Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South'

Very much looking forward to this event! 🦠👇

👩‍🔬On this #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we celebrate the women who opened doors and recommit to work together to ensure every girl in STEM can rise without barriers! #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

Decolonising Development Studies: Why It Matters By Devika Dutt Calls to decolonise Development Studies have gained increasing visibility across universities, research institutes, and policy spaces. Yet despite its growing popularity, decolonisat…

Decolonising Development Studies must necessarily be an anti-imperialist endeavour, argues @devikadutt.bsky.social ( @kings-sga.bsky.social) in our latest blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509

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You can join us tomorrow at 15:30 CET for our reading group!
We will be reading “The Allure of Microbiome Research: Promises of Holism and the Potential for Cruel Optimism,” by Tine Fiis, Louise Whiteley, and Adam Bencard. Join the meeting here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... #philbio #histbio

Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

#univie Historiker Oliver Rathkolb gewinnt die Wahl zum besten Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres in der Kategorie: "Geistes-/Sozial-/Kulturwissenschaften"! 📖 🎉
Sein Buch „Ökonomie der Angst. Die Rückkehr des nervösen Zeitalters“ zeigt Parallelen zwischen der Zeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg und heute auf. ⤵️

In beautiful Strasbourg today where this afternoon I will give a seminar at the Institut de science et d'ingénierie supramoléculaires on Bohr’s legacy for the debate on the nature of physical reality (and my Perspectival realism). qtts.ipcms.fr/qtts4/

iDiv Leipzig is organizing a symposium for early career researchers from all fields interested in scientific integrity & reproducibility.
Some good stuff, e.g.: @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social on generative AI for science, @rmcelreath.bsky.social on a guerilla approach to scientific workflow.>

Poster announcing the 15th Leuven Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, featuring a large QR code over a tinted architectural background, bold text reading “Call for Abstracts,” conference date (24 April 2026), submission deadline (6 March 2026), and a link for more information, with KU Leuven branding in the corner.

We are delighted to announce the 15th edition of the Graduate Student Conference, hosted by the Institute of Philosophy (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social). This year’s keynote speaker is Sibo Kanobana. Submit an abstract by March 6, 2026, and join us! hiw.kuleuven.be/cmprpc/event... #philsky #HPS

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Join us for our next reading group on Wednesday, February 11 at 15:30 CET!
We will be reading “The Allure of Microbiome Research: Promises of Holism and the Potential for Cruel Optimism,” by Tine Fiis, Louise Whiteley, and Adam Bencard.
Join the meeting here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

There is still time to send an abstract for our special issue in the South African Journal of Science! Find the call for abstracts for The human diversity dilemma: Navigating the intersection of microbiomes, ethics and society in Africa here: sajs.co.za/call-human-d... #philbio #histbio

Available soon from Berghahn!

“Colleges and universities must not relinquish their constitutional rights to Trump’s authoritarianism...In America, the president should not get to decide what professors can teach, what research is conducted or who universities can enroll.”

Stand up for the 1st amendment, colleges & universities!

A high-protein diet can defeat cholera infection, according to study Cholera, a severe bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and kills if untreated, can be defeated with a diet high in protein, according to a new study from UC Riverside.

A high-protein #diet can defeat #cholera #infection ...

| #protein | #diarrhea | #microbes | #pathogen | Via @sciencex.bsky.social

Our director, Edouard Machery has just published a new on book on the concepts of health and disease. You can download it for free for two weeks at
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/health-and-disease/275DD294A0657AE0A4E12B710677A051

Poster for the talk by Libby O'Neil, entitled "The Organism and the System: Boundary Crossings in 20th Century Science". It will take place on Monday, 19 January 2026, at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.

For the first lecture in 2026, we welcome Libby O'Neil (Mississippi State University) in our ROTO Lecture Series. In her talk next Monday, Libby will speak about boundary crossings in 20th century science. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#HPBio #HistSci

Latin America’s 'cyborg methods' turn digital precarity into invention—where scientists hack tools, pirate data, and forge collaborative workarounds amidst infrastructural scarcity across five Southern countries. 🦾👾 @tapuya.org

New paper 🚨 US Laws Restricting Medical Care for Transgender Minors: Statutory Inconsistencies Involving Intersex and Other Individuals jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

El aniquilamiento científico La baja de los proyectos de investigación

El aniquilamiento científico - www.pagina12.com.ar/2025/12/08/e...

Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past? We may have ditched the monkey-to-man meme, but the myth of humans as nature’s “pinnacle of evolution” persists in subtler ways.

A great little piece on the depiction of the human in raced/gendered/linear ways in evolutionary education at the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...

New report warns of mounting planetary crises - and pathways to hope A global U.N. report released Dec. 9 warns that the planet is on track for deeper climate shocks, accelerating biodiversity loss, worsening land degradation and deadly pollution — unless countries drastically transform how economies are powered, fed and governed. The...

New report warns of mounting planetary crises - and pathways to hope
->Mongabay | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

Awesome news! Congratulations🌱🌱🌱 #hps #philbio

Fungi proposed as solution to New Hampshire pollution - Valley News Angela Graves proposes using fungi to clean up forever chemical contamination in Merrimack, N.H. as an experimental and natural solution.

#Mushrooms could help address #chemical #contamination problem ...

| #fungi | #NewHampshire | #pollutants | #soils | Via vnews .com

Linda Martín Alcoff widmet sich in ihrem brillanten Buch der Genealogie des Rassismus und seinen Erscheinungsformen in der Gegenwart. Ausgehend vom Kolonialismus durchdenkt sie die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen rassifizierten Identitäten, Geschichte und Kultur neu. Out now!

Special issue of Osiris

Our postdoc Elisabeth Yang and her fellow co-editors, Andrea Graus and Violeta Ruiz, are thrilled to see the final publication of our special issue of Osiris: The Histories of Science and Childhoods. Featured are articles written by an array of brilliant scholars! Stay…

Applications open for Ischia Summer School!

Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS

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It's not eugenics, it's just *gives the definition of eugenics*

In praise of history’s famous first words While death-bed utterances are more famous, baby’s first words have influenced us too.

From April. But you might have missed it. bigthinkbooks.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

💥 The new issue of the Royal Economic Society Newsletter (@resmedia.bsky.social) is out. It contains a short summary of my forthcoming book Conversations on Rational Choice (starting on page 4).

Poster for the talk by Rebecca Sear, entitled "21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology". It will take place on Monday, 8 December 2025 at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.

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

Attending #WCSJ2025 in Pretoria or online? We need your insights on the future of #scijourn and #scicomm.
Please take the survey here ➤ survey.ifkw.lmu.de/wcsj2025/
Led by Prof Lars Guenther (LMU Munich) & Prof Marina Joubert (Stellenbosch University).
Thank you @wcsj2025.bsky.social