Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to the next online seminar for the "Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation" Special Topic Network (STN) funded by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, which will take place on December 16th, 16:00 UTC. We have a special event lined up to mark the release of a new book, "The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict", a collection of chapters contributed by biologists and philosophers on organisms, organismality, and internal conflicts, edited by Arvid Ågren and Manus Patten. The event will be hosted by Athena Aktipis, author of "The Cheating Cell" and "A Field Guide to the Apocalypse". We expect the meeting to take approximately 1.5 hours. Meeting details: Date: December 16, 2025. Time: 16:00 UTC Meeting link: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/99509526675?jst=3D2 If you would like to get on our mailing list and take part in our upcoming events, please visit our website ( https://internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/) for more information. Sincerely, The Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation STN Manus Patten, Arvid Ågren, Thomas Hitchcock, Martijn Schenkel, and Nina Wedell ESEB-funded Special Topic Network "Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation" https://internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/ https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/special-topic-networks/ internalconflictsstn@gmail.com (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)