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Our first Biological Physics Coffeeroom Forum was given by Prof. Paul Wiggins (U Washington Seattle) today! See you next month!

Super glad to see our work on chiral symmetry breaking in multicellular system made it to the cover of PRX Life MPI-CBG Dresden @anne_grapin Marko Popovic MPI-PKS Dresden

Mathematical reasoning could lead to new insights into the universal characteristics of living systems. For 3.8 billion years, evolution has followed a branching tree pattern, from simple bacteria to complex life forms. But what if the structure of these evolutionary trees

It is a great pleasure to work with Sofi Quinodoz, Lifei jiang, Qiwei Yu, brangwynnelab, Andrej Kosmrlj and other collaborators to unravel the secrets of the nucleolus! 🧬✨. We’re using a reactive phase field model to dive into its nonequilibrium dynamics and watch how its

H. Weyer, D. Muramatsu, E. Frey, Coarsening dynamics of chemotactic aggregates. arXiv [cond-mat.soft] (2024). arxiv.org/abs/2409.20100

The Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.

This week, Ryan Thiermann successfully defended his thesis, one of the most important works from our lab in quantitative bacterial cell physiology in recent years. We look forward to sharing it soon. We’re thrilled for Ryan & his family and wish him continued growth & happiness!

We've lost one of the best humans and scientists I've ever met way too soon. Kevin Wood was the most sincerely kind, thoughtful, and sharp colleague I had the pleasure to call a friend. If you ever met Kevin, you know exactly what I mean. gofundme.com/f/support-futu…

New simulations describe how #mitochondria create a tubular structure at the cellular scale. Results show how an interplay of local features — like fusion to fission rates and geometric constraints — can reshape cell-scale network morphology. 🔗 go.aps.org/3NiztMo

For fans of the endoplasmic reticulum and / or emergent active structures, Zuben's paper on the ER as a liquid network structure is now out in PNAS. Couldn't have done it without the awesome imaging data from the Westrate group. Congrats to Zuben et al! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Today our (me+Jeroen van Zon's lab) new 3D cell tracking software is out on biorXiv (biorxiv.org/content/10.110…). Our student MaxBetjes presents, what we think, is a fundamental advance in cell tracking: An algorithm that accurately quantifies the uncertainty of its results. 1/10

Excited to co-organize an #APS session on biomolecular condensates with Davit Potoyan Yaojun Zhang, and Patrick McCall. Amazing lineup of invited speakers: Jerelle A Joseph, Huaiying Zhang, and Huan-Xiang Zhou. Abstract submissions due THIS Friday! Don't miss out! Looking forward to engaging

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kevin Wood, esteemed Associate Professor of Biophysics and Physics. His contributions to science and dedication to students leave an enduring legacy. Read more about his remarkable life and career below. lsa.umich.edu/biophysics/new…

At the risk of sounding tone-deaf in what feels like a dark time ahead for scientists and many others in the U.S. and beyond, I want to thank Simons Foundation and colleagues for supporting the risky idea of ‘econophysiology’—and to my future economist mentor, alberto bisin, thank you.

Interested in active matter/biophysics? Our lab tzerhan.com is looking for motivated PhD students to join our nonreciprocal robotics active matter/chiral jamming/morphogenesis projects. Apply by Dec 18: physics.ucsd.edu/students/gradu…

Not too late to apply to UCSD Biophysics PhD program: biophysics.ucsd.edu we have a vibrant cluster of theorists and experimentalists working at the interface of biophysics/soft and active matter. Deadline Dec 18. Feel free to DM me with questions. UCSD Biological Physics

Yuhai Tu (IBM) gave an impromptu seminar today with great overview on quantitative biology of bacterial chemotaxis for the UCSD biological physics group.

Saransh will give our first ever yeast talk since the birth of our lab at the #ASCB meeting 2024. Come to the 'Biological Size Control and Scaling' session this Saturday at 9:30 AM! Title: “The topology, shape and size of mitochondrial networks during the cell cycle in yeast"

Full house! Great way to end the quarter with Kinneret telling us about topological defects and biophysics of Hydra regeneration. UCSD Biological Physics UC San Diego School of Physical Sciences

Congratulations to Mattia for being awarded the prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award!! Serra group @ UC San Diego