We are happy to share that seven editors of #BullMathBio have received a @springernature.com Editorial Contribution Award! The awardees are @apbrowning.bsky.social, Hao Wang, James Glazier, @mjsimpson.bsky.social, @michaelplanknz.bsky.social, Shigui Ruan, and Tommaso Lorenzi!

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Watercolour painting in a woodland, with an interesting wooden footbridge over a stream. This is the second version: I gave the first version to the person who owned these grounds but she has since moved. I hope it's a nice reminder for her. #art #watercolour #woodland

Excited to attend the annual workshop hosted by @arccoesb.bsky.social on the Gold Coast this week.

Congratulations to MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster for being awarded the Bob Robertson Medal by @aus-soc-biophys.bsky.social! The medal recognises outstanding contributions and service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. macsys.org/adelle-coste...

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Last night the Bob Robertson award was presented by Adelle Coster (UNSW), a beautiful talk integrating mathematics and biology. Well deserved! And very special to be joined by her dad Hans Coster, a legend in the Australian biophysics community! @lisannes.bsky.social @francesbiophys.bsky.social

Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi... @r-g-morris.bsky.social

[Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast] Franck Symphony in D Minor #stickyNotesTheClassicalMusicPodcast podcastaddict.com/sticky-notes... via @PodcastAddict

Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets. 📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok

Dr Alex Sneddon - MACSYS Research Fellow, ANU

YouTube video by MACSYS

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Sustainability: Last week, Australian Society for Medical Research held its 64th National Scientific Conference - a sold out event in Brisbane. One aspect that I am most proud of are the name tags. They are completely biodegradable - they have seeds in them and will grow when planted!

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Reports from The British Science Festival in Liverpool England - ABC listen

The BA, as it was known, established in 1831, was set up to advance science in the interest of the people, old and young, professional and lay. So, how well is it doing now amid international turmoil.

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Here is the link to the interview I did with Dame Dr Jane Goodall in 2017 which I played yesterday again on 3RRR. An amazing woman. A privilege to interview her. www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...

Programs: Einstein A Go-Go – 12 October 2025, Einstein A Go-Go — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio

An episode of Einstein A Go-Go on 12 October 2025

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Electricity generated from renewable sources has surpassed the amount of electricity generated from coal in Australia for the first time. www.theguardian.com/... One Big Chart from @nickevershed.bsky.social

#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Columnist Dr Jenna Price & economist Prof Sinclair Davidson join Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social & Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social to dissect the crisis engulfing Australia's university sector and ask whether it can be fixed before it's too late. Listen Now 👉 bit.ly/3ItV85C

Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future with our series of profiles featuring our Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Dr TrungTin Nguyen is with MACSYS at QUT. His research investigates the mathematical & statistical foundations of #AI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-tru... @trungtinnguyen.bsky.social

The Australian Society for Biophysics awards MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster (UNSW) its top honour – the Bob Robertson Award. The award recognises outstanding contributions & service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations, Adelle! macsys.org/adelle-coste...

I love the theme of the 2026 International Day of Mathematics: “Mathematics and Hope” 👉🏼 www.idm314.org #mathsky

International Day of Mathematics

A worldwide celebration of Mathematics on March 14 of every year.

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Sad news! David will be missed 💔

I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time). Please see the link below for more information. sites.google.com/view/midwest...

Part of its remit is to support the community, so it's cool to see downloads worldwide, reflecting @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's international members. It's also great to see the # of followers on different platforms indicating regular listeners. Go to smb.org/podcast to subscribe if you haven't!

This year we wrapped up S2 of Biology in Numbers for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social. I've loved hearing scientists talk passionately about #MathBio. Digging into the data to learn about the podcast’s reach, it seems so do many others. So here is the podcast by the numbers, starting with an intro. 1/2

Meet the minds👩‍🔬in MACSYS shaping the future! @hilaryhunt.bsky.social is a Postdoc with MACSYS at QUT. Hilary's research integrates mathematical methods, systems biology, & experimental data to understand the mechanisms underlying cellular regulation and behaviour. 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-hil...

📢We're Hiring: Project Lead – RNA & Computational Biology Innovation Initiatives We're seeking a Project Lead to coordinate & deliver high-impact initiatives across MACSYS, the Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation & the Centre for Computational Biomedical Sciences jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/project...

Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows

Decline in journal revenues puts scholarships, advocacy, and other activities at risk

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At lunch I found @danielcooney1.bsky.social, who's been diligently sharing all @smbmathbiology.bsky.social related posts. Unsurprisingly, during his episode, we discussed using social media to talk science, and his use of game theory in his work: smb.org/news/13495634 🧪 #SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers

Plenary this morning @smbmathbiology.bsky.social by Mary Myerscough (U of Sydney) modeling atherosclerotic plaques. Included a great slide showing why #MathModeling. The process of formulating models is key (even if it not always leads to a publication). #SMB2025

Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM... Well done, team MACSYS! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social

I am advertising some HDR #scholarships (for Australian citizens and permanent residents or NZ citizens) and would be very pleased to have candidates from #mathematics or theoretical #physics. Please share www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Mathematics for Quantum Resilience

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There’s nothing quite like coming together in person! Researchers from across the MACSYS nodes gathered at the Monash University for the first of two intensive workshop days. Through individual, small-group & whole-group discussions, we’re diving deep into the complex challenges we aim to tackle.

Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by @mathbiopaul.bsky.social and Cameron Richards on Finding Reproduction Numbers for Epidemic Models and Predator-Prey Models of Arbitrary Finite Dimension Using the Generalized Linear Chain Trick. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

Finding Reproduction Numbers for Epidemic Models and Predator-Prey Models of Arbitrary Finite Dimension Using the Generalized Linear Chain Trick - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Reproduction numbers, like the basic reproduction number $${\mathcal {R}}_0$$ R 0 , play an important role in the analysis and application of dynamic models, including contagion models and ecological ...

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