A fundamental issue in evolutionary biology is the nature of transitions from unicellular to multicellular organisms. From the point of view of natural selection, increased fitness of even the simplest multicellular organisms relative to their unicellular ancestors is subtle, for there are both costs and…
Physical Aspects of Early Multicellular Development
Authors: Professor Raymond E Goldstein FRS, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgePosted 10/01/2023Postdoc Perspectives: Q&A with Hugh Desmond
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My name is Hugh Desmond – I'm a philosopher and ethicist of science. I'm interested in the interface between the more traditional philosophy of science and its ethical implications. I guess I have two broad research tracks. Besides agency, which I consider one of my major research tracks, I'm interested in…Postdoc Perspectives: Q&A with Max Dresow
Authors: Ivana TruongPosted 02/11/2022How did you come to philosophy of science?
Once upon a time, I was in a lab that did behavioral research on butterflies. The lab was run by Emilie Snell-Rood, one of the Subaward Principal Investigators on this project. But I didn'…