An elegant study from the Lew lab combines computation, genetics and microscopy to ask how cells polarize. Congratulations to PCB students, Debraj Ghose and Katie Jacobs! Check out a great video abstract by katiejacobs below, and the paper at pnas.org/content/118/22….

Here is an alternative to BioRender that is TRULY FREE and actively maintained. Over 1500 vectorized images sorted by license type (all creative commons or MIT). Fully editable icons and soon they will launch an Inkscape library. Please RT. github.com/duerrsimon/bio…

The most common error one encounters in biology is the mistaken belief that if, in a response to some sort of event, mutation, or stimuli, there is a change in the expression of a gene or protein (either more or less of it being found) that this actually means anything at all.

Levchenko's talk on migration via gradient sensing has given me cool ideas to ponder over with my own work on chemotropism. #ICSB2017

Thanks to John Tyson, I now know a Turing unstable mechanism underlies PopZ patterning in Caulobacter. #ICSB2017

Doyle's amazing talk demonstrated control theory + biology may lead to a pill that will make jet lag (and all-nighters) bearable. #icsb2017

These shadows gave me a better intuition for how light (or a camera) works. #SolarEclipse2017

Synced parameters of reaction-diffusion equations and randomly moving particles with a song I wrote! youtu.be/kQ0W3VubXhU