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Aashrith Saraswathibhatla

@aashrith.bsky.social
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Mechanobiology and biophysics of collective cell behavior. Asst. Prof. at UMN BME. Postdoc - Chaudhuri lab, Stanford; PhD - Notbohm lab, UW Madison; BTech - IITGN

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Mathis Riehle @mornorse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Last week I attended the 6th 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 #ISMB2026 that was organised as part of SynSci — Synergy for Science 2026 and did some #Sketchnotes along the way; I plan to add the missing ones with time… bio-mat-sketches-mor.blogspot.com/2026/07/2026...
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2026 International Society for Mechanobiology meeting in Glasgow at SynSci
A visual blog about science and tissue engineering. Based on live doodles/sketchnotes done during talks. Some with an abstract/writeup.
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Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Excited to share our new paper, now published in Nature Cell Biology! 🎉 We asked a fundamental question in cell biology: How do cells maintain polarity while migrating? Especially how do cancer cells navigate confined spaces? www.nature.com/articles/s41556-026-01981-1
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CD44 restricts EGFR mobility to polarize cytoskeletal signalling modules driving bleb-based migration - Nature Cell Biology
Jha et al. show that the transmembrane protein CD44 restricts EGFR mobility to maintain an EGFR–PI3K–Rac gradient during bleb-based cell migration.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“move from preprint to peer-reviewed publication leaves the central claims of most abstracts intact, indicating preprints are a reliable source…papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were…” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tracking claim changes from preprint to publication across 72,644 biomedical studies using large language models
Preprints now disseminate a large share of biomedical research before peer review. Because they have not yet passed peer review, some scientists regard preprint claims as unverified or potentially unr...
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Pau Guillamat @pauguillamat.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just published in @science.org 🚀 By controlling how cells align, we show that living nematic tissues can be programmed to generate forces and fold into predictable 3D shapes. A new platform for tissue engineering and the design of smart active materials! 🫆 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Science | AAAS
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Aashrith Saraswathibhatla @aashrith.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
My personal high point of #APSSummit2026
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Kolade Adebowale Ph.D. @kolade-adebowale.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New publication alert! We use theory and experiment to demonstrate that glassy adhesion dynamics can predict anomalous migration on viscoelastic substrates. Grateful to have worked with Vivek Sharma, Ze Gong, Ovijit Chaudhuri, and Vivek B Shenoy 🙏 ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Glassy adhesion dynamics govern transitions between sub-diffusive and super-diffusive cancer cell migration on viscoelastic substrates - Nature Communications
This study introduces glassy adhesion dynamics within a motor–clutch framework, revealing the mechanism by which cellular and extracellular timescales interplay and govern anomalous cancer cell migrat...
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Jacky Goetz @goetzjacky.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
💡 Have you ever wondered how #circulating #tumor cells squeeze through narrow #capillaries during hashtag#metastasis ? 💥 We did, check out our latest publication just out #NatureMaterials: rdcu.be/eZHxJ
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Stig Ove Bøe @stigoveboe.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Our review article is now available in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics: “Full-Integer Topological Defects in Polar Active Matter.” @luizaangheluta.bsky.social @emmalaang.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
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I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
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Daniel J. Cohen (Princeton) @djcohen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Best paper title?: “How to make a new nose for someone when it is off entirely and the dog has eaten it”—c.1460 von Pfalzpaint. I talk noses: @npr.org Shortwave (Regina Barber) tinyurl.com/23dvwzmv Video of my nightclub version @oddsalon.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4snnacs3 #storiesmatter (my art)
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Aashrith Saraswathibhatla @aashrith.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Saraswathibhatla lab is open for business!!
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Nimesh Chahare @onenimesa.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Have you ever thought about inflating tissues? Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues? New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
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Aashrith Saraswathibhatla @aashrith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Thank you for highlighting our preprint, Sharvari!! @prelights.bsky.social
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Garrett Beeghly, PhD @gbeeghly.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Preprint alert! Excited to share this manuscript from my PhD which aims to answer an age-old question. Does size matter? For fat cells, or adipocytes, the answer seems to be yes. We found that larger adipocytes promote aggressive behavior in breast cancer cells. 1/5 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Hypertrophic adipocytes increase extracellular vesicle-mediated lipid release and reprogram breast cancer cell metabolism
Obesity worsens cancer-specific survival and all-cause mortality for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Rich in adipose tissue, the breast exhibits increased adipocyte size in obesity, which correlat...
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Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
REPOSTING this here just to officially leave "the other place" Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...
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Stretch-induced endogenous electric fields drive directed collective cell migration in vivo - Nature Materials
Electric fields guide collective cell migration in developing embryos of Xenopus laevis via a voltage-sensitive phosphatase.
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Jake Song @jakesong15.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Understanding the physics of our foods can inform the design of future foods - plant-based or otherwise! Check out the article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Non-linear rheology of melted cheddar cheese
The rheology of melted cheese is a fundamental parameter in the preparation of cheese for consumer foods, but remains poorly understood. We show that …
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Someone awesome in my circle shared some terrific news with me today but was hesitant to do so because of all that is going on in the science world. It may appear insensitive that you are celebrating when other colleagues are struggling but I entreat you to celebrate & share good news. 1/
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Aashrith Saraswathibhatla @aashrith.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Despite the current uncertainty of being a scientist, I am excited to share our manuscript demonstrating an interesting mechanism of how swirling motion of breast cancer cells align collagen fibers radially at the tumor-stroma interface to enable their invasion (1/11) @thechaudhurilab.bsky.social
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Aashrith Saraswathibhatla @aashrith.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Our latest paper providing a biophysical mechanism of collagen fiber alignment that enables collective invasion in breast cancer!
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