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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After a collective 28 hours of GPU time, the exosome for MD simulations for our iGEM project is ready. Now to do this exact thing 4 more times for other exosomes.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Harvested the soft agar and its SOOO BLUE!!

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Working with M13 phages is so much fun because WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE PLAQUES TURN BLUE!?!?

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

End of 3rd year presentation really made me realise that job application season is coming towards me in the next few months.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Phage on a (failed) western blot membrane. PS It’s insane how smooth these membranes are, I’d recommend writing on them.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Some non-phage TEM today. It seems like our iGEM team has successfully managed to induce exosomes from HEK cells. Now to engineer its membrane and package our protein in it. #exosomes

A negative stain image of a sample with circular bilayer lipid membrane structures.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

~£18,000 raised so far, with IDT and Vazyme sponsoring our reagents; we are making steady progress towards our goal of engineering exosomes that cross the blood brain barrier and deliver Dravet Syndrome therapeutics. #healthcare

Screenshot of an email saying - “Hi Team Sheffield,

We're pleased to confirm that your project has been placed in your first-choice village, Therapeutics, for the iGEM 2026 competition.”

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Pretty pink single colonies on my pack of soft cheese. I wish my actual plates were so lucky. If anyone know what this might be, please do tell.

Pink bacterial or fungal colonies on a pack of soft cheese

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Bit late to the party but I presented our work at Microsoc 2026 in Belfast this year. It was great to see so many talks on such diverse topics but of course I was biased towards phages and eukaryotic viruses talks.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Had the opportunity to present my work at Viruses of Microbes UK this year. Had a lot of fruitful discussions regarding the work and phage therapy. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Prague in July!

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Look at this beautiful CsCl gradient. I’m lying, my gradient crashed. I lost my phages and I am going home.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Nothing feels better than a payday. #iGEM

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We’re here, and we’re square.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Managed to nab a signed copy of Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. Quite excited to read this.

Signed title page of “Everything is Tuberculosis” by author John Green

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Screening some mutant phages and can’t help but feel bad about this guy who: 1. Had his head burst (Red selection is where the head was supposed to be) 2. Tail tube broke in half RIP unnamed phage. You will be missed.

A TEM image of a bacteriophage with a burst head and a broken tail tube

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Presented my work in the Science Graduate Showcase at the University of Sheffield. A bit subtle in design compared to my past posters but there’s always tomorrow. #phage

Me standing in front of my poster titled “Targeted structural engineering to understand phage host interactions”

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

NCBI has the most sassy server I’ve ever come across. What do you mean that the error code is NO_ERROR? Real helpful NCBI.

Error message saying: server sent GOAWAY and closed the connection

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Spending the last few days at my home and I can never get used to this view. The himalayan range in the background steals the show. Pretty curious about the phage diversity here though.

Village view with goats in the foreground and houses in the back.

Green mountains with the himalayas peeking from behind

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Back at NISER to catch up with my old lab and friends. One thing that always amazes me is the sand art.

Sand sculpture of Homi Bhabha with “DAE CONCLAVE” written.

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Found this absolute gem of an arrangement at Manchester Airport

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Anirudh Jakhmola @funnirudh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

You know you have a big dog when the bandana you got him from UK marked specifically for “large adult dogs” looks like this. Time to bust out the ol’ towel and make a bandana out of it.