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Cytoskeleton and Cell Shape lab. PhD UniHeidelberg. Div of biology, IISER Pune, India. Teaching and researching Cellular Biophysics. Account run by PI & Prof. Chaitanya Athale. #scuba 🤿 #sailing⛵ #fieldhockey 🏑 when free http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~cathale

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · May 30

It's finally out! Yay! Our first Bonafide Synthetic Biology paper. With a lot of help from our friends in #toronto #sandiagodechile and funding from #shastri_inst and #canadian and #indian governments. #covid #pointofcare #sensor

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 7d

Fall of flowers, flame 🔥 of the forest...

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to hearing and participating in the upcoming #EMBO frontiers in #cytoskeleton meeting at #iiserpune in November 2025. The best season to visit Pune in case any of you were wondering. Old friends and colleagues and new ones I hope.
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cyt...

Frontiers in Cytoskeleton Research

A key question in biology is how living cells adapt to highly complex functional requirements in the context of an organism, within which they need to develop complex morphologies, interact with many…

meetings.embo.org

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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · 16d

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic,
or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly
motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and
fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a
world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects
of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range
of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal
pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens,
plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to
fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving
pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also
encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with
faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to
addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems.
The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors.
Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on
departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional
facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 12d

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪

Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360

PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!

Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:

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Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Open Date: Sep 19, 2025

Description
The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area.

More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 11d

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 11d

Inspiration for writing, thinking and new ideas to pursue. #ChemDojo4.0

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 11d

Priarily based on this review by West et al. The social life of microbes.

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 11d

Previously from #NIST #mohali a talk on #Salmonella_typhimurium colony formation

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 11d

How to start a #microbial_community: a guide to #chemists. By Dr. Amrita Hazra Whytamin Lab, #IISERPune. Going from PEP to multispecies interactions. #ChemDojo4.0

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 25d

Spider mom. New version of spider man.

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · Aug 31

This

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oviedo ist immer nett! Selbst wenn verregnet. "Unfreiwilliger Abstecher..." 😂 erinnert nach Vicky Christina Barc....

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JeWitch68 @witchywoman68.bsky.social · Aug 31

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 31

हम होंगे कामयाब, एक दिन

ktrittibach.bsky.social @ktrittibach.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wow, man stelle sich vor, alle Städte würden sich Paris zum Vorbild nehmen!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

www.washingtonpost.com

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 31

#खरा_विकास #real_development

Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Aug 30

Einfach schön zu sehen was machbar ist und denkbar wäre, würden wir die erfolgreichen Schritte übernehmen.

EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · Aug 30

Avant / Après la rue aux écoles Rue Schutzenberger dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · Aug 30

Avant / Après la rue aux écoles Rue Schutzenberger dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 31

Post an image from your summer that conveys peace

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 31

I have 685 tabs open on my phone browser and they are either pubmed.nlm.nih.gov, BioRXiv.org, phys.org or journal pages! #sundaymusings #academichatter

Welcome to the bioRxiv homepage.

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 29

One more reason to visit Bos!

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mhverlhac.bsky.social @mhverlhac.bsky.social · Aug 28

Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026).
For more information, please contact: [email protected]

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 20

Also 🚦 green 🍏 lighted the enormously talented Tanvi Kale working on E coli cell shape mechanics - #cytoskeleton and #pressure. Thesis writing race is on! Author of a #comic #zine papers on #cellsizevariability #allometry and #turgor pressure #microscopy #image-analysis #simulations

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 19

I will reuse the term "alcoholic rabbit"....

Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am going to lodge a prediction: the AI bubble is going to start to deflate in the next 18 months.

Chatbots have edge case utility, but are not themselves transformative. Agents are as controllable as an alcoholic rabbit; not fit for serious work. Foundation models are no longer improving rapidly

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am going to lodge a prediction: the AI bubble is going to start to deflate in the next 18 months.

Chatbots have edge case utility, but are not themselves transformative. Agents are as controllable as an alcoholic rabbit; not fit for serious work. Foundation models are no longer improving rapidly

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Closing the loop, @lJashaswi Basu (not on bsky) from the lab presenting a full roundup of his #phd work at the #presynopsis green-light 🚦 for writing up! #proteins #microtubules #motors #microscopy ... Soon to be looking for new opportunities

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · Aug 7

Tiger claw flowers in full bloom #वाघनखी #gloriosasuperba #IISER #pune