Theory of Living Matter Group
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social
TLM is an initiative to build a network for researchers interested in theory and modelling of biological phenomena. We are on X (old twitter) @TLM_Cambridge, @TLM_Cambridge@mstdn.science. Or follow our website for more details: tlmcambridge.blog
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New year calls for a new lineup of exciting speakers. Look out for a selection of ECR talks, joint experimentalist, theory talks and a few hybrid talks. Join us in person if you are in Cambridge. Sign up to our mailing list for updated zoom links 📝📩
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New paper alert from the group!! 🚨: DNA flexibility tips the balance between stability and plasticity in nucleosomes
One of the works from my PhD, co-led alongside @nachper.bsky.social, is finally out! Work from @rcollepardo.bsky.social & @janhuemar.bsky.social
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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One of the works from my PhD, co-led alongside @nachper.bsky.social, is finally out! Work from @rcollepardo.bsky.social & @janhuemar.bsky.social
⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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www.biorxiv.org
February 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
New paper alert from the group!! 🚨: DNA flexibility tips the balance between stability and plasticity in nucleosomes
One of the works from my PhD, co-led alongside @nachper.bsky.social, is finally out! Work from @rcollepardo.bsky.social & @janhuemar.bsky.social
⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
⬆️
One of the works from my PhD, co-led alongside @nachper.bsky.social, is finally out! Work from @rcollepardo.bsky.social & @janhuemar.bsky.social
⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
⬆️
🚨Reminder for this talk happening in person and online in a few hours time🚨If you haven't signed up to our mailing list do DM us for a link to this talk and all other future talks. Come learn about mechanics regulate chick embryo development.🐣
🚨[TLM] Hybrid Talk - 17.02.26 | 16:00 UK | Amy Shyer and Alan Rodrigues will talk about self-organization in developmental systems 🐣. Please RT & to attend in person if you are in Cambridge at the Sainsbury lab. Please register to our 📧 for zoom links: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
February 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🚨Reminder for this talk happening in person and online in a few hours time🚨If you haven't signed up to our mailing list do DM us for a link to this talk and all other future talks. Come learn about mechanics regulate chick embryo development.🐣
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November 20, 2024 at 5:05 AM
We have a cover!
Click here for preordering the book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204909...
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🚨[TLM] Hybrid Talk - 17.02.26 | 16:00 UK | Amy Shyer and Alan Rodrigues will talk about self-organization in developmental systems 🐣. Please RT & to attend in person if you are in Cambridge at the Sainsbury lab. Please register to our 📧 for zoom links: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM
🚨[TLM] Hybrid Talk - 17.02.26 | 16:00 UK | Amy Shyer and Alan Rodrigues will talk about self-organization in developmental systems 🐣. Please RT & to attend in person if you are in Cambridge at the Sainsbury lab. Please register to our 📧 for zoom links: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
🚨[TLM] Online ECR Seminar - 04.02.26 | 16:00 UK | Eleni Papafilippou: "Epithelial Junction Dynamics Under Cyclic Loading" & Dr Iago Grobas: " Mechanical Memory in Bacteria" Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
January 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
🚨[TLM] Online ECR Seminar - 04.02.26 | 16:00 UK | Eleni Papafilippou: "Epithelial Junction Dynamics Under Cyclic Loading" & Dr Iago Grobas: " Mechanical Memory in Bacteria" Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
🚨Looking forward to this joint talk happening today in a few hours!! DM us if you haven't received a link for this talk as yet 📝🚨
🚨Our first talk this new year would be a joint theory/experiment talk by Prof. Marino Arroyo and Prof. Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social describing some of their recent work together on active morphogenesis🧫. Sign up to our mailing list for a zoom link to this talk and other upcoming talks🚨
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🚨Looking forward to this joint talk happening today in a few hours!! DM us if you haven't received a link for this talk as yet 📝🚨
🚨Do sign up to our mailing list for this very exciting joint talk by Profs Marino Arroyo and Xavier Trepat on active morphogenesis on Wednesday 21st Jan🚨
🚨Our first talk this new year would be a joint theory/experiment talk by Prof. Marino Arroyo and Prof. Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social describing some of their recent work together on active morphogenesis🧫. Sign up to our mailing list for a zoom link to this talk and other upcoming talks🚨
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🚨Do sign up to our mailing list for this very exciting joint talk by Profs Marino Arroyo and Xavier Trepat on active morphogenesis on Wednesday 21st Jan🚨
🚨Our first talk this new year would be a joint theory/experiment talk by Prof. Marino Arroyo and Prof. Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social describing some of their recent work together on active morphogenesis🧫. Sign up to our mailing list for a zoom link to this talk and other upcoming talks🚨
January 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🚨Our first talk this new year would be a joint theory/experiment talk by Prof. Marino Arroyo and Prof. Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social describing some of their recent work together on active morphogenesis🧫. Sign up to our mailing list for a zoom link to this talk and other upcoming talks🚨
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Congrats to all authors, & collaborators @hfspo.bsky.social especially #NirGov
Also thanks to those that allowed to promote our work, @dgz.bsky.social
Here, a webinar I gave @tlmcambridge.bsky.social, in case someone is interested in the other aspects of the story.
youtu.be/xorWG5Jh_8o?...
Also thanks to those that allowed to promote our work, @dgz.bsky.social
Here, a webinar I gave @tlmcambridge.bsky.social, in case someone is interested in the other aspects of the story.
youtu.be/xorWG5Jh_8o?...
Pablo Sáez (University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf) "Decision-making during cell migration"
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January 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Congrats to all authors, & collaborators @hfspo.bsky.social especially #NirGov
Also thanks to those that allowed to promote our work, @dgz.bsky.social
Here, a webinar I gave @tlmcambridge.bsky.social, in case someone is interested in the other aspects of the story.
youtu.be/xorWG5Jh_8o?...
Also thanks to those that allowed to promote our work, @dgz.bsky.social
Here, a webinar I gave @tlmcambridge.bsky.social, in case someone is interested in the other aspects of the story.
youtu.be/xorWG5Jh_8o?...
New year calls for a new lineup of exciting speakers. Look out for a selection of ECR talks, joint experimentalist, theory talks and a few hybrid talks. Join us in person if you are in Cambridge. Sign up to our mailing list for updated zoom links 📝📩
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
New year calls for a new lineup of exciting speakers. Look out for a selection of ECR talks, joint experimentalist, theory talks and a few hybrid talks. Join us in person if you are in Cambridge. Sign up to our mailing list for updated zoom links 📝📩
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Our Science paper is out!
Huge congratulations to @huabin-zhou.bsky.social, Mike Rosen, and the brilliant @janhuemar.bsky.social @juliamaristany.bsky.social and @kieran-russell.bsky.social from our group
News: bit.ly/4avnkAr and bit.ly/3XBGVHS
Great perspective by @vram142.bsky.social +K Zhang
Huge congratulations to @huabin-zhou.bsky.social, Mike Rosen, and the brilliant @janhuemar.bsky.social @juliamaristany.bsky.social and @kieran-russell.bsky.social from our group
News: bit.ly/4avnkAr and bit.ly/3XBGVHS
Great perspective by @vram142.bsky.social +K Zhang
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Our Science paper is out!
Huge congratulations to @huabin-zhou.bsky.social, Mike Rosen, and the brilliant @janhuemar.bsky.social @juliamaristany.bsky.social and @kieran-russell.bsky.social from our group
News: bit.ly/4avnkAr and bit.ly/3XBGVHS
Great perspective by @vram142.bsky.social +K Zhang
Huge congratulations to @huabin-zhou.bsky.social, Mike Rosen, and the brilliant @janhuemar.bsky.social @juliamaristany.bsky.social and @kieran-russell.bsky.social from our group
News: bit.ly/4avnkAr and bit.ly/3XBGVHS
Great perspective by @vram142.bsky.social +K Zhang
🚨 [TLM] Online Seminar TODAY at 16:00 UK, let’s explore some universal laws in nature together with Prof Ben Fabry!
🚨Join us TOMORROW: TLM Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
🚨@TLM_Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚨 [TLM] Online Seminar TODAY at 16:00 UK, let’s explore some universal laws in nature together with Prof Ben Fabry!
🚨Join us TOMORROW: TLM Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
🚨@TLM_Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨Join us TOMORROW: TLM Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
🚨@TLM_Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚨@TLM_Cambridge Online Seminar - 03.12.25 | 16:00 UK
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Ben Fabry (@ben-fabry.bsky.social): "Universal scaling laws in cell and tissue rheology"
Please RT & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Happening tomorrow!!
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - ECR talks - 26.11.25|16:00 UK
Mathieu Dedenon: "An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond"
and
Prachi Richa: "Role of cell morphology in shaping Notch signalling dynamics during early Neurogenesis"
Join the talk at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88194163775
Mathieu Dedenon: "An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond"
and
Prachi Richa: "Role of cell morphology in shaping Notch signalling dynamics during early Neurogenesis"
Join the talk at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88194163775
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happening tomorrow!!
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - ECR talks - 26.11.25|16:00 UK
Mathieu Dedenon: "An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond"
and
Prachi Richa: "Role of cell morphology in shaping Notch signalling dynamics during early Neurogenesis"
Join the talk at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88194163775
Mathieu Dedenon: "An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond"
and
Prachi Richa: "Role of cell morphology in shaping Notch signalling dynamics during early Neurogenesis"
Join the talk at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88194163775
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - ECR talks - 26.11.25|16:00 UK
Mathieu Dedenon: "An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond"
and
Prachi Richa: "Role of cell morphology in shaping Notch signalling dynamics during early Neurogenesis"
Join the talk at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88194163775
Mathieu Dedenon: "An agent-based model for active nematics and beyond"
and
Prachi Richa: "Role of cell morphology in shaping Notch signalling dynamics during early Neurogenesis"
Join the talk at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88194163775
Happening next week!🎉
🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Happening next week!🎉
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🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - TOMORROW|16:00 UK
Eric Libby (@elibbyscience.bsky.social): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
Join our mailing list here: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/sub...
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Eric Libby (@elibbyscience.bsky.social): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
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November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - TOMORROW|16:00 UK
Eric Libby (@elibbyscience.bsky.social): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
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Eric Libby (@elibbyscience.bsky.social): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
Join our mailing list here: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/sub...
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🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🍻TLM Pub Talks are back! 🍻
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
Join us for an evening of interesting talks to discuss over a drink in a social environment. All those interested in the intersection of biology and theory are welcome!
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - 19.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Eric Libby (
@elibbyscience.bsky.social
): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
Join our mailing list here: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/sub...
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Eric Libby (
@elibbyscience.bsky.social
): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
Join our mailing list here: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/sub...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨 TLM Seminar Series - 19.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Eric Libby (
@elibbyscience.bsky.social
): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
Join our mailing list here: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/sub...
Please repost!
Eric Libby (
@elibbyscience.bsky.social
): "Informational constraints on the regulation of early multicellular life cycles"
Join the talk at: www.cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89289153062
Join our mailing list here: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/sub...
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🚨 Join us TODAY for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🚨 Join us TODAY for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
🚨 Join us tomorrow for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨 @rorylcooper.bsky.social @maltemederacke.bsky.social
🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨 Join us tomorrow for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨 @rorylcooper.bsky.social @maltemederacke.bsky.social
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I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social!
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October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social!
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...