89 new PhDs from the University of Iceland in 2025
December 1st is a ceremony for the new PhDs
5 of those were from Biology programme, spanning #Arcticcharr #genomics, #whale #bioacoustics, #speciesInteractions, #invasionbiology and #transgenerational #plasticity , all with #AquaticAnimals
Picture #UIceland
https://english.hi.is/news/almost-90-candidates-completed-phd-university
After starting to mess around with #Bézier curves in #Blender and Inkscape, I tried them out in #Plasticity and #Rhino too, and now I’ve decided I’m definitely using them whenever I’m working with #NURBS surfaces. A single-span degree-3 curve lets me make pretty much any shape with the fewest points possible and get perfectly smooth surfaces… plus there are a bunch of other perks! #CAD #b3d
Spent the weekend learning Plasticity and quite like it! Took a a little bit of time to understand the quite severe differences in approach between polygon modeling and solid modeling, but getting there!
ASN VP Symposium: Functional Resurveys and Models Reveal the Interplay of Plasticity and Evolution of Pierid Butterflies in Response to Recent Climate Change by Buckley and Kingsolver
Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738432
#Beetle #Harmonia #axyridis is native to Asia, but due to its use for pest control, it established #worldwide. It is known for its high number of #color/#pattern forms, partly due to a #genetically based #polymorphism. There is seemingly genetic variability in some morphs, and colors in an individual can change slightly during its life. D. Lemic et al. (2021) used #geometricmorphometrics to detect morph #plasticity.
©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082436
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Lack of cross modal plasticity potentially linked to ongoing activation of visual cortex and superior colliculus in the rd10 mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa academic.oup.com/cercor/artic... #crossmodal #plasticity #neuroscience
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Lack of cross modal plasticity potentially linked to ongoing activation of visual cortex and superior colliculus in the rd10 mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article-abstract/35/10/bhaf273/8285020 #crossmodal #plasticity #neuroscience
Network topological reorganization mechanisms of primary visual cortex under multimodal stimulation (in mice) www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu... #crossmodal #integration #plasticity #V1 #neuroscience
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Network topological reorganization mechanisms of primary visual cortex under multimodal stimulation (in mice) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1678035/full #crossmodal #integration #plasticity #V1 #neuroscience
"The observed transition from hub-dominated to distributed architecture challenges traditional views of fixed sensory processing hierarchies while supporting emerging theories of dynamic cortical reorganization."
Hey everyone, after all this time, #Plasticity is finally going to roll out #2D #technical #drawing generation from 3D models. I’m pitching in with ideas on how to structure the file. The 2D drawing will be exported as an SVG, but it’ll be neatly organized so you can edit it with #CAD software or #Inkscape. That said, development won’t kick off until November. The Parasolid kernel already has these features, so it’s just a matter of figuring out how to organize the file and handle the export.
A few photos of the finished stand. The model has small tweaks to make it print cleaner and have a tighter fit, but not worth me reprinting the thing.
I printed this a few months ago but finally got around to cleaning it up and posting the model.
https://www.printables.com/model/1427648-mac-mini-m1-stand-w-m2-nvme-slot
Thought I would take a look at #Plasticity - honestly, blender is simpler to get started with. The tutorials online don't match the reality of the app (things like preferences are just not there, at least in the Mac version). All in all, a waste of time.
"Enhanced triangular synchronization is consistent with findings that sensory substitution activates occipital and multimodal hubs and complements whole-brain connectivity changes reported in early blindness." #blindness #neuroscience #plasticity
Does phenotypic plasticity promote (Baldwin effect) or hinder (Mayr) genetic adaptation? Lambert et al. mathematically showed that when adaptive plasticity increases, the Baldwin effect increases, peaks then decreases as plasticity begins to mask selection.
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🧠 New study by Lempel et al. (2025): Visual experience after eye opening aligns #feedforward inputs (L4) and #RecurrentNetworks (L2/3) in mouse #VisualCortex. This improved alignment, together with enhanced orientation discrimination, creates coherent, reliable sensory codes, revealing how experience shapes stable #cortical representations:
🆕 Original Article: Urbanisation homogenises the functional trait space and reduces body size of an arboreal ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Ferrari, A., López-Collar, D., Gil-Tapetado, D., Nalini, E. & Polidori, C.
https://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=1658&Itemid=444
