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Today, we would like to introduce our newest labmate: Juliette. She joined us from France just last month!
Add her on Bluesky to follow her work: @julietteluiselli.bsky.social !!
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Today, we would like to introduce our PhD student, Kat Van der Poorten!
Back in Belgium after traveling the world! She is an autistic evolutionary biologist intrigued by all things ‘language’.
Follow her on Bluesky to learn more about her work: @kathetgedacht.bsky.social
#paper How do organisms adapt to changing environments? Through plasticity, evolution, or a combination of both?
Find out in our new paper by Alger Jorritsma, where we show which strategies evolve under different environmental conditions. @journal-evo.bsky.social
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We develop evolutionary models to understand how living organisms adapt - from antibiotic resistance to human language evolution.
"The evolutionary role of mutational robustness: theoretical insights"
by Pieter van den Berg & co
"Here, we categorize and critically discuss the main approaches for modeling the evolutionary causes and consequences of mutational robustness."
FREE till Jan 18:
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Mathematician Hannah Fry travels to the front lines of AI in her new BBC documentary AI Confidential with Hannah Fry. She talks to Bethan Ackerley about what the technology is doing to us – for better and for worse
Evolutionary modelling group (PI: Piet van den Berg)
Evolutionary modelling group (PI: Piet van den Berg)
How do organisms adapt to changing environments? Do they respond plastically or evolve through genetic alterations? We present a large-scale simulation stu
Mathematician Hannah Fry travels to the front lines of AI in her new BBC documentary AI Confidential with Hannah Fry. She talks to Bethan Ackerley about what the technology is doing to us – for better and for worse
Evolutionary modelling group (PI: Piet van den Berg)
Evolutionary modelling group (PI: Piet van den Berg)
Nieuwe blogpost :)
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Forced sterilisation for disabled people? Still happening
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@sara-rocha.bsky.social
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I have again been given the opportunity to speak out loud. This time a little louder…
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Trends in Genetics
New Scientist
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How we interpret genetics shapes how we view people. In her lecture for 'De universiteit voor iedereen', LIGAS member Kat Van der Poorten showed how quickly genetic explanations can derail when divers...
Over het verschil tussen communicatie en taal, en waarom we nooit Protulees zullen spreken.
During an event organized by Metaforum (KU Leuven), I had the opportunity to reflect and speak, drawing on my own experience, about how we can make the university more accessible to everyone. I off…
