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Believe it or not, we're almost halfway through our Monday Seminar Series for the semester. Thank you to those who have visited us so far: Mor Nitzan, Daniel Blair, Liam Holt and Sahand Hormoz.
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Believe it or not, we're almost halfway through our Monday Seminar Series for the semester. Thank you to those who have visited us so far: Mor Nitzan, Daniel Blair, Liam Holt and Sahand Hormoz.
September 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Congratulations Kelsey Hallinen, who is starting a new position as Assistant Physics Professor at University of Oregon!
September 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Congratulations Kelsey Hallinen, who is starting a new position as Assistant Physics Professor at University of Oregon!
apply here by 10/1/25! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
September 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
apply here by 10/1/25! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Missed John Hopfield's Nobel speech? Here's the online version: journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract...
Nobel Lecture: Physics is a point of view
The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. This paper is the text of the address given in conjunction with the award.
journals.aps.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Missed John Hopfield's Nobel speech? Here's the online version: journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract...
August 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"It was an honor to write this, but also great fun. A chance to look back at the classics, and think about the path forward. #Physics is a beautiful human endeavor." -Bill Bialek
go.aps.org/4m6HO5R
go.aps.org/4m6HO5R
Emergence of Brains
This review traces how ideas from statistical physics evolved into foundational models of neural computation, shaping modern AI and culminating in the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.
go.aps.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"It was an honor to write this, but also great fun. A chance to look back at the classics, and think about the path forward. #Physics is a beautiful human endeavor." -Bill Bialek
go.aps.org/4m6HO5R
go.aps.org/4m6HO5R
Congratulations Trevor! physics.wustl.edu/people/trevo...
August 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Congratulations Trevor! physics.wustl.edu/people/trevo...
July 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted
Now out in Physical Review Letters: work led by Andrew Pyo showing that the accumulation of beneficial mutations can be greatly accelerated by a mutation rate that decreases with increasing relative fitness.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Evolutionary Benefits of Fitness-Dependent Mutation Rates
Motivated by recent observations that mutation rates can be correlated with individual fitness, we analyze an evolutionary hill-climbing model with fitness-dependent mutation rates. Our results show t...
journals.aps.org
July 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Now out in Physical Review Letters: work led by Andrew Pyo showing that the accumulation of beneficial mutations can be greatly accelerated by a mutation rate that decreases with increasing relative fitness.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Apply now to be a CPBF Fellow in 2026! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Apply now to be a CPBF Fellow in 2026! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...