Professor @KU Leuven, Statistical and Computational Physics, Interested in DNA (Statistical)-mechanics, Chromatin Structure, Biomolecular Condensates Left X-Twitter on Nov. 2024 - building up a new community here! https://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3mls6bqgksk25Many thanks to Raymond Goldstein for a truly engaging two-day visit at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social during which he presented a faculty colloquium on “Fluid Dynamics and the Evolution of Biological Complexity” and a seminar on “Decision-making without a brain.” @pol-kuleuven.bsky.social14 May 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls6bqgksk25https://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3mjyi644x4c2pThe KULeuven Department of Physics and Astronomy is recruiting a new faculty member as Research Professor in Experimental Biophysics. The candidate is expected to develop and apply innovative experimental techniques to study the structure and behavior of living systems from a physics perspective.21 Apr 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyi644x4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3mivsdpqgok2g🏅 2026 IUPAP Medal for the Physics of Life The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), through its Commission on Biological Physics (C6), is pleased to announce that Dr. Uri Alon is the recipient of the 2026 IUPAP Medal for the Physics of Life https://iupap.org/who-we-are/internal-organization/commissions/biological-physics/c6-news/07 Apr 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivsdpqgok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3meeiklvauc2kIf you’re in the London area, don’t miss this seminar at Kings College Tomorrow, Monday 9 Feb. at 12:30 "DNA topology: from DNA supercoiling to the organization of interphase chromosomes" by Midas Segers presenting recent work from our KU Leuven group https://mathsbiscuit.uk/dhd/maths.events/?id=679&gr=DS #chromatin08 Feb 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3meeiklvauc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3mdxryuw7bc2uKU Leuven awards an honorary doctorate to physicist Raymond E. Goldstein in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to the Physics of Life, a field that uncovers the fundamental physical principles shaping living systems youtu.be/qQXnUPU2iAU https://youtu.be/qQXnUPU2iAU03 Feb 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxryuw7bc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3mcu6jh3dfs2rThe 2024 Physics Nobel Prize is often portrayed as a "prize for AI". In this article I explain the connection with Physics. It is a translation of an article appeared in dutch in www.tijdschriftkarakter.be - @karakterasl.bsky.social https://ecarlon.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/physics-meets-computer-science-the-2024-physics-nobel-prize/20 Jan 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcu6jh3dfs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3m6zqnbzq7s25If you happen to be in Seoul tomorrow Dec. 3 don't miss this seminar at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) "Chromatin structure from high resolution microscopy: Scaling laws and microphase separation" by Midas Segers (KU Leuven) https://www.kias.re.kr/kias/activities/seminars/view.do?seqno=PGN1720251107-0001&menuNo=404003&mjrcdnm=&sdate=2025-12-03&edate=&pageIndex=102 Dec 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zqnbzq7s25https://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3m4ssh67vu22wCongratulations to Giandomenico Vanore on being awarded a PhD Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social He will conduct his doctoral research under my supervision on the project “Understanding the structure of interphase chromosomes.” #statistical_physics #polymers #chromatin #MD_simulations04 Nov 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ssh67vu22whttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3m3653kyxdc2f🧬 Seminar Alert! Join us next Friday 17 Oct. for “Mechanics, Dynamics and Shape in Oocytes” by Dr. Bart Vos — a deep dive into how physical forces and cell mechanics shape early development. Discover the emerging field of mechanobiology, where physics meets life.14 Oct 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3653kyxdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3m35eewphgc2fInterest in pursuing a PhD/postdoctoral position in experimental Condensed Matter Physics with applications to biological systems? Don’t miss this opportunity from the "Small Biosystems Lab" felixritortlab.com UBarcelona which combines statistical physics with single-molecule experimental techniques14 Oct 2025 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35eewphgc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3m2z37yjmsc2rNew preprint! With Takahiro Sakaue we studied an active polymer dynamics focusing on the mean-square displacement of a monomer. We show that the MSD can be described by a simple compounding formula linking an isolated monomer MSD with tension propagation along the chain - arxiv.org/abs/2510.07949 https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.0794912 Oct 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2z37yjmsc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3m2tnalwbjc2jTraveling back after an exciting three days meeting of the MeChaNiSM Doctoral Network @mechanism-network.bsky.social - Thanks to all students, PIs and supporting staff for these intense days of scientific discussions about our projects on DNA/RNA mechanics. https://www.chalmers.se/en/projects/mechanism/10 Oct 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tnalwbjc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3lyrpc3h45s2tNew preprint out! We investigate DNA kinks using biased all-atom MD simulations, in collaboration with Arianna Fassino and Aderik Voorspoels @aderikvoorspoels.bsky.social, as part of the EU-funded Doctoral Network MeChaNiSM @mechanism-network.bsky.social https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674847v114 Sep 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyrpc3h45s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3lwysqmxagk2wInteresting paper by Tony Lemos and Harold Kim. DNA minicircles adopt a specific inside-out orientation. Previously predicted, now this effect has been observed in atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiments! arxiv.org/abs/2508.15091 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.1509122 Aug 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwysqmxagk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3luhxyvwi2s2sEnjoying this workshop on the Statistical Mechanics of polymers in Venice these days... Great program and organization! https://userswww.pd.infn.it/~orlandin/Venice_2025/speakers.html21 Jul 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhxyvwi2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3ltkl64n3hs2zNew preprint! Collaboration with Andrea Bonato, Sergey Kitaev, Davide Marenduzzo and Enzo Orlandini arxiv.org/abs/2507.00520 https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.0052009 Jul 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltkl64n3hs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3lngdizbe6c23Very happy that our latest publication "Statistical mechanics of multiplectoneme phases in DNA" https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.044408 was selected as Editors' Suggestion. These suggestions list "a small number of papers that the editors and referees find of particular interest, importance, or clarity". (1/4) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.044408was22 Apr 2025 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngdizbe6c23https://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3llw7ktuxo22qA 3 year ERC-funded post-doc position in the Broedersz group of @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Topic: Statistical physics of Chromosomes https://workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/post-doc-statistical-physics-of-chromosomes-amsterdam-111879203 Apr 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw7ktuxo22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ecarlon.bsky.social/post/3llnzfu22sc2iWelcome to Arianna Fassino who has recently joined our group to start a PhD project on simulations of Nucleic Acids Mechanics. The project is part of a EU-Marie Skłodowska Curie Doctoral Network “MeChaNiSM” Mechanical Characterization of Nucleic acids - https://www.chalmers.se/en/projects/mechanism/31 Mar 2025 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:errkwkwf2a4ui5sc5mzba7ys/app.bsky.feed.post/3llnzfu22sc2i