Reposted by Ankita JhaZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 27/09/2026The last three months are the warmest on record globally, relative to every other June-July-August period since 1850. Data from NOAA/NCEI's NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0. 9432211
Reposted by Ankita JhaFocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ICYMI: the recording of our second webinar on emergent models and quantitative analysis of cell migration is now available. 🔬🎥Check it out to see talks from @ankita13jha.bsky.social, @raphclement.bsky.social and @katrinavelle.bsky.social focalplane.biologists.com/2026/09/25/f...focalplane.biologists.comFocalPlane features... cell migration recordings with Ankita Jha, Raphaël Clément and Katrina Velle - FocalPlaneFocalPlane features... cell migration recordings with Ankita Jha, Raphaël Clément and Katrina Velle - News 0127
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Damn this is cool. And look at ll those movies of amoeba go! 140
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Stairs at UNC Med Biomolecular research building are pretty....so is the science!!! Thank you @stephgupton.bsky.social 🙂 140
Reposted by Ankita JhaYale Cancer Center @yalecancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#Osimertinib appears to ⬇️ the elevated brain metastasis risk historically associated with two common subtypes of EGFR mutations, supporting osimertinib's role as a preferred first-line treatment for EGFR-mutant #NSCLC. medicine.yale.edu/cancer/publi... @oncoalert.bsky.socialmedicine.yale.eduOsimertinib and Brain Metastasis Risk in Lung CancerThis study shows that osimertinib reduces brain metastasis risk differences seen between two common EGFR lung cancer mutation subtypes. 012
Reposted by Ankita JhaMaitreyi Das @daslabpombe.com · 16/09/2026The Das lab has 1-2 open postdoctoral positions. Our lab investigates the fundamentals of cell-cycle-dependent cell polarity. Boston College has fantastic resources, including a cutting-edge imaging facility with state-of-the-art microscopes. Please apply here: bc.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... 0713
Reposted by Ankita JhaPablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wanna see blebs dancing & new models of #CellMigration? Join us tomorrow to see the great talks from @ankita13jha.bsky.social, @raphclement.bsky.social & @katrinavelle.bsky.social Thu 17 Sep. at 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST Register: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/09/03/f... @focalplane.bsky.socialnt.bsky.socialBluesky 1174
Reposted by Ankita JhaFocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Don’t miss the second webinar in our new series on cell migration, featuring talks from @ankita13jha.bsky.social, @raphclement.bsky.social and @katrinavelle.bsky.social. 🗓️Thursday 17 September at 15:00 BST For more info and to register: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/09/03/f...focalplane.biologists.comFocalPlane features... cell migration webinar 2 - FocalPlaneFocalPlane features... cell migration webinar 2 - News 1189
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A beautiful spotlight on our recent work on the polarity maintenance in bleb-based motility in metastatic cancer cells by @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social and Dipanwita Das is published in Developmental Cell. 1248
Reposted by Ankita JhaFocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026📢One week to go! Join us on Thursday 17 September at 15:00 BST (UTC+1) for our webinar on new models for studying cell migration, hosted by @pjsaez.bsky.social & @valeriaventurini.bsky.social. You’ll hear talks from @ankita13jha.bsky.social, @raphclement.bsky.social and @katrinavelle.bsky.social.focalplane.biologists.comFocalPlane features... cell migration webinar 2 - FocalPlaneFocalPlane features... cell migration webinar 2 - News 0136
Reposted by Ankita JhaJournal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 07/09/2026The cell biologist’s guide to detecting and modulating membrane #phospholipids. A review by Worcester, @gerryhammond.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode 01611
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Looking forward to this!! Sign in if you want to hear about migrating cells and organisms. Also excited to share this space with Raphael who I know from my grad time and @katrinavelle.bsky.social who I have admired for a while now 😀 150
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026May be it only works for me but I have been using blebbing cells as calming patterns :) 1379
Reposted by Ankita JhaPablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Blebbing cell under confinement? 2112
Reposted by Ankita JhaStephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Real American heroes 273153484125
Reposted by Ankita JhaRobert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgReconstitution of actomyosin networks in cell-sized liposomes dissects distinct mechanisms of membrane blebbing and symmetry breakingActin network organization dictates how and where membrane blebs form, revealed through reconstitution and simulations. 0144
Reposted by Ankita JhaScroll @scroll.in · 27/07/2026Today on Scroll: open.substack.com/pub/scrollne... -India’s lost generation: Education was a secure investment, now it’s a gamble -‘Daddy, detain me’: The memes that humbled Modi -Opinion: The Modi government doesn’t understand Gen Z’s protest memes – but that doesn’t matter More⤵️open.substack.comDaily Brief: India’s lost generation: Education was a secure investment, now it’s a gambleYour morning dose of news, stories and insight from Scroll. 0112
Reposted by Ankita JhaMaik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I feel honored that my Perspective article with @mayorlab.bsky.social on collective cell migration has been featured in this special collection. Many thanks to the curators, @wumin-lab.bsky.social and Gabriele Stephan, as well as @jcb.org rupress.org/jcb/article/... #CellBio #CellMigration 14116
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Excited 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/s41556-026-01981-1nature.comCD44 restricts EGFR mobility to polarize cytoskeletal signalling modules driving bleb-based migration - Nature Cell BiologyJha et al. show that the transmembrane protein CD44 restricts EGFR mobility to maintain an EGFR–PI3K–Rac gradient during bleb-based cell migration. 68732
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026We celebrated 25 years of @thomaslecuit.bsky.social Lab and it was all so wonderful. Having everyone around felt like we never left. Thank you Thomas for bringing us all together but also being such a strong and supportive presence in our lives even after so many years... as you say to many more... 070
Reposted by Ankita JhaThomas Lecuit @thomaslecuit.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We just celebrated with alumni & current members the 25yrs anniversary of our group @ibdm.bsky.social and @centuri-ls.bsky.social. Lots of joy to witness the scientific paths of so many talented ex members. Big smiles, laughs and fun 🤩. So thankful for having had such colleagues. Let’s keep going 😊 1333
Reposted by Ankita JhaOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27/06/2026> Bias against non-native English speakers in peer review persists even when authors use large language models to improve their writing. Sounds to me like it's the bigotry that needs to change & structural support needs to be built up and not "chatGPT is a tool" rhetoric rolled out uncritically. 1/ 319262
Reposted by Ankita JhaJeremy Baskin @jeremybaskin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Thrilled to share this #lipidtime mechanism story in @jcb.org where, led by Shiying Huang and in collaboration with Tamas Balla’s lab, we uncover plasticity in phospholipid metabolism to preserve plasma membrane identity and integrity in the face of disease-relevant perturbations! 03414
Reposted by Ankita JhaYuki Maekawa @gatohamu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is my first paper. A brief introduction of myself. 23310
Reposted by Ankita JhaMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape. What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people. 252506851
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 31/01/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgU.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took officeA Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies 000
Reposted by Ankita JhaNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/01/2026US researchers speak with Nature Careers about the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after Donald Trump returned to the White House. #Academicsky 🧪 go.nature.com‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careersResearchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House. 17938
Reposted by Ankita JhaRobert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCell viscosity influences haematogenous dissemination and metastatic extravasation of tumour cells - Nature MaterialsThe viscosity of tumour cells is shown to govern their ability to disseminate through the bloodstream and extravasate, establishing a key biomechanical factor of metastasis. 193
Reposted by Ankita JhaKevin Bonham @kevinbonham.com · 17/01/2026Been hearing some horrifying chatter about dealing with the new #NIH common form and #ScienCV system, so I put together a short video with some tricks for mitigating some of those pain points. Hope it helps? 🧪 open.substack.com/pub/emptymod...open.substack.comDealing with ScienCV formattingSome tips for composing and making your new NIH biosketch not look like garbage 05238
Reposted by Ankita JhaRobert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 09/12/2025www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgLipid transfer by ORP3 is required for the regulation of PI4P and PI(4,5)P2 at the plasma membrane in mitosisLipid transfer proteins are an evolutionary-conserved families of proteins that transfer lipids at sites of contacts between the membrane of distinct organelles and contribute to the regulation of org... 061
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Okay want to talk blebs, migration, life and more!!! I will be at poster session (sunday) at 2 PM at poster board- 247 at @ascbiology.bsky.social #Cellbio2025 153
Reposted by Ankita JhaMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/11/2025When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.nature.comAge and gender distortion in online media and large language models - NatureStereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ... 52752366
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 23/10/2025It's always lovely to see you 💕 @thomaslecuit.bsky.social It's amazing how some things never change and we like it that way 😀 040
Reposted by Ankita JhaGioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social · 16/10/2025🧠 The Lipid #Brain Atlas is out now! If you think #lipids are boring and membranes are all the same, prepare to be surprised. Led by @lucafusarbassini.bsky.social with Giovanni D'Angelo's lab, we mapped membrane lipids in the mouse brain at high resolution. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... 7284108
Reposted by Ankita JhaJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/10/2025A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024) 1/12media.tenor.coma dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .ALT: a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant . 16036
Reposted by Ankita JhaKatrina Velle @katrinavelle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Happy #MicrosCreepy season! 0121
Reposted by Ankita JhaKatrina Velle @katrinavelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I have been slacking on the #microscreepy season! Thanks for reposting! 211
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Also you can do crazy awesome imaging and then put googly eyes on them during Halloween season!! 150
Reposted by Ankita JhaKatrina Velle @katrinavelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2025PhD or Master's position available for Fall 2026! Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont... Please share! 14829
Reposted by Ankita JhaRobert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgActin filament assembly driven by distributive polymerases clustered on membrane surfacesActin filaments created by the Arp2/3 complex form branched networks, that grow and push against cellular membranes. We employ theory and simulation to describe how membrane surfaces accelerate filame... 142
Ankita Jha @ankita13jha.bsky.social · 29/09/2025If anyone ever wants to brush up on a lot of cell migration concepts don't forget we have several wonderful scientists who have given talks previously in cell migration seminars. I find it so comforting to go look at old videos, maybe someone else who will do as well!! youtube.com/@cellmigrati...youtube.comCell Migration SeminarsCell Migration Seminars every Tuesday at 16:00 BST. 14310