What an amazing experience it would be to be working with @alaingoriely.bsky.social !
Alain Goriely@alaingoriely.bsky.social · 3mo agoI 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.
How did eukaryotic cells get their Golgi, endosomes, lysosomes and other endomembrane compartments? We show that endomembrane evolution depends on long periods of neutral molecular exploration, punctuated by sudden leaps. New preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Some philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed quantity.... We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism; we will try to demonstrate that it is founded on nothing." - Alfred Binet 1909
It is a wonderful feeling when a math lecture resonates beyond its confine to inspire artists www.gresham.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Professor Goriely's lecture "The Shape of Shells" inspires abstract art
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C. N. Yang was simply amazing. Incredibly deep and creative. He seemed to remember everything, including all the papers he wrote. So, my story is kinda funny www.ias.edu/news/in-memo...
In Memoriam: Chen Ning Yang 杨振宁 (1922–2025)
Chen Ning Yang (杨振宁), Faculty (1955–66) and Member (1949–54) in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Mathematics/Natural Sciences, passed away on October 18, 2025 at the age of 103.
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Why is it that small animals like insects have a landspace body plan when viewed head-on, but larger animals like elephants are taller than wide? With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00...
Technology shouts for itself; science is more abstract and subtle. We cannot assume that the value of science is self-evident to the public. In "How Science Speaks", we will hear how scientists and science writers communicate complex ideas about the history and practice of science to non-experts.
Our work on solute-mediated colloidal vortices and focusing is now out in PRL. doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
The incredible Henry Bennet-Clark passed away recently, but his wonderful science will continue to inspire. www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/dr-henry-ben... He wrote numerous amazing papers, including on how fleas jump so high: scholar.google.com/scholar?q=au... #biomechanics #obituary #stcatz
Dr Henry Bennet-Clark (1934–2025) - St Catherine's College
Dr Henry Bennet-Clark (1934–2025) St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dr Henry Bennet-Clark, Emeritus Reader...
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A paper that adds a crucial piece to our understanding of how biological joints came to be.
Neelima Sharma@neelimasharma.bsky.social · last yr.Super excited to share our @plosbiology.org paper with @neilshubin.bsky.social and Yara Haridy, “Synovial joints were present in the common ancestor of jawed fish but lacking in jawless fish” Paper: plos.io/3CTC8La Primer by @crumplab.bsky.social: plos.io/4kkhXa6 I hope you enjoy reading it!
It took more than a century to hire the first woman professor in Cornell history department? as.cornell.edu/news/history...
History department honors first women hired
The centerpiece is a wall-size homage to three of the first women hired and McGraw itself, drawn by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.
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The 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines and 2nd LokoAssist Symposium TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, July 8th-11th, 2025 www.tu-darmstadt.de/lokoassist/h...
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AMAM/LokoAssist 2025
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I wrote an invited commentary on the soil plastisphere for the InterPore Journal. The nexus of bacteria, biofilms, and microplastics has significant environmental implications with LOTS of unknowns and opportunities. ipjournal.interpore.org/index.php/in...
