Iain Johnston

Stochastic Biology Group: using maths, stats, and experiments to learn about biology and disease. We love organelles and oDNA, evolution, noise, and inference.

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

It's 17th May and Norway is beautiful. Gratulerer med dagen! 🇳🇴
(lots going on in arXiv and other science news, but that's for later)

[Reuters @Reuters]

David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100 https://t.co/Bj5DpBIY7w https://t.co/Bj5DpBIY7w

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

The dish occupies a cubic metre and the bacteria are generating 10kW of heat. They can clearly access nutrients beyond currently understood biochem (and physics). The wobbly, hot mass has noticeably expanded while I've been typing. An alarm sounds. The sky darkens
#bionumbers

[Mercurius @MercuriusFilius]

How would you answer this common J.P. Morgan interview question?

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Plant mitochondrial fusion factors! https://t.co/Hnya9GtpAa

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Mitochondrial evolution special issue of Phil Trans now out! https://t.co/tfs5KRsTcb
Excited to be part of this, with some new perspectives on mtDNA segregation from our group https://t.co/mmPb6JKuf7 and brilliant content from colleagues worldwide! Pics from current location 🇳🇴

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Oldest back from school today with an Easter graph theory challenge! "It's sort of a puzzle -- which bunnies can see which others, and the flower?"

[Hirase lab@KU @Hiraselab_KU]

Blimey.
MitoTracker transfers from astrocytes to neurons independently of mitochondria: Cell Reports Methods https://t.co/inoySBWjL4

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Celebrating (i) spring; (ii) grant award; (iii) first butterfly of the year (not pictured); (iv) forthcoming cool science! Best wishes to all!

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

In Finland and...
[here are the links https://t.co/ezQXQwLiYI]

[Nature Plants @NaturePlants]

New OA Article: "High-frequency biparental inheritance of plant mitochondria upon chilling stress and loss of a genome-degrading nuclease" https://t.co/m7PM0p1EiI

Maternal inheritance of mitochondria breaks down in cold when a mitochondrial DNA degrading nuclease is defective.

[Taro Furubayashi (古林 太郎) @fbayashi_T]

One of the most fascinating perspectives ever.

A symbiotic origin of the ribosome?
https://t.co/SleNdZa2K9

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Vinterferie ❤️🇳🇴🦢

[Vamsi Mootha @VamsiMootha]

If you love the organelles that power life, come to @GordonConf Mito & Chloroplasts July 19-24, Maine. Please RT.

This conference (rich tradition!) will span the evolution, metabolism, and synthetic biology of these organelles.

Many oral/poster slots:

https://t.co/wti6WKEWb2

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

@WilliamsSci @NelmsLab Cool, looking forward to reading!

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Oh!
https://t.co/UhlHUOkTC4

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

@WilliamsSci @amaizeingcorn Looks amazing, congrats @WilliamsSci and team! Can't wait to read!

[Ben Williams @WilliamsSci]

I am delighted that our paper on epigenetic dynamics during plant aging is out in print today in Science! Hugely grateful to the coauthors in particular @amaizeingcorn for heroic hard work, creativity and enthusiasm in putting this together!

[Cordian Riener @Cordian1723]

Beautiful display of #auroresboreales over #Tromso - really a blessing

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

Card from daughter. "They're mitochondria!" ❤️

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

1. Apply for one of the positions below (lab or theory) by Jan 18th
2. Learn interdisc skills and discover cool new things about how mitochondria move and socialise
3. Explore some of Norway's beautiful nature (both the below, Rundemanen and Gullfjellet, <10km from work)

[Iain Johnston @mitomaths]

‼️Two new PhD positions open! One experimental, one modelling, exploring these beautiful collective dynamics in mitochondria across species. 🇳🇴, good pay, full staff benefits. [Shares much appreciated]
Lab: https://t.co/uolwFCXoBr
Modelling: https://t.co/6CKU5lRwY7