Show threadManlio De DomenicoDec 16
I feel in debt for the amazing discussions I had over 3 years with colleagues, too many to list here (but listed in the acks!) #ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #SystemsBiology #Evolution #NonEquilibrium #Evolvability 👉 Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 8/
Nate GaylinnNov 23

My #introduction needs a refresh.

I'm a #PhD student at the University of #Vermont, studying the #Evolution of #Evolvability. I'm into #AI, #ALife, #Biology, and #Philosophy, because I want to understand #life, #adaptation, and #intelligence using my native language of #ComputerScience. I share my musings and #research on my #blog. I love #science generally, and am full of bitchy #AcademicChatter.

I was a #SoftwareEngineer in #SiliconValley for many years, but left in 2021. I'm glad I did, and now I feel a bit betrayed by the #TechIndustry. I've been going back to my #FOSS roots, and gradually #DeGoogle ing my life. I still love to talk about #code #craft, #UX, and healthy #engineering #culture. Recently I've been enjoying #gpu #programming, mostly in #taichilang.

I have a wife and a #cat. I love #nature, #photography, #cooking, and #yoga.

All kinds of people are valid and worthy, but #trans people, folks on the #autism spectrum, and #bipoc get a shout out right now because they need our support.

Amelia Cervera 🧬Feb 26, 2025
Experimental evolution of evolvability.
#Evolution #Evolvability #LocalizedHypermutation
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr2756
CellBioNewsFeb 21, 2025

Insights into #evolutionary dynamics: Study reveals the evolution of #evolvability

#mightymicrobes #genetic_variation #selection

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-insights-evolutionary-dynamics-reveals-evolution.html

Insights into evolutionary dynamics: Study reveals the evolution of evolvability

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first experimental evidence showing how natural selection can shape genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution, challenging traditional perspectives on evolutionary processes.

Phys.org
Amelia Cervera 🧬Feb 15, 2025
Evolution takes multiple paths to evolvability when facing environmental change.
#Evolution #Evolvability
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2413930121
CellBioNewsFeb 13, 2025

The# evolution of evolution itself: How evolution got so good at evolving

#meta_evolution #evolvability

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-evolution-good-evolving.html

The evolution of evolution itself: How evolution got so good at evolving

The field of evolution examines how organisms adapt to their environments over generations, but what about the evolution of evolution itself?

Phys.org
Nate GaylinnJul 3, 2024

Later this month, I’m going to present my first academic paper at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computing Conference (GECCO) in Melbourne, Australia. I’ll share the full paper once it’s officially published. For now, I wrote a blog post about the journey from experiment to paper, what this work means to me, and where I hope to go from here. If you’re curious about what the heck I’m actually doing with this Evolutionary Computation stuff, check it out!

https://thinkingwithnate.wordpress.com/2024/07/03/why-the-game-of-life-paper/

#science #programming #evolutionarycomputation #evolvability #gecco2024

Why the Game of Life Paper?

(This month’s image is a slime mold growing on a log. It grows in a branching network of banana-yellow tendrils, some of which are engulfing plant debris they encountered. Source) Later this month,…

Thinking with Nate
PLOS BiologyMay 17, 2024
.@bphmetz explores a #PLOSBiology study which uses in silico rewiring of #GeneticCodes & functional protein data to reveal a positive correlation between #robustness & protein #evolvability. Primer: https://plos.io/3K8lIP0 Paper: https://plos.io/4dXt85p
Genetic code robustness and protein evolvability are correlated and protein-specific

The relationship between genetic code robustness and protein evolvability is unknown. This Primer explores a new PLOS Biology study which uses in silico rewiring of genetic codes and functional protein data to identify a positive correlation between code robustness and protein evolvability that is protein-specific.

PLOS BiologyMay 17, 2024
The standard #GeneticCode is robust, but is robustness good/bad for #evolution? @joshualevipayne &co use experimental data to show that robust genetic codes enhance protein #evolvability by producing smooth adaptive landscapes with few peaks #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4dXt85p
Robust genetic codes enhance protein evolvability

Only “one in a million” possible genetic codes are as robust as the standard genetic code, but does this robustness accelerate or impede adaptive evolution? This study uses experimental data from six massively parallel sequence-to-function assays for four proteins to show that robust genetic codes enhance protein evolvability by producing smooth adaptive landscapes with few peaks.

Bill LoguidiceMay 15, 2024

Microevolution can be used to predict longer term evolution, new study shows #evolution #microevolution #macroevolution #study #climate #evolvability #change #selection #science

https://fullsteamahead365.com/2024/05/15/microevolution-can-be-used-to-be-predict-longer-term-evolution/

Microevolution can be used to predict longer term evolution, new study shows - fullSTEAMahead365

A new study in Science reveals that evolvability—populations' rapid adaptation ability—sheds light on macroevolution influenced by fluctuating environmental conditions. Using fossil and contemporary data, researchers highlight how genetic variation helps populations and species diverge under environmental pressures.

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