@ICPhysicsofLife

A Network of Excellence at Imperial College, we use physics to tackle fundamental biological problems, and use biology to inspire new physics.

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imperial.ac.uk/physics-of-life/
Joined June 2021
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In today's #biophysics #journalclub: How do particles with complex interactions self-assemble? A @arxiv preprint by Lara Koehler, Pierre Ronceray and @lenz_lab. arxiv.org/abs/2312.06350
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In today's #biophysics #journalclub: Axonemal structures reveal mechanoregulatory and disease mechanisms, a @Nature paper by Travis Walton, Alan Brown and colleagues. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Axonemal structures reveal mechanoregulatory and disease mechanisms

Nature - Detailed atomic models of axonemes from algal flagella and human respiratory cilia, which are hair-like protrusions from cells that enable motility and clear mucus from human airways,...

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Imperial Chemistry@impchemistry1 Jun 2024
Awesome 3 year PostDoc position @imperialcollege to treat cancer with synthetic cells. Got expertise in #microfluidics #membranes #biophysics #nanomedicine #syntheticcells APPLY NOW! @Chemjobber @PostdocPal @PostdocP @SynCellEU jobs.ac.uk/job/DHY335/resear…
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Physics of Life@PhysicsofLifeUK30 May 2024
Remember, Physics of Life have created a Roadmap community survey. Please take the time to ensure your voice is represented by completing the short 10 minute survey, which can be found here: forms.office.com/e/s8CXn3HfK…
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Today in our #biophysics #journalclub: The geometric basis of #epithelial convergent extension, an @eLife paper by Fridtjof Brauns, Nikolas Claussen, Eric Wieschaus and Boris Shraiman elifesciences.org/reviewed-p…
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🚨Wed 29/05 - @TLM_Cambridge online seminar🚨 Professor Hernan García @HernanGGarcia (UC Berkeley) on “Using Physics as a Microscope to Dissect Transcriptional Dynamics in Development” Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr…
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Today it is time again for our #physicsoflife seminar! Join us today at 2pm in RSM303 for @katelynspillane's talk about the mechanics of B cell activation in the immune synapse imperial.ac.uk/events/176055… @ImperialSci @ImperialLifeSci

Dr Katelyn Spillane

The mechanics of B cell activation in the immune synapse

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In today's #biophysics #journal club: The population context is a driver of the heterogeneous response of epithelial cells to interferons, a @MolSystBiol paper by @Megan_Stanifer, @BoulantLab and colleagues. embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…

The population context is a driver of the heterogeneous response of epithelial cells to interferons

Molecular Systems Biology - Isogenic cells respond in a heterogeneous manner to interferon. Using a micropatterning approach combined with high-content imaging and spatial analyses, we...

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@PhysicsOfLifeMeet@PhysicsLifeMeet14 May 2024
We are delighted to announce the return of 'Physics of Life' in 2025 to Harrogate Convention Centre, UK, 24-27 March. This is the second time communities from @PhysicsOfLifeUK, @BBS, @iop_conferences @PhysicsNews, Physics of Living Matter & Physics Meets Biology are teaming up!
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🚨 @TLM_Cambridge Wed 22/05 | 16:00 UK - Online Seminar 🚨 "Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe" by Armita Nourmohammad @TheArmita Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr…
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Physics of Life@PhysicsofLifeUK8 May 2024
On 16 May at 12pm @PhysicsofLifeUK will hold a roadmap webinar explaining the exciting opportunities the community has to shape future of UK Physics of Life: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/9795485… You can also have a say by completing our roadmap survey: forms.office.com/e/s8CXn3HfK… closing 31 May.
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In today's #biophysics #journalclub: generalizing #RNA velocity to transient cell states through dynamical modeling, a @NatureBiotech paper by @VolkerBergen, @MariusLange8, @SPeidli, F. Alexander Wolf and @fabian_theis nature.com/articles/s41587-0…
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📢🚨 Wed 08/05 | 16:00 UK - @TLM_Cambridge Online seminar by Prof. Irene Giardina titled "Cooperativity, self-organisation and size regulation in collective animal behaviour".🚨📷 Subscribe to our mailing list for regular updates and online link✍️ lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr…
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In today's #biophysics #journalclub: Pulsating active matter, a @PhysRevLett by Yiwei Zhang and Étienne Fodor journals.aps.org/prl/abstrac…

Pulsating Active Matter

We reveal that the mechanical pulsation of locally synchronized particles is a generic route to propagate deformation waves. We consider a model of dense repulsive particles whose activity drives...

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In tomorrow's #biophysics #journalclub, we have a triple feature:
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A Model for the Spatiotemporal Design of Gene Regulatory Circuits a @ACSSynBio paper by @ruud_stoof, Alexander Wood and @AngelGMoreno pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.102…

A Model for the Spatiotemporal Design of Gene Regulatory Circuits†

Abstract. Mathematical modeling assists the design of synthetic regulatory networks by providing a detailed mechanistic understanding of biological systems

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Reprogramming genetic circuits using space a @biorxivpreprint by @Bio_Lorea, @JesusMir0, Angeles Hueso-Gil, @LewisGrozinger, @mrhuseyintas, Sina Geißler and @AngelGMoreno biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Reprogramming genetic circuits using space

Genetic circuits confer computing abilities to living cells, performing novel transformations of input stimuli into output responses. These genetic circuits are routinely engineered for insertion...

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In today's #biophysics #journalclub, we discuss a geometric criterion for the optimal spreading of active #polymers in porous media, a @NatureComms paper by @c_kurzthaler, @Suvendu__Mandal, @tapomoy89, @TheSquishyLab and colleagues. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

A geometric criterion for the optimal spreading of active polymers in porous media

Nature Communications - Navigation through porous environments poses a major challenge for swimming microorganisms and future microrobots. This study predicts that their spreading becomes optimal...

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BetzLab@BetzLab14 Apr 2024
Amazing Seminar alert🥳! This fall we organize an amazing meeting on cytoskeleton as an active material in the beautiful location of Bad Honnef. We have 28 outstanding speakers (check here: we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veran…), and 80 slots for participants. Please retweet 😎.
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