Kabir Husain
theoretical physics, molecular biology, and experimental evolution
I am a Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. I work on problems in statistical physics and biological evolution.
This work uses tools from theory (statistical physics, information theory, evolutionary dynamics) as well as experimental biology approaches (molecular biology, yeast genetics, laboratory evolution).
Prior to this, I was a Yen Biophysics Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago, in the group of Arvind Murugan. From 2018 to 2021 I was supported by a fellowship from the James S. McDonnell Foundation. I did my PhD with Madan Rao and Jitu Mayor at the NCBS, Bangalore, where I worked on the organisation and transfer of information at the cell surface.
news
| Jan 02, 2024 | The lab opens its doors at UCL! I’ve started as a Lecturer (the UK equivalent of Assistant Professor) in the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. |
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| Nov 18, 2023 | I spoke on our ongoing theory + experimental work on DNA polymerase evolution at a meeting on Stochasticity and Plasticity in Living Systems in beautiful Sakleshpur, India. |
| Apr 21, 2023 | A talk on The evolution of kinetic proofreading at the Physics of Life meeting at CUNY, alongside other fantastic postdoc and student talks. |
| Sep 15, 2022 | I spoke at a Biophysical Society meeting for Beginner Scientists at the Interface of Physics and Biology, alongside my old comrade in science Darius Koester! |
| Mar 23, 2022 | I gave a recorded talk at the APS March Meeting in a session on Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics. |
selected publications
- 2020PNASTuning environmental timescales to evolve and maintain generalistsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
- 2019CellSystemsKalman-like Self-Tuned sensitivity in biophysical sensingCell systems, 2019
- 2020MBEPhysical constraints on epistasisMolecular Biology and Evolution, 2020