EckfordLab

@eckfordlab.bsky.social

Information theory for molecular communication, computational biology, and biophysics at York University, Toronto Canada. PI: Prof. Andrew Eckford.

Here is our new paper that we're really excited about. What makes a cell different from a rock? The answer we argue is the USE of information. But information carries meaning and that changes everything if we want to understand the "physics of life". journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...

Physics of Life: Exploring Information as a Distinctive Feature of Living Systems

Living systems are defined by their active acquisition and use of information. This Roadmap surveys current research on life's information processes and their importance for the search for life beyond...

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Is there a word for the feeling of frustration when, in the instant between when you decide to click on a link and when you actually click on it, something loads in the background which shifts the page and you end up clicking on something else entirely?

The tariffs applied to Canadian goods are, from the words of the president himself, an explicit threat to Canadian sovereignty. Accordingly, while they are in effect, I will not use Canadian grant funds to travel to the United States, and I think my Canadian colleagues should do likewise.

Reviewer [after we added pages of material in response to their comments in the last round]: The paper is now too long Same reviewer in this round: Please add a tutorial on linear algebra to the model section.