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Daniel Cooney

@danielcooney1.bsky.social
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Applied mathematician at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Interested in evolutionary game theory, differential equations, and modeling biological and social systems.

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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 23h
I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508
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Indiana University Academic Positions
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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026
My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!
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Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a few minutes, Dr. Olivia Clifton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) will be giving a talk on Pattern Formation Through Nonlocal Competition and Facilitation. Please see below for information to join the seminar.
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Pawel Romanczuk 🇺🇦 @promanczuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awesome work by @chirkovv.bsky.social in collaboration with @ralfkurvers.bsky.social and @dominikdeffner.bsky.social . Check it out!
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In a few minutes, Professor Zhisheng Shuai from @ucf.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled "Quantifying Population Heterogeneity Using Generalized Inverses: Implications for Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology". Please see the post below for more information on joining the seminar.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This is fascinating! In 1977, Carl Woese overturned one of the major dogmas of biology. Because of his work, it is now widely agreed that there are three primary divisions of living systems – the Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea. 🧪
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Carl Woese | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Right now, Dr. Pei Liu from the Penn is speaking in the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar, giving a talk titled "From Liquid Crystals to Knots: Mathematical Modeling of Bacteriophage DNA". Please see the post below for information on joining the seminar.
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today is the final day of the Durham Symposium on Mathematical Approaches to Spatial Biology. This has been a great meeting with support from @icms-edinburgh.bsky.social, @durham.ac.uk, L'Oréal-UNESCO, and @esmtbio.bsky.social.
Photo of co-organizers Andrew Krause and Denis Patterson introducing rhe final day of the workshop.
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by Yaroslav Ispolatov, Burton Simon, and Michael Doebeli on the Evolution of Cooperation in Spatially Structured Group-Selection Models of the Continuous Prisoner’s Dilemma. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Evolution of Cooperation in Spatially Structured Group-Selection Models of the Continuous Prisoner’s Dilemma - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
We consider continuous Prisoner’s Dilemma games played in a spatial setting by group-structured populations. The evolutionary dynamics is driven by within-group individual-level birth and death events...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Biology in Numbers – Episode 4.1 SMB 2026 ...where everyone got together to talk MathBio in Graz, Austria. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/byXRXui Listen on Apple: buff.ly/rXSyZiL
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As part of the @durham.ac.uk and @icms-edinburgh.bsky.social symposium, Philip Maini (@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social) will give a Pascal Lecture on "Using mathematics in biology, ecology, and medicine". This event is open to the public, and will be held at 6pm BST in Elvet Riverside ER201. 🧪
Poster advertising the Pascal Lecture, which contains the following text

"Pascal Lecture
Durham & ICMS Symposium

Using mathematics in biology, ecology and medicine

Philip Maini FRS

A public lecture for a general audience -- everyone welcome

Date: Wed 9 September 2026
Time: 6:00-7:00pm
Venue: Elvet Riverside ER201"

There is also a picture of Philip Maini over a background of an image with a Turing pattern and text mentioning Philip Maini's affiliation of "University of Oxford, Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology"
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This talk is starting right now. Please see the link below for information about joining the talk. sites.google.com/view/midwest...
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Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The next talk for the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be today at 11am Eastern time / 10am Central time. Our speaker is Dr. Yuta Hozumi from Georgia Tech, who will speak about Topological Insight into Viral Evolution. Please see the quoted post for information on joining the seminar. 🧪
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This week, @durham.ac.uk is hosting the Durham Symposium on Mathematical Approaches to Spatial Biology, organized by Giulia Celora, Valeria Giunta, @blindmath.bsky.social, and Denis Patterson. sites.google.com/view/durham-...
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Organisers: Giulia Celora (Oxford), Valeria Giunta (Swansea), Andrew Krause (Durham), and Denis Patterson (Durham). Join us for a four-day symposium on the theory and application of mathematical model...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by @yuxuanzhao.bsky.social, Kaisheng Zhu, Yefei Zhang, and @danielcooney1.bsky.social on Pattern Formation in a Spatial Public Goods Dilemma due to Diffusive or Directed Motion. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Pattern Formation in a Spatial Public Goods Dilemma due to Diffusive or Directed Motion - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
The costly provision of public goods serves as a model problem for the evolution of cooperative behavior, presenting a social dilemma between the collective benefits of shared resources and the indivi...
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Related to the talk, Calina Copos, Andreas Buttenschoen, and Dietmar Oelz are editing an upcoming special collection in the Journal of Mathematical Biology on Mathematical Modeling of Cell Motility Across Scales. The submission deadline is December 31, 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...
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Mathematical Modeling of Cell Motility Across Scales
Cell movement is fundamental to numerous biological processes, including embryonic development, wound healing, immune response, and cancer metastasis. The ...
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The first talk for the Fall 2026 Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar is starting about a half hour. Our speaker is Professor Calina Copos from Northeastern University, who will be giving a talk on titled "Emergence of biased behavior in small cell clusters".
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am happy to share that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar is returning for the Fall 2026 semester. All talks are scheduled for 11am Eastern Time / 10am Central time on Tuesdays. sites.google.com/view/midwest...
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Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪
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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · 26/08/2026
What a tremendous video. You could argue it's a great introduction to #MathBio as a whole. Thank you so much for sharing Dan! #AlanTuring #Morphogenesis
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David Basanta @cancerevo.org · 26/08/2026
In 3h! John Tyson revisits one of the foundational papers in #mathbio
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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · 25/08/2026
In the process of looking up this work to get some primers for this conversation, I found this super cute video on Alan Turing's work on morphogenesis. Something to enjoy even if folks know about this subject in depth 😀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya6R...
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Alan Turing: Morphogenesis And Evolution | MONSTER BOX
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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · 25/08/2026
Looking forward to this @cassyni.bsky.social talk "How the leopard got its spots: Revisiting Turing’s Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis" presented by Dr. John J. Tyson 📅 Wednesday 26th Aug 2026 ⏰ 17.00 PM (EDT) RSVP now: cassyni.com/events/WaXAp... @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
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How the leopard got its spots: Revisiting Turing’s Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis
In a 1952 paper, Alan Turing showed that biochemicals, reacting and diffusing in a field of cells, could—in principle—spontaneously organize themselves into a stable spatial pattern of high and low co...
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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I am really happy to share this new preprint with Olivia Clifton and Stephanie Dodson on Kernel-Dependent Pattern Formation in a Population Model with Nonlocal Facilitation and Competition. 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2608.23964
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Kernel-Dependent Pattern Formation in a Population Model with Nonlocal Facilitation and Competition
Spatial patterns, such as those in dryland vegetation models, have historically been studied in systems of reaction-diffusion systems with pattern onset via a Turing bifurcation from a spatially uni...
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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · 18/08/2026
The first @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #MathBioNexus event is live folks! Join us to hear from John Tyson on "How the leopard got its spots: Revisiting Turing’s Chemical Basis of #Morphogenesis" 🐆 cassyni.com/events/WaXAp.... Of interest to anyone in: systems bio, developmental bio, population bio.
Text reads: MathBioNexus, How the leopard got its spots: Revisiting Turing's Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis. On Aug 26th at 5PM EDT. Link to cassyni.com/s/mathbionexus. In the top right is the front page of the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology and underneath it a QR code.In the bottom left is a box containing a headshot of John Tyson and to his left are two images. The first is a series of 3D multicolored peaks generated by VisualPDE and to it's right the back of a bird with a series of raised dimples.
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which INSECT BIODIVERSITY LOSS is a key element (at the assistant professor level). illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Picture of a green tree-lined quad at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, with Foellinger Hall in the background. Skies are often this blue.
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
BMB Article Highlight Stochastic Reaction Networks Within Interacting Compartments with Content-Dependent Fragmentation By David F. Anderson, Aidan S. Howells & Diego Rojas La Luz. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/kodH5ya
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by @mjsimpson.bsky.social and @profruthbaker.bsky.social on Approaches for Assessing Parameter Identifiability in Mathematical Biology. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Approaches for Assessing Parameter Identifiability in Mathematical Biology - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.8 With Denise Kirschner …where we talk: time at Los Alamos, modeling TB, and tips for international flights. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/bTfdBWq Listen on Apple: buff.ly/rD8f6lD
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.7 With Alicia Dickenstein …where we talk: biochemical reactions, world famous awards, and rainy days making soup by the beach. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/Ig9y0pt Listen on Apple: buff.ly/CQkit9j
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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · 25/07/2026
This time watch with the "sound off". I wish I had more time to make blooper reels from recordings, because you're missing out on gems like this with Veronica Ciocanel, the next guest for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's podcast #BiologyInNumbers. This episode will be out next Tuesday!
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Congratulations to each of these editors, and thank you for your contributions to the mathematical biology community!
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by Suddhyashil Sarkar, Ayan Paul, and Joydeb Bhattacharyya titled "When Strain Meets Stress: Threshold Dynamics and Regime Shifts in Wolbachia-Based Mosquito Population Replacement". 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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When Strain Meets Stress: Threshold Dynamics and Regime Shifts in Wolbachia-Based Mosquito Population Replacement - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Wolbachia-based mosquito population replacement is a promising biocontrol strategy to reduce arboviral disease transmission by introducing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes into wild populations. The succ...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by Jana L. Gevertz and Joanna R. Wares on Assessing the Role of Model Complexity in Virtual Clinical Trial Outcomes. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Assessing the Role of Model Complexity in Virtual Clinical Trial Outcomes - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Virtual clinical trials (VCTs) hold significant promise for improving the drug development process, yet their predictive reliability depends critically on design decisions that remain poorly understoo...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by Teddy Lazebnik and Avner Friedman on Mathematical Modeling of Systemic Sclerosis and Its Treatment. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mathematical Modeling of Systemic Sclerosis and Its Treatment - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease marked by excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposited by myofibroblasts. The disease carries the risk of pathologically progressing to internal org...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's a new #BullMathBio paper by Benoît Perthame, Francesco Salvarani, and Shugo Yasuda on Multiscale Analysis of a Kinetic Equation for Mechanotaxis. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Multiscale Analysis of a Kinetic Equation for Mechanotaxis - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
We present a new kinetic equation for cell migration driven by mechanical interactions with the substrate, an effect not previously captured in kinetic models, and essential for explaining observed co...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's a recent #BullMathBio paper by Ramin Nashebi, Yingying Lyu, Elías Vera-Sigüenza, Daniel A. Tennant, and @fabianspill.bsky.social on Mathematical Modelling of the Mitochondrial Dicarboxylate Carrier (SLC25A10). 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mathematical Modelling of the Mitochondrial Dicarboxylate Carrier (SLC25A10) - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
The mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier SLC25A10 mediates reversible exchange among succinate, malate, and phosphate, contributing to mitochondrial metabolic regulation. Structural studies establish a...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This paper is based on the plenary talk Fred gave at the 2025 SMB Annual Meeting, which was an award lecture for the John Jungck Prize for Excellence in Education. smb.org/John-Jungck-...
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Society for Mathematical Biology - John Jungck Prize
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Check out this recent #BullMathBio paper by Frederick R. Adler titled "Cells, Bureaucracy and Corruption", which is part of a special collection celebrating SMB prize recipients. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Cells, Bureaucracy and Corruption - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
We like to imagine that our students are cheerfully unaware of the ocean of educational bureaucracy that surrounds their peaceful island of learning. Despite the hassles of registering and paying for ...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We are happy to share that seven editors of #BullMathBio have received a @springernature.com Editorial Contribution Award! The awardees are @apbrowning.bsky.social, Hao Wang, James Glazier, @mjsimpson.bsky.social, @michaelplanknz.bsky.social, Shigui Ruan, and Tommaso Lorenzi!
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Gaurav Athreya @gauravathreya.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
wanna read the latest overview of “internal evolutionary conflicts” — scenarios where genes spread despite being organism-deleterious? and wanna learn how to model them? look at our new preprint! we introduce unifying ideas, and try hard to write accessibly. small 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution starts tomorrow in Cork, Ireland! @shikharabhat.bsky.social, @gauravathreya.bsky.social and I are organizing a mini-symposium on internal evolutionary conflicts, join us on Thursday! #MMEE2026
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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
You can read more about @danielcooney1.bsky.social’s work here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A PDE Model for Protocell Evolution and the Origin of Chromosomes via Multilevel Selection - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
The evolution of complex cellular life involved two major transitions: the encapsulation of self-replicating genetic entities into cellular units and the aggregation of individual genes into a collect...
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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Next, @danielcooney1.bsky.social presents a multilevel selection model of protocell and chromosome evolution #MMEE2026
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Derek Long @dereklong08.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Come work with me! Two tenure-track faculty searches in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies @mediaatillinois.bsky.social: Media & Society: tinyurl.com/mreff8av Sports Media: tinyurl.com/2p337e7y
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Media and Society
The Department of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applicants for a full-time (...
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wrapping up this years joint @ecmtb2026.org and SMB Annual Meeting, @icouzin.bsky.social is giving a public lecture on The Geometry of Decision-Making, highlighting recent developments on spatial decision-making in collective animal behavior. #ECMTB26
Title slide from Iain Couzin's talk, which shows a video of the collective response of a fish school to avoid a predator fish.Slide providing schematics of individual decision-making and collective decision-making.Iain Couzin presenting a slide on models of animal movement assuming that individuals feel attraction, repulsion, and alignment forces based on distances to other individuals.Slide showing the dynamics of models for collective animal, illustrating the directional forces acting upon individuals.
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Kicking off #ECMTB2026, Natalia Komarova (UCSD) us giving a plenary talk on mathematical modeling of spatial evolution with applications to biomedical systems.
Slide from Komarova's talk illustrating a Moran process, showing two mutants (green circles) in a population otherwise composed by a resdient type (blue circles).Slide from Komarova's talk explaining loss-of-function mutations.
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SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We are really excited for this week's @ecmtb2026.org meeting at the University of Graz! If you have any posts to share about the meeting, we can use the hashtag #ECMTB26 to connect with the @esmtbio.bsky.social and @smbmathbiology.bsky.social.
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Parmvir K Bahia @parmvir.com · 13/07/2026
First day of the conference. Got my name badge, goody bag, and I am ready to go! If you're looking to learn more about #AccessibilityInSTEM, join me and our other presenters in room HS 15.11 at 10:40am (13th July). #DisabledInSTEM #InclusiveSciComm #outreach @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
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