Ramsey Affifi

Ecologising philosophy, emotions, biology, art, pedagogy, University of Edinburgh Mastadon account: [email protected]

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

My new article: https://t.co/VHxjDwimtN

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

HOLY SHIT IT'S HAPPENING

AI can now write genomes from scratch.
Arc Institute an NVIDIA just published Evo-2, the largest AI model for biology, trained on 9.3 trillion DNA base pairs spanning the entire tree of life.

it doesn’t just analyze genomes. it creates them
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[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

In a study published in #BiologyLetters, researchers taught toy names to several #dogs and then hid the toys away for two years to learn more about the dogs’ long-term memory. Read our 3rd most popular paper of 2024: https://t.co/PxTL3Yz1HH #RSPopPapers

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

New article, enjoy: https://t.co/ViSQ52GqRt

[Stuart Newman @sanewman1]

Why ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine? Are they more "natural" than other pharmaceuticals? Are there any decisive studies showing their effectiveness? More than vaccines? Or are they on the list simply by virtue of being advocated by right-wing contrarians and endorsed by Trump?

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

New article on some of my antics when teaching: https://t.co/0tm6SEAY2m

[Istra of Glome @byistra]

C.S. Lewis with one of the most insightful paragraph ever written

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

@bayesianboy How about this https://t.co/Jm2cerNvjZ

[Prof. Nikolai Slavov @slavov_n]

A reminder that proteins are highly dynamic molecules.

◼ We have made progress in measuring & predicting static protein structures, but the dynamics that animate life remain challenging to measure & model.

[Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt]

A textbook example of what @GeorgeMonbiot calls the Pollution Paradox. The more polluting a company is, the more money it must spend on politics to ensure it's not regulated out of existence. Campaign finance becomes to be dominated by dirty companies, crowding out cleaner rivals

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

@Helenreflects I used to blend whey protein with coconut milk and a bit of honey and then freeze it in ice cube trays for my mum when she had cancer. Lower sugar is good. She would eat a cube every hour or so

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Plotter working on the notes of Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune

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[breaking @unrealstriker]

absolute masterpiece

[Paul Stamets @PaulStamets]

An amazing time lapse of fungi growing on a decaying nectarine by Wim van Egmond.

🔁 Repost by @MerlinSheldrake:

Fungi devouring the skin of a nectarine!

This is a time lapse video from the amazing Wim van Egmond, one of the people making the most incredible time lapses of fungal mycelium today.
In this video, note the advancing wave of discoloured nectarine peel just in front of the visible mycelium.
This is caused by digestive enzymes released by the fungus.

Wim made many of the mycelial time lapses for the
IMAX film, Fungi: Web of Life, and is a remarkable microscopist and photographer. He has recently joined instagram and is posting videos and images there. If you enjoy looking at dazzling images and videos of microbial life please consider following him!

The first fungus you can see is Botrytis, then a Rhizopus takes over.

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

@CMooreAnderson yes... and we could pair it with some pre-reading of your work.

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

@CMooreAnderson christian can you do a guest lecture for my teacher education biology class on how you teach this?

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

ok here is a recent article I published. "Aesthetic knowing and ecologies"... https://t.co/VCXFNeYFlq

[Daniel J. Nicholson @NicholsonHPBio]

One of my intellectual idols passed away yesterday. Nobody has managed to integrate the history and philosophy of biology as effectively and as elegantly as Evelyn Fox Keller. Her work from the 90s/00s is unrivalled and has long served as a model and inspiration for my own. RIP.

[Ramsey Affifi @Ramseyaffifi]

@AFabregasT Amazing news Alejandro!

[John Symons @johnfsymons]

Philosopher Helen De Cruz was permanently suspended from this platform for absolutely no good reason. Either some automated glitch or a malicious actor. No recourse or explanation @x. She had 33K followers. If the platform really wants to become a reliable part of our social infrastructure this kind of thing has to be addressed. @elonmusk