Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Joined September 2010
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We are searching for a new colleague in our Department of Biology at University of Oregon! This is a super special opportunity-- an endowed chair position in Genetics/Genomics. Come join us! I'm happy to answer any questions folks might have careers.pageuppeople.com/726…
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Applications are open for the NITMB Fellows program! NITMB is seeking early-career researchers who have an interest in transforming biological research and inspiring new mathematical discoveries Apply by November 15, 2026: nitmb.org/nitmb-fellows-prog…
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
This is *exactly* why I say we need *more* human mathematicians now than ever, not fewer! I watched the video, start to finish. I'm not a combinatorialist, but I understood every word, and could have understood every word as an undergrad. (The idea of counting things and showing that the count is positive, and therefore concluding that the things actually exist, is very familiar to number theorists!!..) I'm embarrassed I never even heard of this problem, despite my great Rutgers colleagues Szemeredi and Komlos and others (the Hungarian mafia) having worked on it. It's a beautiful problem, and beautiful solution. "From the BOOK", as a certain Hungarian might say :) If AI keeps coming up with amazing arguments like these, we, again, need many more mathematicians to go through them, make sense of them, incorporate the ideas in new research and textbooks, etc etc. So much work to be done; all hands on deck!
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Explore peer-reviewed applied mathematics research from PNAS, including machine learning, stochastic modeling, quantum computation, biological systems analysis, and more. Discover articles that advance understanding across disciplines: ow.ly/sBFV50ZPpR4
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🚨 Out in @Nature! 🚨 How to judge someone when we have lots of info about their behavior? Our study shows that "looking twice and forgiving once" builds informative reputations that sustain cooperation—no complex norms or public institutions needed🧵👇 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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The City of Philadelphia is committed to improving the region’s trail network for pedestrians and cyclists. The Christian to Crescent trail segment will connect the existing Schuylkill River Trail, which ends at Christian Street, to the Grays Ferry Crescent Trail.
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
I am excited to share that I will be starting a lab at @EmoryUniversity this September. We will aim to understand evolution by studying genomes of things ranging from viruses to humans. Looking for talented students and postdocs to do computational genomics. Get in touch! 1/2
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Hey y’all! We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology @RiceUniversity! Great place to work, excellent students & colleagues. Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/152527
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined the faculty at @BrynMawrCollege as an Assistant Professor of Math! I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to join a department full of incredibly kind and talented people.
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Some updates on my side: Ant Harvester is going to study harvester ants! I am going to defend my PhD 🪰🎶 on July 16th at 3 PM EDT I will graduate in August and then, I will join Deborah Gordon’s lab at Stanford as a postdoc to study the neurophysiology of ant social behavior!
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Announcing the 2024 Career Award at the Scientific Interface recipients buff.ly/3zyLYjp #bwfcasi
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Interested in postdoc research in evolution/sexual selection/evolutionary conflict, located @stfxuniversity on Canada's beautiful east coast? Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships provide 2 years salary, no citizenship requirement. I'm happy to discuss proposal ideas, pls email!
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Finally, as we discuss in paper, our ability to safely do deep mutational scanning of H5 HA enabled by switch from live-virus to pseudovirus. I thank @mlipsitch & others for thoughtful discussion that prompted switch; we welcome continued input on those aspects of our work.
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📢Out now: @jplotkin, @anzhisheng_1002, @QiSu_1991 and Long Wang develop a mathematical framework to study how the structure of higher-order interactions influences cooperative behavior. nature.com/articles/s43588-0… 👉rdcu.be/dEMaO
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I'm grateful to @PhillyInquirer for letting me share my thoughts on the 48th and Chester "poop building", an anodyne, mixed-income, mid-sized development proposal that has become a national embarrassment as a result of years of neighborhood obstructionism. A brief 🧵 follows.
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ちなみに稀勢の里は衝撃波放ってるみたいな塩の撒き方するよ
誰かが白鵬の塩まきは綺麗すぎてティンカーベルだとか言ったせいで、白鵬が塩まくだけで毎回笑ってしまう
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
We are grateful for all the incredible speakers who shared their work and ignited new questions for mathematicians and biologists to solve at our inaugural Emerging Directions Workshop
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