Lynn Chiu
@drlynnchiu.bsky.social
Recovering philosopher staying with the trouble. PhD #philbio. Worked on niche construction, holobiont, gut mind, co-immunity, EES. Now curating & communicating research @univie.ac.at as Intl Sci Comm manager + #Rudolphina editor. #Philscicomm #scicomm
Thanks to dear friend Alina, who leads a non-profit, I learned so much about the history of the #Augustin street paper, the spirit of the content it carries & the people behind it at the Wien Museum. Viano, a cheerful & kind constant at the Volkstheater Ubahn entrance, is prominently featured!
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thanks to dear friend Alina, who leads a non-profit, I learned so much about the history of the #Augustin street paper, the spirit of the content it carries & the people behind it at the Wien Museum. Viano, a cheerful & kind constant at the Volkstheater Ubahn entrance, is prominently featured!
Here's a lovely spread of Riedl's books!
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Here's a lovely spread of Riedl's books!
"Why are we talking about Riedl when he... didn't seem to make a substantial discovery or develop a new technique in morphology?" - Schmitt
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Why are we talking about Riedl when he... didn't seem to make a substantial discovery or develop a new technique in morphology?" - Schmitt
So what did Riedl contribute to the Modern synthesis Yay/nay debate? Wagner: let's hear from Gould and Lewontin themselves about the European biologists and specifically, Riedl.
"The adaptationist programme gave us an EvoBio of parts and genes, but not of organisms"
"The adaptationist programme gave us an EvoBio of parts and genes, but not of organisms"
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
So what did Riedl contribute to the Modern synthesis Yay/nay debate? Wagner: let's hear from Gould and Lewontin themselves about the European biologists and specifically, Riedl.
"The adaptationist programme gave us an EvoBio of parts and genes, but not of organisms"
"The adaptationist programme gave us an EvoBio of parts and genes, but not of organisms"
That background, esp the start of evodevo, frames the general context of Riedl's own skepticism.
Now we enter the adaptationist's "but proximate != ultimate causation!!" strike back.
Now we enter the adaptationist's "but proximate != ultimate causation!!" strike back.
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
That background, esp the start of evodevo, frames the general context of Riedl's own skepticism.
Now we enter the adaptationist's "but proximate != ultimate causation!!" strike back.
Now we enter the adaptationist's "but proximate != ultimate causation!!" strike back.
Günter Wagner started the symposium talking about Riedl & the importance of "an intimate feel of the organism" for theory and philbio... and (to me) the golden period of evolution I was raised on by my mentors: the beginning of critical reflections on Darwinism in the 70s and 80s.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Günter Wagner started the symposium talking about Riedl & the importance of "an intimate feel of the organism" for theory and philbio... and (to me) the golden period of evolution I was raised on by my mentors: the beginning of critical reflections on Darwinism in the 70s and 80s.
100 years of Rupert Riedl:
Systems Conditions for Evolution
phylogenetic-symposium-vienna-2025.univie.ac.at/program/
Here we go! @univie.ac.at #evobio
(we all get mugs!)
Systems Conditions for Evolution
phylogenetic-symposium-vienna-2025.univie.ac.at/program/
Here we go! @univie.ac.at #evobio
(we all get mugs!)
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
100 years of Rupert Riedl:
Systems Conditions for Evolution
phylogenetic-symposium-vienna-2025.univie.ac.at/program/
Here we go! @univie.ac.at #evobio
(we all get mugs!)
Systems Conditions for Evolution
phylogenetic-symposium-vienna-2025.univie.ac.at/program/
Here we go! @univie.ac.at #evobio
(we all get mugs!)
Talking about the equipment they scraped together from the black market to start their "expeditions" when he was a student. Riedl the daring. They invented their own diving fins but it unfortunately didn't take off.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Talking about the equipment they scraped together from the black market to start their "expeditions" when he was a student. Riedl the daring. They invented their own diving fins but it unfortunately didn't take off.
What a great honor to be here at the kick-off event of Rupert Riedl's 100th anniversary symposium hosted by the Theoretical Biology unit @univie.ac.at. Sabina Riedl, his daughter, made a new documentary on his life. The screening is now held @nhmwien.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What a great honor to be here at the kick-off event of Rupert Riedl's 100th anniversary symposium hosted by the Theoretical Biology unit @univie.ac.at. Sabina Riedl, his daughter, made a new documentary on his life. The screening is now held @nhmwien.bsky.social.
A new podcast in the works by the doctoral schools of @univie.ac.at to service scholars interested in improving their supervision skills, to become leaders who guide with value and heart.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A new podcast in the works by the doctoral schools of @univie.ac.at to service scholars interested in improving their supervision skills, to become leaders who guide with value and heart.
The importance of substantial European alliances. Hopeful optimism in the air as #CircleU leaders & projects come together to see each other in person & understand what a complex alliance system can do to foster cohesion based on multicultural but common values in research, teaching, societal impact
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The importance of substantial European alliances. Hopeful optimism in the air as #CircleU leaders & projects come together to see each other in person & understand what a complex alliance system can do to foster cohesion based on multicultural but common values in research, teaching, societal impact
Had the opportunity to once again stare intensely at the #Klimt artwork adorning the ceiling of our Grosser Festsaal. @univie.ac.at
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Had the opportunity to once again stare intensely at the #Klimt artwork adorning the ceiling of our Grosser Festsaal. @univie.ac.at
Officially started the mulled wine season by organizing a @univie.ac.at international "meet & greet" networking event at the Campus Christmas Village! 🎄
Reps from the postdoc career development project, EU intl funding team, alma mentoring & comms mingled with intl researchers, esp PhDs/postdocs 🤝
Reps from the postdoc career development project, EU intl funding team, alma mentoring & comms mingled with intl researchers, esp PhDs/postdocs 🤝
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Officially started the mulled wine season by organizing a @univie.ac.at international "meet & greet" networking event at the Campus Christmas Village! 🎄
Reps from the postdoc career development project, EU intl funding team, alma mentoring & comms mingled with intl researchers, esp PhDs/postdocs 🤝
Reps from the postdoc career development project, EU intl funding team, alma mentoring & comms mingled with intl researchers, esp PhDs/postdocs 🤝
Received a heart-bursting compliment about the #RupertRiedl article, from Riedl's daughter herself:
Thank you so much … I love your article … it’s so profound and well written - he’s so well-portrayed - almost as if you’d known him personally.
🥹
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/the-intel...
Thank you so much … I love your article … it’s so profound and well written - he’s so well-portrayed - almost as if you’d known him personally.
🥹
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/the-intel...
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Received a heart-bursting compliment about the #RupertRiedl article, from Riedl's daughter herself:
Thank you so much … I love your article … it’s so profound and well written - he’s so well-portrayed - almost as if you’d known him personally.
🥹
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/the-intel...
Thank you so much … I love your article … it’s so profound and well written - he’s so well-portrayed - almost as if you’d known him personally.
🥹
rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/the-intel...
Apparently the evidence is not strong enough! I thoroughly enjoyed this talk, which opened my eyes to the diversity and complexity of the Filipinos and their connections, extended through time, to their neighbors near and far. Larena did an incredible job making the talk accessible yet rigorous!
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Apparently the evidence is not strong enough! I thoroughly enjoyed this talk, which opened my eyes to the diversity and complexity of the Filipinos and their connections, extended through time, to their neighbors near and far. Larena did an incredible job making the talk accessible yet rigorous!
Really nice to be here at a special Austro-Philippine society event, esp by the invitation of Camilo Antonio, to hear Maximilian Larena (Uppsala) talk about the pop gen of the Filipino people. I'm particularly interested in hearing more about the "out of Taiwan" hypothesis!
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really nice to be here at a special Austro-Philippine society event, esp by the invitation of Camilo Antonio, to hear Maximilian Larena (Uppsala) talk about the pop gen of the Filipino people. I'm particularly interested in hearing more about the "out of Taiwan" hypothesis!
Jump in now! The KLI is hosting Richard Cockett, author of Vienna: the Laboratory of Modernity.
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Jump in now! The KLI is hosting Richard Cockett, author of Vienna: the Laboratory of Modernity.
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
kli.ac.at/en/events/ev...
After the first keynote, the opening festival of #VISTA continues with a panel discussion on "How to enhance public trust in science." After a round of explanations of the principles behind the space, the discussion now dives into diff forms of science engagement. #scicomm @istaresearch.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
After the first keynote, the opening festival of #VISTA continues with a panel discussion on "How to enhance public trust in science." After a round of explanations of the principles behind the space, the discussion now dives into diff forms of science engagement. #scicomm @istaresearch.bsky.social
Science communication is a social conversation around science & trust in science is about trusting the people.
Ending remarks after a tour of the activities & fests at the MIT, including an AI chat bot that is able to change minds & correct misinformation (in part because it's calm and collected!)
Ending remarks after a tour of the activities & fests at the MIT, including an AI chat bot that is able to change minds & correct misinformation (in part because it's calm and collected!)
October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Science communication is a social conversation around science & trust in science is about trusting the people.
Ending remarks after a tour of the activities & fests at the MIT, including an AI chat bot that is able to change minds & correct misinformation (in part because it's calm and collected!)
Ending remarks after a tour of the activities & fests at the MIT, including an AI chat bot that is able to change minds & correct misinformation (in part because it's calm and collected!)
From large static exhibitions in museum exhibitions and science centers to the small, agile, participatory "science gallery," Michael John Gorman talks about the "idea collider" with examples from Trinity College Dublin direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...
October 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
From large static exhibitions in museum exhibitions and science centers to the small, agile, participatory "science gallery," Michael John Gorman talks about the "idea collider" with examples from Trinity College Dublin direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...
#misinformation is the biggest threat in the next few years, according to the World Economic Forum www.weforum.org/press/2025/0...
October 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#misinformation is the biggest threat in the next few years, according to the World Economic Forum www.weforum.org/press/2025/0...
First keynote at the brand new #VISTA Science Experience Center @istaresearch.bsky.social:
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
First keynote at the brand new #VISTA Science Experience Center @istaresearch.bsky.social:
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
Michael John Gorman @mit.edu
on "In defense of wonder - science communication in an age of misinformation"
www.vistascience.at/en/festival #scicomm
Genital coevolution 🤩
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Genital coevolution 🤩
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
So excited to be at Patricia Brennan's talk at the Dept of EvoBio @univie.ac.at, the last talk of her Europe tour!
#sexinnature #evobio
You can find the relevant info here, if you have access to the intranet! Welcome brunch, guided tours, and a lovely English onboarding doc to welcome you to the University of Vienna :D
wiki.univie.ac.at/spaces/OE/pa...
wiki.univie.ac.at/spaces/OE/pa...
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You can find the relevant info here, if you have access to the intranet! Welcome brunch, guided tours, and a lovely English onboarding doc to welcome you to the University of Vienna :D
wiki.univie.ac.at/spaces/OE/pa...
wiki.univie.ac.at/spaces/OE/pa...
Hey so, next week is Austria's very first postdoc appreciation week #paw2025! A collection of events the @univie.ac.at is part of can be found here: postdocs.univie.ac.at/paw2025/
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hey so, next week is Austria's very first postdoc appreciation week #paw2025! A collection of events the @univie.ac.at is part of can be found here: postdocs.univie.ac.at/paw2025/
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.
Participants include @univie.ac.at, University of Graz, ISTA, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, TU Wien.