Selected Papers 052908

geometry, optimization, physics
Packings Close and Loose [news & views]
A Phase Diagram for Jammed Matter

comment:
難得看到數學成分大的文章上nature
著名的裝球問題

biophysics, cell biology
Mechanical and Biochemical Modeling of Cortical Oscillations in Spreading Cells

microscopy, biochemistry
Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching: The Case of Anomalous Diffusion
Biochemical Visualization of Cell Surface Molecular Clustering in Living Cells

馬橋詞典

傑作！

如果弄不到書的
可以看這裡

Selected Papers 052308

theoretical biology, biochemistry
FtsZ Bacterial Cytoskeletal Polymers on Curved Surfaces: The Importance of Lateral Interactions

theoretical biology, cell biology, genetics
Sustained Oscillations in Extended Genetic Oscillatory Systems

cell biology, theoretical biology
Cell Shape and Negative Links in Regulatory Motifs Together Control Spatial Information Flow in Signaling Networks
Mechanism of Shape Determination in Motile Cells

epidemiology, theoretical biology [review]
Mathematical Models of Infectious Disease Transmission

computational biology
Dynamic Analysis of Integrated Signaling, Metabolic, and Regulatory Networks

cytoskeleton, membrane biology, cell biology [reviews]
Membrane Nanotubes: Dynamic Long-Distance Connections between Animal Cells
The Septin Family of GTPases: Architecture and Dynamics

知音

伯牙鼓琴，鍾子期聽之，方鼓琴而志在太山，鍾子期曰：「善哉乎鼓琴，巍巍乎若太山。」少選之閒，而志在流水，鍾子期又曰：「善哉乎鼓琴，湯湯乎若流水。」鍾子期死，伯牙破琴絕絃，終身不復鼓琴，以為世無足復為鼓琴者。

──《呂氏春秋．孝行覽．本味》

越來越能夠體會
伯牙為什麼會為了子期的死而破琴絕弦

不管是一個藝術家、數學家還是生物學家
最幸福的事大概就是有人能appreciate他們的work吧

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BTW,
柯禿頭你不解釋一遍我真的看不懂你在搞啥XD

In Rememberance of E. N. Lorenz

One of the greatest mind ever.

The obituary appeared in this issue of Nature is available here.

邊緣光影

多年之後　你在詩中質疑愛情
還記得那棵開花的樹　落英似雪……
美　原來等候在愛的邊緣
是悄然墮落時那斑駁交錯的光影

是一瞬間的分心　卻藏得更深

原來人生只合虛度
譬如盛夏瘋狂的蟬鳴　譬如花開花謝
譬如無人的曠野間那一輪皓月
譬如整座松林在陽光蒸騰下的芳香
譬如林中的你
如何微笑著向我慢慢走來　衣裙潔白
依舊在那年夏天的風中微微飄動
彷彿完全無視於此刻的　桑田滄海

──席慕蓉，《邊緣光影》

要學的數學和物理

Selected Papers 050908

systems biology
Teasing out the missing links [news & views]
Hierarchical structure and the prediction of missing links in networks

physics, electromagnetics
The Missing Memristor Found

cell biology
Genome-Wide Screen Reveals APC-Associated RNAs Enriched in Cell Protrusions

cell biology, membrane biology, biochemistry
Asymmetric Tethering of Flat and Curved Lipid Membranes by a Golgin

ecology, theoretical biology
A General Model for Food Web Structure

prokaryotic cytoskeleton, cell biology, biochemistry
Tinkering with Acellular Division [perspectives]
Reconstitution of Contractile FtsZ Rings in Liposomes

prokaryotic cytoskeleton, biochemistry, theoretical biology
Spatial Regulators for Bacterial Cell Division Self-Organize into Surface Waves in Vitro

comment:
Both FtsZ and MinCDE are the prokarytoic cytoskeletons that I'm working about.
The appearance of these two papers on Science indicates we are involved in a very interesting and hot field. So I'd better work harder!

BTW, is there anyone that would like to read Pattern Formation with me?
The paper above has shown that this is a Nature/Science level question!!!

真的沒人要來跟我念Pattern Formation嗎？
再拖別人都發好幾篇Science了啦...

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剛剛仔細看Tinkering with Acellular Division
覺得那隻E. coli長得很熟悉
所以仔細讀了圖的legend
結果發現
那照片是我老闆照的XD

The 11th WCS Science Camp

今年是生化年！
雖然副院長家就在我們家樓下
要找副院長聊天並不是太困難的事
但是Johann Deisenhofer也要來
所以即使實驗有可能做不完
還是要當輔導員！