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Eden Forbes @eforbes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Two new papers out in JGLR linking the perception and naturalistic behavior of animals (here, the charming slimy sculpin) to trophic interaction strength. Fish videos to food webs! 2D, 3D, and tactile encounter rates: doi.org/10.1016/j.jg... Sculpin behavior to pred rates: doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It is out and OPEN ACCESS: "The Senses: Perception and Experience" (Cambridge University Press, Elements: Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com) #PhilSky #booksky #HPBio #philosophy #cogsci www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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The Senses

Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Senses

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Connor McShaffrey @cmcshaff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Very excited to announce that the final version of our paper, "Matters of Life and Death in Computational Cell Biology," is now published through npj Systems Biology and Applications! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Biology #CellBiology #ComputationalBiology #DynamicalSystems

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Matters of life and death in computational cell biology - npj Systems Biology and Applications

npj Systems Biology and Applications - Matters of life and death in computational cell biology

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026

Have you seen this awesome website by Sam Arbesman? microcosm.industries

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Microcosm Industries

Simulation toys and software microcosms

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Honestly needed a pick-me-up: mail said the paper w my kind if frighteningly sharp colleague Randy Beer & my brilliant grad @gjseverino.bsky.social (on ze market *hint*) is among the most read in the European Journal of Neurosci It's...the graphical abstract? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Milking a spherical cow: Toy models in neuroscience

Highly idealised models have long played a role in physics, valued not for their empirical accuracy but for their ability to clarify conceptual puzzles, foster tool development, and suggest new direc...

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Eden Forbes @eforbes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

First paper out from my postdoc with @dvm-uvm.bsky.social!! "The role of edible habitat complexity in food webs" demonstrates the consequences of species that generate habitat complexity and can themselves be eaten for aquatic communities. 🧪🕸️🐟 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/lol2... 1/N

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The role of edible habitat complexity in food webs

Habitat complexity (HC) in part determines the diversity, stability, and behavior of food webs and can influence predation according to a wide variety of functional relationships. Many aquatic specie....

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The role of edible habitat complexity in food webs

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Eden Forbes @eforbes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Writing an MS analyzing naturalistic slimy sculpin behavior using @deeplabcut.bsky.social. You can see sculpin pursuit governed by perception via the lateral line!! (it's dark down there - view lit by red light) Have had a lot of fun working with these videos and wanted to share a couple 🐟.

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Bianca Possamai @bia-possamai.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Publication alert! 📣🌊 Happy to share this new work in collaboration with @dvm-uvm.bsky.social: Distinct Food Web Responses to Environmental Gradients Suggest Different Effects of Invasive Species in a Large, Fragmented Lake 🐟🐚🌿 Check it here: rdcu.be/eYVky doi: doi.org/10.1007/s100...

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Eden Forbes @eforbes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Now published, our paper on evolved movement strategies in the pursuit of targets with different perceptual modalities of a foraging animal and varying target signal reliability! 🧪🦁 Available open access in Movement Ecology. Link: rdcu.be/eWOM9 1/N

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Connor McShaffrey @cmcshaff.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Where does the life-death boundary come from, and how will a cell's dynamics unfold relative to it? Myself, Eran Agmon, and Randy Beer argue for a theory of cellular viability, with new global organizing principles for cell fate. Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.07847

A schematic of a death event in a multicellular system, where the loss of one cell results in a collapse in the dimensionality of the system. Each cell's essential variables have their ranges capped by viability constraints.

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We’re currently running our first online ABM and IBM with @netlogo.bsky.social course after two in-person editions in Berlin & Łódź! Huge thanks to Volker Grimm, Steve Railsback & Jacob Kelter for their expert guidance Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey!

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Eden Forbes @eforbes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Happy to say one of my dissertation projects was accepted for publication in Movement Ecology! We evolved small neural controllers to show how forager perception (visual v. tactile) and target signals generate different movement patterns during pursuit. Pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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