Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labTrends in Cell Biology @cp-trendscellbio.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 044
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Excited & grateful to have our lab’s work highlighted by @emorycollege.bsky.social! With support from an NSF CAREER Award + NIH MIRA, we’ll have $3.5M over 5 years to tackle big questions in actin cytoskeleton biology. Huge thanks to my lab & collaborators! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/9rd7vbvj 0150
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labGould lab @gouldlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Would you believe us if we told you these are fission yeast cells (missing two genes)?! Check out our newest publication in collaboration with Tuo Wang's group! @awillet.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 0175
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labScience Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Meet Euplotes gigatrox, a super-giant cannibal captured with a scanning electron microscope for our #PictureOfTheWeek. Image credit: Ben Larson and Samuel Lord 510216
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labInstitut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 30/06/2026📣 The Institut Jacques Monod ( @cnrs.fr | @upcite.bsky.social ) is proud to announce the election of Dr. Nicolas Minc ( @minclab.bsky.social ) as a new member of the EMBO community! Congratulations! #EMBOMembers2026 More informations 🔗 buff.ly/2HSXoSd @embo.org @cnrs-idf-villejuif.bsky.social 8438
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labLiedewij Laan @liedewijlaan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026New paper out in #PRX-Life! We take a step back from molecular detail and ask: how do you quantify cell #polarization at the #mesoscale? Using live-cell imaging + analysis, we define phases of cell polarization and a framework to compare wildtype + perturbed cells. journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...journals.aps.orgQuantitative Characterization of Budding Yeast Polarization at the MesoscaleA quantitative description of budding yeast polarization derived from live cell imaging enables systematic comparison of polarization phenotypes, revealing varying degrees of variation in physical cha... 1135
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026📢 Excited to share that I’ve received the NSF CAREER Award! The $1.26M award will support our ambitious research and education program on actin dynamics! Recruiting project assistants, postdocs and PhD students. More info on our website : www.shekharlab.org @emorycollege.bsky.social 3352
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Beautifully written, I remember reading and learning from his early magnetic tweezers microrheology experiments as a grad student myself! 010
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026My Dispatch published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... In 1950, Bruno Straub described depolymerization as the great unsolved problems of actin biology. A new cryo-EM study from Dominguez lab at @pennmuscle.bsky.social now reveals it all! @emoryuniversity.bsky.social 011
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Exciting news from the lab! 🎉 Ekram's presentation at the #APSMarchMeeting was selected for the DBIO Best Talk Award. A well-deserved recognition - and it comes with a stipend & lifetime bragging rights😉. Congratulations, Ekram! 👏 @emorycollege.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labManning Research Group @manningresearch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Thanks to all the students, postdocs, and collaborators over the past 15 years that really did the work that this AAAS Fellowship celebrates. Happy to share it with all of you! news.syr.edu/2026/03/26/3...news.syr.edu3 Faculty Members Named AAAS FellowsDuncan Brown, Kevin Crowston and Lisa Manning are the first trio from Syracuse to earn the prestigious science honor in a single year. 3135
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 17/05/2026📢Excited to share that my NIH R35 MIRA grant has been renewed: $2.4M over 5 years to support our work on actin dynamics.🎉🎉 We’re growing & recruiting postdocs + research/project assistants. Please reach out & share. www.shekharlab.org #PostdocJobs #CellBiology #Actin 1180
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Senior professors - if you want to help your junior colleagues in these times, I am begging you, review our papers. I have done 25 manuscript reviews in the last 6 years. But my own manuscript is stalled out waiting for reviewers. Relatedly, I won't be doing any more reviews until tenure. 🧪 1117248
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Congratulations Falk! Thats a major newPI milestone! 110
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labTheo @earthowned.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Cancer Research UK is fed up of paying too much for open access publishing so they are completely stopping funding this activity: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/w...news.cancerresearchuk.orgWhy we won’t be funding open access publishing any more - Cancer Research UK - Cancer NewsThe open access movement was bold and promising, but ultimately disappointing. Now is the time to stop and call for a new way to make publishing work… 23215
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labRob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I really wish Wellcome and UKRI would follow the lead of CRUK! 081
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labManny Ares 👀 @mannyares.bsky.social · 30/03/202670 yo insomniac here, this is a great start but we must also drop the glam pub reward effects during critical evaluation of researchers for promotion and research support. It's easier to get off the glam train once you've arrived. Alternative transportation is necessary. 1243
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Our Cell Scientist to Watch is Helene Knævelsrud @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social. We spoke to Helene about her career, her research and her advice on mentorship. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #autophagy #kidneycancer #mentorship #conferences #procrastination #advocacy #beer 093
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Presenting our exciting discovery of pointed end elongation at the Indian Organelle Biology meeting! 060
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labSandhya Koushika @wormlockholmes.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Golgi organization is altered on loss of adhesion. Axl inhibition leads to AMPK activation that controls golgi organization through Arf1 activation. Shared talk w/ student Vaishnavi Raut who presents link between autophagy & golgi organization. Nagaraj Balasubramanian, IISER Pune #OBMT26 051
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labSandhya Koushika @wormlockholmes.bsky.social · 15/03/2026 The luminal domain (LD) region of Seipin/Fld1 is dispensable for lipid droplet biogenesis & function. Fld1-∆LD has gain of function activity but the LD is imp for TAG levels in the cell. Amit Khatri, Vineet Choudhary lab, AIIMS-New Delhi #OBMT26 011
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labSareen Fiaz @sareenfiaz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026So excited to have been awarded the ASCB COMPASS Outreach Grant for our proposal of “Beyond the Data” 🔬 The Aiken Lab will host a community-wide Graduate Science-Art Showcase & Reception in downtown Fort Collins, coming soon!🎉 @aikenlab.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labJayne Aiken @aikenlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Fun to see this on the cover of Cytoskeleton! Microtubule and actin filaments captured by @sareenfiaz in the Aiken Lab 🔬 #Cytoskeleton #CellBiology #Microscopy #LabLife 083
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Stentor is a unicellular species, but it has been known to aggregate into short-lived groups to feed more efficiently. www.newscientist.com/article/2356...newscientist.comMulticellular life may have begun with brief alliances between cellsSingle-celled organisms called Stentor can feed more efficiently by pairing up, illustrating a possible stage in the evolution of complex life forms 1133
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This is an awesome discovery: A single-celled organism with no brain called Stentor seems capable of Pavlovian learning. Yes, it can actually learn to associate two things despite having no neurons. My latest for @newscientist.com. 🧪 #science #memory #learning www.newscientist.com/article/2519...newscientist.comSingle-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learningA trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems 826084
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Single-celled organisms can learn! Happy to share some my insights with @chrisnsimms.bsky.social Check out this piece by Chris for @newscientist.com 081
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026If you're at #Dros26 and are interested in how cells change shape & move during morphogenesis & how different classic cadherins influence different cell behaviors, check out the talk by @saraheclark.bsky.social in Cell Biology: Cytoskeleton, Organelles, & Trafficking II Sat 9:15 🧪 04114
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labEmory College of Arts & Sciences @emorycollege.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian will deliver Emory's 2026 Commencement address on May 11. He also will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the 181th ceremony, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to business and society. More ➡️ bit.ly/4suA0NT 011
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Light, camera and action! BPS 2026. @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social 070
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labEmory College of Arts & Sciences @emorycollege.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Huge news for Dr. Shekhar, and for us. Congratulations 🎉 051
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Incredibly honored for the Early Career Award in Mechanobiology by the Biophysical Society. @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @emoryuniversity.bsky.social @emorycollege.bsky.social @emorybiochemistry.bsky.social 4415
Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Excited to share that I’ve been invited to speak at the New & Notable Symposium at the Biophysical Society (BPS) 2026 Annual Meeting! @emoryuniversity.bsky.social @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social 090
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labBenoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Happy to highlight our collaborative work from our @ijmonod.bsky.social team with @destriano.bsky.social, B. Goyeau and M. Chabanon. Cytoplasmic crowding acts as a porous medium that hinders macromolecular diffusivity. Plus: a clever way to measure cell volume. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgCytoplasmic crowding acts as a porous medium reducing macromolecule diffusion | PNASIntracellular transport of macromolecules is crucial for the proper functioning of most cellular processes. Although intracellular crowding is know... 15728
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labDunn Lab @dunnlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Mark your calendars, the Signaling by Adhesion Receptors GRC is June 7 - 12, 2026. We have a terrific program that balances developmental biology, cell polarity, and adhesion and signaling. Please spread the word! www.grc.org/signaling-by...grc.org2026 Signaling by Adhesion Receptors Conference GRCThe 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Signaling by Adhesion Receptors will be held in Manchester, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot. 11610
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labAlex Bisson @archaeon-alex.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I am beyond excited to announce that the Bisson Lab has a new home!!! Starting January 2026, I will join the Biology Department at Indiana University Bloomington as Associate Professor with tenure. I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join [1/4] 2019125
Reposted by Shashank Shekhar labPrakash Lab @ Miami @vprakashlab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics 03227