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Emory Is Home to a Top-10 Physics of Living Systems PhD Program
Ranked by U.S. News And World Report in 2023, part of Best Science Schools.
Physics of living systems is a burgeoning area of study, which uses concepts from physics to inform questions of structure, function and dynamics encountered in biological systems. Research provides scientific understanding for the basis of uses ranging from vaccine development to robotics. Emory is ranked No. 10 in the nation in this field. At Emory, TMLS is a leading contributor to research and training in the Physics of Living Systems.
Physicists have developed a dynamical model of animal behavior
The experiments conducted in a roundworm and the model of the observed worm behavior may explain some mysteries surrounding associative learning that were first noticed in Pavlov’s dogs over a century ago.
TMLS faculty collaborate to study airborne microbes, funded by $1.2 million Keck Award
The Keck Foundation awarded Emory physicists Minsu Kim (left) and Justin Burton $1.2 million to explore how microbes adapt to living in the Earth’s atmosphere and the broader role that these organisms may play in the planet’s ecosystem.
TMLS scientists discover how protein assembly drives cell movement
Shashank Shekhar’s group has uncovered a startling new insight into how actin filaments can form and generate cellular movements. Instead of just growing from one end, as scientists have believed for decades, actin filaments can elongate from both ends.
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Welcome
The goals of the Initiative in Theory and Modeling of Living Systems at Emory College is to foster the community of researchers who are building theoretical frameworks for understanding living systems, connect this community with the experimentalists, including in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory, train the next generation of researchers in the field, and establish Emory as a national leader in theoretical and modeling approaches to living systems.
Fall 2021 Vol. 1 Newsletter
Highlights in the Fall 2021 TMLS Newsletter:
- A letter from our co-directors: Ilya Nemenman and Katia Koelle
- Member profiles from Tyler Smith, Jennifer Rieser, and Haicen Yue
- Simons-Emory International Consortium on Motor Control featuring Sam Sober and Gordon Berman
- Faculty Recognitions
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