CPBF
@phybiofunc
The Center for the Physics of Biological Function (CPBF), a joint effort between The Graduate Center at CUNY and Princeton University
Fellow lovers of locomoting lampreys, galloping gazelles, courting cuttlefish, and aggressive albatross--come give a talk in the Animal Behavior and Social Interactions focus session (04.01.21) at the 2024 APS March Meeting. Abstracts are due Oct 20! march.aps.org
Apply now to be a CPBF Fellow in 2026! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…
Not just our @phybiofunc Fellow positions, but many allied programs. Read the whole thread, and please think about applying!
Finishing your PhD and interested in the Physics of Life? This is a reminder that we have several different postdoctoral opportunities. We coordinate, but best to apply to all that seem relevant. Please consider joining our lively and interactive community. Deadlines soon!
Our next symposium will focus on large language models. Longer talks and plenty of discussion time should help making these exciting developments more accessible! Please join us. No streaming but recorded talks will be posted @ITSCUNY1 .
What does diffusion look like in the crowded bacterial cytoplasm? Is it as weird as people say? Check out our new preprint on 3D tracking of GEMs in live E. coli from @dsvalverdem and @AlpSunol! A fantastic experiment-theory collaboration with @TheZiaLab. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Happy to partner once more with @ITSCUNY1 These events give an opportunity to sample wonderful work by young physicists - from near and far - interested in the phenomena of life. Informal, lots of chance for discussion. Join us in NYC @GC_CUNY or online!
Next Friday (Mar 1): excited to welcome 9 student+postdoc speakers with @phybiofunc. Please join us! Registration and details bit.ly/cpbfstudentspo…
Our annual search for new CPBF Postdoctoral Fellows is open! Applications are due Oct 15. Spread the word and apply now to join our vibrant, collaborative community pushing the boundaries of biological physics across systems and scales. More info here: biophysics.princeton.edu/opportunities
Interested in how fruit fly behavior changes over hours and days, from birth to death? Check out our new preprint analyzing nearly 2 billion images of flies doing their thing! Amazing work from Dr. Grace McKenzie-Smith and @scott_w_wolf. arxiv.org/abs/2309.04044
Looking forward to connecting with a broad community! Many thanks to the organizers for the opportunity. Much of what I'll discuss is in a recent preprint, arxiv.org/abs/2304.09608.
Please join us on Friday, July 14, @ 11 ET, for an exciting BPPB talk from William Bialek @wbialek on "Finding evidence for scale invariance in animal behavior". To sign up for our email list, please visit sites.google.com/view/bppb-semi….
Excited to share some of our recent work exploring the interface of engineering, microbiology, and physics — tomorrow! 🔬🦠🤯 This event will be live streamed and accessible to all, so feel free to tune in at eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguishe…
Our Distinguished Seminar Series is back! From April-June we’ll host 4 world-renowned speakers covering topics from bioengineering to solar cells. All talks will take place online and in person, register for your free ticket now imperial.ac.uk/chemical-engin…
For our last symposium of the semester, nine young speakers spanning a marvelous range of topics in the physics of life. Join us in person or on Zoom.
Reminder: This Fri 24 March also is the deadline to apply for our "students and postdocs edition" symposium. We are looking for young scientists across the full range of topics in the physics of life. All expenses covered. itsatcuny.org/studentspostdo…
Reminder: This Fri 24 March @ITSCUNY1 CUNY Grad Center in Manhattan, or via Zoom. Symposium on Information flow in bacterial chemotaxis. New approaches to a classic topic! Lots of time for discussion - join our lively audience (registration required). itsatcuny.org/calendar/infor…
One of the high points of our year @phybiofunc is the Physics of Life summer school. We will welcome 24 undergrads for two weeks of intense lectures, labs, hands-on exercises, and informal discussion. Simple application due March 31. Please apply! gps.princeton.edu/index.cfm?Fuse…
There has been remarkable progress in monitoring the activity of many neurons simultaneously. These experiments create new challenges for data analysis and new opportunities for theory. Our next symposium will touch on all of this, with a great lineup. Join us!
What started as an online experiment during the pandemic is now a wonderful part of each semester's in person program. But you still can see it online if you can't be @GC_CUNY
We are delighted to spotlight a young generation of talented scientists and the work they are doing in biophysics. A continuing tradition, and one of our favorite programs to sponsor with @phybiofunc - join us next week. RSVP bit.ly/3UnwBiH
Apply, or encourage your students to apply, to this exciting new opportunity to join us at Princeton!
Only a month left to apply to the Princeton's new Biophysics PhD program! From molecules to ecosystems, we push the boundaries of science through theory and experiment, usually in exciting collaborations driven by our students! Deadline Dec 1: gradschool.princeton.edu/admission/
Congratulations to our CPBF members awarded @ApsDbio honors this year! Jonathan Yuly (Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics) Sujit Datta (@TheSquishyLab, Early Career Award for Biological Physics Research) Thomas Gregor (@gregorscience, APS Fellow)