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I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy!

doi.org/10.1007/s137...
The Importance of Biological Theory - Biological Theory
Biological Theory -
doi.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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💐 Congratulations to our 2025 KLI fellow, Nina Kraus @ninakraus.bsky.social, on her new publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology on
"Environmentally dependent developmental induction as a potential driver of heart evolution"!
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📃 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Fig. 4. of Kraus 2026. Normal mammalian cardiogenesis and ambiogenic events hypothesized to be required for proper outflow tract development during placentation, along with associated developmental and phylogenetic phenotypes.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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🔔 Gentle Reminder: Join our KLI Colloquium this afternoon, 3:00 PM CET.
kli.ac.at KLI @kli.ac.at · 19d
Join our KLI Colloquium:
"O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond"
Speaker: Jan BAEDKE (Ruhr University Bochum)
🕒 26 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
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January 29, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"O Theory Where Art Thou? The Changing Role of Theory in Theoretical Biology in the 20th Century and Beyond"
Speaker: Jan BAEDKE (Ruhr University Bochum)
🕒 26 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
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January 23, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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☀️🎓 8th European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS)🌍
Theme: “Philosophy of Biology for a Healthy Planet”
Apply by 31 January 2026!
Find more information on: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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💐Congratulations to Adam on his new publication!👏👏👏
adamlinson.bsky.social Adam Linson @adamlinson.bsky.social · 21d
Paper out today on @royalsocietypublishing.org:
"Alerting and orienting attention in anti-predator vigilance: neurocognitive modelling and behavioural evidence"
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Simulation examples. Scenarios A–D above correspond to agent behaviour sequences in rows A–D below. The sequences indicate 12 time steps, one per box, which proceed horizontally (i.e. the leftmost box is t1, the rightmost box is t12). In the lower rows, beak direction is depicted with a triangle such that head rotations are visible (e.g. in row B, there is a head rotation each time step). The circular area connected to the triangle represents a top view of the scrub-jay head (filled circle with unfilled sectors). Circles with two unfilled sectors show the default foveal position bilaterally, and circles with four unfilled sectors show further foveation during a fixed head position. Unfilled row squares indicate that the scrub-jay has high uncertainty about whether a hawk is present due to lack of sensory evidence (no hawk shape is visible and no hawk call is audible). Filled row squares that progress from dark (orange) to light (yellow) represent the strength of the belief that a hawk is present, beginning with low uncertainty during three time steps when the hawk shape is visible and an increasing belief that the hawk is no longer present once the shape is no longer visible. Upper half: the filled circle indicates the scrub-jay’s proximal surroundings. In the top left (A), a single hawk suggests low background predation risk, which elicits a head rotation every two time steps (row A). (Dotted lines indicate possible but not actual approaches.) Three hawks are shown in B, indicating high background predation risk, which elicits a head rotation every time step (row B). Rectangular cover in C presents a skewed distribution of possible hawk approaches. This leads to a head rotation pattern that proportionately increases the time monitoring exposed areas (row C). In the upper right (D), two actual hawk approaches are shown (solid lines extended by dotted lines). The dark orange solid segment corresponds to the dark orange boxes in row D, when the hawk shape is visible.
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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💐 Congratulations to our Writing-up Fellow Liberty Severs on her new publication! 👏👏👏
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty"
Speaker: Patricia BELDADE (Lisbon University)
🕒 15 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
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January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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🏵️We are happy to welcome our new Visiting Fellow Carrie Figdor! www.kli.ac.at/en/people/cu... Carrie is a professor of philosophy (University of Iowa, University of Edinburgh) and will work on her project, “Biological Modality and the Mind/Body Problem” at the KLI.
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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🏵️ A warm welcome to our new Writing-up Fellow Sanjay Narayanaswamy! www.kli.ac.at/en/people/cu... Sanjay is pursuing his PhD at the University of Vienna, working on “Notch Coordinates Concurrent Germ Layer and Axial Polarity Self-Organization in Cnidarian Gastruloids.”
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Join our KLI Colloquium:
"On Experimental Models of Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Novelty"
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🕒 15 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
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January 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Join our first KLI Colloquium in 2026!
Title: Embodied Rationality: Normative and Evolutionary Foundations
Speaker: Enrico Petracca
🕒 8 Jan 2026, 3:00 PM CET
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January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM