Luís M. Rocha
@lmrocha.bsky.social
Post-identity earthling working on complex systems, networks, biomedicine, AI, evolution. Music, politics, DJ as E-Trash. E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara.
https://casci.binghamton.edu/
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https://casci.binghamton.edu/
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Exciting highlight for CBeRa!
Times Higher Education featured our upcoming work on applying complex systems + network science to predict disease progression, a key focus of ERA Chair holder @lmrocha.bsky.social .
Read the article 👇
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Times Higher Education featured our upcoming work on applying complex systems + network science to predict disease progression, a key focus of ERA Chair holder @lmrocha.bsky.social .
Read the article 👇
www.timeshighereducation.com/research/cat...
Using Complex Systems to Predict Disease Progression | Times Higher Education
The CBeRa – Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems for Advancing Biomedical Research – project is redefining how we study health and disease, applying complex systems science to biomedi...
www.timeshighereducation.com
Very excited with this project of ours the Times Higher Education just covered. Soon we will be able to announce a number of great team additions!
1/2 Have been so busy that I forgot to post my appreciation to Binghamton University and departing President Harvey Stenger for bestowing me the Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Achievement, at this award ceremony on October 29th.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1/2 Have been so busy that I forgot to post my appreciation to Binghamton University and departing President Harvey Stenger for bestowing me the Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Achievement, at this award ceremony on October 29th.
"This level of detail came at a computational cost--simulating just 20 minutes of a cell’s life required 8 to 10 hours of processing time with GPUs." Also,"simpler methods outclassed two foundation models [and] even with fine-tuning, AI cell models still fall short."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell?
Researchers are competing to make “virtual cells” that could transform biomedicine by predicting gene activity and more
www.science.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"This level of detail came at a computational cost--simulating just 20 minutes of a cell’s life required 8 to 10 hours of processing time with GPUs." Also,"simpler methods outclassed two foundation models [and] even with fine-tuning, AI cell models still fall short."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Very excited with this project of ours the Times Higher Education just covered. Soon we will be able to announce a number of great team additions!
Exciting highlight for CBeRa!
Times Higher Education featured our upcoming work on applying complex systems + network science to predict disease progression, a key focus of ERA Chair holder @lmrocha.bsky.social .
Read the article 👇
www.timeshighereducation.com/research/cat...
Times Higher Education featured our upcoming work on applying complex systems + network science to predict disease progression, a key focus of ERA Chair holder @lmrocha.bsky.social .
Read the article 👇
www.timeshighereducation.com/research/cat...
Using Complex Systems to Predict Disease Progression | Times Higher Education
The CBeRa – Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems for Advancing Biomedical Research – project is redefining how we study health and disease, applying complex systems science to biomedi...
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Very excited with this project of ours the Times Higher Education just covered. Soon we will be able to announce a number of great team additions!
1/4 Cool paper from Claus Kadelka's lab. "formalizing and systematically analyzing attractor coherence", by updating an older Willadesen & Wiles measure of attractor robustness in #BooleanNetworks (link in post below), to make it more scalable. The experiments with
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Attractors are less stable than their basins: Canalization creates a coherence gap in gene regulatory networks
Waddington’s epigenetic landscape has served as biology’s central metaphor for cellular differentiation for over half a century, depicting mature cell types as balls resting in stable valley floors. B...
www.biorxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/4 Cool paper from Claus Kadelka's lab. "formalizing and systematically analyzing attractor coherence", by updating an older Willadesen & Wiles measure of attractor robustness in #BooleanNetworks (link in post below), to make it more scalable. The experiments with
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Walking around our Binghamton house.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Walking around our Binghamton house.
"Europe’s problem is not that it has too many rules for AI, but that it hypes those rules and then neglects to enforce them. "
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Europe’s problem is not that it has too many rules for AI, but that it hypes those rules and then neglects to enforce them. "
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
"Conclusion Existing evidence does not clearly link maternal paracetamol use during pregnancy with autism or ADHD in offspring."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: umbrella review of systematic reviews
Objective To assess the quality, biases, and validity of evidence on maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (referred to as autism) and atte...
www.bmj.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"Conclusion Existing evidence does not clearly link maternal paracetamol use during pregnancy with autism or ADHD in offspring."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
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Reverend Dr Bernice King:
#BelovedCommunity
#BelovedCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reverend Dr Bernice King:
#BelovedCommunity
#BelovedCommunity
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Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
Join us in Binghamton for this amazing lineup!
Ready for the conference on #ComplexSystems and #NetworkScience with the best program?
🎤Keynotes: Bettencourt, Girvan, Glass, Newman, Stark
🎓Tutorials: Klein, Yin
#ComplexNetworks2025 is the place to share your latest research!🌎
Register now 👇
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🎤Keynotes: Bettencourt, Girvan, Glass, Newman, Stark
🎓Tutorials: Klein, Yin
#ComplexNetworks2025 is the place to share your latest research!🌎
Register now 👇
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October 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Join us in Binghamton for this amazing lineup!
"Even with fine-tuning, some AI cell models still fall short [...] a basic mathematical formula provided more accurate results than five cell foundation models and two other AI models. "
Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell?
Researchers are competing to make “virtual cells” that could transform biomedicine by predicting gene activity and more
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Even with fine-tuning, some AI cell models still fall short [...] a basic mathematical formula provided more accurate results than five cell foundation models and two other AI models. "
Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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The answer to corruption is publicly financed campaigns.
This should be the biggest takeaway from NY’s mayoral race.
Thanks to public financing, corrupt oligarchs are about to lose the mayoral race.
Our piece for @thenation.com based on our new book MASTER PLAN — pass it on: LeverNews.com/book
This should be the biggest takeaway from NY’s mayoral race.
Thanks to public financing, corrupt oligarchs are about to lose the mayoral race.
Our piece for @thenation.com based on our new book MASTER PLAN — pass it on: LeverNews.com/book
October 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The answer to corruption is publicly financed campaigns.
This should be the biggest takeaway from NY’s mayoral race.
Thanks to public financing, corrupt oligarchs are about to lose the mayoral race.
Our piece for @thenation.com based on our new book MASTER PLAN — pass it on: LeverNews.com/book
This should be the biggest takeaway from NY’s mayoral race.
Thanks to public financing, corrupt oligarchs are about to lose the mayoral race.
Our piece for @thenation.com based on our new book MASTER PLAN — pass it on: LeverNews.com/book
Reposted by Luís M. Rocha
A microscopic organism can survive the vacuum of space: yet our infrastructures collapse under a summer storm.
Why? 👉 Because structure isn’t enough.
Resilience depends on functionality.
And we need a lot of network science to grasp it.
📖 manlius.substack.com/p/making-sen...
#ComplexityThoughts
Why? 👉 Because structure isn’t enough.
Resilience depends on functionality.
And we need a lot of network science to grasp it.
📖 manlius.substack.com/p/making-sen...
#ComplexityThoughts
Making sense of complex systems functionality
What slime molds, neural systems and quantum physics have in common?
manlius.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A microscopic organism can survive the vacuum of space: yet our infrastructures collapse under a summer storm.
Why? 👉 Because structure isn’t enough.
Resilience depends on functionality.
And we need a lot of network science to grasp it.
📖 manlius.substack.com/p/making-sen...
#ComplexityThoughts
Why? 👉 Because structure isn’t enough.
Resilience depends on functionality.
And we need a lot of network science to grasp it.
📖 manlius.substack.com/p/making-sen...
#ComplexityThoughts
If You're in Lisbon, I'm DJing tonight at Roterdão Club, cais do Sodré Lisbon.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If You're in Lisbon, I'm DJing tonight at Roterdão Club, cais do Sodré Lisbon.
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The statewide Delegate Assembly of @uupinfo.bsky.social, representing tens of thousands of faculty and staff across the SUNY system, *unanimously* passed a resolution this afternoon rejecting the Trump compact.
The executive committee of the University Faculty Senate for the SUNY system issued a strong statement this week urging university leaders to reject the Trump compact. It's worth a read.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The statewide Delegate Assembly of @uupinfo.bsky.social, representing tens of thousands of faculty and staff across the SUNY system, *unanimously* passed a resolution this afternoon rejecting the Trump compact.
RESPECT!
Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66
Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66
Synth player and producer had huge success with Tainted Love and other Soft Cell hits, and later returned to UK Top 10 with dance project the Grid
Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell brought dark, cutting-edge synth-pop to the masses, has died aged 66.
Representatives for the musician said he “passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday”. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
RESPECT!
"Archaeology shows that the DNA of the different peoples who lived here has remained fairly consistent throughout the centuries"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins
The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Archaeology shows that the DNA of the different peoples who lived here has remained fairly consistent throughout the centuries"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.