Due to the crazy amount of snow last week, our semester starts off today with guest speaker Wallace Marshall. Full schedule here: biophysics.princeton.edu/events/bioph...

@liamholt.bsky.social

Believe it or not, we're almost halfway through our Monday Seminar Series for the semester. Thank you to those who have visited us so far: Mor Nitzan, Daniel Blair, Liam Holt and Sahand Hormoz.

biophysics.princeton.edu/opportunities

Congratulations Kelsey Hallinen, who is starting a new position as Assistant Physics Professor at University of Oregon!

apply here by 10/1/25! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

Just released today!

Nobel Lecture: Physics is a point of view The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. This paper is the text of the address given in conjunction with the award.

Missed John Hopfield's Nobel speech? Here's the online version: journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract...

puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/pri...

Emergence of Brains This review traces how ideas from statistical physics evolved into foundational models of neural computation, shaping modern AI and culminating in the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

"It was an honor to write this, but also great fun. A chance to look back at the classics, and think about the path forward. #Physics is a beautiful human endeavor." -Bill Bialek

go.aps.org/4m6HO5R

Wishing you the best of luck!

Congratulations Trevor! physics.wustl.edu/people/trevo...

puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

Now out in Physical Review Letters: work led by Andrew Pyo showing that the accumulation of beneficial mutations can be greatly accelerated by a mutation rate that decreases with increasing relative fitness.

journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

Apply now to be a CPBF Fellow in 2026! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...