Congratulations to Corbyn Jones for being awarded the Dan Black Phys-Bus Scholarship!

Good news!  Prof. Ahmed has been awarded a CSUF intramural teaching grant to develop course materials for PHYS211 that include examples relevant to life and health science majors!  This is intended to tailor the class for its intended target audience.  The first time this will be taught is during the study abroad winter intersession in…

Prof. Ahmed is teaching PHYS211 – Elementary Physics  in the winter intersession 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam. It will be a great opportunity to study abroad and learn physics at the same time! Check it out here! Pass on this information to anyone who may be interested!

Lovell presented his first poster on “Computational Studies of Active Matter” at the NSM-ICC Symposium.  Congrats Lovell! Thanks to CCAM for supporting this research! click here for Lovell’s poster (PDF)

Here is an opportunity to work on an interesting project studying the mechanics and dynamics of the cytoskeleton in cancer cells.  The project is in a a great research group at Aix-Marseille University and is fully funded by Marie Skłodowska Curie actions and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. http://doc2amu.univ-amu.fr/en/cell-mechanics-regulation-by-cytoskeleton-dynamics-combined-atomic-force-and-optical-microscopy-1

Ever wonder if you could float on mashed potatoes?  Here’s a silly video: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kater11/can-you-float-on-mashed-potatoes?utm_term=.xb9YgBEPpw#.kkjMBK4P7g

Asymmetric Cell Division and the Acto-Myosin Cytoskeleton The project is an interdisciplinary, international collaboration between biologists, physicists and chemists in France, Germany and the USA. Program geared toward non-French applicants—see guidelines: http://enseignement.curie.fr/en/content/faq#eligibility More information & application: http://enseignement.curie.fr/en/content/current-call-applications Note: Applicants must have completed Masters Degree by Fall 2017 Application deadline: February 5th, 2017 at 17:00 CET Full application + 2…

Nonequilibrium dissipation in living oocytes Abstract: Living organisms are inherently out-of-equilibrium systems. We employ recent developments in stochastic energetics and rely on a minimal microscopic model to predict the amount of mechanical energy dissipated by such dynamics. Our model includes complex rheological effects and nonequilibrium stochastic forces. By performing active microrheology and tracking micron-sized vesicles in…

The SLAMLab welcomes a new member to our interdisciplinary research team!  Lovell Willmore  joins us from the Department of Computer Science to work on a collaborative project sponsored by CCAM.  He is co-advised by Prof. Brubaker.  Looking forward doing fun research together!