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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · Sep 3

Open faculty positions in Physics at OIST

OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 #FacultyHiring: OIST is hiring! We invite exceptional scientists to apply for faculty positions in:
- Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography
- Physics and Quantum Science (including related fields)
🔗: www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · Sep 1

Physics is a point of view: inspiring Nobel lecture by John Hopfield.

Nobel Lecture: Physics is a point of view

The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. This paper is the text of the address given in conjunction with the award.

journals.aps.org

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · Jul 15

I might be biased, but squids are great.

The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · Jul 15

The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team has found through a new method using technology.

Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids

The team of researchers discovered a large number of squid fossils from rocks of the late Cretaceous period using a technique called digital fossil-mining.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · Jul 8

Physics Magazine writes about our research on hyperdisordered patterns. Thanks @sachinxr.bsky.social for the article and @davidbrueckner.bsky.social for the quotes!

The Secret Disorder of Squids

A structural phenomenon traditionally confined to inanimate systems has now been observed in biology.

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Shashi Thutupalli @stpalli.bsky.social · Jun 21

We have a new paper out on an issue that has been discussed for more than a century -- how can fundamental biophysical constraints on nutrient transport be overcome to solve one of the most significant challenges associated with the evolution of multicellularity?

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematics and Physics @esivienna.bsky.social · Jun 12

Our current Workshop: Extremal Statistics in Biology, organized by Prof. Ariel Amir, @chhdellago.bsky.social & Prof. Ethan Levien, has been great so far—engaging talks and a wonderful group!

📸 Cute group picture on the Strudlhofstiege

🎥 Missed a talk?
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · Jun 3

Read the full research article in Physical Review X: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...

Hyperdisordered Cell Packing on a Growing Surface

In rapidly growing oval squid, skin pigment cells form a ``hyperdisordered'' pattern where density fluctuations grow with scale, revealing a novel link between growth and patterning that may apply bro...

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thomassbusch.bsky.social @thomassbusch.bsky.social · Jun 2

The OIST Graduate School has opened a Special PhD Admissions Portal for students currently enrolled in, or accepted to, universities in the U.S. #PhDprogram www.oist.jp/admissions/s...

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · May 26

Our paper on hyperdisordered packing is out! Chromatophore arrangement on squid skin reveals an exotic form of disordered packing, caused by the interplay of cell insertion and surface growth journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · May 14

New faculty posters at OIST. I have a very distinguished nearest neighbor.

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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · May 11

I am looking forward to giving a talk at @oistedu.bsky.social this coming week, Thu May 15.

Experimentally dealing with the impacts of an increasing number of factors: global change and soil as a case study

(also delivered via zoom)

groups.oist.jp/tsvp/event/t...

OIST TSVP talk poster for May 15, 15:00-16:00, in presence and via zoom.

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · May 1

In classic epidemiology, the Euler-Lotka equation links the basic reproduction number R0 with the exponential rate of epidemic spreading. We have now extended this theory to epidemic spreading on complex networks: journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Exponential rate of epidemic spreading on complex networks

The initial phase of an epidemic is often characterized by an exponential increase in the number of infected individuals. In this paper, we predict the exponential spreading rate of an epidemic on a c...

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Chikae Tatsumi @chikaetatsumi.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our unit at OIST is hiring two postdocs, one lab manager/technician, and one field technician! If you're passionate about exploring microbial and ecosystem ecology at the international institute on Japan's beautiful island, please apply by April 20! 🍄🦠🌳🌞
www.oist.jp/research/res...

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Simone Pigolotti @simonepigolotti.bsky.social · Mar 16

Our lab is looking for a talented experimentalist, ideally with a background in biophysics, to study the dynamics of genome replication using sequencing: www.oist.jp/careers/expe...

Experimental Postdoc/Lab Technician Positions Biological Complexity Unit

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST; see www.oist.jp) is a dynamic new graduate university of science and technology in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The university ...

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Greg Stephens @gjstephens.bsky.social · Mar 6

This will be fun and interesting!

ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru will offer a program on Unifying Theories in High-Dimensional Biophysics, 21 July - 01 Aug. Graduate students, postdocs and faculty are welcome, as are talented undergraduates. Apply here: register1.icts.res.in/uhdb. Deadline: 30 April

Unifying Theories in High-Dimensional Biophysics | ICTS

www.icts.res.in

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Dec 30

One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Structural stability and thermodynamics of artistic composition.” In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/Me2U50SkLRZ.

The structural stability metric ΔSM for different upper and lowercase English letters. The font used is Cambria Math.

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · Dec 19

Actually, you could say that this Nobel Prize went to the Ising model.

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Dec 16

"Polls have shown that principal investigator biologists now spend up to 40 percent of their time—it’s a shocking number, 40 percent of their time—writing grants."

www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harv...