Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak “This country has given me endless opportunities…: The America we inhabit today bears almost no resemblance to the country I chose all those years ago” newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-nobel...
Excited to share our structural insights into how microtubules differentially guide phosphorylation of kinetochore-microtubule regulators, Ndc80 and MCAK, for chromosome segregation. Heroic efforts by Yiming Niu with a fun collaboration with Jennifer DeLuca lab!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026.
URGENT: submission deadline 25 March.
Session topics, plenary and invited speakers:
www.icbp2026.org
IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting.
Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
To all graduate students — and all of us in academia.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...
Out in @physrevlett.bsky.social: @sfuphysics.bsky.social postdoc Antonio Patrón Castro (in tight collaboration with my colleague John Bechhoefer) pushes our information engine to higher dimensions!
doi.org/10.1103/xwjd...
Defending PhD student, looking over their thesis: “If I knew then what I know now, I could’ve done all of this in like 9 months.”
A thread about my favorite pioneering cave explorers and why I don’t think AI will ever “solve” biology.
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
— Bertrand Russell
https://www.birs.ca/
Excited to announce that our Econophysiology workshop has been accepted at the BIRS in 2027 🇨🇦
Co-organized with Hidde de Jong, Edda Klipp, & Matt Scott, we will bring economists, biologists, and physicists together to build a shared conceptual language across disciplines.
Stay tuned!
www.birs.ca
First snow in Greenwich Village, NYC ❄️
Just got word that we are a go for the Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRS and GRC at Southern New Hampshire University!
GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027
GRC will be from June 6-11, 2027
Block off your calendars Prokaryotic Cell Biologists!
More details to come! Please repost!
Excited about our Pew Innovation Fund collaboration with Mike Rust (UChicago). Grateful for the opportunity to push new ideas forward together!
www.pew.org/en/research-...
We’re hiring!
The Department of Physics
@sfuphysics.bsky.social
at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.
@sfuscience.bsky.social
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...
Autumn in the backyard of the Greenwich School of Music.
Congrats to the new class of @simonsfoundation.org pivot fellows! What an inspiring group.
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...
Been awhile — good to see you, Harvard.
smallthingsconsidered.blog
Ray: Just a note to say STC is officially back up and running!! You can view our new home via smallthingsconsidered.blog
Autumn is in Greenwich Village
Supplementary Information
Academic job applicant from Greenwich Village…
Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
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Hardest working people in Manhattan. Hats off to them.
Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeasky
From the Flatiron Institute’s rooftop — autumn is arriving in Manhattan.
Must read for graduate admissions committees everywhere.
SJ - I’ve just started my 1-year sabbatical in NYC, splitting time between the Flatiron Institute and NYU Economics to explore “econophysiology,” supported by the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship. If you’re in the area and would like to connect or interact with me & my lab, feel free to reach out!
