Soft Math Lab

@Mahadevan_Lab

Always at a junction ...

Cambridge, MA seas.harvard.edu/softmat/ Joined December 2014

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Soft Math Lab @Mahadevan_Lab Sep 20, 2025

quantamagazine.org/does-form-real…

www.quantamagazine.org Does Form Really Shape Function? | Quanta Magazine From brain folds to insect architecture, L. Mahadevan explains how complex biological forms and behaviors emerge through the interplay of physical forces, environment and embodiment.

Soft Math Lab @Mahadevan_Lab Sep 22, 2025

youtu.be/1kRAtbUjeIk

www.youtube.com Harvard Professor L. Mahadevan on Changing the Probability of a Coin Toss Can we use physics to rig a coin toss? L. Mahadevan, de Valpine Pro...

Soft Math Lab @Mahadevan_Lab Jan 1, 2024

Articulating
Paper cuts into art forms
Tells stories quietly.
For more, see nature.com/articles/s4358…

Soft Math Lab @Mahadevan_Lab Dec 18, 2023

and now onto bodies - starting with the experimental exploration of vertebrate gastrulation modes: tinyurl.com/m94b4zhu, and continuing by recreating a gastrulation morphospace: tinyurl.com/y86u9xsb

www.science.org Reconstruction of distinct vertebrate gastrulation modes via modulation of key cell behaviors in... Manipulation of mesendoderm territory and cell behavior recreates distinct vertebrate gastrulation morphologies in the chick.

Soft Math Lab @Mahadevan_Lab Dec 18, 2023

and then continuing with - the beak of the finch - tinyurl.com/yc6uxcj9 followed by a broader study of beaks across other avian radiations: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10… ...