Brandeis Science

Exciting News! The math department at Brandeis University hiring a postdoc, 3-year duration! Come join us and contribute to the vibrant intellectual life of the math department! Apply by 1/23 at this link mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27961 please repost/share with potential candidates!

Our new paper is out on bioRxiv and we’re really excited about it! biorxiv.org/content/10.648… We show that circadian clocks in the fly brain are far more distributed than the classic view. Huge kudos to the authors, especially Ines and Anne, and to our collaborators!!

Merging Enzymatic Catalysis with Iron Catalysis for Highly Stereoselective Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharide Assembly | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

From our student newspaper, a story about undergraduate research in high-energy physics: Chasing Particles thejustice.org/article/2025/1…

Joseph Magliozzi, Bruce Goode, and colleagues @BrandeisScience report that fungal proteins form a 'composite' #actin nucleator and pointed end capper. hubs.la/Q03N5ymg0 #Cytoskeleton #Biochemistry

Highly stereospecific glycosylation of sterically hindered glycosyl acceptors with a wide variety of glycal epoxides. Another valuable catalytic method for complex-glycan synthesis! @BrandeisU @BrandeisScience #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Ever wonder how to study the nature of spacetime and the edges of physics? These mischievous black holes have a clue! Join the Event Horizon Telescope for #BlackHoleWeek2025, May 5th-9th, as we highlight pieces of the black hole science jigsaw puzzle.🌟

For many years we knew humans have an internal, biological clock that helps them anticipate and adapt to the regular rhythm of the day. But how does this clock actually work? Laureates Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young found out how: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin…

Brandeis University has announced they are planning to build new residence hall that will add 631 beds to the university’s housing portfolio. Construction is expected to begin in June.

New Publication 🚨 : Saptorshi Ghosh shows how to use optimal control theory to control structure, dynamics and function of active materials using light signals. Check it out :doi.org/10.1063/5.0244… [doi.org] @BrandeisMRSEC

CERN's experiments are global efforts. The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics honors over 13,000 researchers whose labors have led to the precise description the Higgs mechanism, the discovery of dozens of new particles, analysis of rare processes and matter-antimatter asymmetry and exploration of nature at the shortest distances and most extreme conditions. breakthroughprize.org/News/91 @CERN

Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea @Archaeon_Alex @BrandeisLS | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Explore the newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center, designed to help you navigate the field with news, expert insights and practical tools. The page also highlights job openings, seminars, and more: thetransmitter.org/early-career-r…

Discovery of optimal quantum codes via reinforcement learning journals.aps.org/prapplied/abst…

The winner of the 2025 NAS Award in the Neurosciences is #NASmember Liqun Luo of @Stanford and @HHMINEWS for advancing understanding of the mechanisms of neural development, neuronal diversity, and brain wiring! Learn more: nasonline.org/award/nas-awar… #NASaward #neuroscience

Join us for a #Neuroscience seminar on Jan 28. Dr. Paul Garrity @BrandeisScience will present "How vector mosquitoes sense heat, humidity and you." brandeis.edu/biology/facult…

Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus is triggered by a drop in the levels of a cyclic dinucleotide @BrandeisLS #BradshawLab @MCB_Harvard pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Research spotlight: Undergraduate advising head Ellen Wright makes a difference by helping the research of students @PsychBrandeis @BrandeisSurf @urccbrandeis thejustice.org/article/2024/1…

How do #IFT & cilium structure impact #SensoryNeuron responses? @alison_marie1 @SenguptaLab &co reveal complex contributions of IFT & #cilium structure to #Celegans chemosensory neuron responses & modulation of olfactory behavior #PLOSBiology plos.io/4eMYz1f

New Publication 🚨 : Tyukodi Botond explores how to choose design principles for synthesizing closed assemblies with the lowest complexity and highest degree of symmetry to enable high yielding but fast assembly of target structures. Check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2411.03720