This week, #FlatironCCB brought together a mix of theorists and experimentalists studying simple organisms for a two-day workshop on Information Processing in Biological Networks. #science #biology

@flatironinstitute.org scientists uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing insight into one of #biology’s most intensively studied molecular machines: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/a-tug-of-war-explains-a-decades-old-question-about-how-bacteria-swim/

A Tug-of-War Explains a Decades-Old Question About How Bacteria Swim

Scientists have found an explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing insight into one of biology’s most studied molecular machines.

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Last call for postdoctoral applications to join my group at University of Toronto. Feel free to reach out if you want to learn more about the position.

David Hathcock@davidhathcock.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Postdoctoral Job Opportunity! I am hiring a postdoc to join my group next fall. Many possible research directions in theoretical biophysics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. See the posting linked below for details — apply by Jan 15th for full consideration.

Interested in the intersection of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and biophysics? Think Canada might be a nice place for your PhD/postdoc? Talk to me! Brand-new funding opportunity has quick deadline (so likely undersubscribed). nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun... SFU internal deadline Feb 11

Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards

As announced in Budget 2025 -

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Postdoctoral Job Opportunity! I am hiring a postdoc to join my group next fall. Many possible research directions in theoretical biophysics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. See the posting linked below for details — apply by Jan 15th for full consideration.

Applications for @utoronto.ca graduate programs in Physics are due this Friday, Dec 12th. We have a range of exciting experimental and theoretical biophysics groups studying signaling, genetic networks, IDPs, population dynamics, etc. My group will be actively recruiting PhD students next fall.

Excited to share a new preprint! With @jiexiaolab.bsky.social, we investigated the impact of topological domain formation on the coupling between neighboring genes and the resulting transcription processes.

Chromosomal Topological Domain Formation Modulates Transcription and the Coupling of Neighboring Genes in Escherichia coli

Chromosomal topology and transcription are tightly coupled, yet the quantitative impact of topological constraints on transcription, supercoiling, and the potential coupling between neighboring genes ...

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Very excited to share some life updates: in summer 2026 I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Physics at University of Toronto! My group will study a range of problems in biophysics using nonequilibrium statistical mechanics—cellular signaling and adaptation, gene regulation, etc.

Abstracts for the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit are due October 23! Consider submitting to one of the many exciting DBIO-sponsored Focus Sessions. Submit your abstract here:

With the APS abstract deadline coming next week, please consider submitting to our Cellular Signaling focus session (04.01.29), co-organized with @qiweiyu.bsky.social and sponsored by @aps-dbio.bsky.social. The session will highlight recent theory and experiments across various signaling systems.

Qiwei Yu@qiweiyu.bsky.social · 12mo ago

For the 2026 APS March Meeting, please consider submitting your abstract to our new focus session on Cellular Sensing and Signaling (04.01.29), which aims to bridge theory and experiments to understand how cells sense and respond to environmental signals.

Very exciting news! Love to see this community grow.

APS DSNP@aps-dsnp.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 GSNP is now DSNP, the APS Division of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics! This milestone reflects our members' dedication in building a thriving and interdisciplinary community. Let’s continue advancing the frontiers of science together! engage.aps.org/dsnp/home #APS #DSNP #PhysicsCommunity

Check out the CUNY-ITS/Princeton-CPBF symposium tomorrow on Information and Irreversibility itsatcuny.org/calendar/202... featuring @fakhrilab.bsky.social, my colleague John Bechhoefer, and yours truly!

Information and Irreversibility — Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences

Friday, 18 April, 2025 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM Skylight room

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Join us Friday April 11 for talks by David Hathcock @davidhathcock.bsky.social (Mechanisms for dissipation-enhanced adaptation & cooperative sensing in bacterial chemotaxis) & Shailaja Seetharaman @sseethar.bsky.social (Mechanosensitive LIM domain protein FHL2 tunes endothelial function) #biophysics