We are super happy to be in Venice as part of the event "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Microbiome Research and Post genomics". Warm and sunny day with exciting talks and lovely colleagues
New paper by Abigail Nieves Delgado and colleagues on the philosophy of microbiome science
A call for artists to collaborate with our consortium on emergence (in cosmology)
www.d-iep.org/artsciencefe...
We are starting! Diversity in Motion with @roto-rub.bsky.social join us also online! #philbio #hps 🦠🌿🦫🪴
Congrats to Abigail, Aline and Elian!
Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with @stefanocanali.bsky.social and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here: www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...
In the middle of a wonderful meeting between staff members of @manchstm.bsky.social and @utrechthps.bsky.social, lead by @ctimmermann.bsky.social and Toine Pieters!
Another year, another Utrecht HPS group photo (credit: Harold van de Kamp)
Happening this Wednesday
The recording of the UPAC colloquium speaker session on December 2nd, in which Marta Pedroni (University of Geneva) gave a talk titled "Singularity Resolution in Loop Quantum Gravity", has just been uploaded!
youtu.be/noh_rdUSRh4?...
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YouTube video by Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology
So exciting to see this published! Thanks to Anna-Ursula Happel and Jo-Ann Passmore @mucosal-group.bsky.social for the invitation. Check it out! #hpbio, #histbio, #philbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our History and Philosophy of Biology @utrechthps.bsky.social course was awarded as the best evaluated in Biology year 3 🎉@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #philbio #hps 🌿🦠🦫
Prof Chris Smeenk (Western Uni, London Ontario) will be giving the 2025 Beth Lecture, presenting his upcoming book with @jamesowenweatherall.com on the aim and structure of cosmological theory.
10 Dec 2025, Academiegebouw Utrecht, 19:30-21:00, followed by reception.
hpp-nl.nl/events/beth2...
Human microbiome research is expanding globally, yet remains dominated by samples, institutions, and leadership from the Global North. This imbalance undermines scientific validity, as microbiomes are...
