AssemblingLife

We had a great time at our symposium “Self-assembly and self-organisation in living systems” at #EPSA25. Here some pics from our talks from Gry Oftedal and @jietongx.bsky.social @sanderoest.bsky.social @frabellazzi.bsky.social and Bendik Hellenic-Aaby. 🦋 @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Thanks for the amazing organisation so far @ishpssb2025.bsky.social 🎉
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If you are in Porto for the #ISHPSSB, look out for our team presenting different works on self-assembly&self-organisation! Interesting talks from @sanderoest.bsky.social @jietongx.bsky.social and Bendik Hellem-Aaby 🦋 @erc.europa.eu @uio.no

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You will find us at #BSPS, #ISHPSSB and #EPSA - ready to present all the work of the last year 🦋 #philsky #philbio #philscience (2/2)

We just concluded our second year project meeting in Copenhagen! It was a great opportunity to get feedback on our drafts and get to know a new project member (details soon). Ahead a summer of conferences and holidays (1/2) 🗣️⛵️ @erc.europa.eu #philsky

We are very proud of her and looking forward to all the exciting work she will do! Here a couple of links to this group:
www.compnano.kit.edu/845.php
www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_p...
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Our research assistant Jietong Xu is going to start the coolest PhD program at #KIT where she will work on the relationship between the simulations/computer models and target systems in the subproject “Philosophical Issues of Multiscale Modeling and AI” in the PHILETAS group 🎉 @jietongx.bsky.social

It also included my last talk at UiO as full time postdoc and I feel very grateful to have been part of this community this year 💙🦋 @assemblinglife.bsky.social @uio.no #philsky

One year ago we started a small online reading group on functions and now we have our first workshop on biological functions! Proud of the growing functions in philosophy network 💙 thanks to best co-organiser @harrif.bsky.social and @assemblinglife.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky

Cambridge-Oslo Workshop on Biological Functions - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas First meeting of Functions in Philosophy Network

This week we are hosting a workshop on Biological functions organised by @frabellazzi.bsky.social and @harrif.bsky.social. Check out the program and get in touch if you want to attend remotely 🦋
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...
In collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk #philsky

Last week us&CPS organised a great workshop on “ScaM: scales and measurement in the sciences”. We kicked off with some group work and ended up with a panel discussion. Thanks to all the attendees and speakers! @federicabocchi.bsky.social @beccajackson.bsky.social @uio.no

Thank you, @federicabocchi.bsky.social for a great talk and lovely conversation!

Thanks, @frabellazzi.bsky.social, for co-organizing a great multidisciplinary workshop on Scale and Measurement at the Center for Philosophy and the Sciences at the University of Oslo. Here's a picture from @beccajackson.bsky.social 's talk on the Apgar Score and "Construct Realization".

ScaM workshop: on scale and measurement in the sciences - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

Exciting week of #AssemblingLife events ahead:
📖 Reading group on AssemblingLife&Medicine with Sara Green, Rebecca Jackson and Harriet Fagerberg
🗣️ Science Colloquium with Sara Green
📐📏 ScaM workshop organised with #CPS
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...

Francesca Bellazzi & Tuomas E. Tahko, Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds - PhilPapers Biochemical kinds present an interesting case study in the philosophical literature on natural kinds and functions, as they fall between chemical kinds, defined by their intrinsic microstructural prop...

One of the last outputs of #Metascience has just been published! Here an article with our take on “Unification Principles for Biochemical Kinds” for the the edited volume “Special Objects” ⤵️
@ttahko.bsky.social #philsky #philbio

philpapers.org/rec/BELUPF

Another #AssemblingLife talk this week at the CPS Lunch time seminar. This time @frabellazzi.bsky.social was applying comparative philosophy of science to the problem of biochemical structure. 🦋 #philsky

Today our postdoc Bendik Hellem-Aaby gave a fantastic talk on the interplay between self-organisation and natural selection at the CPS LunchTime seminar 🦋
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...

Welcome Hilde! - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas Hilde Langengen Teigen is our new PhD student.

The team is growing - last month we welcomed our new PhD researcher Hilde Langengen Teigen. Hilde will explore the explanatory role and scope of the predictive processing framework by identifying self-assembly processes in the brain in relation to brain function. 🦋
www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...

Thanks to everyone that applied for our #postdoc and #researcher positions! It is great to see such good research proposals and stimulating ideas on #selfassembly and #selforganization 🦋

I'm trying to put together a history and philosophy of biology and medicine starter pack! Let me know who to add, including if that is you!
go.bsky.app/UCbEmtj

Last days to apply for the #postdocs in @assemblinglife.bsky.social at UiO! It is a great project in a fantastic team! 🦋 #philjobs

www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/om/org...

New #AssemblingLife article on the Metaphysics of Pregnancy now out on #PhilosophyCompass. Embryogenesis is often mentioned as a case of self-organisation and in mammals it is intrinsically linked to pregnancy, so this article explores how we can think about pregnancy in the first place. 🦋 #philsky

Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher in Philosophy of Science -  "AssemblingLife" (271935) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher in Philosophy of Science -  "AssemblingLife" (271935), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

We are hiring one 3yr post doc and one 2yr researcher to work on philosophy of science in the AssemblingLife project! Please distribute to possible applicants! Deadline: Feb 28
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Assembling Life - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

The @AssemblingLife project is on Bluesky! Excited to share our activities and work on philosophy of self-assembly and self-organization in living systems. Follow us here for updates on project research and events, and have a look at our website: www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/englis...