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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · 12d

Should have included the link describing Alma’s groundbreaking work on the cell cycle

www.mcgill.ca/biology/semi...

The Alma Howard Lecture in Molecular Biology

The next Alma Howard Lecture: Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:00am McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 504 Alma Howard was a radiobiologist who made fundamental contributions to cell biology....

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations (and thank you) to Prof. Nicole King (@berkeleymcb.bsky.social) for her fascinating Alma Howard Lecture @biomcgill.bsky.social 🎉🤩👩‍🔬
She shared new data on the secret (sex) lives of choanoflagellates and their implications for the evolution of mating and multicellularity in animals 🦠

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jul 15

Back in Montreal, wistfully going back through photos from #kitp 🥹

I'm sure the Tower Room is spectacular in every season, but I'm struck by how different it looks in July 🤩 compared to the "June gloom"...

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Already looking forward to my next visit! 🌊🌴

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jul 11

So grateful to my co-coordinators, @zwickergroup.bsky.social, @jerelleaj.bsky.social, and Frank Jülicher, to all of the participants for sharing their knowledge and contributing to such open and stimulating discussions, and to everyone @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for making our stay so comfortable. 🙏🙏🙏

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jul 11

And that concludes our #kitp program on biomolecular condensates 😢 Wow, what an *incredible* experience, and unique place to learn and think and grow! 🤓

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 28

Took us until the end of Week 5 to take a group picture 🤦‍♀️, so we're missing a number of key participants. But what a wonderful group of thoughtful and creative people to talk science with! Thanks for joining us at #KITP! 🤓

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Embracing the true spirit of #KITP, @schmitbiophysics.bsky.social interrupts his powerpoint presentation with a derivation at the blackboard during his research talk ❤️🤓👨‍🏫

Check out the full talk here: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/biomo...

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great opportunity!

Sam Wilken @samwilken.bsky.social · Jun 20

Fully funded postdoc & PhD positions available in experimental DNA biomaterials & soft matter physics! @unimainz.bsky.social‬
More info & apply here (by July 11th) ⬇️
www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12840165
#Postdoc #PhD #Biophysics #SoftMatter #Biomaterials #JobOpportunity

Fully-funded Postdoc or PhD student positions - experimental DNA biomaterials/soft matter physics - Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz (DE) job with Wilken Lab, Johannes Gutenberg University | 12840165

Two fully-funded postdoctoral or PhD student positions in experimental mesoscale bioinspired materials, DNA nanoscience, and/or soft matter physics...

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks to all the speakers, poster presenters, session chairs, and #KITP staff for making this conference a rousing success 🙌

Check out the links below to see the talks!

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment (#biomol-c25) conference has concluded today, but the associated program continues next week! Learn more at buff.ly/Us4nwg3

Watch all conference talks at buff.ly/pksEEXt or on our YouTube channel buff.ly/c3Vzp02 🧪

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Lively poster session after a day full of talks (😅) by @drummondlab.bsky.social, Allie Obermeyer, @albertilab-tud.bsky.social, Sam Safran, and @tanjamittag.bsky.social at the #KITP biomol25 conference on biomolecular condensates. Great conversations between theorists and experimentalists!

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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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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Great to welcome more people to this incredible place. Exciting opportunities to bridge theory and experiments! 🤓

Jerelle Joseph @jerelleaj.bsky.social · Jun 16

“Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment”

The conference associated with our #KITP program on condensates runs for the next three days. Looking forward to meeting everyone and the discussions!

www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 13

@jerelleaj.bsky.social, master painter 👩🏽‍🎨 of the blackboard 👩🏽‍🏫, in action! 🤩 She is amazing at capturing the essence of our complex, meandering (and sometimes contentious) discussions @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Check out the video of Shura's Blackboard talk 💧👨‍🏫

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · Jun 3

Watch the latest Blackboard Lunch talk on "Liquid-liquid phase separations and condensates in and out of equilibrium" by Shura Grosberg (‪#NYU), from the ongoing #KITP Program: Physical Principles Shaping Biomolecular Condensates #biomol25 buff.ly/Qmu5521 🧪

Liquid-liquid phase separations and condensates in and out of equilibrium | Shura Grosberg (NYU)

The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cr...

youtu.be

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 3

I have discovered the Tower Room @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social ... and I may never leave 😍🌊🌴

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · Jun 2

Shura Grosberg (NYU) gives a fantastic blackboard talk @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social on liquid-liquid phase separation in and out of equilibrium 👨‍🏫

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · May 30

Congratulations, Ethan, Ian, Daniel, and Caroline! 🎓🎉👏

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · May 29

David @zwickergroup.bsky.social gives the first tutorial of the biomol25 program @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social, reminding us that phase equilibria and chemical equilibria are coupled by thermodynamics

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations to postdoc Omid Gholamalamdari for presenting his work on nucleolar 💧 subcompartmentalization in C. elegans 🪱 at @csmb-scbm.bsky.social 👏

Thanks to the organizers for giving him this opportunity!

csmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · May 29

For the third talk in this session @csmb-scbm.bsky.social, we're hearing more about intrinsically disordered regions in the nucleolus from Omid Gholamalamdar, a postdoc in the Weber lab @weber-lab.bsky.social

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · May 27

Made it to Santa Barbara 😎

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · May 21

You can follow along here:
online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/biomo...

KITP Program: Physical Principles Shaping Biomolecular Condensates

Speakers: Please contact us about file upload for your slides.

online.kitp.ucsb.edu

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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · May 21

It's finally here! After almost 3 years of planning, I'm thrilled to discover the literal and figurative blue skies @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social

@jerelleaj.bsky.social, @zwickergroup.bsky.social, Frank Jülicher and I will kick off our program on biomolecular condensates next week!

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