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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

APS global summit attendees, check out the inaugural T-shirt of division of material physics. The back side contains graphics I designed. It's a collage of stylized images depicting systems or phenomena relevant to material science research. I hope you all have a great week. #APS #APSglobalsummit

Top left: surfactant molecule (ref: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.120302)
Top center: Fermi surface of RTe2 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.080301)
Top right: host-guest assembly in block copolymer blend (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.120301, originally in https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03190)
Mid left: TEM image of the double gyroid phase of the self-assembled polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.030301)
Mid center: power spectrum from cryo-Em micrograph (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.020301)
Mid right: Kagome lattice (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.074201)
Bottom left: dodecagonal quasicrystal (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115304119)
Bottom center: Fermi surface of PrTe3 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.080301)
Bottom right: Inverted gyroids phase of Miktoarm star copolymer (10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01474)

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

This is by far my most colorful crochet project. Instead of yarn, I used leftover embroidery thread. Joining new thread every so often was a bit inconvenient, but the colors made it all worth it! I mean look at all the layers😁🌈. Pattern by @handmadebyraine on YouTube. #crochet #rainbow #embroidery

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

“The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity.” ― Jacob Burckhardt . . . . . Made with #python #mlx #matplotlib #particlelenia #alife

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

It's -10°C (with wind chill) in Boston today. So I wore my homemade balaclava. In India we used to call these 'monkey caps' 🙈🙉🙊. As a child, I used to hate wearing them to school. And now I made myself one and I proudly wear it. Age makes people utilitarian I guess.

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I have been hooked to this word game for a while now. The challenge is to guess the title of a Wikipedia page from some completely redacted paragraphs. Today's puzzle was right up my alley. I found #pedantle #960 in 15 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 cemantle.certitudes.org/pedantle

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pedantle - Uncover the Wikipedia page!

Uncover the Wikipedia page by guessing the hidden words.

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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 28/12/2024

A favorite commission this year, a dividing cell with an extra detail. Colleagues of a retiring researcher commissioned me to add the specific structure she worked on—the spindle pole body—to the sculpture. Here it is close up, in sterling silver embedded in the bronze nuclear membrane. 🔬#SciArt

A dividing budding yeast cell in steel, bronze, and silver, with apatite gemstones for the chromosomes. The sculpture rests in my hand, a physical cutaway view with many cellular structures visible.

Closeup of the sculpture, centered on the spindle pole body, a tiny structure looking like a stack of pancakes from the side, embedded in the long curved nuclear membrane, tethering the spindle (a splayed bundle of silver branches each terminating in a jewel chromosome). The spindle structure is polished silver, lodged in the polished bronze of the membranes and surrounded by bronze endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and other structures.

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Back to my desk at Brandeis. I missed this space. Over the years I have customized it to fit my work style. I added potted plants, enough notebooks, a personal whiteboard, tablecloth to prevent static, silverware, doodling pens, and a lot of free space. It's my zen. 🧪⚛️ #womeninphysics #furmip

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haganlab.bsky.social @haganlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

New Publication 🚨 : Layne Frechette shows how active matter, which consumes energy to create persistent and directed motion, can be harnessed to create dynamic assemblies with tunable sizes, shapes, and motion. Check it out : arxiv.org/abs/2410.05555 #ActiveMatter #SelfAssembly #BrandeisMRSEC

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Tree of Life by Leonard Eisenberg! You can clearly see the evolutionary timeline. Humans are in the farthest corner. Gives a sense of how small we are in the bigger picture. I was introduced to this diagram at a talk today by Mazi Jalaal. #activesolids #KITP #activematter

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

By the Santa Ynez River in the Los Padres national forest. Photo, materials, location and many useful suggestions by physicist and artist Kay Weise. This is my first completely acrylic plein air painting. Thanks to Kay for this beautiful experience.

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Starter pack for #women and under-represented #minorities in #physics. If you like to be added, just drop me a note. 🧪⚛️

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Anyone here attending #CellBio ? My talk is on Monday in the #subgroup "Theoretical Mechanobiology from Single Cell to Multicellular Level". Let's connect! www.ascb.org/cellbio2024/

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Cell Bio 2023-An ASCB|EMBO Meeting

Network, learn, and collaborate with top cell biologists from around the globe.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/12/2024

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If you don’t deeply and strongly define what success looks like for yourself, I can assure you a 23 year old management consultant making more money than you can imagine will absolutely do it for you. And your admin will believe them over you. Know what you are fighting for and why. Always.

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Reading the paper in Cell about how to close the scissor plots in gender representation at senior academic positions, I feel just a touch of pessimism. Having reached a level of seniority (middle management) I didn’t think I ever would, I read these great ideas wanting more, much more /1.

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Closing the scissor-shaped curve: Strategies to promote gender equality in academia

Gender inequality in STEM fields remains pervasive and undermines the ability for talented individuals to excel. Despite advances, women still encounter obstacles in pursuing academic careers and reac...

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Roberto Ranon @robertoranon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Nowhere To Hide made with code #digitalart · #generativeart · #creativecoding · #abstractart

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I had a hard time finding women physicists here. So I made a starter pack for #female and #under-represended #minorities in #physics, in short #FURMIP. Please spread the word and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Many #scientists currently attending the #KITP programs were away from their families during this #Thanksgiving. So we coordinated and put together a massive potluck dinner at the #Munger Physics Residence. I am thankful to be part of this academic family 😃.

Four tables laden with food prepared by scientists currently staying at the KITP Munger Residence. It was a diverse spread featuring traditional Thanksgiving dishes and festive dishes from other cultures. We had a four course meal complete with mains, sides, dessert and drinks.

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I have been stuck here. It should not be that difficult. What am I missing?

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Found this super cool account where @sconradi.bsky.social posts python generated art!

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Alex Best @bestieboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

As my follower count creeps towards that of the old place, an unashamed plug for the FREE online textbook I wrote for #mathbio students. 'Introducing Mathematical Biology' is FREE, interactive, accessible and FREE. Please feel free to share with students. sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...

Cover of textbook. Photo of path in a forest. Text overlaid saying 'Introducing Mathematical Biology, An Open Education Resource by Alex Best'

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Since new people have joined this platform, let me re-introduce the "Artists in STEM" starter pack. Artists making science-inspired art, and scientists creating artworks in any form are welcome to join. Let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/NzXHtrF

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Since new people have joined this platform, let me re-introduce the #FURMIP starter pack for #women and #under-represented #minorities in #physics. Please spread the word, and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Sadly, my #morphogenesis Package fell victim to a bug 🐜 and I had to recreate it from scratch. I tried to add everyone... 👉Please check if you are still in!👈 Please SHARE/Like, so those I might have missed see this post! #cellbio #devbio #science I can also start a Part II... go.bsky.app/RzDD9or

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Illustration of a sea jelly, made in ‘Procreate’. I heard many interesting talks on hydra, sea star, marine snow etc at the ongoing #KITP program on #active_solids. Lower animals are very good candidates for studying the role of mechanics in #active motion. #ProcreateArtist #digitalart #activematter

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Check out this awesome list of #women, and #underrepresented #minorities in #physics created by @quantumviv.bsky.social. You can view and pin it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Dr Katherine McNeil @adhd-teacher.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

If you are a #crochet lover please let me know so I can add you to my Crochet starter pack

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Starter pack for #artists in #STEM. #Artist s creating #scientific #visuals ( #illustration, #installation etc), and #scientist s creating artworks (not necessarily #sciart) are welcome. Please spread the word and let me know if you would like to be added. #science #art go.bsky.app/NzXHtrF

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 20/11/2024

Social Emotional Check-in as we start orbits in AP Physics 1 tomorrow: Which 3 body orbit are you? Source: www.youtube.com/shorts/6EvaV... 🎢🍎

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Paul Garrity @paulgarrity.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Attending ASCB|EMBO? Join us for a Special Interest Subgroup on Sensory Receptors, featuring @ericmulhall.bsky.social, @rachellegaudet.bsky.social, Eric Gouaux, Maude Baldwin, Juan Du and Corey Allard, co-organized with Josefina del Marmol @delmarmollab.bsky.social #CellBio2024

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Even though there are great #devbio and #biophysics starter packs, I felt #morphogenesis & #organogenesis was missing as a subfield :D Far from complete or full. Tell me if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/PB6s8PQ

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Intro: I am a graduate candidate in physics at Brandeis University, MA, USA. I study living matter through theoretical modeling and computer simulation. In my free time, I like painting, crocheting and all things creative. Lately I've been super interested in illustrating the flora of Santa Barbara!

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