Complex Adaptive Systems Lab @ECU_Biology | We Study the Multiscale Biology of Searching and Finding | https://xitter.cf/t.co/xrmzvYlgQc
In the Lab; Greenville, NC
Joined May 2012
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Some recent collab work exploring how phase transitions in movement persistence can lead to a statistical gain in sperm search efficiency🔥 #ReproRocks #ComplexSystems #ActiveMatter
mdpi.com/1099-4300/27/5/539
Now out in @PLOSCompBiol 🎉 We used multiagent models to explore how search for an egg emerges as a statistical property of sperm variation and used Bayes theorem to quantify selection. A single sperm wanders.. Many sperm compute🔥 #ReproRocks #Complexity
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How does aging reshape a tissue that must continually rebuild itself hundreds of times?
Using spatial transcriptomics, we find that ovarian aging disrupts the coordination of cells across space and time before reproductive cycles stop.
#OvarianAging
🗞️Our June issue is live!✨Read about the healthspan and lifespan effects of time-restricted feeding in mice, insights from mathematical models of aging, how R-loops drive the SASP, & much more nature.com/nataging/volumes/…
In general, the limit of a sequence of mechanisms need not be a mechanism. - Robert Rosen, Life Itself
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My computer is writing and testing fully functional, modular, and intuitive software while I make breakfast for my kid.
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🚀 Early-Career Researchers!
The SSR Emerging Investigator Grant is open! Get seed funding for preliminary data in reproduction & fertility. 🧬
🌍 Global applicants welcome
📅 Deadline: May 29, 2026
🔗 Apply: ssr.org/funding-and-grant-op…
Follow all guidelines to qualify!
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If people want the deeper background behind my critique of pancomputationalism, here are 10 books that shaped my thinking. None is "the answer" by itself, but each helped me break the spell of the machine metaphor in biology. Many of them are available online, DM if not!/1 😉
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New publication from our group. We examine the primary functional consequences of mtDNA mutations across major organ systems. Spoiler: the cumulative mutational burden broadly phenocopies a complex I deficiency. cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…
Really enjoyed this conversation🎙️ about the metabolism and the bidirectional communication between mother and embryo during early pregnancy in 🐄 #ReproRocks
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Let me announce the other preprint uploaded last week:
“Flow-driven lumen remodeling and valve opening in the vas deferens” biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
This work tackles a fundamental question: how does a reproductive duct dynamically control its lumen shape during sperm transport?
How should we think about and model the control of cellular processes? Had a wonderful conversation about this with renowned systems biologist Jim Ferrell of @Stanford on @SSRepro Future Conceived Podcast🎙️ #ReproRocks buzzsprout.com/1786803/episo…
Want to hear a world class developmental biologist's take on the role of transcriptional programs in embryo development? Check this recent episode of @SSRepro Future Conceived Podcast🎙️ #ReproRocks buzzsprout.com/1786803/episo…
New @SSRepro Future Conceived podcast episode🎙️ Had a great chat with Kosta Simintiras of LSU Ag about maternal embryo communication and the complex metabolism of uterine fluids🐄 Check it out wherever you get your podcasts or👇 #ReproRocks buzzsprout.com/1786803/episo…
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How do vaginal bacteria impact sperm function? 🔬🧫
Don't miss Session #4 of the Trainee Journal Club! Speaker Sarah Dohadwala (@BU_Tweets) breaks down the remodeling of the sperm glycocalyx.
Moderated by Leah Simon, PhD (@CUAnschutz).
Register today: f.mtr.cool/ifzpeebyyd
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The SSR Trainee Journal Club continues! 🧬✨
We’re hosting Bo Pan (NIH) to discuss his work: "Meiosis-specific distal cohesion site decoupled from the kinetochore."
🗓️ March 31, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM ET
Moderated by Bhawna Kushawaha
Register today: f.mtr.cool/jphgwwcjpf
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📣 Apply for the Emerging Investigator Grant! These grants will support early-stage investigators by providing seed funding to generate valuable preliminary data. We welcome proposals from all countries and on all reproduction-related areas. Find out more tinyurl.com/3fctpj7d
