Project News

June 14
Teleology and mechanism: a dialectical approach

Andrea Gambarotto, part of the “An Organizational Account of Ecological Functions” project, wrote the Open Access Synthese article, “Teleology and mechanism: a dialectical approach.”

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June 12
Protecting peatlands requires understanding stakeholder perceptions and relational values: A case study of peatlands in the Yorkshire Dales

Tim Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute and part of the “Chance versus Purpose in the Evolution of Biospheres” project, contributed to the Open Access Ambio article, “Protecting peatlands requires understanding stakeholder perceptions and relational values: A case study of peatlands in the Yorkshire Dales.”

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June 8
Rediscovering the overlooked genus Murphydoris (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae): the first phylogeny and addition of four new species

Dimitri Smirnoff, part of the “‘Function’ in biology and bio-inspired design” project, contributed to the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society article, “Rediscovering the overlooked genus Murphydoris (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae): the first phylogeny and addition of four new species.”

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June 6
Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes

Tom Williams, part of the “Chance versus Purpose in the Evolution of Biospheres” project, contributed to the Open Access BMC Biology article, “Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes.”

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June 5
Swimming, Feeding and Inversion of Multicellular Choanoflagellate Sheets

Raymond Goldstein, PI of the “Physical aspects of early multicellular development” project, contributed to the Biophysics article, “Swimming, Feeding and Inversion of Multicellular Choanoflagellate Sheets.”

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