Assistant Professor @USC_Physics | active cytoskeletal materials, physical bioenergetics
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2009
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be starting my group at USC @USC_Physics in January 2023! My group will be located in the @USCBridge and will focus on active cytoskeletal materials in both purified and living systems. Info on open positions coming soon…
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Our paper on estimating the expected number of African and European genealogical ancestors for a typical African American (born btwn 1960-1965) is out in this month's issue of GENETICS. Stay tuned for a thread and a series of excellent write-ups from GENETICS, USC, and Stanford.
The July GENETICS cover image of a double-helix drill bit forged in 1820 by enslaved blacksmith Solomon Williams accompanies a study from J.A. Mooney et al. on the genetic and genealogical history of African Americans from the 17th century to the 1960s. academic.oup.com/genetics/ar…
ALT The July GENETICS cover image of a double-helix drill bit forged in 1820 by enslaved blacksmith Solomon Williams accompanies a study from J.A. Mooney et al. on the genetic and genealogical history of African Americans from the 17th century to the 1960s. The artifact is on loan from the National Park Service, Cane River Creole National Historical Park; photo courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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On Tuesday, June 13 at 4 PM EST, join us for a discussion on enhancing the teaching of biological physics, keeping students passionate about science, with Joshua Shaevitz, Jane Kondev, and Raghu Parthasarathy. Register at engage.aps.org/dbio/resource….
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A new study involving snowflakes of yeast reveals one clue to how single cells could start building themselves into a body nyti.ms/3Ipb71J
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“Sometimes the wind moves the flag, and sometimes the flag moves the wind,” is how #NASmember Michael Shelley concludes his discussion of applied mathematical models to motion and self-organization in cells. #NAS160
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It’s almost here!! The 1st Convergent Symposium is here and open to all on May 1, 2023! Come and celebrate all your hard work this year as well as see what others have been working hard on! We hope to see you there!
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Registration link: usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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Interested in obtaining a PhD? USC Physics is proud to announce fee-free PhD applications. Come join our award-winning faculty and students in downtown Los Angeles. Apply today!
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We have 2 openings- one in soft materials (@BrandeisMRSEC) & the other in physical chemistry, both will be appointed at the Department of Chemistry @brandeischem Please RT & apply!
Tenure track asst professor opening in @brandeischem for an experimental physical chemist.
At Brandeis, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential components of academic excellence.
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Bacterial collective harvests carbon
@NatureRevMicro In Brief on @jaschwartzman's @CurrentBiology paper from @oxcordero lab
nature.com/articles/s41579-0…
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Please join us for the next SLAAM seminar on Monday, July 18 (9 am PT/12 noon ET). This seminar will be given by Dr. Peter Foster (Brandeis University).
Title: "Active mechanics of sea star oocytes".
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ALT Please join us for the next SLAAM seminar on Monday, July 18 (9 am PT/12 noon ET). This seminar will be given by Dr. Peter Foster (Brandeis University). Title: "Active mechanics of sea star oocytes". @pjfoster @USC_Physics
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Super excited to share our work on living chiral crystal: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…. We show (1) sea star embryos self-assemble into 2D crystal and (2) due to chiral embryo rotation, the crystal exhibits odd elastic dynamics!
Excited to share our recent work on the emergent mechanics of actomyosin in sea star oocytes! This was a truly excellent collaboration with @SFuerthauer and @FakhriLab with some really surprising results. Check it out!
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When bacteria come together to share resources and cooperate, unexpected multicellular life-cycles emerge. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… – beautiful work led by the most brilliant @jaschwartzman , @AliEbrahimi_MIT, in collaboration with @OrphanANME.
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The microbiome: What can we learn from honey bees? elifesciences.org/articles/7…
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Very excited to share a new preprint from my group on discovery of living chiral crystals (LCC).
arxiv.org/abs/2105.07507 – at Boston, MA
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Looking forward to present new work #apsmarch (Wed, meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR…) How starfish embryos form living chiral crystals? @FakhriLab @pjfoster
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Due to rapidly escalating health concerns relating to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the 2020 APS March Meeting in Denver, CO, has been canceled. Please do not travel to Denver to attend the March Meeting. More information will follow shortly. #apsmarch