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Qing (Andie) Zhang @zqing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Living nematic circuits in coastal mud! 🌊 Excited to share our new preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... A cool ecosystem-derived living material integrates communication & memory in collectives without neurons. #PrakashLab #TidalFlat #Diatoms #LivingLiquidCrystal #Nematic #ActiveMatter #Biophysics

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Qing (Andie) Zhang @zqing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Honored to be nominated as a candidate for the Early Career Member-at-Large on the APS DFD Executive Committee! The DFD community is central to my journey, and I’m passionate about advocating for young researchers and interdisciplinary science! 🌊🔬 #APSDFD #Fluids #Biophysics @prakashlab.bsky.social

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Life knows how to keep going - even if it’s freezing -15 degrees C 🥶 outside. AGU just covered our discovery of ultra resistant ice diatoms gliding into a world record! 🧪🔬Enjoy the story here: eos.org/articles/ice...

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Ice Diatoms Glide at Record-Low Temperatures - Eos

New observations reveal how microscopic organisms move through polar ice and illustrate how they may have evolved to thrive in extreme environments.

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Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

#Arctic #algae aren't immobile or entombed. They're not just surviving either—they're gliding into record books phys.org/news/2025-09... Ice gliding #diatoms establish record-low temperature limits for motility in a eukaryotic cell www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #protists #microbes #extremophiles

schematic pictures and microscopic photos showing various aspects of movement in single-celled algae

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Qing (Andie) Zhang @zqing.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Did you know tiny algae can "skate" within Arctic sea ice? ⛸️ Our new study in @pnas.org reveals the secret life of ice diatoms: they are actively gliding to navigate the ice! This adds a new dimension to the sea ice ecosystem, revealing an active, dynamic ecological niche. @prakashlab.bsky.social

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Qing (Andie) Zhang @zqing.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔬🍻 We're hosting Pint of Science, a vibrant festival in Palo Alto! May 19-21 at Café Venetia, Scotty’s Bar & Sprout Café. Pick your favorite topics! ✨ Bioprinting: Organs like Westworld? 🤖 Brains in Virtual Worlds 🧬 Tiny Mighty Cells etc. 🔍 PLUS: Origami Microscopy wonders @prakashlab.bsky.social

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Qing (Andie) Zhang @zqing.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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Arthur Charles-Orszag @acharlesorszag.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Save the date 📆 Dyche Mullins and I are hosting the “Cell Biology at the Extremes” session at the #CellBio24 meeting on Monday, Dec 16, 5:00 PM. @ascbiology.bsky.social You’ll learn about the latest cool ❄️ hot 🔥 and ultrafast 💨 cell biology. Kindly supported by @focalplane.bsky.social

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Coming to #CellBio24 this year? Posters/Talks/Booths from our lab. Grace, Ray(2), Charlotte, Jiju, Qing are presenting posters, Charlotte, Qing, Ray & Manu giving short talks. Hongquan & Jim/Hannah/Brian/Ken at Cephla & Foldscope booths respectively. Lots of surprises 😱 in store if you find us.

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Stanford Department of Bioengineering @bioe-stanford.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Just another day conducting research with the Prakash Lab @prakashlab.bsky.social: sailing to the Arctic and ice-olating diatoms at -15°C! Talk about a cool discovery ❄️🔬

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

@tuthill.bsky.social I see your frozen walking snow fly and raise you a frozen gliding diatom 😊

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Our latest discovery of “lowest recorded temperature for eukaryotic cell motility” going all the way down to -15deg C. Come for the crazy cold Arctic & stay for diatoms. Will write longer thread - but enjoy video below of diatoms gliding on frozen ice surfaces. Congrats @zqing.bsky.social & team.

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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

this is cool🧊❄️🏔️check it out

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Loving all the cool 🆒 puns - keep them coming. We have a tradition in lab to draw a doodle for every group meeting - usually by Rebecca Konte (a resident artist in my lab for last 10 years). Here is the doodle of from last year group meeting as “ice skating diatoms” @abelaer.bsky.social #protistsky

A diatom used as a blade for ice skating ⛸️ shoes to depict the capacity for these unique Arctic diatoms to glide on ice.

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