June 14-16, 2016 : University of Bordeaux
New Frontiers in Ecological Developmental Biology and
Microbiota-Host Co-Construction
The Dialectical Biologist
30 years after
In memory of Richard Levins: Dr. Levins had accepted our invitation to teleconference at the workshop. We also had plans to conduct a taped interview prior to the workshop at Harvard. As we reel from the shock of his sudden passing on the 19th of January, we mourn the lost opportunity to engage with a bright and fertile mind and the loss of a great man. We will carry on this workshop in his memory and to continue his legacy.
30 years after Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin's The Dialectical Biologist, there is ever more a need to examine hidden dichotomies in current biology and reflect on the call to take seriously the dialectic inter-penetration and continuous co-construction of parts, wholes, and environment.
In celebration of this important publication, we revisit the big picture and lessons of The Dialectical Biologist with philosophers, biologists and physicians. Together, we will identify dogmatic dichotomies that persist across biological disciplines, explore conceptual frameworks in the spirit of dialectical biology, and critically examine plausible instances of “co-construction" in Eco-Devo and microbiota research.
Date & Time
June 14, 15, 16, 2016
Location
University of Bordeaux
Organizers
Lynn Chiu
Thomas Pradeu
University of Bordeaux/CNRS
Schedule
June 14 30 Years After The Dialectical Biologist
Venue: Pey Berland salle 1K
1:30-2:00 Registration
2:00-2:10 Opening Remarks
2:10-2:30 Michael Weisberg (University of Pennsylvania)
Richard Levins’ Philosophy of Science
2:30-3:30 Tamara Awerbuch Friedlander (Harvard School of Public Health)
Richard Levins’ Legacy: The Truth is the Whole
3:45-4:45 Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther (UC Santa Cruz)
The Dialectical Biologist Remembered, Rethought, Reactivated
4:45-5:45 Thomas Pradeu (Université de Bordeaux/CNRS)
The Dialectics of Host-Microbe Interactions
6:00-7:00 Short Remarks & Discussion
7:00-8:30 Cocktail
June 15 New Frontiers: Eco-Devo & Microbiota-Host Co-construction
Venue: Pey Berland salle 1K
8:45-9:00 Welcoming Coffee
9:00-10:00 Sonia Sultan (Wesleyan University)
Organism-Environment Co-construction: an Eco-Devo Case Study in Plants
10:00-11:00 Gillian Barker (University of Western Ontario)
From Co-opting to Co-controlling: Biological Leverage as a Bridge between Development and Ecology
11:15-12:15 Scott F. Gilbert (Swarthmore College)
Development and Symbiosis: Becoming with the Others
2:30-3:30 Gérard Eberl (Institut Pasteur)
Microbiota, Immunity, and Self
3:45-4:45 Maureen O’Malley (Université de Bordeaux/CNRS)
Causal Relationships in Microbe-Host Systems
4:45-5:45 Laurence Delhaes & Thierry Schaeverbeke (Centre Hopitalier Universitaire of Bordeaux)
The Emerging Concept of the Lung Mycobiota: an Example of Ecological Modeling
5:45-6:45 Lynn Chiu (Université de Bordeaux/CNRS)
Constructing and Being Constructed by Our Internalized Ecosystem
June 16 Old Lessons, New Dialectics (closed door)
Due to venue availability restrictions, the last day is not open to the public
10:15-11:15 Denis M. Walsh (University of Toronto)
Objectcy and Agency: the Dialectics of Adaptive Evolution
11:15-12:15 André Ariew (University of Missouri)
Adaptationism Redux? Richard Lewontin’s Constructivist Challenge
12:15-1:15 Philippe Huneman (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/CNRS)
Externalism, Internalism and Extended Systems: Evolution, Development, Mind
2:30-4:00 General Discussions
poster
abstracts
Our Speakers
alphabetical order
University of Missouri
University of Western Ontario
University of Bordeaux/CNRS
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Bordeaux
Institut Pasteur
Harvard School of Public Health
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/CNRS/ENS
Swarthmore College
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/CNRS
University of Bordeaux/CNRS
University of Bordeaux/CNRS
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Bordeaux
Wesleyan University
University of Toronto
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Santa Cruz
VENUE
University of Bordeaux
PEY-BERLAND CAMPUS
35 Place Pey Berland, 33000 Bordeaux
tram stop: Hôtel de Ville (Tram A, Tram B)
30 mins
Gare Saint Jean
Bordeaux–Mérignac
Victoire
40-50 mins
Lycées de Mérignac
Hôtel de Ville
Porte de Bourgogne
Tram Map (pdf)
Airport-Train Station Shuttle
http://navetteaeroport-bordeaux.com
Pey Berland Venue
2 mins
more travel
information
CONTACT
Lynn Chiu
Postdoc Fellow, University of Bordeaux/CNRS
Immuno ConcEpT Lab: Immunology, from Concepts and Experiments to Translation
