Chiu Fan Lee
@leebiophysics.bsky.social
PI of the Universality in Biology research group in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London
Group link: https://clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/index.html
Group link: https://clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/index.html
Delighted to share our new preprint!
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Delighted to share our new preprint!
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
With Gabriel Legrand, we uncover two distinct Lifshitz points in an Active Malthusian Ising model and reveal their universal behavior using renormalization group analysis.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.02566
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The call for our 2026 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow26
Deadline is the 21st of November
Deadline is the 21st of November
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The call for our 2026 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow26
Deadline is the 21st of November
Deadline is the 21st of November
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Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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A fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD position with @delladavid-lab.bsky.social (and me!!) - if you are interested in #Proteostasis and #Aging, please check it out!!!
🔬We have a fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD postion to study #Proteostasis and #Aging in colloboration with @jrkumita.bsky.social @Pharmacology. Details on the project ▶️https://tinyurl.com/2zhkjjhs + bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/how-apply . Please RT.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD position with @delladavid-lab.bsky.social (and me!!) - if you are interested in #Proteostasis and #Aging, please check it out!!!
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Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th September, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). Dr. Tatyana Shelkovnikova and Dr. Stefano Bo will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th September, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). Dr. Tatyana Shelkovnikova and Dr. Stefano Bo will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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✨ How do bird flocks form or diseases emerge?
Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒
💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov
Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒
💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov
August 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
✨ How do bird flocks form or diseases emerge?
Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒
💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov
Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒
💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov
Come join us at Imperial College!
Assistant/Associate Professor in Life Sciences
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Life Sciences
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August 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Come join us at Imperial College!
Assistant/Associate Professor in Life Sciences
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Life Sciences
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Delighted to share a bioRxiv preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
where we discuss how to optimise dual-pulse labelling experiments, crucial to the study of cell cycle dynamics!
where we discuss how to optimise dual-pulse labelling experiments, crucial to the study of cell cycle dynamics!
August 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Delighted to share a bioRxiv preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
where we discuss how to optimise dual-pulse labelling experiments, crucial to the study of cell cycle dynamics!
where we discuss how to optimise dual-pulse labelling experiments, crucial to the study of cell cycle dynamics!
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Take a look at this dual role as Team Leader, where you will lead the Genomics Core Facility service group, and have an independent research team, developing and applying cutting edge genomics methods.
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Take a look at this dual role as Team Leader, where you will lead the Genomics Core Facility service group, and have an independent research team, developing and applying cutting edge genomics methods.
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
Delighted to share a new preprint in which Matt Wong and I found a new universality class (UC) that supersedes the Wilson-Fisher UC in describing the critical behaviour of an active Ising model!
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06068
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06068
July 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Delighted to share a new preprint in which Matt Wong and I found a new universality class (UC) that supersedes the Wilson-Fisher UC in describing the critical behaviour of an active Ising model!
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06068
arxiv.org/abs/2507.06068
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Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
UK Condensates - Monthly Network Seminar Series
Monthly network seminar series
www.ukcondensates.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment (#biomol-c25) Conference at #KITP
Learn more at: buff.ly/HHQAdGh
If you are unable to attend in person or want to revisit any talks, recorded sessions are available to watch at: buff.ly/ufXjSxG 🧪
Learn more at: buff.ly/HHQAdGh
If you are unable to attend in person or want to revisit any talks, recorded sessions are available to watch at: buff.ly/ufXjSxG 🧪
June 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Welcome to the Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment (#biomol-c25) Conference at #KITP
Learn more at: buff.ly/HHQAdGh
If you are unable to attend in person or want to revisit any talks, recorded sessions are available to watch at: buff.ly/ufXjSxG 🧪
Learn more at: buff.ly/HHQAdGh
If you are unable to attend in person or want to revisit any talks, recorded sessions are available to watch at: buff.ly/ufXjSxG 🧪
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Delighted to share the May 2025 Newletters of the IOP Biological Physics Group below:
sites.google.com/view/biologi...
sites.google.com/view/biologi...
Biological Physics Group UK - Newsletters
Current newsletter
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June 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Delighted to share the May 2025 Newletters of the IOP Biological Physics Group below:
sites.google.com/view/biologi...
sites.google.com/view/biologi...
Delighted to share my preprint below with Leiming Chen and John Toner, in which we connect chiral active fluids, time crystals, and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang model together!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03488
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03488
Only the Ambidextrous Can Flock: Two-dimensional Chiral Malthusian Flocks, Time crystals, and the KPZ Equation
We study two-dimensional chiral dry Malthusian flocks; that is, chiral polar-ordered active matter with neither number nor momentum conservation. In the absence of fluctuations, these form a "time cry...
arxiv.org
June 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Delighted to share my preprint below with Leiming Chen and John Toner, in which we connect chiral active fluids, time crystals, and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang model together!
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03488
arxiv.org/abs/2506.03488
Here is our response to the comment arXiv:2504.13683 posted by Chaté and Solon in reference to our preprint arXiv:2503.17064:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21602
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21602
Response to the comment on The inconvenient truth about flocks by Chaté and Solon
This is our response to the comment arXiv:2504.13683 posted by Chaté and Solon in reference to our preprint arXiv:2503.17064
arxiv.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Here is our response to the comment arXiv:2504.13683 posted by Chaté and Solon in reference to our preprint arXiv:2503.17064:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21602
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21602
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Come join us for a new on-line seminar series (First seminar 6th June, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
UK Condensates - Monthly Network Seminar Series
Monthly network seminar series
www.ukcondensates.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Come join us for a new on-line seminar series (First seminar 6th June, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
Delighted to announce the meeting "Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges", 6-10 Oct 2025, to be held @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner's 70th birthday. Co-organisers: Leiming Chen & Frank Jülicher. Please join us then!
www.pks.mpg.de/haam25
www.pks.mpg.de/haam25
May 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Delighted to announce the meeting "Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges", 6-10 Oct 2025, to be held @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner's 70th birthday. Co-organisers: Leiming Chen & Frank Jülicher. Please join us then!
www.pks.mpg.de/haam25
www.pks.mpg.de/haam25
Bioengineering at Imperial College is recruiting a senior academic: Reader/Professor in Bioengineering! Please consider joining my fantastic department.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bioengineering at Imperial College is recruiting a senior academic: Reader/Professor in Bioengineering! Please consider joining my fantastic department.
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We are looking forward to the first International Symposium of the @sfb1551.bsky.social! It's sure to be an exciting event on a unique topic, check out the website for more information! 📣
📢 We are thrilled to announce our International Symposium on Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function, happening from 4-6 March 2026!
📍It will take place in Mainz, Germany, at the @mpip-mainz.mpg.de on the
@unimainz.bsky.social campus.
🌐 Find more information here: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
📍It will take place in Mainz, Germany, at the @mpip-mainz.mpg.de on the
@unimainz.bsky.social campus.
🌐 Find more information here: crc1551.com/sfb1551-inte...
April 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We are looking forward to the first International Symposium of the @sfb1551.bsky.social! It's sure to be an exciting event on a unique topic, check out the website for more information! 📣
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This summer in beautiful Santa Barbara we will run a 3-day conference on “Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment” June 16 to 18th. Register now: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
March 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This summer in beautiful Santa Barbara we will run a 3-day conference on “Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment” June 16 to 18th. Register now: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
Delighted to see this preprint on the arXiv, in which we (playing a small role on my part) showed why several published claims of exact exponents for Malthusian and immortal flocks are all incorrect.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.17064
arxiv.org/abs/2503.17064
The inconvenient truth about flocks
We reanalyze the hydrodynamic theory of "flock" that is, polar ordered "dry" active fluids in two dimensions. For "Malthusian" flocks, in which birth and death cause the density to relax quickly, ther...
arxiv.org
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delighted to see this preprint on the arXiv, in which we (playing a small role on my part) showed why several published claims of exact exponents for Malthusian and immortal flocks are all incorrect.
arxiv.org/abs/2503.17064
arxiv.org/abs/2503.17064
Reposted by Chiu Fan Lee
The Biological Physics Group UK is now on Bluesky! We are delighted to announce the winners of our various prizes for 2025 in our first few posts.
March 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The Biological Physics Group UK is now on Bluesky! We are delighted to announce the winners of our various prizes for 2025 in our first few posts.
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Biological Physics Thesis Prize - Recognizing outstanding postgraduate work by a UK student who has completed their thesis in the last two years.
The winner for 2025 is Dr Laura Wiggins, University of Sheffield.
The winner for 2025 is Dr Laura Wiggins, University of Sheffield.
March 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Biological Physics Thesis Prize - Recognizing outstanding postgraduate work by a UK student who has completed their thesis in the last two years.
The winner for 2025 is Dr Laura Wiggins, University of Sheffield.
The winner for 2025 is Dr Laura Wiggins, University of Sheffield.
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Biological Physics Communications Prize 2025 - Awarding the best contribution to communicating biological physics to the wider public.
The winner for 2025 is Prof Paul Beales, University of Leeds.
The winner for 2025 is Prof Paul Beales, University of Leeds.
March 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Biological Physics Communications Prize 2025 - Awarding the best contribution to communicating biological physics to the wider public.
The winner for 2025 is Prof Paul Beales, University of Leeds.
The winner for 2025 is Prof Paul Beales, University of Leeds.