Confirmed Speaker! 🙌
Kate McCusker - UMass Boston (@umassboston.bsky.social )
Cellular contribution to pattern formation in the regenerating axolotl limb
🦎 #PatternFormation
Hear it live at #SalamanderMeeting2026, Oct 6–8 in Mexico City.
Registration is open:
salamander2026.iibiomedicas.unam.mx
Kate McCusker - UMass Boston (@umassboston.bsky.social )
Cellular contribution to pattern formation in the regenerating axolotl limb
🦎 #PatternFormation
Hear it live at #SalamanderMeeting2026, Oct 6–8 in Mexico City.
Registration is open:
salamander2026.iibiomedicas.unam.mx
August 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Confirmed Speaker! 🙌
Kate McCusker - UMass Boston (@umassboston.bsky.social )
Cellular contribution to pattern formation in the regenerating axolotl limb
🦎 #PatternFormation
Hear it live at #SalamanderMeeting2026, Oct 6–8 in Mexico City.
Registration is open:
salamander2026.iibiomedicas.unam.mx
Kate McCusker - UMass Boston (@umassboston.bsky.social )
Cellular contribution to pattern formation in the regenerating axolotl limb
🦎 #PatternFormation
Hear it live at #SalamanderMeeting2026, Oct 6–8 in Mexico City.
Registration is open:
salamander2026.iibiomedicas.unam.mx
Quantum Turing patterns in parametrically driven resonators show distinct morphologies (stripes, spots, labyrinths) remain resolvable after Gaussian entanglement witnesses vanish—parametric noise scaling separation grows with system size.
#QuantumControl #PatternFormation #Research
#QuantumControl #PatternFormation #Research
A Zoology of Quantum Turing Patterns
arxiv.org
August 21, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Quantum Turing patterns in parametrically driven resonators show distinct morphologies (stripes, spots, labyrinths) remain resolvable after Gaussian entanglement witnesses vanish—parametric noise scaling separation grows with system size.
#QuantumControl #PatternFormation #Research
#QuantumControl #PatternFormation #Research
📄 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🎯 Useful for: developmental biology, tissue engineering, pattern formation, and computational modeling
#DevBio #PatternFormation #CellMigration #Morphogenesis #ComputationalBiology
🎯 Useful for: developmental biology, tissue engineering, pattern formation, and computational modeling
#DevBio #PatternFormation #CellMigration #Morphogenesis #ComputationalBiology
Directed cell migration is a versatile mechanism for rapid developmental pattern formation
The evolution of multicellular organisms hinges on self-organization mechanisms that generate tissues with diverse functions. A central process is the breaking of symmetry to form spatial patterns fro...
doi.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📄 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🎯 Useful for: developmental biology, tissue engineering, pattern formation, and computational modeling
#DevBio #PatternFormation #CellMigration #Morphogenesis #ComputationalBiology
🎯 Useful for: developmental biology, tissue engineering, pattern formation, and computational modeling
#DevBio #PatternFormation #CellMigration #Morphogenesis #ComputationalBiology
🌟 Taking a break from AI - Let's appreciate the natural beauty of pattern formation!
Take a look at: patternsyms.vercel.app
No AI, just pure physics and biology at work.
#ComplexSystems #Science #PatternFormation #Emergence #NaturalPatterns #AILife
Take a look at: patternsyms.vercel.app
No AI, just pure physics and biology at work.
#ComplexSystems #Science #PatternFormation #Emergence #NaturalPatterns #AILife
Vite + React
patternsyms.vercel.app
December 4, 2024 at 1:35 PM
🌟 Taking a break from AI - Let's appreciate the natural beauty of pattern formation!
Take a look at: patternsyms.vercel.app
No AI, just pure physics and biology at work.
#ComplexSystems #Science #PatternFormation #Emergence #NaturalPatterns #AILife
Take a look at: patternsyms.vercel.app
No AI, just pure physics and biology at work.
#ComplexSystems #Science #PatternFormation #Emergence #NaturalPatterns #AILife
Three is more, and different.
2-component mass-conserving reaction-diffusion: coarsens forever.
3-component: maps onto a new active field theory (Active Model B−), and coarsening arrests into dots, stripes, foams.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15903
#activematter #patternformation #softmatter
2-component mass-conserving reaction-diffusion: coarsens forever.
3-component: maps onto a new active field theory (Active Model B−), and coarsening arrests into dots, stripes, foams.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15903
#activematter #patternformation #softmatter
May 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Three is more, and different.
2-component mass-conserving reaction-diffusion: coarsens forever.
3-component: maps onto a new active field theory (Active Model B−), and coarsening arrests into dots, stripes, foams.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15903
#activematter #patternformation #softmatter
2-component mass-conserving reaction-diffusion: coarsens forever.
3-component: maps onto a new active field theory (Active Model B−), and coarsening arrests into dots, stripes, foams.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15903
#activematter #patternformation #softmatter
Two physically very different systems. The same patterns in space.
A coincidence?
No — a duality.
New paper with my PhD student Daniel Zhou:
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15158
#ActiveMatter #SoftMatter #PatternFormation
A coincidence?
No — a duality.
New paper with my PhD student Daniel Zhou:
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15158
#ActiveMatter #SoftMatter #PatternFormation
May 23, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Two physically very different systems. The same patterns in space.
A coincidence?
No — a duality.
New paper with my PhD student Daniel Zhou:
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15158
#ActiveMatter #SoftMatter #PatternFormation
A coincidence?
No — a duality.
New paper with my PhD student Daniel Zhou:
arxiv.org/abs/2605.15158
#ActiveMatter #SoftMatter #PatternFormation
💧🌀 Active matter meets interface physics!
We show how conserved active emulsions form traveling interfacial waves and self-propelling liquid gears, powered by non-reciprocal chemical interactions.
🎥 Gears & belts in motion👇
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2505.20028
#ActiveMatter #PhaseSeparation #PatternFormation
We show how conserved active emulsions form traveling interfacial waves and self-propelling liquid gears, powered by non-reciprocal chemical interactions.
🎥 Gears & belts in motion👇
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2505.20028
#ActiveMatter #PhaseSeparation #PatternFormation
June 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
💧🌀 Active matter meets interface physics!
We show how conserved active emulsions form traveling interfacial waves and self-propelling liquid gears, powered by non-reciprocal chemical interactions.
🎥 Gears & belts in motion👇
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2505.20028
#ActiveMatter #PhaseSeparation #PatternFormation
We show how conserved active emulsions form traveling interfacial waves and self-propelling liquid gears, powered by non-reciprocal chemical interactions.
🎥 Gears & belts in motion👇
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2505.20028
#ActiveMatter #PhaseSeparation #PatternFormation
Just out in Nature Physics: Research Briefing (with Suckjoon Jun) on how Min protein oscillations in E. coli remain robust. The secret? A conformational switch that buffers change, and a fresh look at an old system through a physicist’s lens.
📘 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#patternformation
📘 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#patternformation
Robust Min protein oscillations revealed in living bacterial cells - Nature Physics
Bacteria can sustain spatial protein oscillations for a remarkably wide range of protein concentrations. The robustness arises from a conformational switch of a key protein between latent versus activ...
www.nature.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Just out in Nature Physics: Research Briefing (with Suckjoon Jun) on how Min protein oscillations in E. coli remain robust. The secret? A conformational switch that buffers change, and a fresh look at an old system through a physicist’s lens.
📘 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#patternformation
📘 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#patternformation
Understanding pattern formation could revolutionize fields from tissue engineering to ecological management, enabling precise control over complex systems in our daily lives and future technologies. #AppliedMath #PatternFormation
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Understanding pattern formation could revolutionize fields from tissue engineering to ecological management, enabling precise control over complex systems in our daily lives and future technologies. #AppliedMath #PatternFormation
#PatternFormation in the real world. This looks like spiral waves which can be modelled by the reaction–diffusion system of Fitzhugh–Nagumo type
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At first glance, looks like a Gray–Scott reaction-diffusion
But it’s a fertilized starfish 🥚: proteins self-organizing into spiral waves across the membrane
Same dynamics seen in ❤️/🧠/🌊, even quantum fluids. Universality in action!
#ComplexSystems
news.mit.edu/2020/growth-...
But it’s a fertilized starfish 🥚: proteins self-organizing into spiral waves across the membrane
Same dynamics seen in ❤️/🧠/🌊, even quantum fluids. Universality in action!
#ComplexSystems
news.mit.edu/2020/growth-...
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#PatternFormation in the real world. This looks like spiral waves which can be modelled by the reaction–diffusion system of Fitzhugh–Nagumo type
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"This rata #forest is the most stunning example of #crownshyness I have ever seen... It’s found on Enderby Island, one of the most remote places on the planet."
This phenomenon occurs when trees’ crowns don't touch, forming a distinct pattern among their canopies.
Video by @michaelgeorge on IG
This phenomenon occurs when trees’ crowns don't touch, forming a distinct pattern among their canopies.
Video by @michaelgeorge on IG
March 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Excellent study on #Xenopus #gastruloids shorturl.at/PTaB2 @mayorlab.bsky.social exploring mechano-chemical interactions during #gastrulation. Another example of the versatility of multicellular embryonic self organizing systems to explore fundamental principles of #PatternFormation. #NotInTheGenes
December 17, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Excellent study on #Xenopus #gastruloids shorturl.at/PTaB2 @mayorlab.bsky.social exploring mechano-chemical interactions during #gastrulation. Another example of the versatility of multicellular embryonic self organizing systems to explore fundamental principles of #PatternFormation. #NotInTheGenes
So, why does it matter?
Explicitly, I've shown that we have to be careful when approximating geometries in applications. Curved edges can fundamentally alter what it means for a domain to be 1D, or 2D.
#TuringPatterns #MathBio #AppliedMaths #PatternFormation @springernature.com
Explicitly, I've shown that we have to be careful when approximating geometries in applications. Curved edges can fundamentally alter what it means for a domain to be 1D, or 2D.
#TuringPatterns #MathBio #AppliedMaths #PatternFormation @springernature.com
February 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
So, why does it matter?
Explicitly, I've shown that we have to be careful when approximating geometries in applications. Curved edges can fundamentally alter what it means for a domain to be 1D, or 2D.
#TuringPatterns #MathBio #AppliedMaths #PatternFormation @springernature.com
Explicitly, I've shown that we have to be careful when approximating geometries in applications. Curved edges can fundamentally alter what it means for a domain to be 1D, or 2D.
#TuringPatterns #MathBio #AppliedMaths #PatternFormation @springernature.com