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Maull & colleagues propose a possible implementation for a synthetic microbial Daisyworld: ow.ly/Rh9x50Qz4Qw #JRSocInterface

🪐 Exciting news in planetary science! Ricard Solé (@Ricard_Sole) and collaborators propose an experimental system to test the Gaia hypothesis. 🌿 Using synth. biology, they’ll test microorganisms to achieve stable equilibrium. ow.ly/Z9uT50QBncs Royal Society Publishing

Marc Güell Nastassia Knödlseder Synbio Lab UPF Medicine and Life Sciences IDIBELL Universitat de Barcelona Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) ICREA Community Lund University Aarhus University UPF Barcelona SynFlora is working on bioengineering a skincare revolution #NBTintheNews via Yahoo techcrunch.com/2024/02/27/syn…

How close are living systems to optimal states? In our new paper in Physical Review Research with Artemy Kolchinsky and Jordi we searched for universal bounds to this problem within the context of free energy harvesting, with special attention to molecular machines journals.aps.org/prresearch/pdf…

How can physics help us define the limits of cellular life? Tomorrow Santa Fe Institute professor Chris Kempes will be talking about that at the Barcelona Collaboratorium Barcelona Collaboratorium on "The physical limits of small life". app.smartsheet.eu/b/form/7af7f11… his recent work: arxiv.org/pdf/2403.00001…

We tend to use simple models to describe regime shifts in nature. But ecosystems, brains or cancers are built upon many interacting units. How does multistability emerge in complex systems? now in Ecology Letters ! Sonia Kefi shorturl.at/ADFP4

"In Memoriam: Dan Dennett on Mortality, Life, and Existence": a beautiful eulogy from his friend Richard Dawkins with a great interview, where Dennett reflects on so many issues and the joy and privilege of living in this "stupendous planet" Santa Fe Institute youtube.com/watch?v=wFQ4v9…

Tumors are complex and adaptive ecosystems. How can we model them, and what are the implications? It's been an amazing opportunity to learn from the great Sandy Anderson and Ricard Solé. So many open questions lay ahead for mathematical oncology! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

How can we use synthetic biology to understand ecological complexity? Can engineered microbes help fighting tipping points? Check our Perspective paper on "Synthetic Ecosystems", with victor Daniel R. Amor Jordi Pla and Nuria Conde preprints.org/manuscript/202… Víctor de Lorenzo

Towards a new ecology with Synthetic Ecosystems. Here our perspective, with Daniel R. Amor, Jordi Pla, N. Conde and Ricard Solé. link--> preprints.org/manuscript/202…

🌍Synthetic Ecosystems: Bridging the Test Tube and the Biosphere 🌱victor's study explores the future of bioengineering #ecosystems, from test tube setups to vast landscapes. ✨Additional actions are needed to solve global challenges. Read at:⤵️ preprints.org/manuscript/202…

Can degraded ecosystems facing tipping points be rescued using synthetic biology? In our new paper with victor we show how a new class of "emergent engineering" can do it by havig biodiversity on our side royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Fernando T. Maestre Víctor de Lorenzo Blai Vidiella

Our project for experimentally testing planetary regulation (Lovelock & Margulis) on the test tube, using a synthetic microbial Gaian system (+1 PhD), has been funded by Agencia Estatal de Investigación. A great adventure that started at Santa Fe Institute 2 yrs ago with victor & Jordi Pla

Victor Maull presenting an experimental recreation of the daisyword simulation 🌼 #Alife2024

How complex can cognition be in brain organoids? Since they do not sense or act on their environments, they lack cognitive complexity or agency. Without the organism, the "spherical brain" (my drawing) is a fascinating window to evolution and disease but not to actual cognition.

Want to know more? Get a cup of tea and watch my half-hour public lecture on this topic:

How can synthetic biology help us to explore ecological complexity? What kind of ecosystems can be designed? How can #synbio help us prevent ecological collapse? Chk our paper (+ cover :) victor Daniel R. Amor Jordi Pla Fernando T. Maestre Víctor de Lorenzo pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

Microbial ecosystems on a leash: My Winogradsky Panel, alive with purple sulfur bacteria. Mud collected from the rivers that frame Barcelona, Besòs and Llobregat. Month 1.

How to test the (Gaia) theory of planetary self-regulation (Lovelock-Margulis)? We just started our experimental implementation on bioreactors using #synbioto bring planetary scale to the Lab. Exciting days! victor Yelyzaveta Shpilkina Jordi Pla Víctor de Lorenzo Adam Frank