@agimenezromero
Physicist. PhD in Physics of Complex Systems. Currently at CEAB-CSIC. Interested in ecology, epidemiology, AI, remote sensing, quantitative finances, economy, philosophy of science... I code in Julia and Python. 🌐 agimenezromero.github.io
🌊 La IA también puede proteger el Mediterráneo. Investigadores del IFISC y el @ceabcsic.bsky.social desarrollan un modelo con imágenes satelitales para mapear y conservar la posidonia, uno de los grandes sumideros de carbono.
✍Ángeles Durán para @eldiario.es
🔗 www.eldiario.es/illes-balear...
Differences between adults and juveniles matter for #ecosystem stability. Study by researchers from @ox.ac.uk @ifisc.uib-csic.es & CEAB-CSIC offers a model with this often-ignored aspect 👇
https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/les-diferencies-entre-adults-i-juvenils-afavoreixen-lestabilitat-dels-ecosistemes/
Our results suggest that population structure may be an overlooked dimension in the complexity–stability debate. Biodiversity may persist not only because of who interacts with whom, but also which life stages interact.
Thanks to all coauthors! @fishychrissy.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social
New article out in Ecology Letters!
Developing a general math model, we show how cross-stage interactions modify the stability predicted by classic unstructured models.
📄 Population Structure Plays a Key Role in Community Stability. @ox.ac.uk @ifisc.uib-csic.es @ceabcsic.bsky.social @csic.es
EXCELLENT graphic on the drain of scientific publishing! zenodo.org/records/1759...
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
Artículo en formato divulgativo sobre nuestro último estudio en @es.theconversation.com 👇
Unos pocos grados de diferencia pueden marcar la frontera entre la vida y la muerte de la vid
Thank you Saúl! 😊
Galicia provides a nice small-scale example of our results:
🚨 New paper out!
We show that the resolution of climate data matters for predicting disease risk.
High-resolution maps reveal local risks — especially in river valleys — that coarser data miss. This has a significant impact on a global scale.
🔗 rdcu.be/eH67i
@ifisc.uib-csic.es @csic.es @uib.cat
📢 New publication: High-resolution climate data reveals increased risk of Pierce's Disease for grapevines worldwide by @agimenezromero.bsky.social, Eduardo Moralejo and @mamatias26.bsky.social, in Scientific Reports.
🔗 ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/publicati...
Un latido oculto en el arrecife: dos modelos revelan cómo crecen y resisten los corales ante la crisis climática
Que @eldiario.es habla de nuestras cosas! 😁🪸 @ifisc.uib-csic.es @uib.cat @csic.es
Un latido oculto en el arrecife: dos modelos revelan cómo crecen y resisten los corales ante la crisis climática www.eldiario.es/1_bf5a24?utm...
'The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid graduate and postdoctoral positions, the hidden costs of ‘doing science’ are profound.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking
Hello hello #complexity and #emergence people.
I'm getting a complexity+emergence (broadly defined) starter pack going.
I've focused on active accounts that often make original posts (not just reposts) and have at least a few thousand followers. Inclusion is not endorsement.
go.bsky.app/BLuVyWj
Surviving #SIBECOLAEET2025 until Thursday at 15:45? Come hear my talk!
( 🐝 photo by @curromolina.bsky.social )
🎓¿Buscas TFG o TFM?
🦟¿Te interesa la ecología, el comportamiento animal y los mosquitos?
🌿Únete en verano 2025 a un proyecto experimental en el
@ceabcsic.bsky.social y el Jardí Botànic Marimurtra (Blanes).
🔝 Oviposición, depredadores y kairomonas
📩 +info 👇
Disponible #LaVacaEsférica S01E12 Episodio ninja: El Efecto Joker y otras vacas esféricas. Invitado: Alex Arenas
Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/3NYf...
Youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_R...
Y en breve en todas las apps y plataformas: Apple Podcasts, iVoox, Pocket casts, RSS feed, etc.
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🪸 @quantamagazine.bsky.social has published an article highlighting the innovative work of Dr. Eva Llabrés, postdoctoral researcher at IFISC. The article details her development of a "universal" model of coral growth.
🔗 ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/news/dr-e...
Btw, my PhD thesis is now on Zenodo! It’s a mix of theoretical and data-driven models tackling ecological problems—disease spread, climate change, and ecosystem monitoring. If that sounds interesting, take a look: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🦠Un estudio sugiere que el #cambioclimático abre la puerta a una enfermedad de la vid que Europa esquivó hace 150 años
🌳El @ifisc.uib-csic.es y Tragsa analizan la expansión de la enfermedad de Pierce, que hace 10 años que se extiende por el Mediterráneo
👉 tiny.cc/va69001
¿Cómo esquivó Europa la enfermedad de Pierce hace 150 años? 🧐🍇
Un estudio del IFISC publicado en Proc. R. Soc. B revela que el clima más frío impidió la propagación de Xylella fastidiosa. Sin embargo, el #CambioClimático podría cambiar el panorama. 🌍
www.csic.es/es/actualida...
En Italia, algunos científicos no creen que la solución sea destruir los ejemplares infectados por la bacteria Xylell y apuestan por soluciones alternativas, algo que investigadores españoles consideran que no es viable
Con el apoyo de Journalismfund Europe
Com les matemàtiques ens poden ajudar a conservar els esculls de coral? 🪸 L'investigador de l'IFISC @agimenezromero.bsky.social va participar en el programa Arran de Mar de Tarragona Ràdio comentant els resultats del seu darrer article.
📻 alacarta.tarragonaradio.cat/programs/arr...
I'd love to be added too!😊
"Ants solving a geometric problem and it's amazing."
This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.
For those of us who are not professional biologists, it can be daunting to hear about transcription factors, signaling pathways and non-coding RNA. But this poignant piece from @philipcball.bsky.social opened my eyes to how deep and essential these ideas truly are. nautil.us/how-life-rea...
BES conference schedule. Day 1, Wednesday 11th December. 10:45, Man Qi, Auditorium 1C. 11:15, Chris Terry, Room 4A. 12:15, Aryaman Gupta, Room 4A. 16:30, Sean E. H. Pang, Room 3B. 18:00, Young Jun Lee, Poster Hall. 18:00, Sarah Bull, Poster Hall.
BES conference schedule. Day 2, Thursday 12th December. 12:00, Thomas Stone, Room 11B. 12:15, Oliver Spacey, Room 4A. 16:30, Sarah Sophie-Weil, Room 4A. 17:00, Alice Rosen, Poster Hall. 17:00, Jessie McLean, Poster Hall. 17:00, Sruthi M. Krishna Moorthy, Poster Hall.
BES conference schedule. Day 3, Friday 13th December. 10:00, Christina Hernandez, Auditorium 1C. 10:15, Rachael Thornley, Room 11A. 10:45, Rob Salguero-Gomez, Room 11A. 11:45, James Cant, Auditorium 1C. 13:00, Alex Gimenez-Romero, Auditorium 1C.
Looking forward to #BES2024 this week! Look out for talks and posters by members of the SalGoTeam - hope to see you there! 🎄🧪
An illustration depicting the key idea of the research project. The text in the top left reads "PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE?" in all caps. Below are two characters representing large reproductive individuals of different species of Asteraceae, and two characters representing small individuals of these species. The large individuals are drawn engaging in a fight in an argument, as well as the small individuals. However, the fight is only happening between individuals of the same life stage.
Very excited to be presenting preliminary results of my master's research with @salgoteam.bsky.social at #BES2024! Find me at the poster session on Weds (A17.10) to chat about life stage-dependent plant competition and quantitative modelling of its impact on community dynamics and coexistence 🌿📈