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Chaitanya Gokhale

@gokhalecs.bsky.social
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Professor of Theoretical Biology at the University of Würzburg

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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks to you and @chilbe.bsky.social @srishtipatil.bsky.social @wbarfuss.bsky.social @gsileno.bsky.social @vikramalva.bsky.social and many others that I couldn't find on @bsky.app ! It wouldn't have been possible without you all, and let's make this happen again with more!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de for being such amazing hosts allowing us the time and space to deeply think over our values, beliefs and actions that we should take pertaining to #theoreticalbiology as AI methods become pervasive
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Beyond Equations" started in Heidelberg today at @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de . Two days on what we value in #theoreticalbiology, how we verify models once AI makes them cheap, and how we teach it. With @wbarfuss.bsky.social @ArneTraulsen and @HeikeSiebert with an amazing group of people!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For graduates from Central, Eastern and Southeastern European states, the #BAYHOST program is now open for a one-year scholarship for a research stay at a Bavarian University. www.uni-regensburg.de/en/bayhost/f...
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Studying in Bavaria - BAYHOST - Universität Regensburg
Scholarships for study visits for students & researchers from Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe in Bavaria: annual scholarship programme, application procedure
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Chris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...
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In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)
A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am so thankful to the alumni who came by, both online and in-person to make this happen and impart their wisdom to the current group. Also a big thank you to our guest speakers representing for bringing their perspectives and their well wishes for us! 🙏🏼
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We spent some time wandering the vineyards of Würzburg and discussing the future of us and of the field and making a “time capsule” with predictions for the next 10 years.
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We spent one day discussing not just the science but what motivates us to do what we do best, whether in academia or otherwise! This was such an inspirational exercise which we often overlook in the day to day rush of getting things done!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This week we concluded a three day celebratory symposium commemorating 10 years of our group starting in @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social and now @uni-wuerzburg.de @cctb-wue.bsky.social ! It was amazing to catch up with the 🦄 group members that have made this a memorable journey!
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fine and perceptive report out of MIT on AI in education: MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject.
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Report – AI and Education
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Besides scientific work we know this from journalism, multimedia expertise, the entertainment industry and even the success of distasteful stuff such as authoritarianism … its the story that counts.. in words of Daniel Kahneman… “No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story”
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Gaurav Athreya @gauravathreya.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
wanna read the latest overview of “internal evolutionary conflicts” — scenarios where genes spread despite being organism-deleterious? and wanna learn how to model them? look at our new preprint! we introduce unifying ideas, and try hard to write accessibly. small 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Started our session by a talk from @gauravathreya.bsky.social where he talked about three routes to internal evolutionary conflicts and how these routes interact #MMEE2026
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Amazing! Much responsibility!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Over the years I’ve been prioritising spending more time at schools and small meetings than large conferences and the beautiful @tulip-gs-labex.bsky.social justifies it. Brilliant interactions with enthusiastic early career researches and deeper discussions with instructors. Thanks for the invite!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Humbling to give a talk at the Lynn Margulis hall of @lipme-toulouse.bsky.social. Thank you Philippe Remigi for the invite and the great discussion … work involved my wonderful colleagues… @mariabr1.bsky.social @nikhil-sharma.bsky.social @prateekverma.bsky.social and @planthealth-ugoet.bsky.social
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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Are you looking for a PhD on the intersection between evolutionary and ecological theory? Join us @univie. Fully funded PhD position in fundamental eco-evolutionary theory, open to international students. Apply by 13.7.2026: ecoevo.owlstown.net/search Reposting appreciated. #evolbio #evoeco #ecology
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Jitka's EcoEvo Lab - Jobs
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/2026
1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.
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The diffusion of large language models in published academic articles | PNAS
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...
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Joanna Masel @joannamasel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Our paper unpacking "fitness" is out doi.org/10.1093/gene.... How to define fitness depends on what question you ask. Selection acts on organismal vital rates, longer-term outcomes make sense for genetic lineages, models link them. "Invasion fitness" = speed, but sometimes probability matters more.
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Why there are so many definitions of fitness in models
Abstract. Evolutionary “fitness” is operationalized in many different ways in models. Its role is to quantify that which is favored by natural selection. G
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Really cool! Thanks for this!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Such database control can help organize reality and the social contract itself. So maybe the backlash to AI isn’t about automation per se but about the fear of losing authorship over the structures that define us. Just my two pennies. do read/listen/watch the fabulous piece @theverge.com
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BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN
Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Our social contract databases are the machine readable versions of our intuitions. So the issue may not be structure itself but control. The moment experiences, identities, and relationships become legible, new questions emerge Who defines the schema? Who gets to edit or delete? Who has power?
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We say people don’t want to be turned into databases. I’m not sure that’s fully true. Humans have always sought structure to navigate complexity. Stories, identities, social roles and such are all ways of making life legible. They are, in a sense, human-readable “schemas.”
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A brilliant piece by @reckless.bsky.social on the “software brain” and the flattening of human experience required to make AI work. I agree with almost all of it. But I think there’s a deeper tension here.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 09/04/2026
Big opportunities for researchers 🌍 We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU. The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw
Graphic announcing the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call. It shows the opening date (9 April 2026), closing date (9 September 2026), and a budget of €399.05 million. The design features scientific visuals such as cells, a leaf, and lab elements on a dark background, with the European Commission logo at the bottom.
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I hadn't realised that Bob Trivers had died. What a complicated legacy. jjffh.com/tribute/deta...
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Robert Trivers Obituary | John J. Fox Funeral Home Inc | Larchmont, NY
View Robert Trivers's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 11 tribute posts from the community.
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Hannah Haberkern @hannah-haberkern.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
How does an animal choose between exploring for a better food source and taking advantage of a known one? Our recent work in Current Biology demonstrates how recent feeding and metabolic state dynamically influence fly local search. bit.ly/3PfrIv3 #Science #Neurosky #Foraging #Drosophila
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Just heard you on the BBC Global News podcast!! Looking forward to the read!!
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It was such a fantastic event today getting to know my wonderful colleagues operating in Hubland Nord @uni-wuerzburg.de and beyond! Our group tecoevo.github.io was presented superbly by @axelarango.bsky.social
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Dynamics of Living Systems
Research group of Chaitanya S. Gokhale — Theoretical Biology, Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics
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CCTB @cctb-wue.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today's the Hubland Nord Bio Day! The biology research groups at the Hubland Nord campus are coming together to present their research projects and exchange ideas!
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CCTB @cctb-wue.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The 6th Data Crunch Cup Würzburg is coming up! For 7 days, starting March 23, 2026 at 8 am, you can solve exciting challenges in biology, computer science, and data science to win prizes! Register now at DCCW.de! #bioinformatics #cctb #datascience #universitätwürzburg #fibio
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 17/03/2026
#ECR, PhDs and postdocs, take note - here is our alternative date for the info session about the DFG's Emmy Noether Programme, its eligibility requirements and your funding opportunities. Full Details:▶️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
Title of the Emmy Noether Programme with red arrow and the date's informatieon:
Thursday, 02 April 2026, 10:30-12:00 a.m. (in English) and shortlink: www.dfg.de/prospects
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Fantastic double feature seminar today by @sabinenoebel.bsky.social on tradition, culture and mate copying in #drosophila and a superb theory study of the same by @srishtipatil.bsky.social ! It’s been a pleasure hosting you both here @cctb-wue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
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Sabine Nöbel @sabinenoebel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Tomorrow I will give a joint talk with @srishtipatil.bsky.social at the @uni-wuerzburg.de to present our joint work with @gokhalecs.bsky.social just published in @pnas.org
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PLOS @plos.org · 09/03/2026
@plosbiology.org is formalizing its long‑standing practice of asking authors to share research code, introducing a mandatory #code‑sharing policy and clarifying what is meant by code sharing. Learn more and find guidance on best practice: plos.io/4reyX3v
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭 To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀 tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
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Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil
Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!
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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Division of Biological Physics @mpipks.bsky.social seeks a Research Group Leader in #biophysics, #softmatter physics, or related areas. (Further particulars in the ad.) Apply by the 3rd of April 2026 at pks.mpg.de/bprgl to join us in Dresden!
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CCTB @cctb-wue.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Today we have Yuriy Pichugin visiting us from the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social discussing the Evolution of informed dispersal strategies in trophic meta-communities in our #WueBiT seminars
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MMEE @mmee-int.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
For the MMEE 2026 in Cork www.ucc.ie/en/matsci/ev... note the updated deadline! Submission of talks and poster presentations: March 30th, 2026.
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Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Ascona workshop "Statistical and AI methods for multi-modal multi-scale modeling of biological systems", 28 June - 3 July. Deadline for registration Mon 16 March, 23:59 CET. There are ~10-12 places left.
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 02/03/2026
For many animals, adaptation means survival. In order to learn with minimal risk, some species use safe spaces. @gokhalecs.bsky.social and Dharanish Rajendra describe the math behind this behaviour in the latest edition of @royalsocietypublishing.org. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
A group of meerkats. These African mammals use controlled learning to prepare their young for the dangers of everyday life. (Photo: AnetaPics / Adobe Stock)
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Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Register for Theory across Biology 2026: 12 June, Bern. One-day meeting on mathematical & theoretical approaches in biology with chalk talks and flip-chart sessions. Ideal for theorists, modelers, and interdisciplinary biologists. Abstracts by: 10 May 2026 Register by: 24 May 2026: buff.ly/svAZ8NF
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Play isn’t only fun… it’s preparation for danger! Our new paper by @DharanishR in @royalsociety.org shows how protected juvenile environments boost #learning of risky behaviours via a protected early life period across some species. 🦂🦁 tinyurl.com/3w45xvz9 @cctb-wue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It was only possible because of the briliant push by @srishtipatil.bsky.social !
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thrilled to share our new paper with the brilliant @srishtipatil.bsky.social & @sabinenoebel.bsky.social ! 🎉 Can mate copying maintain phenotypic diversity with multiple male options to choose from? find out @ doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @dkfz.bsky.social @unihalle.bsky.social @cctb-wue.bsky.social
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Jule Neumann @juleneumann.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Honored and over the moon to add another Chronobiology talk to the TEDx universe at Aberystwyth next week! 🌓🦟 There are still some tickets left! tedxaberystwyth.com @aberuni.bsky.social @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @clocksevolution.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social
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TEDxAberystwyth
Ideas worth spreading
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Fantastic work by Amalia Bastos and @chriskrupenye.bsky.social on acknowledging and "going along" with shared imaginary realities in non-humans. If general, then it could push back some traits of the cognitive revolution from 60-70 K to 6-9 mya. Extremely exciting! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo
Secondary representations enable our minds to depart from the here-and-now and generate imaginary, hypothetical, or alternate possibilities that are decoupled from reality, supporting many of our rich...
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Chaitanya Gokhale @gokhalecs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Fantastic! Congratulations!!! To you and to the Center!!! It’s great to see you will be closer!!
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John Lees @johnlees.bacpop.org · 30/01/2026
We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
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Research Group Leader
Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...
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