Optimization of nonequilibrium free energy harvesting illustrated on bacteriorhodopsin, Jordi Piñero, Ricard Solé, and Artemy Kolchinsky Jordi Ricard Solé Artemy Kolchinsky #Biophysics #StatisticalPhysics go.aps.org/3TvDzEW

Our paper with Jordi and Ricard Solé is out! We consider the problem of finding the nonequilibrium steady state that optimizes free energy harvesting + illustrate it on the amazing photosynthetic bacteriorhodopsin system. A long time in the making ...

How can physics help us define the limits of cellular life? Tomorrow Santa Fe Institute professor Chris Kempes will be talking about that at the Barcelona Collaboratorium Barcelona Collaboratorium on "The physical limits of small life". app.smartsheet.eu/b/form/7af7f11… his recent work: arxiv.org/pdf/2403.00001…

New preprint, comments very welcome. I argue from basic principles of thermo that Jeremy England's "Statistical physics of self-replication" doesn't provide a thermodynamic bound on replication. In fact, I show that no such bound is possible in principle arxiv.org/abs/2404.01130

We tend to use simple models to describe regime shifts in nature. But ecosystems, brains or cancers are built upon many interacting units. How does multistability emerge in complex systems? now in Ecology Letters ! Sonia Kefi shorturl.at/ADFP4

How can we model the emergent complexity of microbial ecosystems? How to do the maths & predict their dynamics, from the gut & the soil to the biosphere? Here's a great NatureEcoEvo review Víctor de Lorenzo Barcelona Collaboratorium Fernando T. Maestre victor Sara Mitri nature.com/articles/s4155…

Is there a unique law (natural selection) underlying the emergence of complexity? Are there alternatives? What can be said from physics? Here's -I believe-one piece of the answer from the great Manfred Eigen, sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Jordi Manlio De Domenico

Will life be different on other planets? Can we build living systems that depart from what we know? In terms of the logic, maybe not. Check my last paper with several Santa Fe Institute colleagues on the "Fundamental constraints on the logic of living systems" preprints.org/manuscript/202…

Can degraded ecosystems facing tipping points be rescued using synthetic biology? In our new paper with victor we show how a new class of "emergent engineering" can do it by havig biodiversity on our side royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Fernando T. Maestre Víctor de Lorenzo Blai Vidiella

Can a virus help uncover Turing patterns in nature? In a new paper, researchers show how the tulip breaking virus triggers the expression of a pigment that can display a broad range of (observable) stripe patterns @philipcball Salva Duran-Nebreda Stuart Newman biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Why is universality such a central concept in complex systems? How does it connect Turing Machines and Spin Systems? In this new paper, Tomáš Gonda and @Gemma_DLC present an accessible account on how to identify and compare different universalities arxiv.org/pdf/2406.16607

Very excited to be organizing (with Adam Frank and Artemy Kolchinsky) the workshop on Information Driven Dtates of Matter to be held at University of Rochester from 07/10-07/12. We have a truly stellar (and international) cast; see details below. Thanks to generous support from John Templeton Foundation (1/4)

Adam Frank kicking off the workshop on Information-Driven States of Matter #InfoMatter

Jordi Pinero takes us home with the last talk of the meeting. “information theoretical limits on growth in minimal chemical systems” #InfoMatter

Our project for experimentally testing planetary regulation (Lovelock & Margulis) on the test tube, using a synthetic microbial Gaian system (+1 PhD), has been funded by Agencia Estatal de Investigación. A great adventure that started at Santa Fe Institute 2 yrs ago with victor & Jordi Pla

My paper on stochastic thermodynamics of replicators is out at J Chem Phys. It shows that fundamental thermodynamic bounds, like the one by J. England, do not constraint replicator kinetics pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/articl…

How can complex, hierarchical proto-organisms emerge out of a lifeless environment? How can artificial life and AI help? Come to @Clement_MF_ Complex Systems Lab seminar at Barcelona Collaboratorium "Self-organizing agents and ecosystems from scratch" Thursday 10, 11: 30 h direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedin……

🔥El Fractal del barco en llamas🔥

Is evolution predictable or highly contingent? This new Royal Society Publishing paper explains why life here & elsewhere might be universal regarding its logic, from molecular information & cells to viruses &ecosystems. Santa Fe Institute @philipcball Sean Carroll royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Do ant colonies work like liquid brains? Check this great paper in pnas, led by CEAB-CSIC Pol Fernandez-Lopez and Frederic Bartumeus, explaining foraging behaviour by modelling ants as mobile neural agents Jordi pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…