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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 16d

Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 20d

A fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD position with @delladavid-lab.bsky.social (and me!!) - if you are interested in #Proteostasis and #Aging, please check it out!!!

delladavid-lab.bsky.social @delladavid-lab.bsky.social · 20d

🔬We have a fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD postion to study #Proteostasis and #Aging in colloboration with @jrkumita.bsky.social @Pharmacology. Details on the project ▶️https://tinyurl.com/2zhkjjhs + bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/how-apply . Please RT.

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · Aug 25

Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th September, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). Dr. Tatyana Shelkovnikova and Dr. Stefano Bo will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Aug 21

✨ How do bird flocks form or diseases emerge?

Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒

💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Come join us at Imperial College!

Assistant/Associate Professor in Life Sciences
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · Aug 8

Delighted to share a bioRxiv preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
where we discuss how to optimise dual-pulse labelling experiments, crucial to the study of cell cycle dynamics!

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EMBL @embl.org · Aug 7

Take a look at this dual role as Team Leader, where you will lead the Genomics Core Facility service group, and have an independent research team, developing and applying cutting edge genomics methods.

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · Jul 9

Delighted to share a new preprint in which Matt Wong and I found a new universality class (UC) that supersedes the Wilson-Fisher UC in describing the critical behaviour of an active Ising model!

arxiv.org/abs/2507.06068

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · Jul 1

Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · Jun 23

Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

UK Condensates - Monthly Network Seminar Series

Monthly network seminar series

www.ukcondensates.co.uk

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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · Jun 16

Welcome to the Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment (#biomol-c25) Conference at #KITP

Learn more at: buff.ly/HHQAdGh

If you are unable to attend in person or want to revisit any talks, recorded sessions are available to watch at: buff.ly/ufXjSxG 🧪

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Biological Physics Group UK @biophysicsuk.bsky.social · Jun 11

Delighted to share the May 2025 Newletters of the IOP Biological Physics Group below:

sites.google.com/view/biologi...

Biological Physics Group UK - Newsletters

Current newsletter

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · Jun 5

Delighted to share my preprint below with Leiming Chen and John Toner, in which we connect chiral active fluids, time crystals, and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang model together!

arxiv.org/abs/2506.03488

Only the Ambidextrous Can Flock: Two-dimensional Chiral Malthusian Flocks, Time crystals, and the KPZ Equation

We study two-dimensional chiral dry Malthusian flocks; that is, chiral polar-ordered active matter with neither number nor momentum conservation. In the absence of fluctuations, these form a "time cry...

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · May 29

Here is our response to the comment arXiv:2504.13683 posted by Chaté and Solon in reference to our preprint arXiv:2503.17064:

arxiv.org/abs/2505.21602

Response to the comment on The inconvenient truth about flocks by Chaté and Solon

This is our response to the comment arXiv:2504.13683 posted by Chaté and Solon in reference to our preprint arXiv:2503.17064

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · May 27

Come join us for a new on-line seminar series (First seminar 6th June, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

UK Condensates - Monthly Network Seminar Series

Monthly network seminar series

www.ukcondensates.co.uk

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · May 14

Delighted to announce the meeting "Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges", 6-10 Oct 2025, to be held @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner's 70th birthday. Co-organisers: Leiming Chen & Frank Jülicher. Please join us then!

www.pks.mpg.de/haam25

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · May 2

Bioengineering at Imperial College is recruiting a senior academic: Reader/Professor in Bioengineering! Please consider joining my fantastic department.

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Lemke Lab @lemkelab.bsky.social · Apr 28

We are looking forward to the first International Symposium of the @sfb1551.bsky.social! It's sure to be an exciting event on a unique topic, check out the website for more information! 📣

SFB 1551 - Collaborative Research Centre 1551 @sfb1551.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 We are thrilled to announce our International Symposium on Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function, happening from 4-6 March 2026!

📍It will take place in Mainz, Germany, at the @mpip-mainz.mpg.de on the
@unimainz.bsky.social campus.

🌐 Find more information here: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...

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Jerelle Joseph @jerelleaj.bsky.social · Mar 12

This summer in beautiful Santa Barbara we will run a 3-day conference on “Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment” June 16 to 18th. Register now: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...

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Chiu Fan Lee @leebiophysics.bsky.social · Mar 24

Delighted to see this preprint on the arXiv, in which we (playing a small role on my part) showed why several published claims of exact exponents for Malthusian and immortal flocks are all incorrect.

arxiv.org/abs/2503.17064

The inconvenient truth about flocks

We reanalyze the hydrodynamic theory of "flock" that is, polar ordered "dry" active fluids in two dimensions. For "Malthusian" flocks, in which birth and death cause the density to relax quickly, ther...

arxiv.org

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Biological Physics Group UK @biophysicsuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Biological Physics Group UK is now on Bluesky! We are delighted to announce the winners of our various prizes for 2025 in our first few posts.

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Biological Physics Group UK @biophysicsuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Biological Physics Thesis Prize - Recognizing outstanding postgraduate work by a UK student who has completed their thesis in the last two years.

The winner for 2025 is Dr Laura Wiggins, University of Sheffield.

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Biological Physics Group UK @biophysicsuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Biological Physics Communications Prize 2025 - Awarding the best contribution to communicating biological physics to the wider public.

The winner for 2025 is Prof Paul Beales, University of Leeds.

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Biological Physics Group UK @biophysicsuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Tom McLeish Prize - Honouring outstanding contributions to raising the public profile and vitality of Biological Physics.

The winner for 2025 is Prof Lorna Dougan, University of Leeds.

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