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The Importance of Biological Theory - Biological Theory Biological Theory -

I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy!

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Fig. 4. of Kraus 2026. Normal mammalian cardiogenesis and ambiogenic events hypothesized to be required for proper outflow tract development during placentation, along with associated developmental and phylogenetic phenotypes.

Fig. 4. of Kraus 2026. Normal mammalian cardiogenesis and ambiogenic events hypothesized to be required for proper outflow tract development during placentation, along with associated developmental and phylogenetic phenotypes.

💐 Congratulations to our 2025 KLI fellow, Nina Kraus @ninakraus.bsky.social, on her new publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology on
"Environmentally dependent developmental induction as a potential driver of heart evolution"!
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🌟 Many thanks to Jan Baedke for an inspiring talk, and to our on-site and online audience for the engaged discussion! 👏👏👏

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🔔 Gentle Reminder: Join our KLI Colloquium this afternoon, 3:00 PM CET.

29.01.2026 08:25 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond"
Speaker: Jan BAEDKE (Ruhr University Bochum)
🕒 26 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
🗺️ at KLI, join online via ZOOM (link & info: www.kli.ac.at/content/en/e...)

23.01.2026 08:57 — 👍 15    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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☀️🎓 8th European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS)🌍
Theme: “Philosophy of Biology for a Healthy Planet”
Apply by 31 January 2026!
Find more information on: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...

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💐Congratulations to Adam on his new publication!👏👏👏

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💐 Congratulations to our Writing-up Fellow Liberty Severs on her new publication! 👏👏👏

16.01.2026 08:09 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

🔔 Gentle Reminder: Join our KLI Colloquium this afternoon 3:00 PM CET

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🏵️We are happy to welcome our new Visiting Fellow Carrie Figdor! www.kli.ac.at/en/people/cu... Carrie is a professor of philosophy (University of Iowa, University of Edinburgh) and will work on her project, “Biological Modality and the Mind/Body Problem” at the KLI.

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🏵️ A warm welcome to our new Writing-up Fellow Sanjay Narayanaswamy! www.kli.ac.at/en/people/cu... Sanjay is pursuing his PhD at the University of Vienna, working on “Notch Coordinates Concurrent Germ Layer and Axial Polarity Self-Organization in Cnidarian Gastruloids.”

15.01.2026 10:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty"
Speaker: Patricia BELDADE (Lisbon University)
🕒 15 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
🗺️ at KLI, join online via ZOOM (link & info: www.kli.ac.at/en/the_kli/n...)

13.01.2026 14:09 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Join our first KLI Colloquium in 2026!
Title: Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations
Speaker: Enrico Petracca
🕒 8 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
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