Nicolae Morar

List of bookstore events for Somebody Should Do Something

Book tour! Come by and help brainstorm how to fight together to protect democracy and make the world more just. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

Got back to Eugene (OR) after an AMAZING one-year sabbatical in Barcelona… and my Swiss friend, Romain, took me - as a welcome back party - to see the stoner rock/ metal band from Sweden-#DOZER! They played a small venue but- OMG -they still played like there was no tomorrow… what a great band !

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

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Microbiome Research and Race in the ‘Local South’ How can scientists in human microbiome ecology adopt epistemically fruitful, non-discriminatory, and locally relevant classification criteria of human diversity and race?

The research group “Microbiome Researh and Race in ‘Local South’” investigates how categories of race and ethnicity are used in the production of local scientific knowledge in South Africa and Latin America Learn more about us here: www.uu.nl/en/research/... #hpbio 🦠🌱🐋@utrechthps

Such a fun an intense time @ishpssb2025.bsky.social with @nmorar.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social Thanks for the amazing discussion!

And the ‘tour de force’ on how to think about #humannature continued at #ISHPSSB2025 with @theramseylab.bsky.social
(chair of the session), Maria Kronfeldner, @matteomameli.bsky.social and Subrena Smith ! Thank you ISH community for such a great conference ! See you - hopefully - next year !

An amazing festival on how to think about ‘human nature’ with ‪
@edouardmachery.bsky.social, @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, and Aleksandra Knežević ! #ISHPSSB2025 totally rocks!

Continuing learning at #ISHPSSB2025 about values in ecology and conservation with @luciacneco.bsky.social and Alejandro Merlo ! Thank you for your great presentations !

Inspiring work by Denis Walsh on organism/ environment dialectic, along side @jonothingeb.bsky.social and Stuart Newman ! #ISHPSSB2025 is such a treat !

What a great talk with Mike Travisano about evolutionary innovation and the origin of life, alongside amazing panelists Ken Waters and ‪@mrebolleda.bsky.social ! So happy to be at #ISHPSSB2025 !

Beautiful piece by May R. Berenbaum, Editor-in-Chief @pnas.org , showing how the history of science/ biology can help us to understand our present time and its current challenges when it comes to political interference… www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The 2nd International Congress of Ecological Humanities is officially open ! With the unique @bea-labajos.bsky.social - amazing organizer ! #CIHE @publicpolicycenter.bsky.social

Truly inspiring work on the human microbiome with an eye toward clinical applications... with Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich & @bernatolle.bsky.social ! No better way to close two days at #BCNMicrobiome. Special thanks to the organizers of this event !

A masterclass in human microbiome studies (about the Dutch microbiome and microbiome transmission) with Sasha Zhernakova & @mireiavallesc.bsky.social ! #BCNMicrobiome

And, the learning continues with #BCNMicrobiome - from emulsifier and chronic disease to immune signatures in HIV vaccine responses with Benoit Chassaing & Alessandra Borgognone !

Two more amazing talks with @fasnicar.bsky.social and Johannes Bjork ! #BCNMicrobiome

Great microbiota-brain research timeline - thanks to Jane Foster ! #BarcelonaMicrobiome

Super happy to be here for the Barcelona debates on the human microbiome 2025 : the promise - two amazing days filled with talks, discussions and learning !

YouTube video by JHU-UPF Public Policy Center 🌍✨ 2nd International Congress on #EcologicalHumanities 🌱🔍 #CIHE2025

#CIHE2025 invites you to reflect on the connections between critical thought, aesthetics, Southern epistemologies, environmental philosophy, commons governance, and ecosocial justice. 🌍✨

🗓️ June 30 – July 1, 2025
📍 @upf.edu

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Frédéric Gros : "Selon Foucault, la folie n'est rien d'autre que l'inquiétude de la raison" Le philosophe Frédéric Gros nous parle de l'"Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique", texte qui l'a bouleversé et dans lequel Michel Foucault trace une ligne de crête entre l'exaltation de la raison e...

As always, an incredibly meaningful podcast with Frédéric Gros about Michel Foucault's Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique !!! #radiofrance #Foucault #madness

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

An absolutely amazing exhibition about the Amazon region and the Indigenous people living there … a must see if you have the chance !

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"

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There’s little evidence of a ‘brain microbiome’ | Letter Letters: Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases

An important read for all microbiome researchers #microbiomania www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Is Human Agency in Danger of Being Drowned by Genetic Determinism? Erik Parens, PhD is a Senior Research Scholar at The Hastings Center and director of its Initiative in Bioethics and the Humanities.

A lovely essay and review of my book by Erik Parens, of the @hastingscenter.bsky.social. Erik disagrees, gently, with the basis for my pessimism about the prospects for genetic explanation of human differences. /1

Have fun ! What an amazing season ahead of you …

The good idea comes when one person feels comfortable enough to say something that might make them look stupid and their friend is open enough to recognize its potential.

Tió, tió,
Caga tió
avellanes i torrons
no caguis arengades
que són massa salades
caga torrons que són més bons. ( full immersion into Catalan culture) 😀