Max is the best

Fresh off the press. We study tension-induced wrinkling in thin elastic sheets with two circular holes. We show how breaking symmetry changes the onset, orientation, and long-range propagation of wrinkles, with implications for thin-film mechanics and cellular mechanosensing. doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

Sam is the best

Wonderful initiative. Very close to my heart. I look forward to seeing how it evolves.

Martin and Yuji are the best.

James is the best.

Great collaboration with Milan and Stanford finally out. We introduce a whole-brain multiphysics model coupling amyloid-β dynamics and cerebral blood flow, showing how vascular hypoperfusion can trigger and sustain Alzheimer’s disease pathology. 🧠 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

James Maynard has been appointed new Regius Professor of Mathematics in Oxford. One of the outstanding talents in mathematics today, James is currently Professor of Number Theory in Oxford. He will succeed Andrew Wiles, our inaugural Regius Professor. www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81648

Patrick is the best!

Derek is the best

Another wonderful book! Highly recommended.

Great Stuff. Well done Ramon.

I was really pleased to be invited to speak at #BrainNet2026 last month in Stockholm. The video of my talk has been made available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLV-... Thanks again to the organisers and all the attendees for a great workshop!

A very original and creative paper. Beautiful idea.

Ever wanted an interactive lightning-fast solver for models in physics, chemistry, or biology? Do you have a web browser? I'm thrilled to share our website visualpde.com, built explicitly to create interactive spatial models on most devices. Follow @visualpde.com for cool updates!

What signals organise the global layout of the neocortex? Come to poster #2558 #OHBM2026 on Wednesday 13h45 or Thursday 14h45 to chat about folding, geometry, mechanics and genes! @k4tj4.bsky.social @julien-lefevre.bsky.social

I had a chance to meet the legendary Murray. He was a good dog. RIP.

XL for excellence not extra large. Max shall be known as MaxXL from now on. Congratulations. Well deserved.

Super nice work

A great collaboration where we explore one of the central mysteries of Alzheimer's disease. We show that coupling brain activity to toxic protein production explains the vulnerability of the entorhinal cortex.

Does water and soft matter matter for active matter? A small but mighty matter.

Congratulations David

Three years researching and teaching as part of the Mathematical and Computational Finance Research Group. And you get to walk across the wonder that is the Penrose tiling (pictured) every morning. Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81491

The World Cup is almost here and everyone has an opinion about likely winners. But being mathematicians, we have insisted on looking at the data, and we think we have found the secret to predicting results. @joshuabull.bsky.social is our analyst in the studio.

Professor Dwight Barkley FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is an applied mathematician whose research lies in nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, and scientific computation, spanning fluid, chemical and biological systems. #RSFellows https://bit.ly/4xaXpHx

Can advanced experimental biology & mathematical modelling uncover how single cells generate complex extracellular structures with nanometric precision? You bet. Join the interface of applied mathematics, mechanics, developmental biology & quantitative imaging. Apply: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81373

Ever wondered what's the maths behind your bathroom tiles? 𖣯✨ Professor of Geometry Alain Goriely explores how tiling patterns emerge in nature and the underlying mathematical principles that govern their formation... Watch full lecture: gres.hm/shape-tiles Oxford Mathematics #MathsInNature

Mathematics is a universal language. Isn't it? The Tower of Babel - Episode 1

I 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.

To find out why Sophie Germain was, and is, an important mathematician, you can now watch all the talks from her 250th birthday bash. Starring in order of appearance: Lukas Brantner, Ana Caraiani, Dan Plane, Laura Monk and James Maynard. Watch: www.sophie-germain.com/250/

More calculations reveal that oddness favours additional bifurcations of a 3D Rivlin cube. Our nonlinear results provide a striking contrast to the linear theory: in 2D, new behaviour absent from classical elasticity abounds, but there is no linear isotropic odd elasticity in 3D.

Two open postdoctoral positions in my group at DAMTP, at University of Cambridge: Cell Biophysics & Biological Active Matter: www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/job/55046 Active & Intelligent Matter: www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/job/55141 Repost is much appreciated ! 🙏🏼 #Postdoc #CellBioPhysics #Robots #ActiveMatter

Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.

A new twist on an old problem. Great paper.

Tickets open! Music of the Body 👉 https://gres.hm/music-body Prof Milton Mermikides on how music & biology are deeply connected. From the natural rhythyms of our heartbeats & movements to it's power to calm or send chills. #Music resonates through the biological world ‪@uniofsurrey.bsky.social ‬

Colva Roney-Dougsl is a talented lecturer. Don’t miss her talk.

Great paper. A beautiful application of homoclinic snaking.

Hot off the press 🚨 Epidemic spreading between regions is often modelled on a network 🕸️ But how do we describe this process properly? Here, we show how to build a linear transport operator at the network scale, by coarse-graining local advection-reaction-diffusion within edges. shorturl.at/0tAN8

Diatom gliding motility is so amazing 🚀 Happy to be together with @lettermann.bsky.social part of this great collaboration 😀 Check out the website of this open access publication to learn how their movement can be fast and flexible at the same time. And to watch many more beautiful movies 😉

Now #published @physreve.bsky.social: "Elasticity and plasticity of epithelial gap closure" doi.org/10.1103/qtcv-gk3y #PhD work of Maryam Setoudeh, a model of cell intercalations during epiboly as elastoplastic deformations of a surface. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

This work has now been published in JSTAT: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... If you are interested in complex systems and stochastic processes out of equilibrium, please take a look!

Oxford Mathematicians Patrick Farrell and Heather Harrington made Fellows of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Read more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80940

Viewing the vertex model through the lens of exterior calculus to investigate monolayer ablation doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Discover the #maths behind tiles! 🟦🟪 Book: https://gres.hm/shape-tiles From beehives to wallpapers, regular & irregular, hard & soft patterns shape nature & design. Join Prof Alain Goriely to explore how they form and the underlying mathematical principles that govern it Oxford Mathematics

As part of this grant I will be looking soon for a Post-doc in Oxford to model nano-morphogenesis. Please RT and contact me directly if it is a good match for you.

Absolutely thrilled that our @univie.ac.at @lifesciencesunivie.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social lab is among this year's @hfspo.bsky.social #HFSPResearchGrants, along with @alaingoriely.bsky.social @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social. A wonderful opportunity to study morphogenesis at nano-scale!

New centre, founded by @gsk.bsky.social together with @ox.ac.uk and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, aims to embed a ‘mathematical modelling-first’ mindset towards the development of new therapies for lung, liver, kidney and cartilage diseases. Read more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80814

Join us on 1 April at the Royal Institution to wish pioneering mathematician Sophie Germain a happy 250th birthday. Talks about her life and work by Lukas Brantner, Ana Caraiani, James Maynard and Laura Monk, plus a demonstration and panel discussion. Book your place: www.sophie-germain.com/250/

Oxford Mathematician Torin Fastnedge has won the Gold Medal for Mathematical Sciences at the 2026 STEM for Britain poster competition held in the House of Commons on March 17th for his poster 'Mathematical Modelling of Microfibre Release by Washing Machines'. More: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/80797

New #preprint: "A mechanical bifurcation constrains the evolution of cell sheet folding in the family Volvocaceae" arxiv.org/abs/2603.15171 The next chapter in the #Volvox saga: work done by Valens Tribet during his internship in my group. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social