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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · 8d

Two years today! Very grateful 🙏 @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social @math-mpicbg.bsky.social

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Oxford Mathematics @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social · 12d

Come fly with us, let's fly, let's fly away.

Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74169

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Owen Maresh @graveolens.bsky.social · 24d

arxiv.org/abs/2509.09886
/The 3D index and Dehn filling/
Daniele Celoria, Craig D. Hodgson, J. Hyam Rubinstein

The 3D index and Dehn filling

We provide a rigorous proof of the Gang-Yonekura formula describing the transformation of the 3D index under Dehn filling a cusp in an orientable 3-manifold. The 3D index, originally introduced by Dim...

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · Sep 3

Cool paper out by mathematicians studying population dynamics with algebraic geometry @georgysch.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social @math-mpicbg.bsky.social

Georgy Scholten @georgysch.bsky.social · Sep 3

New preprint: We study Lotka-Volterra ecological dynamics through computational algebraic geometry. By encoding feasibility & stability on the real Grassmannian, we prove certain ecological networks are mathematically impossible 🧮🌿 arxiv.org/abs/2509.00165

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · Aug 28

Enjoying learning about membrane transport, structural biology and lipids from our Thursday seminar speaker Rich Hite @hitelabmskcc.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

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Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Silviana Amethyst from our ASB group is teaching the Computational Algebraic Geometry course at the Gene Golub #SIAM summer school in Montréal (August 4-15th: www.siam.org/programs-ini...). Topics: foundations of, software of, & advances & open problems in computational algebraic geometry 😊. Enjoy!

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Georgy Scholten @georgysch.bsky.social · Jul 25

New pre-print: Probabilistic algorithm for computing all local minimizers of Morse functions on a compact domain - Archive ouverte HAL

📄 Preprint: hal.science/hal-05160251v1

💻 Julia: github.com/gescholt/Glo...

#Optimization #JuliaLang #ScientificComputing #ComputerAlgebra

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · Jul 1

We’re looking for a mathematical research and collaboration manager to join our new initiative of mathematics in a biology institute in Dresden, Germany! @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @math-mpicbg.bsky.social

Please share widely: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5734151...

Mathematical Research & Collaborations Manager (m/f/d) – Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik

We are looking for: Mathematical Research & Collaborations Manager (m/f/d), Full Time, Dresden

careers.mpi-cbg.de

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · Jun 26

We are searching for an AI researcher in lab automation, statistical ML and (theoretical) physics AI for bio/med. Expression of interest and nominations welcome!!!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Jun 26

Novel Research in Biological Artificial Intelligence: Expressions of interest and nominations for a Max Planck Director to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social. More information: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Novel Research in Biological Artificial Intelligence

Expressions of interest and nominations for a Max Planck Director to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence.

www.mpi-cbg.de

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Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks to @aidadoesmath.bsky.social and Max Wiesmann for organising this Dresden-Leipzig meetup! And for the MTO at @mpi-cbg.de for this beautiful picture of all the attendees.

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Haochen Yang @benjaminojr.bsky.social · Jun 4

New interdisciplinary math+bio paper! Mouse liver assembloids model periportal architecture and biliary fibrosis. In vitro assembloids modelling the mouse liver periportal region were built to study processes causing scarring (cholestatic injury/biliary fibrosis) and the shape change this causes.

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Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · Jun 4

Awesome new paper in @nature.com from PhD student Benjamin Yang @benjaminojr.bsky.social from the Algebraic Systems Biology Group!

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · May 29

The group of Meritxell Huch @merihuchlab.bsky.social together with the Heather Harrington group @math-mpicbg.bsky.social & @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social develop next-generation organoid model that reconstructs liver architecture to better understand liver disease. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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David Beers @davidbeersmath.bsky.social · May 27

I posted about this paper this a while ago on another website, but figured I'd post it here now that I have a few followers. (Joint with @haharrington.bsky.social, Jacob Leygonie, @uzulim.bsky.social, and Louis Theran).

arxiv.org/abs/2411.08201

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Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · May 23

New paper on arXiv! 'Topology across scales on heterogeneous cell data', From Maria Torras Perez, @torrasperez.bsky.social, Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social, et al: arxiv.org/abs/2505.02717

Topology across Scales on Heterogeneous Cell Data

Multiplexed imaging allows multiple cell types to be simultaneously visualised in a single tissue sample, generating unprecedented amounts of spatially-resolved, biological data. In topological data a...

arxiv.org

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TU Dresden @tudresden.bsky.social · May 22

Outstanding success: 🎉 #TUDresden shines with 5 Clusters of Excellence. @dfg.de & @wissenschaftsrat.de announced that decision today. TUD has impressively proven its claim to be a top university for the 21st century.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...

Picture of the PIs of TUD's Clusters of Excellence and Cluster of Excellence Initiatives beeing happy.

Picture of TUD's Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger during the announcement of the funding decision of the DFG.

Picture of cheering guests in the ballroom of the Rectorate Building.

Picture of TUD's Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger and cheering guests in the ballroom of the Rectorate Building.

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · May 21

Great to meet so many new members of the maths for AI hub. @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social Looking forward to the next conference in June!!!

Erlangen AI Hub @erlangenai.bsky.social · May 21

It’s been a busy first year for the Erlangen AI Hub building our team of talented postdocs! At our Year 2 Kick Off at Oxford Mathematics this week, it was great to bring the hub team together, exchange knowledge and ideas, and share some of the group’s research at the intersection of #maths and #AI

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · May 13

Erlangen AI Hub, unlike the name suggests, is located in England. Join us for a cool conference at the intersection of math and ML.

Erlangen AI Hub @erlangenai.bsky.social · May 13

⏳ Only 10 days to go before registrations close for the Erlangen AI Hub conference on 9-11 June at Queen Mary University of London. Don't miss out! Find out more and register now: erlangenhub.ox.ac.uk/conference-2...

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · May 11

Cheers @viditnanda.bsky.social for the discussions early on about your work!!! It was an inspiration

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · May 11

First math data project for Vincenzo @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

Vincenzo Galgano @vincgalg.bsky.social · May 11

Very excited that my paper "Discrete signature tensors for persistence landscapes" with @haharrington.bsky.social and Daniel Tolosa is now on arXiv! We use discrete signature tensors to vectorise barcodes, and we showcase such approach on a knotted protein dataset.

arxiv.org/abs/2505.02800

Discrete signature tensors for persistence landscapes

Signature tensors of paths are a versatile tool for data analysis and machine learning. Recently, they have been applied to persistent homology, by embedding barcodes into spaces of paths. Among the d...

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · May 9

Very excited that our Oxford members and postdocs on the collaboration grant @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social joined our research retreat!

Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · May 9

Highlights to come from Brunów, Poland, but here we all are! All current and upcoming members. A wonderful couple of days getting to know more about each others’ work. All three groups together: @haharrington.bsky.social, Türkü Özlüm Çelik, and @aidadoesmath.bsky.social 🩵🩵🩵

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · May 8

First Maths retreat @mpi-cbg.de @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social of course we brought a chalk board! ❤️ The title of applied projects is “Wonderland” in rainbow colors. And mandatory afternoon walk /discussion around math talks :)

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Heather Harrington @haharrington.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks. There’s a number of initiatives also in Germany, especially institutes here. A few weeks ago the Max Planck @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de announced a transatlantic partnership, new postdoc program and other avenues for scientists. Quality of life & core research funding is incredible here.

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Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · May 2

Fulvio Gesmundo @fulges.bsky.social from the Université de Toulouse visited Vincenzo @vincgalg.bsky.social this week to work on tensor geometry. Fulvio works on tensor decomposition, ie rewriting tensors to make them usable for computations. Happy to have you with us Fulvio!

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