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Guglielmo Militello

@gugli-militello.bsky.social
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Research scientist at Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif) & affiliated researcher at IHPST (Paris) | Research interests: Biological Individuality, cancer, stem cells, evolution | Author: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-…

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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are stem cell types natural kinds? The answer is multifarious. My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816 Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/... #philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds
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The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What makes a biological individual persist across generations? The answer lies deeper: reproduction as an integrated process linking development, physiology, and evolution. I explore this idea here: 👉 www.guglielmomilitello.com/post/reprodu... #PhilosophyOfBiology #Development #Reproduction
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Reproduction, Development, and Functional Integration in Biological Individuals
Reproduction necessitates the integration of reproduction, growth, and metabolism. These processes form the physiological foundation for unifying intra- and cross-generational functions, providing ins...
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ISHPSSB @ishpssb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The ISHPSSB June 2026 Newsletter is now available! 👉https://www.ishpssb.org/news/newsletters/336-newsletter-volume-37-no-1-issue-70-june-2026
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"We descend from apes." Yes, but not deep enough. Our cells are the product of an extraordinary evolutionary partnership between an archaeal cell and a bacterium. How did this happen? Read the story: www.guglielmomilitello.com/post/eukaryo... #Evolution #Eukaryogenesis #PhilosophyOfBiology
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Eukaryogenesis and Functional Integration: The Emergence of a New Biological Individual
Between 2.7 and 1.2 billion years ago, a new organism appeared: the eukaryotic cell. Present in fungi, plants, algae, and animals, it emerged as a gradual transformation of prokaryotic cell (the cell ...
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campbellrider.bsky.social @campbellrider.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My review of Guglielmo Militello's excellent new book on biological individuality is now online in Metascience. "Functional Integration" concretely applies the organisational framework to the evolution of eukaryotic cellularity, agency and autonomy. @gugli-militello.bsky.social #philsci #philbio
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Biological individuality and autonomy: is eukaryote evolution a problem of functional integration?
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I am delighted to announce the launch of my new website! www.guglielmomilitello.com The website will host articles and reflections on philosophy of biology and medicine. Comments and discussions are welcome! #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfBiology #PhilosophyOfMedicine
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Guglielmo Militello | Philosophy of Biology and Functional Integration
Guglielmo Militello is a researcher in philosophy of biology focusing on functional integration, biological individuality, and theoretical biology.
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A great review by Mirko Gatti has just been published on my book Functional Integration: A Theoretical Enquiry into the Biological Unit of the Individual! 👉https://universa.padovauniversitypress.it/2025/2/14 Feel free to message me for a PDF copy of the book! #PhilosophyOfBiology #Individuality
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Enrico Sandro Colizzi @escolizzi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
How common is multicellularity in bacteria? And archaea? And how does it evolve? We wrote a short review "On the architecture and evolution of prokaryotic multicellularity". Preprint link: bit.ly/4ta06Gq Sharing and comments are much appreciated. 1/4
An overview of bacterial multicellular formations: biofilms, filaments, free-floating aggregates, motile collectives and fruiting bodies. For each form, we mention an analogous eukaryotic multicellular form (respectively animal epitelia, filaments in fungi, Volvox, Dictyostelium/social animals, Dictyostelium and other slime moulds)
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Olivier Sartenaer @osartenaer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#Emergence seminar, next session: Evolutionary transitions in individuality: one concept, two criteria? - by Johannes Martens (CNRS,SND) March 27, 11am (Brussels time) On-line attendance possible (just pm me and I'll give you a link). #philsci #philsky #philbio
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Philippe huneman @philippehune.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
#philsci #metaphysique #philosophie Un excellent livre qui sort enfin, une somme sur la métaphysique des sciences, dirigée par François Papale Aux éditions Matériologiques www.materiologiques.com/metaphysique...
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ISHPSSB @ishpssb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The latest ISHPSSB newsletter is out! Read it here 👉 www.ishpssb.org/images/downl... Enjoy!
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Davide Serpico @davideserpico.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Excited for the Milan Logic & Philosophy of Science Networking Event at Milan Uni, January 15! Informal meetup: short research talks by folks at all career stages + parallel discussion groups on key topics. Join if you're around 🧠🔬 #Logic #PhilScience #AcademicNetworking #UniversityofMilan
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IAS Research @ias-research.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
New open-access publication!📢🚨 A. Etxeberria & A. Rodriguez-Muguruza reframe the significance of menstruation through evolutionary insights from an organismal–relational perspective. Now published in HPLS: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Reframing the significance of menstruation: evolutionary insights from an organismal-relational perspective - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Cultural stigma and medical pathologization have long shaped scientific and social perceptions of menstruation, limiting both research and clinical attention. This paper outlines three major sources o...
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Next Monday, we welcome @cshambaugh.bsky.social from the University of Oregon in our ROTO Lecture Series who will talk about dialectical biology. Just register via the link and join the talk and discussion at 4pm (CET): rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci #HistSci
Poster for the talk by Chris Shambaugh, entitled "What is Dialectical Biology?". It will take place on Monday, 24 November 2025 at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.
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PhilInBioMed @philinbiomed.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Busy week at the institute! Join us for an exciting talk by Carlo Maley (Arizona State University) (hybrid) | 29. Oct, 2:00 pm (CET) “Launching a new field: Evolutionary cancer epidemiology” Please send us a DM if you are interested in participating.
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Come around this afternoon to our online Lecture Series! César Marín will talk about plant holobionts and how we can better understand them through complexity science.🌴 You can still register for the talk by clicking this link 👉https://rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture-series/ #PhilSci #HPBio
Poster for the talk by César Marín, entitled "Understanding plant holobionts through complexity science". It will take place on Monday, 27 October 2025 at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Cancer cells can transfer mitochondria to fibroblasts via MIRO2, turning them into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and boosting tumor growth. How does this change our view of cell-cell communication in cancer? 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #CancerResearch #CellBiology #CAF #Oncology
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MIRO2-mediated mitochondrial transfer from cancer cells induces cancer-associated fibroblast differentiation - Nature Cancer
Cangkrama et al. show that tumor cells from various cancer types use the mitochondrial trafficking protein MIRO2 and nanotubes to transfer mitochondria into surrounding fibroblasts, thereby inducing c...
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Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Off to Seville for the Congress of the Spanish Society of Analytic Philosophy today — a very rich programme of talks over three days spanning many areas of philosophy.
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XI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Filosofía Analítica
XI Congress of the Spanish Society for Analytic Philosophy (SEFA). This event aims to bring together scholars working within the Analytic tradition of Philosophy. The 2025 edition will take place at t...
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Cancers can start from different cells. For example, colorectal cancers may arise from crypt stem cells or dedifferentiated Paneth cells. Can a tumor’s origin shape its biology and our view of the disease? 🤔 #CancerResearch #TumorBiology #PhilosophyOfScience
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Guglielmo Militello @gugli-militello.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Hi everyone! 👋 I just landed on BlueSky. I’m thrilled to connect with fellow curious minds and share my research on biology, cancer, stem cells, and evolutionary transitions. Looking forward to discussions and questions! 💡📚 #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfBiology #PhilosophyOfCancer
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