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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Peeps who love Pseudomonas, aeruginosa, putida, syringae and others, get ready for 20th International Pseudomonas Conference. We meet in Chennai, India, Dec 13-17, 2026. pseudomonas.io/home Early bird registration June 1, 2026 Email: pseudomonas2026@gmail.com

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Fungarium at Kew gardens. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#SUNDAYWHIFF ISOAMYL ACETATE (C7H14O2): Fruity smell of bananas, pears, apples and many other fruits. Even more exciting is the fact that honey bees release it as an alarm pheromone when they sting. It promotes cooperative stinging behaviour in other bees, as defense mechanism for the colony.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Drawing instead of graphical abstract for a manuscript I should be working on.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Who says plants can not locomote on their own?

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

SUNDAY WHIFF PETRICHOR: The evocative scent that arises when RAIN kisses the parched earth. The essence of rejuvenation and nostalgia (Petrichor cafe, Edinburgh) GEOSMIN is a volatile bicyclic alcohol, made from geranyl bi phosphate by bacteria. Also made by blue green algae and plant.

Parched earth. A smell called geosmin is released when rain falls on parched earth.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Standing up for worms, women and all of science and scientists!

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Snapshot of my lilypond, taken few years ago. Warm and cool! Peace and harmony!

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Sunrise on a cloudy day in Broughty Ferry.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Stunning colours over Fife and river Tay.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I do not normally get to hear seminar focused on cancers. This one by Alex Toker, HMS was fantastic. AKT inhibitor for treating triple negative breast cancer intersects with effects of statins.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Stunning sunset over Dundee and river Tay.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

Stunning sunset close to home in Broughty Ferry, Scotland. bbc.co.uk

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Wow! Here is globe-bearing tree hopper from the naturalist.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Olfactory landscape is diverse and contributed by microbes and plants in our environment. Here is one example you might know as petrichor.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Owl 1: Who are these elegant worms? Where are they going? Wise owl: Round worms called C elegans. They have a wonderful sense of smell. They sniff edible bacteria. 1: They must be GREAT MODEL to study anosmia. 2:. Yes, loss of sense of smell, Parkinson's D and olfaction in general.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Two calcium binding proteins keep the hair cells stimulated by preventing calcium channels from closing. One of them linked to deafness. elifesciences.org/articles/96139

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Credit: NASA Mars Global Surveyor.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

If you love worms and neurobiology and behaviour, here is a great meeting for you. Registration is now open for Ceneuro 2024 at University of Wisconsin Madison, June 23-26, 2024 conferences.union.wisc.edu/ceneuro/

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Living root bridge and lake Umiam in the North Eastern State of Meghalaya in India. The bridge has been tended for decades by the local community. Incredibly beautiful, rustic and peaceful.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Asia Pacific Worm Meeting happening in Bangalore, India in June 2024. The registration and abstract submission links are open now. Visit apwm2024.com to register.

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Word cloud of my science shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...

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Varsha Singh @varshasinghuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Art inspired by observing and thinking about Caenorhabditis elegans.

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