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Eric Libby

@elibbyscience.bsky.social

I am a mathematical biologist interested in microbial evolution and the evolution of complexity. My base is in IceLab at Umeå University in Sweden.

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Extremely nice! I am especially happy because I just taught a Nonlinear dynamics course from the gospel according to Strogatz. Two heroes on one podcast. Just great.

26.03.2025 19:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations!

20.02.2025 07:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That is absolutely terrible and obviously a loss for the scientific community.

19.02.2025 13:21 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities Many microorganisms are refractory to laboratory cultivation. One possible explanation, known as the great plate count anomaly, is metabolic dependencies among community members. However, systematic s...

At my group meeting some very cool new arxiv papers were presented including this one by @kostchristian.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

07.02.2025 13:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Poster for a funded PhD position with a QR code in the center top leading to the application website.

Poster for a funded PhD position with a QR code in the center top leading to the application website.

Have #computational modeling skills & interest in ecological communities' response to #climate stress? There's a #FundedPhD for you at IceLab with @elibbyscience.bsky.social @mrosvall.bsky.social
& Rubén Bernardo Madrid. Apply by Feb 16 www.umu.se/en/work-with...
#netsci #complex #phdsky #ecoevo

06.02.2025 16:25 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
A poster advertising a fully funded PhD position. There is a QR code to the application page on the top center area.

A poster advertising a fully funded PhD position. There is a QR code to the application page on the top center area.

Have #computational modeling skills & interest in understanding how cells coordinate their internal structures under stress? #FundedPhD for you at IceLab with Ludvig Lizana, Åsa Strand & @elibbyscience.bsky.social !
Apply by Feb 16 www.umu.se/en/work-with...
#plantsci #complex #phdsky #ecoevo #3body

07.02.2025 07:37 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Adaptive evolutionary trajectories in complexity: Transitions between unicellularity and facultative differentiated multicellularity | PNAS Multicellularity spans a wide gamut in terms of complexity, from simple clonal clusters of cells to large-scale organisms composed of differentiate...

I am happy that my first post on bluesky is to congratulate my former PhD student Hanna Isaksson for publishing work from her thesis on multicellularity in PNAS (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...).

23.01.2025 09:13 — 👍 83    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 1

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