From swarming bacteria to tissue cells, living matter breaks classic physical rules of motion, BGU study finds | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
@bengurionuniv.bsky.social #activematter #livingmatter #nematics #nematopolar
@bengurionuniv.bsky.social #activematter #livingmatter #nematics #nematopolar
From swarming bacteria to tissue cells, living matter breaks classic physical rules of motion, BGU study finds
A new study led by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) reveals that living matter violates previously known physical principles of symmetry when cellular flows form and break dow...
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October 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
From swarming bacteria to tissue cells, living matter breaks classic physical rules of motion, BGU study finds | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
@bengurionuniv.bsky.social #activematter #livingmatter #nematics #nematopolar
@bengurionuniv.bsky.social #activematter #livingmatter #nematics #nematopolar
Our @natphys.nature.com paper is now out!
We find that defect creation & annihilation in bacteria and cells collectives spontaneously break mirror symmetry—unpredicted by active nematic theory.
#softmatter #chiral #ActiveMatter #TopologicalDefects #LivingMatter #CellPolarity
rdcu.be/yWTRbT26p9qa
We find that defect creation & annihilation in bacteria and cells collectives spontaneously break mirror symmetry—unpredicted by active nematic theory.
#softmatter #chiral #ActiveMatter #TopologicalDefects #LivingMatter #CellPolarity
rdcu.be/yWTRbT26p9qa
September 6, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Our @natphys.nature.com paper is now out!
We find that defect creation & annihilation in bacteria and cells collectives spontaneously break mirror symmetry—unpredicted by active nematic theory.
#softmatter #chiral #ActiveMatter #TopologicalDefects #LivingMatter #CellPolarity
rdcu.be/yWTRbT26p9qa
We find that defect creation & annihilation in bacteria and cells collectives spontaneously break mirror symmetry—unpredicted by active nematic theory.
#softmatter #chiral #ActiveMatter #TopologicalDefects #LivingMatter #CellPolarity
rdcu.be/yWTRbT26p9qa
Alfonso Martinez Arias @AMartinezArias, Professor at the Department of Genetics at @Cambridge_Uni, is one of our invited speakers at #Future3DAM. His research @AMA_lab focuses on the structure and function of #LivingMatter, on #CellFate decisions and embryonic #stemcells.
March 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Alfonso Martinez Arias @AMartinezArias, Professor at the Department of Genetics at @Cambridge_Uni, is one of our invited speakers at #Future3DAM. His research @AMA_lab focuses on the structure and function of #LivingMatter, on #CellFate decisions and embryonic #stemcells.
Interesting perspective on extracting, quantifying and comparing dynamical and biomechanical properties of Living Matter through Single Particle Tracking published in PCCP @RoySocChem! 👉 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/cp/d2cp01384c #LivingSystems #LivingMatter...
March 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Interesting perspective on extracting, quantifying and comparing dynamical and biomechanical properties of Living Matter through Single Particle Tracking published in PCCP @RoySocChem! 👉 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/cp/d2cp01384c #LivingSystems #LivingMatter...
🚨Next week, Wed 29/01 | 16:00 UK - Online Seminar🚨
"Patterning, waves and synchronization in cilia arrays" by Dr. Guillermina Rochelle Ramirez-San-Juan. Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
#cilia #livingmatter #biophysics
"Patterning, waves and synchronization in cilia arrays" by Dr. Guillermina Rochelle Ramirez-San-Juan. Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
#cilia #livingmatter #biophysics
January 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨Next week, Wed 29/01 | 16:00 UK - Online Seminar🚨
"Patterning, waves and synchronization in cilia arrays" by Dr. Guillermina Rochelle Ramirez-San-Juan. Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
#cilia #livingmatter #biophysics
"Patterning, waves and synchronization in cilia arrays" by Dr. Guillermina Rochelle Ramirez-San-Juan. Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
#cilia #livingmatter #biophysics
A dress that lights up with bioluminescence from dinoflagellates. How cool is that? #livingmatter #algae #bioluminescence
Yay! My first short TV interview (in Dutch)...
Featuring our work on bioluminescence in dinoflagellates and our collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen and Biodesigner Chris Bellamy for Paris Haute Couture week!
youtube.com/shorts/Wg2tI...
Featuring our work on bioluminescence in dinoflagellates and our collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen and Biodesigner Chris Bellamy for Paris Haute Couture week!
youtube.com/shorts/Wg2tI...
Iris van Herpen ontwierp een lichtgevende jurk van miljoenen levende algen | RTL Nieuws
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July 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A dress that lights up with bioluminescence from dinoflagellates. How cool is that? #livingmatter #algae #bioluminescence
Here it is! Bonsai. Now there is really no more excuse for using t-SNE/UMAP. Bonsai not only makes cool pictures of your data. It actually rigorously preserves its structure. No tunable parameters. Incredible work by @dhdegroot.bsky.social.
I'm so excited about this!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I'm so excited about this!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Bonsai: Tree representations for distortion-free visualization and exploratory analysis of single-cell omics data
Single-cell omics methods promise to revolutionize our understanding of gene regulatory processes during cell differentiation, but analysis of such data continues to pose a major challenge. Apart from...
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May 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm so happy that I can finally share the results of my first postdoc paper with @baym.lol!!! Turns out plasmids are an amazing system to study multi-scale evolution and we can track within-cell and between-cell dynamics!
(1/n) www.biorxiv.org/content/earl...
(1/n) www.biorxiv.org/content/earl...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
Conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution, from populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements in microbes. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-r...
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February 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Exciting line up of speakers for the next theory of #livingmatter seminar series. More info here tlmcambridge.blog
January 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Exciting line up of speakers for the next theory of #livingmatter seminar series. More info here tlmcambridge.blog
Reposting this paper by @olimeacock.bsky.social and @saramitri.bsky.social; it came out when this site was much quieter and it’s one of my favorite recent papers! I like dynamic processes in time varying coordinates and this work interprets effective species interactions in such a way! #livingmatter
Environment-organism feedbacks drive changes in ecological interactions
Ecological interactions, the impact of one organism on the growth and death of another, underpin our understanding of the long-term composition and the functional properties of communities. In recent ...
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November 26, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Reposting this paper by @olimeacock.bsky.social and @saramitri.bsky.social; it came out when this site was much quieter and it’s one of my favorite recent papers! I like dynamic processes in time varying coordinates and this work interprets effective species interactions in such a way! #livingmatter
Here is the link to video of introduction course @cdf1530 on biological information. A historical perspective on evolution of representations of the genome, highlighting contributions of von Neumann, Jacob&Monod, Waddington, Alberch etc.
Video (french)+pdf (english):
tinyurl.com/y4k44cd4
Video (french)+pdf (english):
tinyurl.com/y4k44cd4
November 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Looking forward to reading this @gordonberman.bsky.social #livingmatter
November 13, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Looking forward to reading this @gordonberman.bsky.social #livingmatter
November 13, 2024 at 10:23 AM
The next Theory of Living Matter group online seminar will take place next week on Wednesday (20/11) at 16:00 UK.
Dr Jakub Sedzinski
"Mechanics of Basal Body Patterning During Multiciliated Cell Morphogenesis"
tlmcambridge.blog/upcoming-eve...
#livingmatter
Dr Jakub Sedzinski
"Mechanics of Basal Body Patterning During Multiciliated Cell Morphogenesis"
tlmcambridge.blog/upcoming-eve...
#livingmatter
Upcoming events
Upcoming Michaelmas Term Talks 2024/2025
tlmcambridge.blog
November 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
The next Theory of Living Matter group online seminar will take place next week on Wednesday (20/11) at 16:00 UK.
Dr Jakub Sedzinski
"Mechanics of Basal Body Patterning During Multiciliated Cell Morphogenesis"
tlmcambridge.blog/upcoming-eve...
#livingmatter
Dr Jakub Sedzinski
"Mechanics of Basal Body Patterning During Multiciliated Cell Morphogenesis"
tlmcambridge.blog/upcoming-eve...
#livingmatter
I run a feed that pulls posts matching terms like “living matter” and “physics of life”; post to it usi bff #livingphysics or #livingmatter
Link is here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Link is here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 10, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I run a feed that pulls posts matching terms like “living matter” and “physics of life”; post to it usi bff #livingphysics or #livingmatter
Link is here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Link is here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
I will be attending the London Mathematical Biology Conference in September. Registration closes August 20th. #livingmatter
@micromotility.bsky.social will be there!
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/lon...
@micromotility.bsky.social will be there!
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London Mathematical Biology Conference
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August 15, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I will be attending the London Mathematical Biology Conference in September. Registration closes August 20th. #livingmatter
@micromotility.bsky.social will be there!
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/lon...
@micromotility.bsky.social will be there!
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/lon...
3rd Centuri Hackathon for Quantitative Biology in Marseille
June 28-30 #livingmatter
centuri-livingsystems.org/hackathon-20...
June 28-30 #livingmatter
centuri-livingsystems.org/hackathon-20...
Hackathon 2024 - Centuri Living Systems
For quantitative biology Centre de séminaires Villages Clubs du Soleil, Belle de Mai, Marseille What is the CENTURI Hackathon? The CENTURI Hackathon is a fast-paced two-day event of coding, engineerin...
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May 28, 2024 at 7:23 PM
3rd Centuri Hackathon for Quantitative Biology in Marseille
June 28-30 #livingmatter
centuri-livingsystems.org/hackathon-20...
June 28-30 #livingmatter
centuri-livingsystems.org/hackathon-20...
Today at 16:00 BST
Theory of #livingmatter Online Seminar
"Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe" by Armita Nourmohammad
Theory of #livingmatter Online Seminar
"Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe" by Armita Nourmohammad
May 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Today at 16:00 BST
Theory of #livingmatter Online Seminar
"Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe" by Armita Nourmohammad
Theory of #livingmatter Online Seminar
"Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe" by Armita Nourmohammad
Registration is open for the UCL Physics of Living Systems Annual Symposium, 20th June 2024.
Showcasing exciting performed by IPLS researchers and collaborators.
#livingmatter 🧪
Limited spaces, register early
ucl.ac.uk/physics-livi...
Showcasing exciting performed by IPLS researchers and collaborators.
#livingmatter 🧪
Limited spaces, register early
ucl.ac.uk/physics-livi...
UCL Institute for the Physics of Living Systems Annual Symposium 2024
The Institute for the Physics of Living Systems (IPLS) Annual Symposium will showcase the exciting interdisciplinary research performed by IPLS researchers and our collaborators. Our Symposium will
ucl.ac.uk
April 20, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Registration is open for the UCL Physics of Living Systems Annual Symposium, 20th June 2024.
Showcasing exciting performed by IPLS researchers and collaborators.
#livingmatter 🧪
Limited spaces, register early
ucl.ac.uk/physics-livi...
Showcasing exciting performed by IPLS researchers and collaborators.
#livingmatter 🧪
Limited spaces, register early
ucl.ac.uk/physics-livi...
Thermodynamic dissipation constrains metabolic versatility of unicellular growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.21.585772v1
Thermodynamic dissipation constrains metabolic versatility of unicellular growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.21.585772v1
From deep hydrothermal vents to artificial laboratory conditions, unicellular organisms grow in almo
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March 27, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The week begins with a new Author Summary!
"Structured community transitions explain the switching capacity of microbial systems"
Chengyi Long, Jie Deng, Jen Nguyen, Yang-Yu Liu, Eric J. Alm, Ricard Solé, and Serguei Saavedra - PNAS 2024
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Structured community transitions explain the switching capacity of microbial systems"
Chengyi Long, Jie Deng, Jen Nguyen, Yang-Yu Liu, Eric J. Alm, Ricard Solé, and Serguei Saavedra - PNAS 2024
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 4, 2024 at 10:54 AM