Paul Macklin
@mathcancer.bsky.social
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering • mathematical biologist • multicellular systems & cancer with PhysiCell • OpenSource • astrophotography
Web: http://MathCancer.org
Web: http://MathCancer.org
Pleiades (Messier 45), 2025 edition.
This gorgeous reflection nebula is high
This combines 36 hours of imaging on a 115mm triplet across 2024 and 2025, taken from my Indiana backyard. 🔭🧪
High-quality prints are available from mathcancer.darkroom.com/products/neb...
This gorgeous reflection nebula is high
This combines 36 hours of imaging on a 115mm triplet across 2024 and 2025, taken from my Indiana backyard. 🔭🧪
High-quality prints are available from mathcancer.darkroom.com/products/neb...
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Pleiades (Messier 45), 2025 edition.
This gorgeous reflection nebula is high
This combines 36 hours of imaging on a 115mm triplet across 2024 and 2025, taken from my Indiana backyard. 🔭🧪
High-quality prints are available from mathcancer.darkroom.com/products/neb...
This gorgeous reflection nebula is high
This combines 36 hours of imaging on a 115mm triplet across 2024 and 2025, taken from my Indiana backyard. 🔭🧪
High-quality prints are available from mathcancer.darkroom.com/products/neb...
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Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
It was tremendous fun to record this podcast with Ted Giovanis and the @jktgfoundation.bsky.social on our cancer simulation research and collaboration with @coussenslab.bsky.social and @fertiglab.bsky.social and other amazing people. 🧪
youtu.be/5xcFqA3JGxs?...
youtu.be/5xcFqA3JGxs?...
Driving Research | Episode 3 featuring Dr. Paul Macklin
YouTube video by JKTG | Foundation
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It was tremendous fun to record this podcast with Ted Giovanis and the @jktgfoundation.bsky.social on our cancer simulation research and collaboration with @coussenslab.bsky.social and @fertiglab.bsky.social and other amazing people. 🧪
youtu.be/5xcFqA3JGxs?...
youtu.be/5xcFqA3JGxs?...
@jsauce7.bsky.social would there be any interest in our pitching in for your Jan workshop?
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@jsauce7.bsky.social would there be any interest in our pitching in for your Jan workshop?
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Announcing the 4th Netflux and Network Biology Virtual Conference, Jan 7! Free registration and abstract submission (Dec 12). Live demo of the new user-friendly Netflux webapp, student talks, keynote by Suzanne Gaudet (Novartis): bit.ly/4i1eQD6
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Announcing the 4th Netflux and Network Biology Virtual Conference, Jan 7! Free registration and abstract submission (Dec 12). Live demo of the new user-friendly Netflux webapp, student talks, keynote by Suzanne Gaudet (Novartis): bit.ly/4i1eQD6
It's a little disappointing that nobody in the @science.org article (and most discussions) mentions that ex post facto laws are unconstitutional. 🧪
Article I, Section 9:
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
A retroactive law is an ex post facto law.
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
Article I, Section 9:
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
A retroactive law is an ex post facto law.
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's a little disappointing that nobody in the @science.org article (and most discussions) mentions that ex post facto laws are unconstitutional. 🧪
Article I, Section 9:
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
A retroactive law is an ex post facto law.
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
Article I, Section 9:
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
A retroactive law is an ex post facto law.
www.senate.gov/about/origin...
It was cloudy in Bloomington last night, but we did manage to catch traces of last night's Kp7 aurora. Original photo straight off the camera (left), and minor photoshop work to bring out the pillar (right). 🔭
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It was cloudy in Bloomington last night, but we did manage to catch traces of last night's Kp7 aurora. Original photo straight off the camera (left), and minor photoshop work to bring out the pillar (right). 🔭
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Spatial fibroblast niches define #Crohn’s fistulae
@nature.com @ox.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com @ox.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Spatial fibroblast niches define #Crohn’s fistulae
@nature.com @ox.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com @ox.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This comic is becoming increasingly realistic.
m.xkcd.com/3056/
m.xkcd.com/3056/
September 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This comic is becoming increasingly realistic.
m.xkcd.com/3056/
m.xkcd.com/3056/
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
It's snowing on our Smurf habitat. Smokes Smurf jerky production may be impacted.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's snowing on our Smurf habitat. Smokes Smurf jerky production may be impacted.
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Penn State fans:
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Penn State fans:
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
So my daughter is reading Moby Dick for AP US literature. And the whale first appears (actively in the scene -- not just in stories or anecdotes) on page 595: 95% of the way into this short and easy read.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So my daughter is reading Moby Dick for AP US literature. And the whale first appears (actively in the scene -- not just in stories or anecdotes) on page 595: 95% of the way into this short and easy read.
Happy Halloween! LLAP.
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Halloween! LLAP.
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None of this would have been possible without the over 1,700 community scientists that used SolarBird. From Mexico to Canada, those observations formed the foundation of this project and turned it into a continental-scale collaboration!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science
On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
None of this would have been possible without the over 1,700 community scientists that used SolarBird. From Mexico to Canada, those observations formed the foundation of this project and turned it into a continental-scale collaboration!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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5 days left to grab a print of my latest oil painting! This is a region in the Eagle Nebula near the Pillars of Creation originally imaged by Hubble Telescope 🐡🔭🧪
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stellerarts.com/pages/leviat...
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
5 days left to grab a print of my latest oil painting! This is a region in the Eagle Nebula near the Pillars of Creation originally imaged by Hubble Telescope 🐡🔭🧪
stellerarts.com/pages/leviat...
stellerarts.com/pages/leviat...
Honestly, speaking on a panel at the National Press Club is a bucket list item for me. What a thrill!
My inner NPR nerd self is geeking out.
My inner NPR nerd self is geeking out.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Honestly, speaking on a panel at the National Press Club is a bucket list item for me. What a thrill!
My inner NPR nerd self is geeking out.
My inner NPR nerd self is geeking out.
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Paul @mathcancer.bsky.social was rocking the stage at #NFCR as part of the second panel discussion on ‘AI in cancer diagnosis and management’.
It’s cool to see the important role of #MathOnco folks in these types of discussions.
It’s cool to see the important role of #MathOnco folks in these types of discussions.
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Paul @mathcancer.bsky.social was rocking the stage at #NFCR as part of the second panel discussion on ‘AI in cancer diagnosis and management’.
It’s cool to see the important role of #MathOnco folks in these types of discussions.
It’s cool to see the important role of #MathOnco folks in these types of discussions.
And now my heart friends and collaborators @fertiglab.bsky.social and Lisa Coussens are up! #NFCR 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And now my heart friends and collaborators @fertiglab.bsky.social and Lisa Coussens are up! #NFCR 🧪
Really thrilled to be at the National Press Club today for the NFCR Summit on Cancer Care.
My great friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social is on the first panel on AI and cancer care. I'll be on the next panel. :-) 🧪
My great friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social is on the first panel on AI and cancer care. I'll be on the next panel. :-) 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Really thrilled to be at the National Press Club today for the NFCR Summit on Cancer Care.
My great friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social is on the first panel on AI and cancer care. I'll be on the next panel. :-) 🧪
My great friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social is on the first panel on AI and cancer care. I'll be on the next panel. :-) 🧪
Always a thrill to see my dear friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social present his groundbreaking work in model-guided adaptive cancer therapy at this year's @jktgfoundation.bsky.social breast cancer symposium. 🧪
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Always a thrill to see my dear friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social present his groundbreaking work in model-guided adaptive cancer therapy at this year's @jktgfoundation.bsky.social breast cancer symposium. 🧪
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As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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