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Mahipal Ganji

@ganjilab.bsky.social
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Assistant professor at IISc Bangalore. Interested in DNA nanotechnology, single-molecule biophysics, super-resolution imaging, chromatin organization. Lab webpage: www.ganjilab.org

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Felipe Opazo @opazo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New paper! 🚀 A high-affinity anti- #mNeonGreen #nanobody turns #mNG into a #multifunctional Tag. @nanotag.bsky.social decided to openly share the #nanobody for research use. Not common, but we strongly believe well-defined reagents are key for reproducible science. We hope you find it useful! 💚
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Oh wow!
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The best place for biophysics!
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Bacteria don't need signaling cascades to rewire gene silencing. They use DNA 🧬 twist. ➕Overwind → H-NS forms a filament. ➖Underwind → H-NS bridges and silences. 📣Topology is the switch. See our preprint for more details: doi.org/10.64898/202...
H-NS transition between stiffening and bridging modes dictated by DNA superhelicity
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Agnes Noy @agnesnoy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Is gene regulation only dictated by biochemistry, or are we missing the bigger physical picture? 🧬✍️ Find our latest review article with Sarah A. Harris and Wilma K. Olson in Current Opinion in Structural Biology, where we advocate for "Physical Genomics” doi.org/10.1016/j.sb...
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A new high-resolution microscopy technique enables simultaneous visualization of up to 12 biomolecules in cancer cell nuclei, offering detailed insights into nanoscale nuclear organization. doi.org/hbzd5k
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High-resolution imaging shines light on nanoscale nuclear organization
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have implemented an advanced microscopy technique to visualize multiple biomolecules inside the nucleus of a cancer cell simultaneously at incredibly high resolution.
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Huge congratulations to first authors @abhinav512.bsky.social and Micky Anand — equal contributors who drove this from conception to publication.
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We built a comprehensive analysis pipeline combining: 📊 Global Pearson's correlation 📏 Pairwise cross-correlation functions (PCCF) 🎯 Degree of Colocalization (DoC) Revealing both global reorganization AND local nanoscale interactions — things global analysis alone misses. 8/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
When we inhibit transcription, the nuclear landscape reorganizes dramatically. Nuclear speckles round up. Chromatin contacts with speckles are lost globally. Heterochromatin interactions with the lamina strengthen. All captured simultaneously at nanoscale resolution. 7/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We used 9 of these sequences to build a super-resolved spatial map of the mammalian nucleus — simultaneously imaging heterochromatin, euchromatin, nuclear lamina, speckles, transcription machinery, and CTCF. In a single cell. In under 4 hours. 6/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Some of our new sequences have longer binding times — and that turns out to be a feature, not a bug. Longer binding = more photons per event = better localization precision at LOWER laser power. This means less photodamage and faster target sampling. Win-win. 5/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We tested all 12 sequences on designer DNA origami nanostructures with docking strands arranged in a precise 4×3 grid — each point separated by just 20 nm. 12-plex Exchange-PAINT imaging. Less than 4.5 hours. Localization precision: 3–5 nm. 🤯 4/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We systematically explored the entire sequence space to find new imager-docking strand pairs that are: ✅ Fast binding ✅ Orthogonal to each other ✅ Concatenatable for speed Result: 6 brand new speed-optimized sequences, doubling multiplexing to 12 targets. 3/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
DNA-PAINT is one of the powerful super-resolution tools we have — nanometer precision, multiplexing capability, no photobleaching worries. But speed has been a bottleneck, takes hours per imaging round. And until now, speed-optimized sequences were limited to just 6 targets. 2/n
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Our latest paper is online. www.nature.com/articles/s41... We expanded the speed-optimized DNA-PAINT sequences from 6 to 12 — enabling faster, higher-resolution multiplexed super-resolution imaging of up to 10 cellular targets. Here's the story. 1/n
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High-speed multiplexed DNA-PAINT imaging of nuclear organization using an expanded sequence repertoire - Nature Communications
Banerjee, Anand, and colleagues present an expanded speed-optimized DNA-PAINT sequence repertoire. This repertoire allows for improved multiplexing capability in super-resolution imaging, maintaining ...
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Mark Bates @wmarkbates.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Delighted to share our preprint describing COMET, a new approach to drift correction for #SMLM, which performs exceptionally well in practice. Check out the benchmarking results compared to other methods! :) Thanks to @lreinkensmeier.bsky.social for a superb effort. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Ranjith Padinhateeri @ranjithpa.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Happy to share our Current Opinion review on the key challenges in accurately predicting 3D distances between chromatin segments and computing their dynamics. Thanks to @djost-physbiol.bsky.social @lucagiorgetti.bsky.social for the invitation to write this review! @shuvadipdutta.bsky.social
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Suliana Manley @sulianamanley.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thanks for highlighting our work on combining AI-based organelle dynamics detection in phase contrast with fluorescence! www.nature.com/ncomms/edito... @natcomms.nature.com and Nelio Rodriguez. Spearheaded by @wl-stepp.bsky.social with collaborators @jclandoni.bsky.social @maweigert.bsky.social
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Saravanan Palani @syncellbiolab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How short can a degron be? A compact, genetically encoded, 9-aa tunable degron that drives MDM2-dependent degradation enabling precise control of protein levels from yeast to human cells. Thanks to @eswarappalab.bsky.social for the opportunity to explore this in yeast. #Degron #Yeast #CellBiology 🧬
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Eswarappa Lab IISc @eswarappalab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Interested in tunable protein degradation? Check out our new preprint describing a compact, portable degron derived from MTCH2: doi.org/10.64898/202... Led by Lekha EM Saubhik Som Ramon Boro Sandeep Eswarappa Great collaboration w/ Anubhav Dhar Eepsitha @syncellbiolab.bsky.social #iiscbangalore
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Suliana Manley @sulianamanley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I’m honored to be part of the next GRS Single Molecule Approaches to Biology, thanks Chairs @qmsmith.bsky.social and Alba Gomez Segalas for organizing this great event! The GRS is a wonderful opportunity for young scientists to share their exciting science and build communities. See you there!
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Heilemann Lab @heilemannlab.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We developed a 'smart STED microscope' to detect rare objects/events in cells, and unraveled the 3D morphology of a nuclear membraneless organelle (paraspeckle). Amazing collaboration with Sjoerd Stallinga, Bernd Rieger (TU Delft) and @mixmue.bsky.social 🙏 (1/3) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Elio Abbondanzieri @abbondanzieri.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Excited to share a new preprint from a team of researchers I am part of (funded by an NIH grant). The paper helps us understand a question I have been interested in for a while: why are bacteria so resilient? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @meyerroc.bsky.social @juliebiteenlab.bsky.social
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Wonderful news. Well deserved honor, Cees!
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Johannes Stein @jmstein.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
(1/n) DNA-PAINT imaging inside the nucleus at single antibody resolution using TIRF? Ultrathin sectioning makes it happen! Grateful to share my postdoctoral work introducing “tomographic & kinetically-enhanced DNA-PAINT” or in brief: tkPAINT. Out in @pnas.org! doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 👇🧵
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Thank you for having me here, Mike. Big thanks to all the organizers. It was fantastic meeting. Looking forward to the next editions of #SMLMS2025
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Vicky Lioy @vslioy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
📢 Dear lovers of prokaryotic chromosomes: Registration for the Biology & Physics of Chromosomes meeting has been extended until 7 August ⏳. Join us! @biophychrom.bsky.social @danielabarilla.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social #microsky
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Beautiful. Congrats Luciano!
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Grainger Lab @graingerlab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Talk slots full but we can take late breaking poster abstracts until August 7th. Hope to see you in York to hear about your chromosome story 🧬🦠🧫 www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f... @vslioy.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social
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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
And the story is published now!🍾 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Open access link: rdcu.be/exnOc Many years in the making, great collaboration with @archaellum.bsky.social & @tunglejic.bsky.social Thanks @ukri.org BBSRC & @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding, reviewers & editor!! 🙏 #microsky #archaeasky
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Coupling chromosome organization to genome segregation in Archaea - Nature Communications
Proteins SegA and SegB are important for chromosome segregation and organization in archaea of the order Sulfolobales, but mechanisms are unclear. Here, Kabli et al. uncover patterns and mechanisms th...
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Very much looking forward for #SMLMS2025
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Heilemann Lab @heilemannlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🔬 Are you working with single-molecule super-resolution methods (SMLM, MINFLUX) and would like to meet experts in the field and discuss your work? 👉🏻 consider attending the SMLMS 2025 Meeting in Bonn 👉🏻 abstract submission is open until June 27th 👉🏻 www.smlms.org @smlm-symposium.bsky.social
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Such fantastic news! I had the privilege of working with Cees — an incredibly inspiring scientist. His research truly deserves this recognition. Huge congratulations, Cees!
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Big congrats, Cees. Richly deserved. 👏👏🥳🥳
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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Latest #CDlab paper online in @labonachip.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Here, 1st authors Alex Joesaar & Martin Holub developed a microfluidics platform to extract and study full length megabase-size genomes in microfluidic chambers (where they are protected against shearing by flow)!
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Luke Lavis @rhodamine110.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Hey #chemsky and beyond, with all that is going on, I am curious what expensive, high margin molecules we could provide to the community for free. What things do you use all the time, cost way too much, and would make a difference? Alexa Fluor 488 NHS? Other dyes? Other molecule?
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Dame lab at Leiden University @damelab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In @molecularmicro.bsky.social: two special issues on Prokaryotic Chromosome Organization. Many excellent contributions, including a vision article: 'Future directions of the Prokaryotic Chromosome Field', outcome of BioPhyChrom 2023 @biophychrom.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Future Directions of the Prokaryotic Chromosome Field
In September 2023, the Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes meeting ran at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. As part of the workshop, those in attendance developed a series of ....
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
ÅNGSTRÖM-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF CELL-SURFACE GLYCANS 🧬🎨🍬 The glycocalyx, our cells' sugar coat, holds secrets in immunology, cancer, viral infections, and more. Visualizing its molecular architecture was impossible… until now. #glycotime #microscopy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Sergii Pud @sergiipud.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The kindest of gentle reminders. We have one week to go on one #PhDPosition and one #PostdocPosition in single-molecule dielectrophoresis. Do you like single molecules , advanced optics and nanotechnology? More details in the thread👇 Dear Bluesky poplulation, please help with reposting
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Teif lab @teiflab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thermodynamic principles link in vitro transcription factor affinities to single-molecule chromatin states in cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... ▶️40-fold flanking sequence effect on TF binding ▶️Motif recognition beats kinetics ▶️Minutes-long residence times ▶️Models of TF-nucleosome competiton
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
😅 really cool!!!
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This is a fantastic community to be part of. Don’t miss the chance!
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Amazing!
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Sauer Lab @sauer-lab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🔬 Ever wondered how therapeutic antibodies work? 3D LLS-TDI-DNA-PAINT and live-cell LLS microscopy allow decoding of the molecular interplay of endogenous CD20 on B cells with therapeutic antibodies. 📄 Read more: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Great efforts from our IISc BS-MS student @thejas_52 , PhD students Rohit Singh from Sandeep’s lab at IMSc Chennai, Prakshi Gaur my lab.
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Really excited to share our latest preprint in collaboration with Sandeep Choubey's lab at IMSc. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nucleoid Associated protein Lsr2 and DNA undergo sequence-dependent co-condensation. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Sequence-dependent co-condensation of Lsr2 with DNA elucidates the mechanism of genome compaction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The xenogeneic silencer protein Lsr2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis plays a critical role in its survival and pathogenesis. Lsr2 is a nucleoid-associated protein that interacts with DNA in vivo and r...
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 03/01/2025
From the Henriques lab comes NanoPyx, which optimizes bioimage analysis by dynamically selecting code variations based on input data and hardware to ensures maximum computational efficiency. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Efficiently accelerated bioimage analysis with NanoPyx, a Liquid Engine-powered Python framework - Nature Methods
NanoPyx optimizes bioimage analysis workflows by dynamically selecting code variations based on input data and hardware. This ensures maximum computational efficiency, enabling fast analysis of large ...
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Mahipal Ganji @ganjilab.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Check out a preprint from our lab! We've uncovered all possible speed imager sequences for DNA-PAINT. You can now do 10-plex imaging in just a few hours with simple Exchange-PAINT. 🚀📸 #DNApaint #SuperResolution www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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High-speed 10-plex DNA-PAINT with a larger sequence repertoire
DNA-Points Accumulation for Imaging in Nanoscale Topography (DNA-PAINT) enables multiplexed super-resolution imaging of biological samples. We expand the repertoire of speed-optimized DNA sequences fo...
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