Chiu Fan Lee
@leebiophysics.bsky.social
PI of the Universality in Biology research group in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London
Group link: https://clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/index.html
Group link: https://clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/index.html
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Our review, "Hydrodynamics, Renormalization Group, and Universality Classes Far from Equilibrium," is now on arXiv!
It features a pedagogical introduction to hydrodynamics and the RG, together with a (slightly tongue-in-cheek!) "Periodic Table" of Universality Classes.
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2607.02318
It features a pedagogical introduction to hydrodynamics and the RG, together with a (slightly tongue-in-cheek!) "Periodic Table" of Universality Classes.
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2607.02318
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Make sure to join us on Friday 4th Sept (1pm BST) for our exciting UK Biomolecular Condensate monthly seminar!!! Martin Howard and Anton Calabrese are presenting! @antoncalabrese.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social #condensates 👇👇
Our UK Biomolecular Condensate monthly on-line seminars are back!! (4th Sept 2026, 1 pm BST) and all are welcome to come and listen. Martin Howard and Anton Calabrese are presenting! @antoncalabrese.bsky.social #condensates
@physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
@physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
August 31, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Make sure to join us on Friday 4th Sept (1pm BST) for our exciting UK Biomolecular Condensate monthly seminar!!! Martin Howard and Anton Calabrese are presenting! @antoncalabrese.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social #condensates 👇👇
New paper in Newton!
@vermotlab.bsky.social and I propose a robust physical mechanism that helps break left–right symmetry in the mouse embryo — a crucial step in determining which side the heart ends up on.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
@vermotlab.bsky.social and I propose a robust physical mechanism that helps break left–right symmetry in the mouse embryo — a crucial step in determining which side the heart ends up on.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
September 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
New paper in Newton!
@vermotlab.bsky.social and I propose a robust physical mechanism that helps break left–right symmetry in the mouse embryo — a crucial step in determining which side the heart ends up on.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
@vermotlab.bsky.social and I propose a robust physical mechanism that helps break left–right symmetry in the mouse embryo — a crucial step in determining which side the heart ends up on.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
New letter in Phys Rev E!
What happens to the Ising universality class (UC) when the spins can move? We find six UCs governing critical and multicritical behaviour in an active Ising model, including a new one that supersedes the Wilson–Fisher UC.
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
What happens to the Ising universality class (UC) when the spins can move? We find six UCs governing critical and multicritical behaviour in an active Ising model, including a new one that supersedes the Wilson–Fisher UC.
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
Six universality classes govern the critical and multicritical behavior of an active Ising model
The critical behavior of the equilibrium Ising model, famously governed by the Wilson-Fisher universality class (UC), is a cornerstone of statistical physics. A natural question is whether its propert...
journals.aps.org
August 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
New letter in Phys Rev E!
What happens to the Ising universality class (UC) when the spins can move? We find six UCs governing critical and multicritical behaviour in an active Ising model, including a new one that supersedes the Wilson–Fisher UC.
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
What happens to the Ising universality class (UC) when the spins can move? We find six UCs governing critical and multicritical behaviour in an active Ising model, including a new one that supersedes the Wilson–Fisher UC.
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are now open for applications, long-term awards to support talented mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. Find out more and register for our upcoming webinar: https://royalsociety.org/grants/faraday-discovery-fellowships/
August 6, 2026 at 7:59 AM
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are now open for applications, long-term awards to support talented mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. Find out more and register for our upcoming webinar: https://royalsociety.org/grants/faraday-discovery-fellowships/
Imperial College London's Department of Mathematics is hiring Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors in Applied Mathematics & Mathematical Physics, Statistics, and Mathematical Finance.
Please share with anyone who may be interested.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Please share with anyone who may be interested.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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July 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Imperial College London's Department of Mathematics is hiring Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors in Applied Mathematics & Mathematical Physics, Statistics, and Mathematical Finance.
Please share with anyone who may be interested.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Please share with anyone who may be interested.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Our review, "Hydrodynamics, Renormalization Group, and Universality Classes Far from Equilibrium," is now on arXiv!
It features a pedagogical introduction to hydrodynamics and the RG, together with a (slightly tongue-in-cheek!) "Periodic Table" of Universality Classes.
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2607.02318
It features a pedagogical introduction to hydrodynamics and the RG, together with a (slightly tongue-in-cheek!) "Periodic Table" of Universality Classes.
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2607.02318
July 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Our review, "Hydrodynamics, Renormalization Group, and Universality Classes Far from Equilibrium," is now on arXiv!
It features a pedagogical introduction to hydrodynamics and the RG, together with a (slightly tongue-in-cheek!) "Periodic Table" of Universality Classes.
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2607.02318
It features a pedagogical introduction to hydrodynamics and the RG, together with a (slightly tongue-in-cheek!) "Periodic Table" of Universality Classes.
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2607.02318
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Don’t forget to join us THIS Friday (5th June) for the UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar. Cyril Dominguez and Susan Campbell are our speakers! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social 👇👇👇
June 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Don’t forget to join us THIS Friday (5th June) for the UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar. Cyril Dominguez and Susan Campbell are our speakers! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social 👇👇👇
The HAAM26 Conference (aka TonerFest) will take place 9–13 Nov at @mpipks.bsky.social
(rescheduled from Oct 2025).
Abstract submissions are now open.
Active matter, hydrodynamics, renormalization group, nonequilibrium physics — come share your work.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
(rescheduled from Oct 2025).
Abstract submissions are now open.
Active matter, hydrodynamics, renormalization group, nonequilibrium physics — come share your work.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges
On the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday, this workshop will bring researchers from soft, hard, and active matter physics together to survey the latest advances. A particular focus will be on the hydrodynamic and universal behaviour that emerge in these subfields of condensed matter physics in honour of John’s contributions to these areas.
www.pks.mpg.de
May 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The HAAM26 Conference (aka TonerFest) will take place 9–13 Nov at @mpipks.bsky.social
(rescheduled from Oct 2025).
Abstract submissions are now open.
Active matter, hydrodynamics, renormalization group, nonequilibrium physics — come share your work.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
(rescheduled from Oct 2025).
Abstract submissions are now open.
Active matter, hydrodynamics, renormalization group, nonequilibrium physics — come share your work.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
New paper out in Physical Review E!
“Only the ambidextrous can flock: Two-dimensional chiral Malthusian flocks, time cholesterics, and the KPZ equation.”
Yet another route to KPZ physics in active matter via chirality
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
“Only the ambidextrous can flock: Two-dimensional chiral Malthusian flocks, time cholesterics, and the KPZ equation.”
Yet another route to KPZ physics in active matter via chirality
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
Only the ambidextrous can flock: Two-dimensional chiral Malthusian flocks, time cholesterics, and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation
We study the hydrodynamic behavior of two-dimensional chiral dry Malthusian flocks, that is, chiral polar-ordered active matter with neither number nor momentum conservation. We show that, in the abse...
journals.aps.org
April 23, 2026 at 1:35 PM
New paper out in Physical Review E!
“Only the ambidextrous can flock: Two-dimensional chiral Malthusian flocks, time cholesterics, and the KPZ equation.”
Yet another route to KPZ physics in active matter via chirality
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
“Only the ambidextrous can flock: Two-dimensional chiral Malthusian flocks, time cholesterics, and the KPZ equation.”
Yet another route to KPZ physics in active matter via chirality
journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
ERG2026 is coming! Looking forward to joining the global RG community this Sept 1-5 at Sussex for a week of ideas spanning classical & quantum field theory, critical phenomena, gravity, and nonequilibrium physics.
indico.global/event/16125/
indico.global/event/16125/
13th International Conference on the Exact Renormalization Group 2026 (ERG2026)
13th International Conference on the Exact Renormalization Group (ERG2026) 1 - 5 September 2026, University of Sussex, UK. The biennial ERG conference series brings together scientists from around the...
indico.global
April 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ERG2026 is coming! Looking forward to joining the global RG community this Sept 1-5 at Sussex for a week of ideas spanning classical & quantum field theory, critical phenomena, gravity, and nonequilibrium physics.
indico.global/event/16125/
indico.global/event/16125/
New paper out in Biophysical Journal!
In collaboration with Cristina Lo Celso’s group @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
We show how to optimally schedule dual-pulse nucleoside labelling experiments to extract more quantitative insights into cell-cycle dynamics.
🔗 www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...
In collaboration with Cristina Lo Celso’s group @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
We show how to optimally schedule dual-pulse nucleoside labelling experiments to extract more quantitative insights into cell-cycle dynamics.
🔗 www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...
Optimizing scheduling in dual-pulse nucleoside labeling experiments for cell-cycle analysis
All eukaryotic cells go through a universal sequence of phases during their division
cycle, where the phase timings vary according to cell type and state. Dual-pulse nucleoside
labeling (DPNL) is a st...
www.cell.com
April 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
New paper out in Biophysical Journal!
In collaboration with Cristina Lo Celso’s group @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
We show how to optimally schedule dual-pulse nucleoside labelling experiments to extract more quantitative insights into cell-cycle dynamics.
🔗 www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...
In collaboration with Cristina Lo Celso’s group @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
We show how to optimally schedule dual-pulse nucleoside labelling experiments to extract more quantitative insights into cell-cycle dynamics.
🔗 www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...
We are recruiting a PhD student to develop physics-based models of living systems.
🌍 Fully funded, open to all nationalities
📅 Start: Autumn 2026
Details:
clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/PhDAdvert202...
🌍 Fully funded, open to all nationalities
📅 Start: Autumn 2026
Details:
clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/PhDAdvert202...
February 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
We are recruiting a PhD student to develop physics-based models of living systems.
🌍 Fully funded, open to all nationalities
📅 Start: Autumn 2026
Details:
clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/PhDAdvert202...
🌍 Fully funded, open to all nationalities
📅 Start: Autumn 2026
Details:
clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/PhDAdvert202...
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Tried of January? February is almost here and our UK Biomolecular Condensate Monthly Seminars resume on Friday 6th February!! Mark it in your diaries. @m-shinn.bsky.social and @gcelora.bsky.social will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Tried of January? February is almost here and our UK Biomolecular Condensate Monthly Seminars resume on Friday 6th February!! Mark it in your diaries. @m-shinn.bsky.social and @gcelora.bsky.social will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
You have a background in math/physics/computer science/ML and are looking for an interdisciplinary postdoc fellowship in life sciences with free choice of host groups? Then join us at the CSBD as an ELBE postdoc! The application deadline is the 13 of March
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
You have a background in math/physics/computer science/ML and are looking for an interdisciplinary postdoc fellowship in life sciences with free choice of host groups? Then join us at the CSBD as an ELBE postdoc! The application deadline is the 13 of March
New bioRxiv preprint! We propose a viscosity-mediated signal amplification mechanism for left–right symmetry breaking in the mouse node. Secreted macromolecules boost near-surface viscosity, amplifying torque on sensory cilia.
With @vermotlab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With @vermotlab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
New bioRxiv preprint! We propose a viscosity-mediated signal amplification mechanism for left–right symmetry breaking in the mouse node. Secreted macromolecules boost near-surface viscosity, amplifying torque on sensory cilia.
With @vermotlab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With @vermotlab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Abstract deadline coming up tomorrow for this exciting Symposium in Mainz 👇
Registrations are now open for the 1st International Symposium on Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function
📍Venue: Gonsberg Lounge, Mainz
📅 Dates: 4–6 Mar. 2026
🗓️ Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 Jan. 2026
Register: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz!
📍Venue: Gonsberg Lounge, Mainz
📅 Dates: 4–6 Mar. 2026
🗓️ Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 Jan. 2026
Register: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz!
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Abstract deadline coming up tomorrow for this exciting Symposium in Mainz 👇
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Happy New Year All! Just a note that we will be resuming our UK Biomolecular Condensates Seminar Series on Friday 6th February (1-2 pm). Please make a note in your diary of the upcoming dates - programme to follow shortly! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Happy New Year All! Just a note that we will be resuming our UK Biomolecular Condensates Seminar Series on Friday 6th February (1-2 pm). Please make a note in your diary of the upcoming dates - programme to follow shortly! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
New on arXiv! In the ordered phase of polar active fluids, we identify two types of hydrodynamic instabilities and uncover four critical points, including two new nonequilibrium criticalities -> Roadmap for discovering new universality classes. With P Jentsch @embl.org
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18846
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18846
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
New on arXiv! In the ordered phase of polar active fluids, we identify two types of hydrodynamic instabilities and uncover four critical points, including two new nonequilibrium criticalities -> Roadmap for discovering new universality classes. With P Jentsch @embl.org
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18846
arxiv.org/abs/2512.18846
New on arXiv! Vertex model mechanics explains why epithelia often form centroidal Voronoi tilings. We give the first analytic link and show how physiologic stretch drives CVT-like order, with image-level diagnostics. With Sulaimaan Lim & @jvermot.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2512.13116
arxiv.org/abs/2512.13116
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New on arXiv! Vertex model mechanics explains why epithelia often form centroidal Voronoi tilings. We give the first analytic link and show how physiologic stretch drives CVT-like order, with image-level diagnostics. With Sulaimaan Lim & @jvermot.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2512.13116
arxiv.org/abs/2512.13116
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Only a few days until our UK Biomolecular Condensates Network symposium in Sheffield!! So excited!! www.ukcondensates.co.uk/1st-uk-biomo...
UK Condensates - 1st UK Biomolecular Condensate Network Symposium
1st UK Biomolecular Condensate Network symposium
www.ukcondensates.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Only a few days until our UK Biomolecular Condensates Network symposium in Sheffield!! So excited!! www.ukcondensates.co.uk/1st-uk-biomo...
Excited to share that Li Shen and I are recruiting for a fully funded PhD studentship (UK home rates). If you’re interested in the principles of pattern formation and machine learning, this could be a great fit.
Full details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Full details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD Studentship in the Machine Learning of Pattern Formation at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Studentship in the Machine Learning of Pattern Formation at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Excited to share that Li Shen and I are recruiting for a fully funded PhD studentship (UK home rates). If you’re interested in the principles of pattern formation and machine learning, this could be a great fit.
Full details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Full details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Delighted to announce “Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges”, will now take place on 6–10 October 2025 at @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday. We hope you will join us.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Delighted to announce “Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges”, will now take place on 6–10 October 2025 at @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday. We hope you will join us.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Registrations are now open for the 1st International Symposium on Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function
📍Venue: Gonsberg Lounge, Mainz
📅 Dates: 4–6 Mar. 2026
🗓️ Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 Jan. 2026
Register: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz!
📍Venue: Gonsberg Lounge, Mainz
📅 Dates: 4–6 Mar. 2026
🗓️ Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 Jan. 2026
Register: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz!
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Registrations are now open for the 1st International Symposium on Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function
📍Venue: Gonsberg Lounge, Mainz
📅 Dates: 4–6 Mar. 2026
🗓️ Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 Jan. 2026
Register: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz!
📍Venue: Gonsberg Lounge, Mainz
📅 Dates: 4–6 Mar. 2026
🗓️ Registration & Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 Jan. 2026
Register: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz!
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th December, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @rcollepardo.bsky.social and Yvonne Nyathi will be our speakers. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th December, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @rcollepardo.bsky.social and Yvonne Nyathi will be our speakers. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
Delighted to share our new preprint!
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Delighted to share our new preprint!
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566