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Developmental origins of paediatric cancer symposium A one-day event showcasing the latest cutting-edge research on the modelling, biology and treatment of paediatric cancers in the context of their developmental origins.

2 weeks to go until the registration/abstract submission deadline for our @cclguk.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social symposium on the developmental origins of paediatric cancers at the @crick.ac.uk this June. Great speaker line up and slots for short talks: www.cclg.org.uk/information-...

New preprint! We show how mesoscopic nonequilibrium fluctuations in active gels emerge from the breaking of detailed balance at the molecular scale. Warning: Long technical paper ahead! Enjoy! @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @ubics.bsky.social @icreacommunity.bsky.social

arxiv.org/abs/2601.20483

Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Self-organized or instructed?

My @natrevgenet.nature.com Journal Club traces how classic papers revealed two modes of developmental patterning & why the debate between Turing and Wolpert is as timely as ever for organoid engineering today

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Morphogenesis & Organogenesis!
Part 1 (full) in the comments 👇

Comment if you'd like to be added (regardless of age or career stage!)

Please post your own biology-related starter packs using #BioStarterPacks

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thanks a lot! :)

hi Maik, can I be added as well? Thanks a lot! :)

cytoskeletal filaments patterning musée d’Orsay!

super cool!! is this gonna be only exhibited those two days?

ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia? My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re…

I just published: ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?

My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.

medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...

New preprint! Do you like ocean waves? We found similar waves on bacterial colonies! We found that this collective behavior, known as rippling, is nothing but surface waves on an active nematic. @princeton.edu @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In May 2024 we had a great workshop on chemotaxis in the MPI PKS in Dresden! The social impressions are in the picture below, and the scientific discussions are summarised in Angewandte Chemie lnkd.in/d6ymRhGK
What a nice way to remember!

🚨 Postdoc opportunities in Finland! Are you fascinated by leukocyte navigation and chemotaxis in different disease and tissue contexts? Apply for a 3-year postdoc fellowship with us! More info below 👇 or DM me.

Postdoc in Theoretical Biophysics Two postdoc positions (each for two years, funded by Amidex Foundation) are available in theoretical biophysics within the theory group at DyNaMo (Aix-Marseille University).

Two 2-year postdoc positions in my theory group — for studying the interplay between metabolism and morphogenesis at the edge of the Calanques and the Mediterranean. More information can be found on: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/381176
#biophysics

congrats Jonna amazing!! 🤩 👏👏👏

🤔 Can tissue patterning & tumor heterogeneity emerge in a self-organized way?

We show that self-organized mechanical stress & density gradients pattern tumors in vitro & in vivo, and this behavior is quantitatively predicted by a mechano-chemical active fluid model!

Check out Carlos' thread ⬇️

Hi! I’m a theoretical physicist at the University of Sheffield: sheffield.ac.uk/mps/people/a...

Thought it would be fitting for my first post to be this little fly illustration I made. Because once a Drosophilist, always a Drosophilist 🪰

How do cells navigate up gradients of adhesive proteins?
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Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood

We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm a bit late to the party over here. I'll be advertising a BBSRC-funded postdoc position soon. So if anyone wants to solve some outstanding questions in limb development - please get in touch. We have a variety of models and approaches (everything from stem cells to sharks). towerslab.weebly.com

congrats David this is very cool!!! 😍👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳

The actin cortex acts as a mechanical memory of morphology in confined migrating cells - Nature Physics Cells often navigate through confined spaces. Now it is shown that cells retain a mechanical memory of previous confinement events, which makes them more efficient at migrating through narrow microenv...

🤔 Can migrating cells 'remember' their past trajectories?

In collab w/ @sgabriele.bsky.social & @kyohalie.bsky.social, we address this question:

Confined cells undergo geometry-sensitive morphology switches, and these switches depend on the past migration history!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 New paper out in @pnas.org! 🚨

We show that self-generated gradients allow heterogeneous cell mixtures to co-migrate efficiently over long distances —while optimizing their physical interactions!

(See below for 🧵)

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

i’ll start modelling “phonotaxis” asap 😅

This is insane. Labour is making the very same mistake the Tories made but in a more catastrophic way. A left-leaning party adopting an ultra-right fascist agenda: what could go wrong?

Scene from Rivelin valley in Sheffield

People bathing in the Rivelin river waterfalls

View from a hill towards Fox Hagg nature reserve

weather forecast for Sheffield

Sheffield continues to surprise -I was expecting rain and steel 🥲

..and the same day we get a definition of what a *good* theory is by @robinsall.bsky.social back here on the island 😅 @sheffielduni.bsky.social

here's a plot showing the increase in the number of persons disappeared by ICE (data as posted by @msbr89.bsky.social):

Why an overreliance on AI-driven modelling is bad for science Nature - Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good.

Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good

https://go.nature.com/42nGQt6

University of Derby staff face mass job cuts as management plans to axe half of senior academics University of Derby staff face mass job cuts as management plans to axe half of senior academics

University of Derby faces mass job cuts as management plans to make half of senior academics redundant. Please spread the word. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1398...