Our newest work on intracellular vesicle transport by molecular motors tug-of-war is online! Led by Youngmin Park, we developed a coarse-grained model that efficiently captures the stochastic transitions between motion in opposite directions. arxiv.org/abs/2107.07597

A new format alongside our usual symposia: sampling the tremendous range of young talent in our field. Thanks to all who suggested speakers, and apologies to those we couldn't fit in. Hoping to do it again soon, and then regularly.

We welcome Dr Sandeep Choubey Sandeep Choubey as our newest faculty member at IMSc. Sandeep did his Ph.D. at Brandeis, and was a postdoctoral fellow at MPIPKS Dresden, and previously at Harvard, before joining us. He works on various aspects of physical biology. (1/11)

Please join us in congratulating the newly elected officers of APS DSOFT 👏 Vice Chair: Aparna Baskaran (Brandeis) Secretary/Treasurer: Rae Robertson-Anderson (UCSD) Members-At-Large: Vivek Sharma (UIC) & Evelyn Tang (Rice) Student Rep: Sophie Ettinger (UPenn)

The group I've just left Brandeis Science has an opening for a Research Computing Specialist. Great entry level opportunity to develop your sysadmin and computing facilitation skills while working with clever scientists. Pls retweet! brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobs/job… Specialist_R0005345-1

Is nuclear size a spandrel set by physics rather than biological constraints? Beautiful experiments by Joël and the Chang lab point to the answer. This has been a labor of love and a great example of how what you learn in one context can be surprisingly useful in others, too.

Genetic networks squeeze lots of information out of small numbers of molecules. Could part of the trick be that the enhancers which "read" transcription factor concentrations have an architecture that solves an optimization problem? pnas.org/content/118/46… 1/3

📢(1/n) Please RT! I am hiring a postdoc to work on exciting biophysics and biochemical projects in cytoskeletal mechanobiology in my lab at Emory University!! See lab website: shekharlab.org

New Year, New Paper! Check out our latest collaborative work on the interactions between Kinesin-1 and MAP7. Also stay tuned for new work on shelterin next week! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #kinesin #MAPs #molecularmotors #biophysics #microtubules

Improving statistical methods reveals new insights into how the bacterium E. coli grows. elifesciences.org/digests/72565/…

Looking for a home for your physics of living systems paper? We want studies that bring together approaches from the physical and life sciences to gain insights into biological systems. Take a look at what we publish ⬇️ elifesciences.org/subjects/physi…

When bending a straw, a famous instability occurs, studied by Brazier a century ago. We found that bacteria would similarly buckle at tiny torques were it not for their huge internal pressure. See: physics.aps.org/articles/v15/s… for a popular summary and link to the paper Luyi Qiu

This was a fabulous event last Fall, and delighted to see it happen again. Please apply to speak, and spread the word!

Intrigued to learn about this work from Alan Garfinkel rebooting math education for life sciences, basing it on bio-relevant dynamical systems. Seems like such an engaging and effective way to do it: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Interested in the #PhysicsofLife? For the first time, biological physics is part of the Decadal Survey of Physics, organized by National Academies. Join us for the release of the report tomorrow! eventbrite.com/e/physics-of-l…

Happy to announce that my promotion to Full has been approved! 🍻🎉🥂 Also, I'll take this tweet to shamelessly promote my opening for a biophysics/soft-matter/LLPS postdoc: careers.pageuppeople.com/742/cw/en-us/j…

Please RT: Announcement for a conf. on cell motility organized with JF Joanny on 13-14 June Collège de France in Paris. Awesome list of speakers here: tinyurl.com/4cbctxuf. It's free, no registration. Video recording online soon after for those from far away. Cell Migration Seminars

NEW PREPRINT: SO proud and excited to share our latest work, many years in the making! Come on a journey and learn about the power of COOPERATIVITY for encoding specificity in cells and engineering evolutionarily stable genetic circuits. [1/n] biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

APS DBIO Virtual Panel on "Strategies for incorporating Biological Physics into undergraduate programs." Date/time: Thursday 3 November, 1-2 PM ET Please find more information and register at DBIO Workshops & Resources page [engage.aps.org]

Looking for a conference to broaden your understanding of the role of theory in biology? 📖 🧬 🐃 Then don't miss out on #EESTCBio and submit your abstract by 25 April! ✒️ 🌐 s.embl.org/ees23-07 📅 18 – 21 July 2023 🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual Jordi Garcia Ojalvo Kirsty Wan 🔬