Brian Camley
@diffusiveblob.bsky.social
Computational biophysics, cell motility, collective motion, soft matter, horses, cats. Associate Prof at Johns Hopkins Physics+Biophysics departments.
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Seconded. If anything, it has never been a better time to be a biophysicist, a complex system physicists, etc…. And it is a bit sad that much of it now happens *outside* of physics departments (for good and bad reasons…)
At any rate, your usual reminder: when the science media, being less careful than Natalie, asks "Is physics in crisis?", they mean high-energy physics, done by a small proportion of physicists.
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Seconded. If anything, it has never been a better time to be a biophysicist, a complex system physicists, etc…. And it is a bit sad that much of it now happens *outside* of physics departments (for good and bad reasons…)
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BPS is seeking the next Editor-in-Chief of the Society’s flagship publication, Biophysical Journal
Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of Biophysical Journal
The Biophysical Society is seeking the next Editor-in-Chief of the Society’s flagship publication, Biophysical Journal. This appointment will begin January 1, 2027, for one five-year term. The…
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
BPS is seeking the next Editor-in-Chief of the Society’s flagship publication, Biophysical Journal
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Are you a junior scientist working in theoretical biophysics? @zamakany.bsky.social and I are organizing another workshop this fall here at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Travel and the workshop expenses are all covered!
tinyurl.com/yc66fawc
tinyurl.com/yc66fawc
Junior Scientist Workshop on Theoretical Biophysics
Attendees will have the opportunity to present as well as learn from one another. They will give 20-minute talks on their own research questions, as well as in-depth 45-minute whiteboard tutorials on
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January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Are you a junior scientist working in theoretical biophysics? @zamakany.bsky.social and I are organizing another workshop this fall here at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Travel and the workshop expenses are all covered!
tinyurl.com/yc66fawc
tinyurl.com/yc66fawc
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Check out this story! Atlantic writer Alexandra Petri visited my lab and played with some fruit flies and human organoids as she wrote about experiencing things that were affected by government cuts.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Check out this story! Atlantic writer Alexandra Petri visited my lab and played with some fruit flies and human organoids as she wrote about experiencing things that were affected by government cuts.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Thrilled that the lab's first @hhmijanelia.bsky.social project is up on bioRxiv! Story behind the story to follow. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Memory from variability: Heritable short-term cellular memory emerges from stochastic biochemical reaction networks
Cells exhibit a mysterious form of selective heritable short-term memory, influencing outcomes as diverse as cell fate decisions in embryos and environmental responses in cancer cells and bacteria. He...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Thrilled that the lab's first @hhmijanelia.bsky.social project is up on bioRxiv! Story behind the story to follow. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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She let me know that they recently received guidance that, ONLY for the January EI deadline (1/27/2026) and the February ESI deadline (2/3/2026), PIs can submit MIRAs even if their previous application (R35, R01, R15, R21, and R37) is still considered under review.
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
She let me know that they recently received guidance that, ONLY for the January EI deadline (1/27/2026) and the February ESI deadline (2/3/2026), PIs can submit MIRAs even if their previous application (R35, R01, R15, R21, and R37) is still considered under review.
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The path to this paper has so many stories.
Today I want to tell one about the value of saying so when you don't have the answer - and of the importance of community.
Today I want to tell one about the value of saying so when you don't have the answer - and of the importance of community.
Very excited to see our paper, led by @amilangscience.bsky.social, out today in @pnas.org!
This one was a true adventure, filled with surprises at every turn.
“Erythroid precursors regulate local oxygen tension and repair outcomes in the bone marrow niche.”
www.pnas.org/eprint/NJ8XC...
This one was a true adventure, filled with surprises at every turn.
“Erythroid precursors regulate local oxygen tension and repair outcomes in the bone marrow niche.”
www.pnas.org/eprint/NJ8XC...
Erythroid precursors regulate local oxygen tension and repair outcomes in the bone marrow niche | PNAS
Oxygen tension dynamically regulates stem cell fate and tissue regeneration, yet how
local oxygen availability is controlled within the bone marrow...
www.pnas.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The path to this paper has so many stories.
Today I want to tell one about the value of saying so when you don't have the answer - and of the importance of community.
Today I want to tell one about the value of saying so when you don't have the answer - and of the importance of community.
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This fishing email *almost* got me….its that time of year when semester is almost over and weird stuff happens and tired profs are almost the perfect targets here
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This fishing email *almost* got me….its that time of year when semester is almost over and weird stuff happens and tired profs are almost the perfect targets here
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We’re hiring!
The Department of Physics
@sfuphysics.bsky.social
at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.
@sfuscience.bsky.social
The Department of Physics
@sfuphysics.bsky.social
at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.
@sfuscience.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’re hiring!
The Department of Physics
@sfuphysics.bsky.social
at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.
@sfuscience.bsky.social
The Department of Physics
@sfuphysics.bsky.social
at Simon Fraser U (in beautiful and vibrant Vancouver) seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Experimental Biophysics, encompassing all scales of life from molecules to ecosystems.
@sfuscience.bsky.social
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We are opening a FACULTY POSITION (tenure track, permanent) in the University of Cambridge at the interface of control and biology, interpreted broadly. Theorists and wet lab quantitative biologists with backgrounds in control, EE, applied math, ... apply by Jan 28!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
University Assistant/Associate Professor in Control Theory and Systems Biology
Applications are invited for a University Assistant/Associate Professorship in the broad area of Control Theory and Systems Biology. The successful candidate will join the Control Group
www.cam.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We are opening a FACULTY POSITION (tenure track, permanent) in the University of Cambridge at the interface of control and biology, interpreted broadly. Theorists and wet lab quantitative biologists with backgrounds in control, EE, applied math, ... apply by Jan 28!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
Recognizing bad mentors: "One problem student is a concern. Two problem students is a trend. Three problem students is an established pattern." But this is also why evaluating mentorship is hard. Faculty are tenured with small-n student count - and sometimes the victims won't show up in that count
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Recognizing bad mentors: "One problem student is a concern. Two problem students is a trend. Three problem students is an established pattern." But this is also why evaluating mentorship is hard. Faculty are tenured with small-n student count - and sometimes the victims won't show up in that count
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Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is your paper article #1 in a volume in Nature Communications? Then in some records you may be getting all the citations for all the other articles - because exported citations can default to "starting page" (always 1) instead of "article number"
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation
Millions of researchers could be affected by a “dramatic distortion of citation counts” likely caused by flaws in how the academic publishing giant Springer Nature handles article metadata, accordi…
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November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is your paper article #1 in a volume in Nature Communications? Then in some records you may be getting all the citations for all the other articles - because exported citations can default to "starting page" (always 1) instead of "article number"
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We’re hiring! 🚨
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’re hiring! 🚨
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
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"Why do you like membrane bending simulations so much?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Why do you like membrane bending simulations so much?"
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Ten years ago, I saw a paper with some data that has bothered me ever since: B cells in a 0-100 ng/mL gradient of CCL19 are attracted to CCL19, but B cells in 0-500 ng/mL are repelled (see movie, ignoring the big clusters for now!). Why? Here's our model! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ten years ago, I saw a paper with some data that has bothered me ever since: B cells in a 0-100 ng/mL gradient of CCL19 are attracted to CCL19, but B cells in 0-500 ng/mL are repelled (see movie, ignoring the big clusters for now!). Why? Here's our model! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Using endocytosis to switch between chemoattraction and chemorepulsion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.685129v1
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Using endocytosis to switch between chemoattraction and chemorepulsion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.685129v1
Ten years ago, I saw a paper with some data that has bothered me ever since: B cells in a 0-100 ng/mL gradient of CCL19 are attracted to CCL19, but B cells in 0-500 ng/mL are repelled (see movie, ignoring the big clusters for now!). Why? Here's our model! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ten years ago, I saw a paper with some data that has bothered me ever since: B cells in a 0-100 ng/mL gradient of CCL19 are attracted to CCL19, but B cells in 0-500 ng/mL are repelled (see movie, ignoring the big clusters for now!). Why? Here's our model! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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I am teaching Intro to Math Bio (ugrad math about junior level) next semester and I wanted to ask around:
1. If you have taught a similar class, which book have you used and what did you like/dislike about it? (I have the one used previously from another prof and I have a few of my own and
1. If you have taught a similar class, which book have you used and what did you like/dislike about it? (I have the one used previously from another prof and I have a few of my own and
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I am teaching Intro to Math Bio (ugrad math about junior level) next semester and I wanted to ask around:
1. If you have taught a similar class, which book have you used and what did you like/dislike about it? (I have the one used previously from another prof and I have a few of my own and
1. If you have taught a similar class, which book have you used and what did you like/dislike about it? (I have the one used previously from another prof and I have a few of my own and
I have seen several offers (ours and others) to candidates at the Assistant level whose primary postdoc work was in preprint stage. These papers took ~2 years in review process. However, these were all trainees of _very_ well-known scientists.
Preprints don't get you jobs, grants or promotion. Sadly, that's just the reality.
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I have seen several offers (ours and others) to candidates at the Assistant level whose primary postdoc work was in preprint stage. These papers took ~2 years in review process. However, these were all trainees of _very_ well-known scientists.
This has now lodged into my head, preemptive apologies to the next few awesome associate professors who are celebrated for being mid
My undergrads think the Diener Mid-Career Award is hilarious because to them it sounds like it’s for having a “mid” career 🫠
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This has now lodged into my head, preemptive apologies to the next few awesome associate professors who are celebrated for being mid
I feel like I can't be the only one who heard "John Martinis Nobel" and went, "Sure, that makes sense" - only to find that it's not for his recent work with superconducting qubits but his 1985 work as a grad student.
Interesting bit of sociology: They are really studiously avoiding any mention of quantum computing. First and only mention came in the last few words of the presentation by Johansson.
October 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I feel like I can't be the only one who heard "John Martinis Nobel" and went, "Sure, that makes sense" - only to find that it's not for his recent work with superconducting qubits but his 1985 work as a grad student.
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I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
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Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
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Sarah Veatch to Receive 2026 Agnes Pockels Award in Lipids and Membrane Biophysics buff.ly/AdSMhCT
September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sarah Veatch to Receive 2026 Agnes Pockels Award in Lipids and Membrane Biophysics buff.ly/AdSMhCT
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Jie Xiao to Receive 2026 Carolyn Cohen Innovation Award
www.biophysics.org/news-room/ji...
www.biophysics.org/news-room/ji...
September 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jie Xiao to Receive 2026 Carolyn Cohen Innovation Award
www.biophysics.org/news-room/ji...
www.biophysics.org/news-room/ji...