Upcoming PhilInBioMed seminars
There are no upcoming events at this time
Past seminars
You can find all video taped seminars here.
Uri Alon (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Simplifying inflammation and fibrosis
Uri Alon is Professor, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute, Israel. His lab studies biological circuits using a combined experimental and theoretical approach, aiming to uncover general underlying principles …
»Steven Frank (Univ. of California Irvine, USA) (Zoom only), Robustness and complexity: how evolution builds precise traits from sloppy components
Steven Frank is Donald Bren Professor & Distinguished Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences at University of California Irvine (USA) His main research interests concern evolutionary genetics …
»Lawrence Shapiro (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Ruminations on Rubber Hands
Bordeaux, 33706 France
Lawrence Shapiro is Berent Enç Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) Abstract: The rubber hand illusion was designed to provide insights into the phenomenological …
»Sarah-Maria Fendt (Professor of Oncology, KU Leuven, Belgium), Nutrient dependencies of metastasis formation
Sarah-Maria Fendt is since 2013 a Principal Investigator at the VIB Center for Cancer Biology and Professor of Oncology at KU Leuven, Belgium. Sarah’s lab is specifically interested in elucidating …
»Tyler Brunet (University of Exeter, UK), Constructive Neutral Evolution and its Close Relatives
Tyler Brunet (University of Exeter, UK) is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral fellow working with John Dupré at Egenis. He is a reformed biologist who turned to philosophy of biology. Among several …
»Deborah Gordon (Professor of Biology, Stanford University, USA), The ecology of collective behavior
Deborah Gordon is Professor of Biology at University of Stanford (USA). Deborah Gordon is a world-leading specialist of ant colonies and collective behaviors. With her group, she uses ant colonies …
»Ned Block (Silver Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, New York University, USA), Perception is non-conceptual
Ned Block is Silver Professor in the Departments of Philosophy, Psychology and Center for Neural Science at New York University (NYU), NY, USA. Video: https://youtu.be/KpVWN5bxkrQ Abstract This talk …
»David Bilder (Univ. Berkeley, USA), Ancient origins of tumor-host interactions: insights from the Drosophila model
The Bilder Lab (University of Berkeley, USA) studies the molecules and mechanisms that govern the polarity, growth, and morphogenesis of epithelia, the fundamental tissue of all animals and the major …
»John Dupré (Egenis, University of Exeter, UK), What are viruses? Parasites, processes, parts or all of the above?
John Dupré is Professor of Philosophy of science at the University of Exeter (UK), with a main focus on philosophy of biology. He is the Director of Egenis, the Centre …
»Stephen M. Downes (Utah), An Early History of the Heritability Coefficient Applied to Humans (1918–1960)
Stephen M. Downes is a Full Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Utah (USA). Most of his work is in philosophy of science with special focus on …
»Organizer: Thomas Pradeu
If you would like to be part of our mailing list, please contact Thomas Pradeu
Past program (From January 2015 to July 2017): Philosophy & Biology Past Program