Andrew Krause
@blindmath.bsky.social
Chronically-Ill Nearsighted Mathematician and Amateur Human.
Co-creator of VisualPDE.com (irony!)
(he/him)
https://www.andrewkrause.org
Co-creator of VisualPDE.com (irony!)
(he/him)
https://www.andrewkrause.org
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Andrew Krause
@blindmath.bsky.social
· Nov 25
VisualPDE
VisualPDE brings interactive science and mathematics to the web. Explore topics including waves, viruses and reaction—diffusion patterns, or create your own simulation.
VIsualPDE.com
Ever wanted an interactive lightning-fast solver for models in physics, chemistry, or biology? Do you have a web browser?
I'm thrilled to share our website visualpde.com, built explicitly to create interactive spatial models on most devices.
Follow @visualpde.com for cool updates!
I'm thrilled to share our website visualpde.com, built explicitly to create interactive spatial models on most devices.
Follow @visualpde.com for cool updates!
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Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just been invited to the launch event of a report considering the 'future of the UK's research system' where they will be considering the creation of disruption labs named after Ada Lovelace and the report will be introduced by a panel of five men
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🚨Fully funded PhD opportunity: Physics, biology & ecology of toxic dinoflagellate blooms 🦠.
Join us to investigate how motility and mixotrophy influence bloom formation, using experiment🔬and modelling ♾️. #microswimmers #plankton #biophysics #ecology #PhD pls RT
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Join us to investigate how motility and mixotrophy influence bloom formation, using experiment🔬and modelling ♾️. #microswimmers #plankton #biophysics #ecology #PhD pls RT
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚨Fully funded PhD opportunity: Physics, biology & ecology of toxic dinoflagellate blooms 🦠.
Join us to investigate how motility and mixotrophy influence bloom formation, using experiment🔬and modelling ♾️. #microswimmers #plankton #biophysics #ecology #PhD pls RT
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Join us to investigate how motility and mixotrophy influence bloom formation, using experiment🔬and modelling ♾️. #microswimmers #plankton #biophysics #ecology #PhD pls RT
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Anyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Anyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
We're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Mathematical modelling of Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Climate
iapetus.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
We're advertising a PhD at the intersection of mathematical ecology, metallobiology, and microbiology to study the impact of metals on microbial communities with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social @kateduncan.bsky.social and Denis Patterson. Come join us in lovely Durham!
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
When nutrients turn toxic: how metals shape microbial coexistence
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We're advertising a PhD at the intersection of mathematical ecology, metallobiology, and microbiology to study the impact of metals on microbial communities with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social @kateduncan.bsky.social and Denis Patterson. Come join us in lovely Durham!
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Among reasons we left the UK for Ireland (no longer having a job notwithstanding 😉), the cost and hassle of being an immigrant, the challenge of even obtaining indefinite leave to remain, and the impossibility of citizenship all weighed heavily.
Huh. If you say you’ll mess with indefinite leave to remain rules it turns out talented migrant workers start looking at their other options. This could never have been predicted!
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on.ft.com/3JiZxbM
Russian tech workers rethink UK ties after settlement rules change
Digital entrepreneurs turn to US in search of higher pay and opportunities in test of Labour plan to lure ‘global talent’
on.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Among reasons we left the UK for Ireland (no longer having a job notwithstanding 😉), the cost and hassle of being an immigrant, the challenge of even obtaining indefinite leave to remain, and the impossibility of citizenship all weighed heavily.
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So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
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I don't mean to shatter anyone's illusions about the academy, but there's literally no information anyone ever got from a professor that wasn't always also available from... reading.
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I don't mean to shatter anyone's illusions about the academy, but there's literally no information anyone ever got from a professor that wasn't always also available from... reading.
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Musk FRS.
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Musk FRS.
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The advert for the second (wetlab) postdoc is now live www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The advert for the second (wetlab) postdoc is now live www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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How do cells navigate up gradients of adhesive proteins?
🤔
Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood
We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🤔
Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood
We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How do cells navigate up gradients of adhesive proteins?
🤔
Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood
We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🤔
Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood
We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social
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"When we design tools that welcome different ways of sensing and thinking, we open new reaction pathways for discovery. Inclusive design doesn’t just widen participation; it expands the very structure-function relationship of science itself."
cen.acs.org/careers/dive...
cen.acs.org/careers/dive...
The tools we build become the questions we ask
Why inclusive design is good for more than access—it expands the boundaries of discovery
cen.acs.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"When we design tools that welcome different ways of sensing and thinking, we open new reaction pathways for discovery. Inclusive design doesn’t just widen participation; it expands the very structure-function relationship of science itself."
cen.acs.org/careers/dive...
cen.acs.org/careers/dive...
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Join us at SFU for a 2-year Mekler Postdoctoral Fellowship in mathematical biology to work with me and Ailene MacPherson. Apply at www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27... by Nov 15.
MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
www.mathjobs.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Join us at SFU for a 2-year Mekler Postdoctoral Fellowship in mathematical biology to work with me and Ailene MacPherson. Apply at www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27... by Nov 15.
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Well. The RS is clearly feeling the heat. They could have saved themselves the embarrassment months ago. How did they ever imagine this wasn't going to get even worse?
Royal Society president Sir Adrian Smith: “I am sure that many of you will share my concern at the events of the last week and the growing tendency to resort to the language of violence…including, unfortunately, an address to the recent London rally from a Fellow of the Royal Society.”
Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk
One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Well. The RS is clearly feeling the heat. They could have saved themselves the embarrassment months ago. How did they ever imagine this wasn't going to get even worse?
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The advert for the first of these positions (computational/mathematical synbio) is live!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The advert for the first of these positions (computational/mathematical synbio) is live!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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IDFC has something special up for y'all: a post co-written with Dr Andrew Krause on the Newman-Sagan model of interstellar civilisation growth, and applying it to both Starfleet and the Romulan Star Empire before and immediately after first contact. Comes complete with interactive graphical model!
8.1.2 Romulus Wasn't Built In A Day (Bonus Post)
In which two academics expand the boundaries of maths by expanding the boundaries of the Romulan Star Empire.Krause’s KraniumLet's start with an introduction. This post was co-written with Dr Andrew K...
www.idfc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
IDFC has something special up for y'all: a post co-written with Dr Andrew Krause on the Newman-Sagan model of interstellar civilisation growth, and applying it to both Starfleet and the Romulan Star Empire before and immediately after first contact. Comes complete with interactive graphical model!
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📣 Delighted to announce the first edition of the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Day, to take place in Oxford on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, with lots of exciting work at the interface of mathematics and biology.
🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...
🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📣 Delighted to announce the first edition of the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Day, to take place in Oxford on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, with lots of exciting work at the interface of mathematics and biology.
🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...
🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...
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We're working on some exciting new features for VisualPDE, but we want to hear from you!
Whether you're a regular user or just tried it once, we'd love your feedback on how you use the tool. It’s a super short survey (promise)!
👇Fill it out here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Whether you're a regular user or just tried it once, we'd love your feedback on how you use the tool. It’s a super short survey (promise)!
👇Fill it out here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
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August 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We're working on some exciting new features for VisualPDE, but we want to hear from you!
Whether you're a regular user or just tried it once, we'd love your feedback on how you use the tool. It’s a super short survey (promise)!
👇Fill it out here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Whether you're a regular user or just tried it once, we'd love your feedback on how you use the tool. It’s a super short survey (promise)!
👇Fill it out here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Complex behaviour is not limited to animals! Here we map the entire spectrum of waveforms dynamics on a quadriflagellate single cell with 4x 70um (!) #cilia, to a low dimensional behavioural manifold with surprising structure! #protistsonsky
All revealed in our new preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All revealed in our new preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Complex behaviour is not limited to animals! Here we map the entire spectrum of waveforms dynamics on a quadriflagellate single cell with 4x 70um (!) #cilia, to a low dimensional behavioural manifold with surprising structure! #protistsonsky
All revealed in our new preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All revealed in our new preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
As someone who collects genetic defects and chronic illnesses like Pokémon, I heartily agree with this piece!
"Adversity is not worth the price of adversity."
"We fought and lost, and fought and lost, and then one day we fought and won."
www.noahpinion.blog/p/toward-a-s...
"Adversity is not worth the price of adversity."
"We fought and lost, and fought and lost, and then one day we fought and won."
www.noahpinion.blog/p/toward-a-s...
Toward a Shallower Future
A repost of one of my favorite essays that I've written.
www.noahpinion.blog
August 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As someone who collects genetic defects and chronic illnesses like Pokémon, I heartily agree with this piece!
"Adversity is not worth the price of adversity."
"We fought and lost, and fought and lost, and then one day we fought and won."
www.noahpinion.blog/p/toward-a-s...
"Adversity is not worth the price of adversity."
"We fought and lost, and fought and lost, and then one day we fought and won."
www.noahpinion.blog/p/toward-a-s...
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I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.
August 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.
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One week left to apply
*JOB AD*: interested in doing a postdoc in microbial metabolomics? Passionate about natural products mass spec?
Come join the group! Informal enquires welcome!
Closing Date: 19 August 2025
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Come join the group! Informal enquires welcome!
Closing Date: 19 August 2025
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Research Associate - Microbial Metabolomic
Research Associate - Microbial Metabolomic
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One week left to apply
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With respect to biology, I feel we are still very much pre-Newtonian (ie we are still missing THE fundamental paradigm or theoretical framework ), and I really do not understand how people sincerely think we can get to the Moon in 10 years.
Exposing the BS of the longevity biohackers
www.newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
With respect to biology, I feel we are still very much pre-Newtonian (ie we are still missing THE fundamental paradigm or theoretical framework ), and I really do not understand how people sincerely think we can get to the Moon in 10 years.