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ANU Australian Studies Institute @anuausi.bsky.social · 15d

#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Columnist Dr Jenna Price & economist Prof Sinclair Davidson join Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social & Prof @markgkenny.bsky.social to dissect the crisis engulfing Australia's university sector and ask whether it can be fixed before it's too late.

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Democracy Sausage Episode: Universities in crisis | Australian Studies Institute

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · Aug 12

Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future with our series of profiles featuring our Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Dr TrungTin Nguyen is with MACSYS at QUT. His research investigates the mathematical & statistical foundations of #AI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-tru...
@trungtinnguyen.bsky.social

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · 14d

The Australian Society for Biophysics awards MACSYS Chief Investigator Adelle Coster (UNSW) its top honour – the Bob Robertson Award. The award recognises outstanding contributions & service to the field of biophysics in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations, Adelle!
macsys.org/adelle-coste...

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Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social · Aug 14

I love the theme of the 2026 International Day of Mathematics: “Mathematics and Hope” 👉🏼 www.idm314.org #mathsky

International Day of Mathematics

A worldwide celebration of Mathematics on March 14 of every year.

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sad news! David will be missed 💔

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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · Aug 6

I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).

Please see the link below for more information.

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Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar

The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...

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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · Aug 11

Part of its remit is to support the community, so it's cool to see downloads worldwide, reflecting @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's international members. It's also great to see the # of followers on different platforms indicating regular listeners. Go to smb.org/podcast to subscribe if you haven't!

A world map with countries showing where listeners are includes more than 37 countries including: United States, United Kingdom, India, Türkiye, Germany, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, Denmark, Hungary, France, Romania, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Austria, Israel, Norway, Argentina, Chile, Poland, Morocco, South Korea, Indonesia, Peru, Finland, Algeria, Hong Kong SAR China, Egypt.

The countries in the darkest shades of blue indicating the highest number of listeners are in: US, UK then India.

Graphs showing listener engagement on apple and spotify. Followers: 93 and 219 respectively, time listened (hours) 882 and 162 respectively and number of plays: 1200 and 1225 respectively.

Two graphs showing information about the listeners. The first is a donut chart showing that female listeners make up 50% of the audience, male listeners 45%, 4.5% unknown and 0.7% non-binary.
A bar graph of listener age groups shows:
0-17 year olds: 1%, 18-22 year olds: 9%, 23-37 year olds: 23%, 28-34 year olds: 45%, 35-44 year olds: 17%, 45-59 year olds: 6%, 60+: 1%.

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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · Aug 11

This year we wrapped up S2 of Biology in Numbers for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social. I've loved hearing scientists talk passionately about #MathBio. Digging into the data to learn about the podcast’s reach, it seems so do many others.
So here is the podcast by the numbers, starting with an intro. 1/2

A presentation slide entitled "About the show". The text reads: Biology in Numbers is in part the brainchild of then SMB president Sandy Anderson, realized by Heiko Enderling (also as SMB president), and hosted by Parmvir Bahia. Created for math biologists to connect with each other, the wider scientific community and non-expert audiences.

Under the text is a picture of Parmvir and Heiko sitting at microphones in an office. To the right is a graphic of some headphones.

A slide with a montage of all podcast guests to-date. Under their headshots is a little graphic of a microphone and text reading:
Our guests have included members and non-members. Scientists from every career stage, nationality and background.
We’ve discussed articles, committees, subgroups, mentorship, industry and roles within the society.

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · Aug 4

Meet the minds👩‍🔬in MACSYS shaping the future! @hilaryhunt.bsky.social is a Postdoc with MACSYS at QUT. Hilary's research integrates mathematical methods, systems biology, & experimental data to understand the mechanisms underlying cellular regulation and behaviour. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-hil...

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · Jul 26

📢We're Hiring: Project Lead – RNA & Computational Biology Innovation Initiatives
We're seeking a Project Lead to coordinate & deliver high-impact initiatives across MACSYS, the Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation & the Centre for Computational Biomedical Sciences
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/project...

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Mat Simpson @mjsimpson.bsky.social · Jul 24

Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows

Decline in journal revenues puts scholarships, advocacy, and other activities at risk

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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · Jul 17

At lunch I found @danielcooney1.bsky.social, who's been diligently sharing all @smbmathbiology.bsky.social related posts. Unsurprisingly, during his episode, we discussed using social media to talk science, and his use of game theory in his work:
smb.org/news/13495634 🧪

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers

A picture of me with Daniel, making me look shorter than I already am.

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David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 17

Plenary this morning @smbmathbiology.bsky.social by Mary Myerscough (U of Sydney) modeling atherosclerotic plaques. Included a great slide showing why #mathmodeling. The process of formulating models is key (even if it not always leads to a publication).
#smb2025

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM...
Well done, team MACSYS!
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social

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Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social · Jul 6

I am advertising some HDR #scholarships (for Australian citizens and permanent residents or NZ citizens) and would be very pleased to have candidates from #mathematics or theoretical #physics. Please share www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Mathematics for Quantum Resilience

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · Jun 12

There’s nothing quite like coming together in person! Researchers from across the MACSYS nodes gathered at the Monash University for the first of two intensive workshop days. Through individual, small-group & whole-group discussions, we’re diving deep into the complex challenges we aim to tackle.

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by @mathbiopaul.bsky.social and Cameron Richards on Finding Reproduction Numbers for Epidemic Models and Predator-Prey Models of Arbitrary Finite Dimension Using the Generalized Linear Chain Trick.

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Finding Reproduction Numbers for Epidemic Models and Predator-Prey Models of Arbitrary Finite Dimension Using the Generalized Linear Chain Trick - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Reproduction numbers, like the basic reproduction number $${\mathcal {R}}_0$$ R 0 , play an important role in the analysis and application of dynamic models, including contagion models and ecological ...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Mohammad Amini and Ramin Vatankhah on The Effect of Disease Stage on Melanoma Treatment Efficacy: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and In vivo Clinical Data.

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The Effect of Disease Stage on Melanoma Treatment Efficacy: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and In vivo Clinical Data - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Melanoma progression can be effectively modeled through mathematical frameworks, making it a pivotal focus for enhancing our understanding of cancer dynamics and informing personalized treatment strat...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by David Murrugarra, Alan Veliz-Cuba, Elena Dimitrova, Claus Kadelka, Matthew Wheeler, and Reinhard Laubenbacher on Modular Control of Boolean Network Models.

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Modular Control of Boolean Network Models - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

The concept of control is crucial for effectively understanding and applying biological network models. Key structural features relate to control functions through gene regulation, signaling, or metab...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Ruby E. Nixson, Helen M. Byrne, Joe M. Pitt-Francis, and Philip K. Maini on Characterising the Behaviour of a Structured PDE Model of the Cell Cycle in Contrast to a Corresponding ODE System. @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social

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Characterising the Behaviour of a Structured PDE Model of the Cell Cycle in Contrast to a Corresponding ODE System - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Experimental results have shown that anti-cancer therapies, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, can modulate the cell cycle and generate cell cycle phase-dependent responses. As a result, obtaining...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Mareike Fischer and Janne Pott on Perfect Taxon Sampling and Fixing Taxon Traceability: Introducing a Class of Phylogenetically Decisive Collections of Taxon Sets.

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Perfect Taxon Sampling and Fixing Taxon Traceability: Introducing a Class of Phylogenetically Decisive Collections of Taxon Sets - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Phylogenetically decisive collections of taxon sets have the property that if trees are chosen for each of their elements, as long as these trees are compatible, the resulting supertree is unique. Thi...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here is a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Thamer Hmidhi, Radhouane Fekih-Salem, and Jérôme Harmand on an Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion Model With Two Serial Interconnected Chemostats.

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Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion Model With Two Serial Interconnected Chemostats - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

In this paper, we study a well-known two-step anaerobic digestion model in a configuration of two chemostats in series. The model is an eight-dimensional system of ordinary differential equations. Sin...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here is a new paper by C. Peterson, D. Gandhi, A. Carlson, A. Lubkemann, E. Richardson, J. Serralta, M.S. Allen, S. Roy, C.M. Kribs & H.V. Kojouharov on A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition.

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A SIMPL Model of Phage-Bacteria Interactions Accounting for Mutation and Competition - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistically pathogenic bacteria that causes fatal infections and outbreaks in hospital environments. Due to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains...

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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · Jun 20

Here's a new #BulletinMathBio paper by Yuqi Xiao, Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Alain Goriely, and Kathryn V. Isaac on A Mechanical Model for the Failure of Reconstructive Breast Implant Surgery Due to Capsular Contracture.

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A Mechanical Model for the Failure of Reconstructive Breast Implant Surgery Due to Capsular Contracture - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Capsular contracture is a pathological response to implant-based reconstructive breast surgery, where the “capsule” (tissue surrounding an implant) painfully thickens, contracts and deforms. It is kno...

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MACSYS @macsys.bsky.social · Jun 17

Exciting MACSYS news! Prof Trevor Lithgow has been appointed Centre Director, with Prof. Jennifer Flegg as Deputy Director. Their combined expertise in molecular biology & mathematical modelling is set to drive bold advances, transforming how we understand the cell through interdisciplinary science.

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