Independent researcher fellowships (non-tenure track) at OIST, with a focus on broadly defined theory www.oist.jp/research/bur...

Open faculty positions in Physics at OIST

Physics is a point of view: inspiring Nobel lecture by John Hopfield.

I might be biased, but squids are great.

Physics Magazine writes about our research on hyperdisordered patterns. Thanks @sachinxr.bsky.social for the article and @davidbrueckner.bsky.social for the quotes!

We have a new paper out on an issue that has been discussed for more than a century -- how can fundamental biophysical constraints on nutrient transport be overcome to solve one of the most significant challenges associated with the evolution of multicellularity? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our current Workshop: Extremal Statistics in Biology, organized by Prof. Ariel Amir, @chhdellago.bsky.social & Prof. Ethan Levien, has been great so far—engaging talks and a wonderful group! 📸 Cute group picture on the Strudlhofstiege 🎥 Missed a talk? www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Read the full research article in Physical Review X: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...

The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDprogram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...

Our paper on hyperdisordered packing is out! Chromatophore arrangement on squid skin reveals an exotic form of disordered packing, caused by the interplay of cell insertion and surface growth journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

New faculty posters at OIST. I have a very distinguished nearest neighbor.

I am looking forward to giving a talk at @oistedu.bsky.social this coming week, Thu May 15. Experimentally dealing with the impacts of an increasing number of factors: global change and soil as a case study (also delivered via zoom) groups.oist.jp/tsvp/event/t...

In classic epidemiology, the Euler-Lotka equation links the basic reproduction number R0 with the exponential rate of epidemic spreading. We have now extended this theory to epidemic spreading on complex networks: journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Our unit at OIST is hiring two postdocs, one lab manager/technician, and one field technician! If you're passionate about exploring microbial and ecosystem ecology at the international institute on Japan's beautiful island, please apply by April 20! 🍄🦠🌳🌞 www.oist.jp/research/res...

Our lab is looking for a talented experimentalist, ideally with a background in biophysics, to study the dynamics of genome replication using sequencing: www.oist.jp/careers/expe...

This will be fun and interesting! ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru will offer a program on Unifying Theories in High-Dimensional Biophysics, 21 July - 01 Aug. Graduate students, postdocs and faculty are welcome, as are talented undergraduates. Apply here: register1.icts.res.in/uhdb. Deadline: 30 April

One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Structural stability and thermodynamics of artistic composition.” In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/Me2U50SkLRZ.

Actually, you could say that this Nobel Prize went to the Ising model.

"Polls have shown that principal investigator biologists now spend up to 40 percent of their time—it’s a shocking number, 40 percent of their time—writing grants." www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...

Simulating an epidemic model on a network? Your code is too slow? Fear no more arxiv.org/abs/2412.07095

Things we learned from squids about hyperuniformity (or lack thereof) arxiv.org/abs/2409.15712