2025. This week, we've introduced our organizers (and teachers). Next week: we'll start introducing the rest of our fabulous teaching panel. Details and registration link below.

Our teachers this year: Yogi Jaeger (@yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy) Is interested in why organisms are not machines, and what that has to do with their multi-level organization. Will teach about the emergence of new levels of organization at the school.

Our teachers this year: Nicole Repina (@nrepina.bsky.social) Nicole is using quantitative imaging to study how complex tissue shape can emerge from cell interactions. In Venice, she will be speaking about how we can use imaging for multiscale analysis of multicellular systems.

Our teachers this year: James DiFrisco James is a philosopher of science and theoretical biologist working @crick.ac.uk on the evolution of gene regulatory networks, modularity and pleiotropy, vertebrate gastrulation, and the developmental basis of morphological homology/tissue organization.

It's #FollowFriday #FF Follow this year's #VeniceEvoDevo teachers: @bensteventon.bsky.social @dsbrooks.bsky.social @thibautbrunet.bsky.social @wallaceucsf.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social and organizers (James is extremely offline): @nrepina.bsky.social @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy

*** Registration deadline approaching! Apply to our Summer School in Evolutionary Systems Biology in Venice before MARCH 31, 2025 Reflect on your science in a beautiful and inspiring environment! Food & accommodation for the whole week are included in the course fee. Registration link below.

*** Registration deadline approaching! Apply to our Summer School in Evolutionary Systems Biology in Venice before MARCH 31, 2025 Reflect on your science in a beautiful and inspiring environment! Food & accommodation for the whole week are included in the course fee. Registration link below.

If you're interested in theory in biology, please consider applying for this EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course "Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems", organized by @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy, @nrepina.bsky.social, and James DiFrisco. meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul... #philsci #evobio

A very Happy New Year from the #VeniceEvoDevo team! Don't forget: deadline for this year's edition is March 31... Application link below.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2025: Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems Aug 27-22, 2025 Centro Cultural Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice Register at: meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul... Deadline is March 31, 2025. #VeniceEvoDevo

Do you know any cool papers about the multi-level nature of living and ecological systems? Especially papers that don't get enough attention? Modeling, experiments, philosophy, whatever. Let us know. We'd like to discuss them on here. #VeniceEvoDevo

It is super easy to allow members of the #Fediverse see and interact with your content. All you have to do is follow @ap.brid.gy. Your #BlueSky account will then appear on #Mastodon as: @[handle]@bsky.brid.gy It literally takes less than 10 seconds to set up... So why not do it?

Great paper by Yogi Jaeger, Denis Walsh et al. A sweeping overview of the complex adaptive systems approach to organisms, arguing why their behavior & evolution defy computable models, while bridging open research issues in biology, cognitive science & AI frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

It is super easy to allow members of the #Fediverse see and interact with your content. All you have to do is follow @ap.brid.gy. Your #BlueSky account will then appear on #Mastodon as: @[handle]@bsky.brid.gy It literally takes less than 10 seconds to set up... So why not do it?

We shall build a new science for a world that is not a machine. A science built on true complexity, a wiser science that knows its limits. A science more rigorous than the modern one, free of woo and mysticism […] [Original post on spore.social]

Do you know any cool papers about the multi-level nature of living and ecological systems? Especially papers that don't get enough attention? Modeling, experiments, philosophy, whatever. Let us know. We'd like to discuss them on here. #VeniceEvoDevo

I went to this summer school some 10 years ago and it was extremely inspiring. Highly recommended, especially for post-docs or young PIs who want a fresh thinking on evolutionary biology!

It's #FollowFriday #FF Follow this year's #VeniceEvoDevo teachers: @bensteventon.bsky.social @dsbrooks.bsky.social @thibautbrunet.bsky.social @wallaceucsf.bsky.social And our organizers (except James, who's extremely offline): @nrepina.bsky.social @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy

Shout out to #BlueSky users who are not (active) on #Mastodon: please activate bridge, so that the cool kids in the #Fediverse can also follow your content and engage with you! It's really easy to set up! Won't take a minute. fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky...

Apply to join us in Venice next summer! Check out our wonderful lineup of teachers 👇👇👇

Follow this year's #VeniceEvoDevo teachers on #BlueSky: @bensteventon.bsky.social @dsbrooks.bsky.social @thibautbrunet.bsky.social @wallaceucsf.bsky.social Our organizers are either extremely offline (how healthy is that!), or are bridging in form #Mastodon: @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy

Don't miss this opportunity to visit beautiful Venice to learn about the latest ideas in evolutionary systems biology! Deadline is March 31, 2025. Registration link below. #VeniceEvoDevo

While I love the recent Bluesky rally, I also want to remind everyone that Mastodon is the only properly decentralized, billionaire-proof and VC-free social media for now. I get that most people couldn't care less about protocols, but if you do, I recommend maintaining a presence there :)

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2025: Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems Aug 27-22, 2025 Centro Cultural Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice Register at: meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul... Deadline is March 31, 2025. #VeniceEvoDevo