Today at 12:15, room 1016, Helder will present his work on spatiotemporal aspects of Turing patterns at the Math and Computer Science Faculty of Jagiellonian University. We expect lot of insightful comments. Everyone is welcome to join!

Recently Salar and Szymon participated in the ‘Coarse-Graining Tissue Mechanics 2025’ conference, held in Ljubljana from September 15-21, 2025. They presented two posters: ‘Cellular curvature as a mechanical regulator of tissue morphogenesis’ and ‘Spatiotemporal signatures of phase transition in vertex model’. The presentations triggered fruitful discussions with fellow researchers, providing valuable feedback. The conference agenda was rich with insightful talks offering a clear perspective on the current trends in modelling of biological tissues.

Last week we participated in the 38^th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium. It was great opportunity to present our research on pattern formation during development. Overall as a group we had two talks and three posters. We got a lot of useful feedback. We are already looking forward to the 39^th edition of the MSS!

Recently Salar attended an intensive EMBO course in Barcelona on Computational Modelling of Multicellular Systems. The program covered a range of widely used modeling approaches in computational biology, including gene regulatory networks, diffusion-reaction equations, finite element methods, agent-based modeling, and vertex models. It was a great opportunity to deepen understanding of these techniques and engage with researchers from across the field!

This year we went to Ojców National Park in Spring. It was enjoyable walk with a lot of activities and scientific discussions.

Maciej as Fulbright Fellow at ECU presents today at Duke University. The talk will cover mechanisms of pattern stabilization from both theoretical and applied side. Maciej will show how the recently identified class of analytically solvable models of domain formation can be applied to better understand fruit-fly and spinal cord development. Good luck Maciej!

We are co-organizing the 38^th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics, http://www.smoluchowski.if.uj.edu.pl/, that will take place in its regular, stationary form on 14 – 17 September in Kraków, Poland. The 38th Symposium continues the tradition of former meetings focusing on foundations and applications of statistical physics with special attention to soft matter, nonequilibrium fluctuations, and information processing. This year there will be a satellite workshop, Computational Neuroscience Academy (CNA 2025), designed to provide a course on the mathematical, physical, and machine learning techniques essential for neuroimaging data analysis. Remember to register. Looking forward to meeting you in Kraków!

Joanna as part of Jagiellonian University team of 10 students with backgrounds in Biology, Biophysics and Chemistry got 2nd prize in undergrad category of highly prestigous competition at iGEM Grand Jamboree 2024. The project ‘PrymDetect: Engineering the SHERLOCK Platform for Golden Algae Detection’ (https://2024.igem.wiki/ju-krakow/index.html) aims not only to improve the monitoring of water bodies prone to Prymnesium parvum blooms, but also to mitigate their ecological and economic impacts. More at: https://jamboree.igem.org/2024/results. See also movie: https://video.igem.org/w/6nJCnJrC22vHXnGGiNiXL5. Congrats JU-team!

In October, Joanna began a year-long internship with the Michael Group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). Building on her background in circadian rhythmicity from her studies at Jagiellonian University, she is excited to explore these mechanisms through the lens of structural biology and biochemistry. As part of her master’s thesis in biophysics, Joanna will investigate how transcription factors interact with chromatin, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge techniques like cryo-electron tomography.

Last week Salar presented his research on Giersch International Conference: From Multiscale Models to Digital Twins taking place in FIAS (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies). The talk covered recent results from Salar’s PhD project on pattern formation under different active and passive forces acting on the tissue formation. The meeting was also great opportunity for networking with theorists, computational experts and data scientists. We look forward for next mtgs in FIAS!