📣 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 We combine different aspects of applied maths to study robust collective migration of chemotactic mixed cell populations. With @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social team Carles Falco, Marjorie Watts and Mohit Dalwadi If it sounds interesting, check it out 🔗 doi.org/10.48550/arX...

Just a couple of weeks to @ecmtb2026.org. Looking forward to seeing you in Gratz. Below a summary of the CDEV-related events you might want to check out. Do not miss our 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲. Get some packed lunch and join us in SZ 01.18 to meet other members of the community.

Join us this September 8-11th for the Durham Symposium on Mathematical Approaches to Spatial Biology! Organized with @gcelora.bsky.social @valeriagiunta.bsky.social and Denis Patterson. This will be an exciting and interactive discussion-driven event! sites.google.com/view/durham-...

Tried of January? February is almost here and our UK Biomolecular Condensate Monthly Seminars resume on Friday 6th February!! Mark it in your diaries. @m-shinn.bsky.social and @gcelora.bsky.social will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

The 2025 Mary Cartwright Lecture takes place online TOMORROW from 13:00 (GMT) with Weini Huang (QMUL) speaking about 'Mathematical modelling of stochastic processes in biology, with supporting lecture from Poulami Somanya Ganguly (QMUL). ➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/mary-...

🌊 Signals intertwine, 🔬 cells tell hidden stories, 🤖✨ SciML maps their future. Come do a PhD with us www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Looking forward to this! A non-Elsevier alternative to Theoretical Population Biology / Journal of Theoretical Biology

Stanford University Press@stanfordpress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Population Biology Modeling & Theory (PBMT) is a peer-reviewed journal reporting advances in modeling and theory within population biology. Its scope spans demography, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, population genetics, and phylogenetics. PBMT will be online soon.

The advert for the first of these positions (computational/mathematical synbio) is live! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Alex Fedorec@ajfedorec.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I'm going to be advertising for a few positions in my group in the next couple of months for a big project on synthetic microbial communities. I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!

📣 Delighted to announce the first edition of the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Day, to take place in Oxford on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, with lots of exciting work at the interface of mathematics and biology. 🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...

Applying for a postdoctoral, tenure-track or industry job? We are gauging interest for an  𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 for academic and industry jobs. If interested, fill up the following form by 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 1𝘀𝘁 forms.gle/DNAvdh8JKnMC...

Interviewing 101 Webinar

The SMB CDEV Subcommittee is excited to offer a two-part job preparation series for job applicants seeking academic and industry jobs. To help candidates with this process, we will be hosting an Inter...

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📣 Delighted to announce the first edition of the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Day, to take place in Oxford on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, with lots of exciting work at the interface of mathematics and biology. 🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...

Attending the SMB annual meeting @smbmathbiology.bsky.social and looking for interesting research? Check out our latest blog post featuring talented ECRs who will present their work in Edmonton with the support of the CDEV travel grant. 🔗 smb-celldevbio.github.io/2025-06-22-S...

If you're at #BAMC2025 today, come along to #MS06 this afternoon! With @gcelora.bsky.social and a cast of stellar speakers, we'll be Modelling and Quantifying Pattern in Living Tissue 🔬🦓🧮 I have no idea what PCC/2.1-2 is, but I assume it's the room we're in 😅 sites.exeter.ac.uk/bmc-bamc2025...

Recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Ruby E. Nixson, Helen M. Byrne, Joe M. Pitt-Francis, and Philip K. Maini on Characterising the Behaviour of a Structured PDE Model of the Cell Cycle in Contrast to a Corresponding ODE System. @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

Characterising the Behaviour of a Structured PDE Model of the Cell Cycle in Contrast to a Corresponding ODE System - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Experimental results have shown that anti-cancer therapies, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, can modulate the cell cycle and generate cell cycle phase-dependent responses. As a result, obtaining...

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Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Daria Stepanova, Meritxell Brunet Guasch, Helen M. Byrne, and Tomás Alarcón on Understanding How Chromatin Folding and Enzyme Competition Affect Rugged Epigenetic Landscapes. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

Understanding How Chromatin Folding and Enzyme Competition Affect Rugged Epigenetic Landscapes - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Epigenetics plays a key role in cellular differentiation and maintaining cell identity, enabling cells to regulate their genetic activity without altering the DNA sequence. Epigenetic regulation occur...

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Here's a great set of recorded lectures on Turing patterns by @profruthbaker.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk.

Oxford Mathematics@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social · last yr.

Alan Turing is the star of the next set of student lectures we are showing. But not the Turing of computer science or cryptography, but the Turing of zebra stripes. Ruth Baker is talking mathematical biology and, in particular, pattern formation. Lecture 1: youtu.be/ta3pGHqPKkg

Interested (or know anyone interested!) in pursuing a PhD in applied mathematics? Come and join us at Melbourne! A/Prof Doug Brumley and I are advertising a maths + biology project looking at adaptation of bacteria. Find out more 👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Mathematical models of biological adaptation in fluctuating environments at University of Melbourne on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Mathematical models of biological adaptation in fluctuating environments at University of Melbourne, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Extremely happy to see our work on the collective chemotaxis of cell groups out! Such an incredible and fun collaboration leading to exciting interdisciplinary science #biophysics #mathbio #cellbiology 🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Hugh Ford@dictyostelium.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper out in @pnas.org We followed cells migrating along signalling gradients in 3D, and found they collectively behave as a living droplet - a self-propelling fluid that grows. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Please help me circulate this job ad. Thanks! @the-node.bsky.social

Berta Verd@bertaverd.bsky.social · last yr.

Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!

Fantastic to see recognised the role of maths in driving breakthroughs in the biomedical sciences 🎉 Congrats to @joshuabull.bsky.social! Check out www.muspan.co.uk to know about how maths is innovating spatial biology @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social #WCMB #mathonco

Tim Elliott@timmunologist.bsky.social · last yr.

@oxfordcancer.bsky.social @joshuabull.bsky.social mathematician extraordinaire scoops a vice chancellors award for research excellence this afternoon @oxcio.bsky.social

Are you looking for a postdoc position in #SpatialBiology? We're advertising roles in both mathematical method development and in spatial data analysis @ox.ac.uk in colorectal precancer spatial biology! Method Development: tinyurl.com/4vcbdjcy 🧮 Data Interpretation: tinyurl.com/yzsp729s 🧪

📣 Looking for PhD students and early-career researchers to help organising #interphace2027, a one-day workshop on interdisciplinary approaches to the life sciences To show interest write to ✉️ interphacesymposium@gmail.com More info about the previous edition 🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/int...

INTERPHACE symposium 2025

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Hanna Roetschke@hroetschke.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 We are doing it again! #INTERPHACE2027 After a very successful first edition, we are excited to announce that we are planning to organise INTERPHACE bi-annually! 💥 📧 Sign up for our mailing list if you would like to receive updates directly: forms.office.com/e/FepeUA5XA5

👏 Congratulations to @joshuabull.bsky.social from the Mathematical Institute. Dr Josh Bull has been shortlisted for the 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards in the Breakthrough Researcher Award category for his work analysing large spatially resolved data.

Ben O'Leary & I are looking for a #postdoc to join us in @cec-icr.bsky.social to work on collaborative @cancerresearchuk.org RadNet project about the interrelationship between genome & epigenome instability and radiotherapy response. Details & apply here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/11... @icr.ac.uk

Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Evolution & Translational Genomics in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Evolution & Translational Genomics vacancy in Sutton. Salary: Dependent on relevant Postdoctoral experience. Future progre...

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🚨 Paper Alert 🚨 Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A computational pipeline for spatial mechano-transcriptomics - Nature Methods

The authors present a computational framework that leverages mechanical force inference and spatial transcriptomics to enable analyses of the interplay between the transcriptomic and mechanical state.

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We have a few travel or childcare grants for students (undergraduate or graduate) and postdoctoral fellows attending the 2025 SMB Annual Meeting (2025.smb.org). 📆 Due date: April 15, 2025. 🔗 Application Form: forms.gle/ij3SArY1Zpby... 💵 Awards will be of about $250.

What a day! Thanks to all of the participants and the amazing speakers who contributed to the success of the first INTERPHACE symposium, where neither experiments nor theory are left to the supplementary🔬⚛️ To many more editions 🥂

Hanna Roetschke@hroetschke.bsky.social · last yr.

I hope you enjoyed today as much as we did! Here's to many future editions of #INTERPHACE2025 💥

📢New pre-print We study how pH-regulated ionizable groups shape the spatio-temporal dynamics of liquid-liquid phase separation. The unexpected result: a combo of interesting biophysics and bifurcation analysis 🔗Read more: arxiv.org/abs/2502.14555

The diffusive dynamics and electrochemical regulation of weak polyelectrolytes across liquid interfaces

We propose a framework to study the spatio-temporal evolution of liquid-liquid phase separation of weak polyelectrolytes in ionic solutions. Unlike strong polyelectrolytes, which carry a fixed charge,...

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Gabriel Neurohr@gabrielneurohr.bsky.social · 2y ago

We already have an amazing speaker line up and it will be even better if you join! Only few days left to submit an abstract meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...