Between June 12th and 16th 2023, PhilInBioMed is organising an interdisciplinary summer school dedicated to "Philosophy in biology and medicine". For this, 20 young scholars (PhD students and post-docs) from the fields of philosophy of science, the life sciences, and medicine will come together and learn to use interdisciplinary methods to address conceptual issues in …
The PhilInBioMed Award is given annually for an outstanding contribution to the advancement of biology or medicine through the use of philosophical and theoretical tools. To complement this recognition, the laureate receives a prize of €5,000, which is awarded by the PhilInBioMed Institute in Bordeaux, France. We are pleased to announce that the first laureate of the …
Andrew J. Ewald, Ph.D. Virginia DeAcetis Professor and Director, Department of Cell Biology Director, Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology Johns Hopkins Medical School Video of the event: https://youtu.be/uYJGJXkOgAQ Abstract: Cancer mortality is driven by metastasis, the process by which cells escape from the primary tumor and colonize distant organs. We have shown …