1/ We are excited to release our new preprint: 'Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation' biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Deadline extended! Register now until 30 April for the Physics of Cell Fate Decisions 2024 conference, 13 – 16 May in Klosterneuburg, Austria

🔗 pcfd2024.pages.ist.ac.at

Apologies for the bug that caused the registration form to close down early, it's working again and we are extending the deadline to the end of this week! Come join us in Vienna next month!! ISTAustria

ISTA-Fellow #postdoc program: Want to push the frontiers of science and go beyond the scientific norms together with supervisors and colleagues that are among the best in the world? #Apply now for fully funded positions for highly qualified candidates! 🔗 bit.ly/3TTWjNj

In our new bioRXiv, Yamini Ravichandran shows that soft compression of head-regenerating tissues from Hydra induces bicephalous regeneration. During soft compression, a second actin nematic defects appears on the wound.
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Deadline coming soon, feel free to get in touch if you have any question about the conference!

Are you in Paris on 2 April? Go to Académie des sciences for an amazing conference co-organised with Jacques Prost and Benoit Perthame. Highly interdisciplinary. See terrific line of speakers🤩, programme + registration link here: tinyurl.com/bdcjjd4s. It' free you need to register.

Come join us !!

Our review on learning cell migration models is now out in Reports on Progress in Physics IOP Publishing!

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

See below for a thread on what we cover:

The dismissal of genes portrays a caricatural view of genetics (total determinism, gene/cell dualism). Genes are embedded in multiscale dynamic, structural interaction networks. They don’t just make stuff. We should extend the concept of information beyond genes, not dismiss them

Abstract submission for the Microphysio24 conference is now open! This conference gathers an interdisciplinary community to discuss recent advances in microphysiological systems. For more information and to submit an abstract, please go to: microphysio24.sciencesconf.org #microphysio

🚨 Oyez, Oyez ! Hear, hear!🚨Abstract submission will open next Monday the 25th, until end of May!

MBI is looking for theorists to apply for faculty positions at all levels. Anyone with strong background in theoretical physics, biophysics, mathematical modeling are highly encouraged to apply! Deadline is 30 Apr 2024

🚨 How do cells migrate when exposed to curvature cues? We addressed this question using a minimal model developed by Raj Kumar Sadhu & Nir Gov and various curved systems by Luciano Marine, Benoit Ladoux and others PNASNews 👇🏼
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Our Review on multiscale curvature is out in Nature Reviews Physics with Luciano Marine, Caterina Tomba and Roux Lab : How multiscale curvature couples forces to cellular functions ?
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We are so incredibly proud to present the lab's first paper, in which we show that Aurora B controls abscission dynamics in stem cells via microtubule stability!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Diatoms live in glass houses, with ornate silica cell walls. We propose a new mechanism of branching morphogenesis to quantitatively explain branched silica rib patterns, a recurring pattern feature - just out in PNASNews 🧵pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

I cannot wait to learn more about the 'physics of cell fate decisions'. Come and join us! Register here pcfd2024.pages.ist.ac.at