Jon Laman has called attention to an interesting article that applies ecological predator prey models to tumor growth. Jason Somarelli notes a related article. Both offer interesting opportunities. Hamilton, P. T., Anholt, B. R., & Nelson, B. H. (2022). Tumour...
The Department of Anthropology at Baylor University is accepting student applications for a new PhD program in the Anthropology of Health (broadly conceived, including biomedical anthropology, evolutionary medicine, global health, medical anthropology, and other...
The USA National Academy of Engineering will sponsor an online forum December 5-6 on Evolutionary and Engineering approaches to Failure Analysis. See below for information and the registration link. Explaining system failures is the focus of enormous efforts in...
A fascinating article in Nature finds positive selection for several alleles that protected against Yersinia pestis during the plague of 1346-1350 in Europe; they also increase the risk of autoimmune disease. Klunk, J., et al. (2022). Evolution of immune genes is...
