Dhiraj Indana
@dhirajindana.bsky.social
HHMI fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation in Elowitz lab at Caltech | PhD in Ovi Chaudhuri lab at Stanford
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Extremely excited to share that I’m joining Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor!
We will explore how the mobile genome works—how transposons shape us, our DNA and how they can be harnessed to build useful technologies. #NewPI #RNAsky #TEsky
thawanilab.org
We will explore how the mobile genome works—how transposons shape us, our DNA and how they can be harnessed to build useful technologies. #NewPI #RNAsky #TEsky
thawanilab.org
The Thawani Lab at Columbia University
The Thawani Lab at Columbia University describing their research on mobile genome, cryo-electron microscopy and genome engineering
thawanilab.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Extremely excited to share that I’m joining Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor!
We will explore how the mobile genome works—how transposons shape us, our DNA and how they can be harnessed to build useful technologies. #NewPI #RNAsky #TEsky
thawanilab.org
We will explore how the mobile genome works—how transposons shape us, our DNA and how they can be harnessed to build useful technologies. #NewPI #RNAsky #TEsky
thawanilab.org
Reposted by Dhiraj Indana
Synthetic biology could enable new types of programmable therapeutics. Our new preprint introduces synthetic protein circuits that selectively trigger cell death in Ras-mutant cancer cells, with interesting advantages compared to existing approaches.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Synthetic biology could enable new types of programmable therapeutics. Our new preprint introduces synthetic protein circuits that selectively trigger cell death in Ras-mutant cancer cells, with interesting advantages compared to existing approaches.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Dhiraj Indana
This dot is a region that intersect multiple cell junctions in an epithelia. These dots act as tiny anchors of cell contacts and they’re critical for epithelial coherence during homeostasis AND development.
I’m @katecavanaugh.bsky.social and I’ll be your guide on this 🧵 about tricellular vertices.
I’m @katecavanaugh.bsky.social and I’ll be your guide on this 🧵 about tricellular vertices.
March 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This dot is a region that intersect multiple cell junctions in an epithelia. These dots act as tiny anchors of cell contacts and they’re critical for epithelial coherence during homeostasis AND development.
I’m @katecavanaugh.bsky.social and I’ll be your guide on this 🧵 about tricellular vertices.
I’m @katecavanaugh.bsky.social and I’ll be your guide on this 🧵 about tricellular vertices.
Reposted by Dhiraj Indana
As scientist I am going through difficult times (this is understatement of the year for me!!). Past one and half months have been horrible, however I am trying to pick myself up and super excited to share my postdoc work with the community! #cellmigration
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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CD44 and Ezrin restrict EGF receptor mobility to generate a novel spatial arrangement of cytoskeletal signaling modules driving bleb-based migration
Cells under high confinement form highly polarized hydrostatic pressure-driven, stable leader blebs that enable efficient migration in low adhesion, environments. Here we investigated the basis of the...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
As scientist I am going through difficult times (this is understatement of the year for me!!). Past one and half months have been horrible, however I am trying to pick myself up and super excited to share my postdoc work with the community! #cellmigration
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are delighted to announce our most recent class of Damon Runyon Fellows! These 13 scientists will receive four years of independent funding to investigate cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies, and prevention. Read more: www.damonrunyon.org/news/entries...
March 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Nice and clear summary of our work on animal species-specific developmental time in The Scientist
www.the-scientist.com/just-curious...
www.the-scientist.com/just-curious...
How Do Embryos Know How Fast to Develop?
In mammals, intracellular clocks begin to tick within days of fertilization.
www.the-scientist.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nice and clear summary of our work on animal species-specific developmental time in The Scientist
www.the-scientist.com/just-curious...
www.the-scientist.com/just-curious...
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Amidst these troubling times, I have some positive personal news to share: I will be joining @imbavienna.bsky.social as a new group leader this fall! 🎉 I am excited for fun projects, surprising discoveries, and great discussions within the fantastic science community @vbcscitraining.bsky.social
Kristina Stapornwongkul is joining IMBA! The Stapornwongkul lab will study how the nutritional environment and metabolic processes influence embryonic development—an emerging research area with broad implications for both fundamental biology and biomedical applications. Welcome, Kristina!
March 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Amidst these troubling times, I have some positive personal news to share: I will be joining @imbavienna.bsky.social as a new group leader this fall! 🎉 I am excited for fun projects, surprising discoveries, and great discussions within the fantastic science community @vbcscitraining.bsky.social
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My first project in the @elowitzlab.bsky.social is finally out in @cellpress.bsky.social! We explore how competitive, "many-to-many" dimerization allows complex, multi-input, and cell-type-specific biochemical computations🧵↓
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Redirecting
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February 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My first project in the @elowitzlab.bsky.social is finally out in @cellpress.bsky.social! We explore how competitive, "many-to-many" dimerization allows complex, multi-input, and cell-type-specific biochemical computations🧵↓
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from gene expression and real-time fluorescence to modulation..
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from gene expression and real-time fluorescence to modulation..
Reposted by Dhiraj Indana
While our bodies seem static, our cells are constantly changing shape or on the move during tissue homeostasis or wound repair & even more dramatically during embryonic development, during events like gastrulation. Defining how cellular machines mediate these events is a key task for our field 1/n
November 30, 2024 at 2:17 PM
While our bodies seem static, our cells are constantly changing shape or on the move during tissue homeostasis or wound repair & even more dramatically during embryonic development, during events like gastrulation. Defining how cellular machines mediate these events is a key task for our field 1/n