Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes

Twitter page of the scientific group Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes (SPCG), Principal Investigator (PI) Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino (MCL).

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

This is officially our X social network.

We moved to @spcggroup.bsky.social.

So long, and thanks for all the fish🐬!

[Mattia Corigliano @MCorigliano_]

🚨 Could treating less and resting more be the key to smarter #cancer therapies? 💡💊 Our latest preprint shows how math models can shape intermittent therapies to exploit cancer #persisters and achieve better outcomes.
🔗 read here: https://t.co/qlXUBuz9lF
@SPCGgroup @Simopompei

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

We are grateful to @AIRC_it for funding our project! In the next 5 years we will work on growth inhibition, arrested cells and cancer persisters.

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

Lots of fun and lots of science with @LucaCiandrini lab @micalilab and our guests @AshleyLNord @biancaSclavi @mlaenoc @pcicuta @GabrielNeurohr

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

Very proud of our students at the first IICII Summer School in Quantitative Biology. https://t.co/wVXVsnIpKH

6/6 student groups performed successful Luria-Delbrück fluctuation tests with excellent data.

Presentations tomorrow!

@ictpnews
@ICGEB
@IFOMresearch
@institut_curie

[Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @KITP_UCSB]

New KITP Program! #MICROECO26
Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments

Dates: 5/18/26-6/18/26
https://t.co/3joVYIdiU0

[Jacopo Grilli @jacrickets]

Apply!

[Jacopo Grilli @jacrickets]

📢Two postdoc positions open📢
https://t.co/8TC4IW6RgZ
Deadline Aug 16
Happy to chat if you have questions
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Thread about Trieste/@ictpnews here https://t.co/LAGJOYd8OK

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

We can't wait for the next chapter!

https://t.co/jz8EVww4sV

[biancasclavi @biancaSclavi]

Direct single-cell observation of a key Escherichia coli cell-cycle oscillator | Science Advances

Our paper on the coupling of the oscillations in DnaA activity and expression with cell size is now published !
A great ongoing collaboration with @SPCGgroup.

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

Now out on @ScienceAdvances

https://t.co/jz8EVww4sV

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

@SPCGgroup preprint: we follow for the first time the DnaA cell-cycle oscillator in single E. coli cells, and find that activity+dosage oscillations do not behave as initiations- with @IlariaIuliani @biancaSclavi , bioRxiv: https://t.co/xKcGFgxLft

[Jacopo Grilli @jacrickets]

Recorded talks are here https://t.co/Q4F9YIhxDu

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

It was fun to listen to great science, discuss with top scientists, see old friends (and also not bad to eat great food, and enjoy great sights) @polstnet @ictpnews @jacrickets

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

@SPCGgroup paper, now out on PNAS
https://t.co/Daspo4YB29
Total messenger levels affect cell growth by modulating free ribosomes. work by @LCalabreBiophys in collaboration with @LucaCiandrini

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

@IGCSymposium This has been a great conference. A big thanks to the organizers!

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

@ZacconeAlessio @softmatter @VittoreScolari Thanks Alessio, we weren't aware of your study, but we're still working on this topic and we'll consider it.

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

Now out on @softmatter : a miraculously simple mean-field theory of single-polymer collapse by crowders, thanks to work from Quentin Chaboche @VittoreScolari, Marjolein Dijkstra and her group.

https://t.co/ScepAjDAAr

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

Great work (and great cover) by our friends @marcogherardi and @OsellaMatteo

[Marco Gherardi @marcogherardi]

Our paper on the non-monotonic training dynamics of representations in deep learning is on the cover of Nature Machine Intelligence! @NatMachIntell https://t.co/Qr7EatryUl

[biancasclavi @biancaSclavi]

Two PhD positions are available in our institute for interdisciplinary projects. See link below to see the project proposed by myself and @LucaCiandrini on quantitative biology and math. modeling of bacteria's adaptation. If interested don't hesitate to contact us. #PhDposition

[Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @SPCGgroup]

@cmaley , very glad you liked it!!! We've been finding this cool for a long time now. @KM_Havas @Simopompei @LCalabreBiophys @SPCGgroup

[Cancer Research @CR_AACR]

In the Spotlight: Cancer Clones Cooperate to Alleviate Growth Barriers in Critical #CancerProgression Transitions—
@cmaley discusses a recent @ScienceAdvances paper from @KM_Havas et al.
https://t.co/NOEfXJSiyw #OnlineFirst

[Cancer Research @CR_AACR]

In the Spotlight: Cancer Clones Cooperate to Alleviate Growth Barriers in Critical #CancerProgression Transitions—
@cmaley discusses a recent @ScienceAdvances paper from @KM_Havas et al.
https://t.co/NOEfXJSiyw #OnlineFirst