Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 16/05/2026What an amazing experience it would be to be working with @alaingoriely.bsky.social ! 010
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanMukund Thattai @thattai.bsky.social · 15/04/2026How did eukaryotic cells get their Golgi, endosomes, lysosomes and other endomembrane compartments? We show that endomembrane evolution depends on long periods of neutral molecular exploration, punctuated by sudden leaps. New preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 14924
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 21/03/2026The "it" in the last sentence presumably refers to the "deplorable verdicts" and not the "intelligence of an individual." :-) 010
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanAlain Goriely @alaingoriely.bsky.social · 17/03/2026"Some philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed quantity.... We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism; we will try to demonstrate that it is founded on nothing." - Alfred Binet 1909 194
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanAlain Goriely @alaingoriely.bsky.social · 24/02/2026It is a wonderful feeling when a math lecture resonates beyond its confine to inspire artists www.gresham.ac.uk/about-us/new...gresham.ac.ukProfessor Goriely's lecture "The Shape of Shells" inspires abstract artPr 1121
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 24/02/2026@alaingoriely.bsky.social : this is as it should be with a beautifully crafted lecture! 010
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanPredrag Cvitanović @chaosbook.bsky.social · 01/11/2025C. N. Yang was simply amazing. Incredibly deep and creative. He seemed to remember everything, including all the papers he wrote. So, my story is kinda funny www.ias.edu/news/in-memo...ias.eduIn Memoriam: Chen Ning Yang 杨振宁 (1922–2025)Chen Ning Yang (杨振宁), Faculty (1955–66) and Member (1949–54) in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Mathematics/Natural Sciences, passed away on October 18, 2025 at the age of 103. 151
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanNeelima Sharma @neelimasharma.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Why is it that small animals like insects have a landspace body plan when viewed head-on, but larger animals like elephants are taller than wide? With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00... 0279
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 07/05/2025You assume honesty and certain comprehension abilities on part of all those who take that oath. Clearly, that is a misplaced assumption here. 010
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 09/03/2025That’s their model indeed; hence the “building upon” in my question. 🙂 For example, if the eLife editorial layer is removed, does peer review remain sustainable? 200
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 09/03/2025What are your thoughts on building upon eLife's reviewed preprint model, which fits many of the boundary conditions that you have stated? 100
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanMukund Thattai @thattai.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Technology shouts for itself; science is more abstract and subtle. We cannot assume that the value of science is self-evident to the public. In "How Science Speaks", we will hear how scientists and science writers communicate complex ideas about the history and practice of science to non-experts. 162
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanAmir Pahlavan @apahlavan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Our work on solute-mediated colloidal vortices and focusing is now out in PRL. doi.org/10.1103/Phys... 1172
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The incredible Henry Bennet-Clark passed away recently, but his wonderful science will continue to inspire. www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/dr-henry-ben... He wrote numerous amazing papers, including on how fleas jump so high: scholar.google.com/scholar?q=au... #biomechanics #obituary #stcatzstcatz.ox.ac.ukDr Henry Bennet-Clark (1934–2025) - St Catherine's CollegeDr Henry Bennet-Clark (1934–2025) St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dr Henry Bennet-Clark, Emeritus Reader... 012
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 27/02/2025A paper that adds a crucial piece to our understanding of how biological joints came to be. 010
Madhu Venkadesan @m-v.bsky.social · 19/02/2025@Predrag: I fear for our colleagues in the humanities, perhaps a tad more than for those in the sciences. Art History seems to have faced headwinds even before the current state of affairs. 011
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanPredrag Cvitanović @chaosbook.bsky.social · 12/02/2025It took more than a century to hire the first woman professor in Cornell history department? as.cornell.edu/news/history...as.cornell.eduHistory department honors first women hiredThe centerpiece is a wall-size homage to three of the first women hired and McGraw itself, drawn by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik. 221
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanDaniel P. Ferris @dpferris.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The 12th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines and 2nd LokoAssist Symposium TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, July 8th-11th, 2025 www.tu-darmstadt.de/lokoassist/h...tu-darmstadt.deAMAM25AMAM/LokoAssist 2025 041
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanAmir Pahlavan @apahlavan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I wrote an invited commentary on the soil plastisphere for the InterPore Journal. The nexus of bacteria, biofilms, and microplastics has significant environmental implications with LOTS of unknowns and opportunities. ipjournal.interpore.org/index.php/in... 0134
Reposted by Madhu VenkadesanWhat a week, huh @whataweek.bsky.social · 24/01/2024What a week, huh? 02314
