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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Oct 8

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Oct 8

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.

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Sep 22

biophysics.princeton.edu/opportunities

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Sep 18

Congratulations Kelsey Hallinen, who is starting a new position as Assistant Physics Professor at University of Oregon!

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Sep 15

apply here by 10/1/25! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just released today!

cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Aug 19

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Aug 11

"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

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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.

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Aug 5

Wishing you the best of luck!

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations Trevor! physics.wustl.edu/people/trevo...

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Qiwei Yu @qiweiyu.bsky.social · Jul 27

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.

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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...

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cpbf.bsky.social @cpbf.bsky.social · Jul 23

Apply now to be a CPBF Fellow in 2026! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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