The Cooperation Science Network

The Cooperation Science Network is a group of scholars who come together to understand the fundamental principles driving cooperation @AthenaAktipis @Lee_Cronk

[The Cooperation Science Network @CooperationSci]

The Social Instinct with Nichola Raihani https://t.co/ts2Lhlkzwy

[The Cooperation Science Network @CooperationSci]

Revisiting Peto’s Paradox: Do organisms that live longer get more cancer mutations? Q&A with Dr. Alex Cagan https://t.co/9n62ecOKFX

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Getting ready to go live for a special @CooperationSci livestream looking at the breakdown of cellular cooperation that can happen when cells mutate & implications are for cancer and aging Revisiting Peto’s Paradox: Q&A with Dr. Alex Cagan https://t.co/sqwVuANwsS via @YouTube

[The Cooperation Science Network @CooperationSci]

How do organisms evolve to suppress cellular cheating and enforce multicellular cooperation? We'll be discussing Peto's Pardox and more with @ATJCagan, author of the Nature paper “Somatic mutation rates scale with lifespan across mammals” Oct 5 2:30pm MST! https://t.co/f5CbC5VMRA

[Aktipis Lab @AktipisLab]

Are you an @ASU undergraduate student looking to get involved in research and learn about cooperation theory, various methods, and professional development? We are recruiting students for the Cooperation Scholars Program for Spring 2023!
Apply by Nov 30!
https://t.co/f0befQ2lFb

[The Cooperation Science Network @CooperationSci]

The History and Future of Cooperation Science with Gerald Wilkinson https://t.co/NhTKV4ldPT

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

A microbiome vault to preserve microbiota diversity for the future. Gloria Dominguez-Bella is piloting now. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Wow. C-sections and antibiotic exposure are associated with attention deficit and other learning disorders says Gloria Dominguez-Bello. Restoring cooperative microbes can help. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Ole Peters @ole_b_peters]

@AthenaAktipis @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci I almost forgot: Lorenzo Fant et al. recently extended this work with a stability analysis.
https://t.co/cK8xsn8t7R

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

You have to keep your friends at the right distance says Gloria Dominguez-Bello. Beneficial microbes are rarely within us. They live on our epithelial surfaces like our skin and our gut lining. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

A bunch of things influence fitness interdependence (and therefore cooperation), like genetic relatedness, positive assortment, environmental uncertainty. @lee_cronk @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Last, add fitness interdependence in the mix. @lee_cronk builds a universal theory of cooperation @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Next step in building a universal theory of cooperation: game theory! @lee_cronk @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

If you’re trying to build a universal theory of cooperation: Start with agents that have goals says @lee_cronk @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Not ambitious or anything. @lee_cronk teeing up a Universal Theory of Cooperation at Lembersky conference. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Vampire bats actually compete with each other to share with their hungry ‘friends.’ Jerry Wilkinson flipping the script on the standard cheating story. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Love this. Evolutionary origins of food sharing coming from parental investment says Jerry Wilkinson. @lee_cronk and I have suggested similar things underlying the evolution need-based transfers @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Ole Peters @ole_b_peters]

@AthenaAktipis @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci Nice!

We found something similar, not specific to bats but a fundamental mathematical result.

https://t.co/55pxmzcC1M

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

OG cooperation science from Jerry Wilkinson. Vampire bats share blood with hungry bats. Benefits to the recipient much larger than the costs to donor. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Some examples of enforcement of cooperation from @arvidagren, highlighted by Jerry Wilkinson. @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci

[Athena Aktipis @AthenaAktipis]

Defining cooperation to start. Jerry Wilkinson begins the Lembersky conference at @CHES_Rutgers @CooperationSci