Joshua B. Plotkin

Some nice trains.

Evolutionary Games: Mathematical Theory and Biological Insights

I am really happy to share that there will be a @nitmb.bsky.social workshop next year on mathematical and biological features of evolutionary game theory.

It was really fun to co-organize this workshop with Olivia Chu, Alex McAvoy, and @jplotkin.bsky.social.

www.nitmb.org/evolutionary...

Yamato-sugi, a 4000 year old Yakusugi

Here’s a nice mushroom. #yakushima

Trainspotting trifecta (Sobu, Chuo, Marunouchi)

Hijiribashi

PNAS special feature on Collective Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Dynamics

Contributions from scientists in machine learning, evolutionary game theory, and their growing intersection.

www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122...

Wow. This is an amazing set of findings.

East Japan Railway Company mini training vehicle.

Congrats @alisonfeder.bsky.social !

Graphic artist sends us an example cover illustration … Barabasi vibes and mild nausea.

TIL “Inside of us, we know that love and self-knowledge are the only true paths to good health”

Can you point me to these two?

Time to file your own lawsuit, @upenn.edu, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social, …

Go Elgses!

Get out.

At the delectable assortment of edible treats from around the world

Lab returns from holiday travel

Dongdaemun, 2025!

Mount Yōtei, Hokkaido

Mount Zaō, Yamagata

Apres ski. #Hanazono

Niseko glades with F1 #Hokkaido #strawberryfields

Niseko morning

View from King Quad, Niseko, Hokkaido

Christmas Day powder #Niseko #Hokkaido

Open rank position alert (share away):

The Dept. of Biology at the U of Maryland, College Park invites applications from individuals studying fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology using microbial systems for a tenure-track or tenured position at any rank

bit.ly/ecoevomicro-...

The social leverage effect: Institutions transform weak reputation effects into strong incentives for cooperation | PNAS Institutions allow cooperation to persist when reciprocity and reputation provide insufficient incentives. Yet how they do so remains unclear, espe...

Institutions as a social pulley system. Wonderful work from @jbaptistandre.bsky.social and colleagues.

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

A high-resolution two-step evolution experiment in yeast reveals a shift from pleiotropic to modular adaptation Evolution is expected to involve mutations that are small and modular in effect, but recent findings suggest that mutations early in an adaptive process can have strong and pleiotropic effects. This s...

Do mutations that drive evolution improve many traits or few?

Does this change over the course of evolution?

Excited to share our work in PLOS Biology exploring these questions in the first 2 adaptive steps w/ Yuping Li, @gsherloc.bsky.social, @petrovadmitri.bsky.social 🧵

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Garden District, NOLA