I'm very sad to share that my advisor and colleague Jim Keener has passed away. Jim's impact on mathematical biology, through his writing and prolific mentorship, is hard to overstate. I'll write more personal reflections soon, but given his influence on so many, I wanted to share the news.

Job opportunities... Newly launched Quantitative Biology Initiative in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applications for three collaborative postdoctoral fellowships. Best consideration date 3/14. Full Details: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

Reconstructing Actin Dynamics of the Leading Edge from Observational Data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

local NPR did a story on my wife’s Little Free Blockbuster 💿🍿 if you’re in SLC: take a DVD, leave a DVD!

I'm hiring a postdoc through Utah Math. Deadline Dec 15. If you work in math/comp bio (SciML, stochastic modeling, single-cell data), please apply! Vibrant math bio community & unbeatable outdoors. Mention me in your cover letter & reach out with any questions. www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...

Pinball model of development and reprogramming. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Thank you for joining us at the first day of the Machine Learning of Cytoskeletal Machines (Cell Migration and Mitosis) workshop! We can't wait to return tomorrow and continue our conversations. Remember to share your favorite moments of the day and tag NITMB!

The kinetochore corona orchestrates chromosome congression through transient microtubule interactions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.10.675486v1

Are you using or interested in using ML to study cytoskeletal dynamics, cell migration and mitosis? Join us at our upcoming workshop, Machine Learning of Cytoskeletal Machines (Cell Migration and Mitosis)! Applications are open now! www.nitmb.org/cytoskeletal...

I've moved! As of July, I'm now an Associate Professor (with tenure!) at the University of Utah. Bittersweet to leave the SoCal sun and amazing people at UCI, but excited for new beginnings in a familiar place.

Want to write to your community about the importance of science funding? Join me on zoom this Friday at 12pm ET / 9am PT to learn to write an op-ed as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! Sign up to write a letter and register for the workshop here: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

"I will no longer be able to continue teaching." Hyeongseon Jeon, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, said he had his foreign visa unexpectedly terminated and now must return to Korea immediately. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

🌟 Systems Biology of Single Cells 🌟 at UC Irvine, May 8-9, 2025 Submit your abstracts for contributed talks or posters today! - developing theories of cell state dynamics? - integrating multiomic and spatial data at atlas scale? - engineering cells for therapeutics? ...and much much more

Hello Bluesky friends! I am a #newPI starting at UC Irvine in April, interested in gene regulation and functional genomics in stem cell models of development (esp neural crest). We are hiring at all levels – please reach out/spread the word! sskimlab.org

Fully-funded PhD opportunity in mathematical biology and applied mathematics with Pascal Buenzli and me at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Details at smb.org/Member-Forum... @smbmathbiology.bsky.social

1 week left to apply for a talk, poster, or travel funding at MDDLS @ UCI this March!

Join us for the Mathematics of Data, Dynamics, and Life Sciences (MDDLS)! 📊🧬We hope to connect applied mathematicians to explore new frontiers in methods for biology. 📍 UC Irvine 📅 20–21 March 2025 ⏱️ first deadline: 17 Jan 2025 💰 travel awards available 🔗 details: cellfate.uci.edu/2025mddls