NCAR. National treasure. I assume the flag is at half staff due to the ongoing assault on scientific excellence.
Saverio E. Spagnolie
@sespagnolie.bsky.social
Professor of Mathematics; Chemical & Biological Engineering, UW-Madison. I dig biological fluid dynamics, soft matter physics, and numerical methods. APS DSOFT Vice Chair. Vijayanagara (GMT Games). https://people.math.wisc.edu/~spagnolie/
Great work by the @apsphysics.bsky.social to distill the proposed OMB changes into one clear page: www.aps.org/initiatives/... Comments close July 13. Let's get in there.
Comment on OMB proposed rule for federal financial assistance
Make your voice heard on the Office of Management and Budget's proposed federal grant funding changes and defend the scientific community from this existential threat.
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"The "no electronics" policy is genius. I'm used to taking notes on my laptop-it's convenient but a constant temptation for distraction. The class deeply benefited from how firmly Professor Spagnolie stuck to his guns; not just making such a policy but willing to pause lecture to enforce it." (YMMV)
I am looking for a Post-doc in Oxford to work with me on morphogenesis at the cellular scale, with particular emphasis on growth processes and their mechanical and dynamical consequences. Please circulate my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... This bristle is created by a single cell! Let's model it.
“They are among more than 1,500 biologists, chemists and other experts at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development who have been laid off, reassigned or pressured to retire. Today, only 124 researchers remain,“ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...
How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
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Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
PUB. DAY! Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia is officially out today. Available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... #legalhistory Outfit: red for bloodstain testing+flowered shirt for botanical poisons+poisoner's ring (for show only)
Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.
Mike Wagner@prowag.bsky.social · 4mo agoBest Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.
Beautiful day in Madison to protest one of the most corrupt administrations in the 250-year history of the USA. #NoKings
The current members of the Madison Applied Math Lab.
Squishy Science Sunday is back at the Global Physics Summit! Join us for hands-on activities about physics, including the physics of slime, sand, and cotton candy! Find us at Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Use code APSSQUISHY26 for a discount on general admission tickets!
The DSOFT Invited Sessions for next week's Global Summit. Should be fun! Especially Thursday's 'Soft Matter in Active Fluids' session... 👀 😉
APS DSOFT@apsdsoft.bsky.social · 5mo agoAre you ready for the APS Global Physics Summit? For all you soft matter lovers, we’ve gathered a list of the DSOFT invited sessions below. For the full GPS schedule, see summit.aps.org/schedule/
We are excited to present the finalists for this year's DSOFT Emerging Soft Matter Excellence Award! Join us in celebrating the work of these exceptional soft matter physics students, who will present their work in a special DSOFT Awards Session at the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit.
A wonderful observation!
Kirsty Wan@micromotility.bsky.social · 6mo agoGreat to see our paper on light-intensity dependent swimming patterns in #Chlamydomonas out now in Phys Rev Lett. as an Editors' suggestion! With a nice commentary by @philipcball.bsky.social. Chlamy actively modulate the beat planes of their #cilia! journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... #protistsonsky
Ah, a jellyfish cleanse! Excellent. I took this video of spotted jellyfish (Mastigias papua) at the Vancouver Aquarium when I was visiting @gelfring.bsky.social, back when @jeanluct.bsky.social had us thinking about fluid mixing by vortex rings. people.math.wisc.edu/~spagnolie/P...
Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 6mo agoTimeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish. . 🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated! jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
Here are the three new-to-me games which I enjoyed most this year (feat. games by @mathieujohnson.bsky.social @sespagnolie.bsky.social @gmtgames and others)! What were yours?
Farewell 2025 – New-to-Me Games!
As the year comes to a close, I’ll do my usual end-of-year posts: My personal top three in a range of categories. As tradition commands, we’ll begin with the games that I played for the first time …
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🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
usatoday.com
I am looking to hire a postdoc to work with me on fluid-structure interactions in complex and active fluids. Ideally the candidate will have a strong background in numerical/asymptotic analysis and fluid mechanics (complex fluids / LCs even better). www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...
MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
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🚨Fully funded PhD opportunity: Physics, biology & ecology of toxic dinoflagellate blooms 🦠. Join us to investigate how motility and mixotrophy influence bloom formation, using experiment🔬and modelling ♾️. #microswimmers #plankton #biophysics #ecology #PhD pls RT iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
NSF email to GRFP applicants from TODAY: you MUST submit official academic transcripts with your most recent academic status! First year PhDs often don't get these until the end of this semester. No clarification opportunity because of government shutdown. Application deadline is next week. 🫠
Not *one* mention of Plateau-Rayleigh in this article.
The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · 9mo agoThe Federal Reserve faces a blind spot: with the government shutdown halting release of economic data, policymakers must rely on indirect indicators. But the Fed still has a range of private, internal and public data to help it read the pulse of the economy. buff.ly/EBHoigA
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩 We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species ➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...