Nagaraj
@bnraj.bsky.social
@TataMemorial @UVA @IISERPune
Curious about Cells, Art, Music & More | All opinions are personal |
www.adhesionlab.com
Curious about Cells, Art, Music & More | All opinions are personal |
www.adhesionlab.com
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Nagaraj
@bnraj.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Back to back MS from the lab.
MS1-Novel Adhesion-AXL-Arf1-Golgi pathway that affects its function in cancers.
'Receptor tyrosine kinase AXL regulates Golgi organization and function through an adhesion-Arf1 signaling axis in breast and lung cancers'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
MS1-Novel Adhesion-AXL-Arf1-Golgi pathway that affects its function in cancers.
'Receptor tyrosine kinase AXL regulates Golgi organization and function through an adhesion-Arf1 signaling axis in breast and lung cancers'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Like all years we host the Model Building sessions for the Bi1113 course at IISER,Pune. Organised by the TAs of the course this is a remarkable excercise in creativity and learning. Will share models put together in this thread. Details below.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Like all years we host the Model Building sessions for the Bi1113 course at IISER,Pune. Organised by the TAs of the course this is a remarkable excercise in creativity and learning. Will share models put together in this thread. Details below.
Do join for this unique overnight concert on 8th evening, a great opportunity to listen to late night and early morning ragas which may not be too common in most concerts.
At IISER, Pune.
Open to All.
At IISER, Pune.
Open to All.
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Do join for this unique overnight concert on 8th evening, a great opportunity to listen to late night and early morning ragas which may not be too common in most concerts.
At IISER, Pune.
Open to All.
At IISER, Pune.
Open to All.
Interesting read...
"Activity-dependent phosphorylation of paxillin at serine 119 promotes its nuclear translocation, enabling it to fine-tune gene splicing programs critical for synaptic refinement during sensitive periods of brain development." @EMBOJ
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"Activity-dependent phosphorylation of paxillin at serine 119 promotes its nuclear translocation, enabling it to fine-tune gene splicing programs critical for synaptic refinement during sensitive periods of brain development." @EMBOJ
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Paxillin’s nuclear switch: orchestrating gene splicing for brain plasticity | The EMBO Journal
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Interesting read...
"Activity-dependent phosphorylation of paxillin at serine 119 promotes its nuclear translocation, enabling it to fine-tune gene splicing programs critical for synaptic refinement during sensitive periods of brain development." @EMBOJ
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"Activity-dependent phosphorylation of paxillin at serine 119 promotes its nuclear translocation, enabling it to fine-tune gene splicing programs critical for synaptic refinement during sensitive periods of brain development." @EMBOJ
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An introduction to the EMBO cytoskeleton meeting at @iiserpune and also the kit bag for the same by students as we kick the meeting off today. Looking forward to the same.
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
An introduction to the EMBO cytoskeleton meeting at @iiserpune and also the kit bag for the same by students as we kick the meeting off today. Looking forward to the same.
At the stroke of the midnight hour...we seem to have kept our tryst with destiny!
Way to go #TeamIndia.
@BCCIWomen
(also lets remember to host our finals in mumbai)
Way to go #TeamIndia.
@BCCIWomen
(also lets remember to host our finals in mumbai)
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
At the stroke of the midnight hour...we seem to have kept our tryst with destiny!
Way to go #TeamIndia.
@BCCIWomen
(also lets remember to host our finals in mumbai)
Way to go #TeamIndia.
@BCCIWomen
(also lets remember to host our finals in mumbai)
One for the ages !
What a game. What a chase. What a win.
Let’s do this one more time.
What a game. What a chase. What a win.
Let’s do this one more time.
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One for the ages !
What a game. What a chase. What a win.
Let’s do this one more time.
What a game. What a chase. What a win.
Let’s do this one more time.
Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali from all of us at the Cell Adhesion Lab.🪔
(pic credit Debasmita)
(pic credit Debasmita)
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali from all of us at the Cell Adhesion Lab.🪔
(pic credit Debasmita)
(pic credit Debasmita)
Wonderful 2 days of science and conversations at the 1st Indian Mechanobiology Meeting at @NCBS. Thanks Tapa and all the student volunteers who made this possible. As awlays wonderful to be at the NCBS campus.
Congratulations Antara on your poster award win ! Well deserved.
Congratulations Antara on your poster award win ! Well deserved.
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Wonderful 2 days of science and conversations at the 1st Indian Mechanobiology Meeting at @NCBS. Thanks Tapa and all the student volunteers who made this possible. As awlays wonderful to be at the NCBS campus.
Congratulations Antara on your poster award win ! Well deserved.
Congratulations Antara on your poster award win ! Well deserved.
Will be speaking at IISc, Bangalore this morning on recent work looking at the cell-matrix interphase in 3D hydrogels. If you are around and interested in what such an analysis could reveal do join us at the DBG.
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Will be speaking at IISc, Bangalore this morning on recent work looking at the cell-matrix interphase in 3D hydrogels. If you are around and interested in what such an analysis could reveal do join us at the DBG.
"Even if this is the end of humanity as we know it, let's fight to the very end. Let's let the children know, you know, that there is hope if they get together. And even if it becomes impossible for anybody, it's better to fight to the end than just to give up and say, 'Okay.'
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Jane Goodall's 'Famous Last Words' revealed. Here's what she said.
Jane Goodall, who died Oct. 1, said she would want to be remembered as "somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times."
www.usatoday.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
"Even if this is the end of humanity as we know it, let's fight to the very end. Let's let the children know, you know, that there is hope if they get together. And even if it becomes impossible for anybody, it's better to fight to the end than just to give up and say, 'Okay.'
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APPLICATIONS are NOW OPEN
Jan 2026 PhD intake at the Department of Biology @IISERPune
Submission Deadline: 5pm - OCT 23, 2025.
For details, check the link below
www.iiserpune.ac.in/education/ad...
Jan 2026 PhD intake at the Department of Biology @IISERPune
Submission Deadline: 5pm - OCT 23, 2025.
For details, check the link below
www.iiserpune.ac.in/education/ad...
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
APPLICATIONS are NOW OPEN
Jan 2026 PhD intake at the Department of Biology @IISERPune
Submission Deadline: 5pm - OCT 23, 2025.
For details, check the link below
www.iiserpune.ac.in/education/ad...
Jan 2026 PhD intake at the Department of Biology @IISERPune
Submission Deadline: 5pm - OCT 23, 2025.
For details, check the link below
www.iiserpune.ac.in/education/ad...
Glorious Day at IISER, Pune today.
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Glorious Day at IISER, Pune today.
"So long after his death, does Gandhi still matter? Should he matter? In this column from 2023, Ram Guha offers ten weighty reasons why Gandhi, his life, and his ideas still matter in the third decade of the 21st century." @scrollin
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Ramachandra Guha: Ten reasons why Gandhi is still relevant
Thoughts ahead of the Mahatma’s 75th death anniversary.
scroll.in
October 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"So long after his death, does Gandhi still matter? Should he matter? In this column from 2023, Ram Guha offers ten weighty reasons why Gandhi, his life, and his ideas still matter in the third decade of the 21st century." @scrollin
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RIP JG. We owe it her and many others like her that we take better care of this planet.
Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic
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Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic
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Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic
JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE illustrates how one woman’s passion for wildlife and unshakable drive have persevered and set an example for future generations.
Jane Goodall: 1934 - 2025
Explore the World…
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
RIP JG. We owe it her and many others like her that we take better care of this planet.
Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic
youtu.be/4ST6pqfCTy0?...
Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic
youtu.be/4ST6pqfCTy0?...
The joy of spending the morning at a book sale yesterday was looking for my partner-in-crime, who had decided we had done enough walking and looking for the morning, and decided to find a cozy spot.
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The joy of spending the morning at a book sale yesterday was looking for my partner-in-crime, who had decided we had done enough walking and looking for the morning, and decided to find a cozy spot.
The largest synthetic galaxy catalogue ever built includes 3.4 billion galaxies with 400 modelled properties available for the scientific community. It precedes the largest 3D map of the Universe.
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Press Release: Euclid Flagship Simulations – Euclid Consortium
A space mission to map the Dark Universe
www.euclid-ec.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The largest synthetic galaxy catalogue ever built includes 3.4 billion galaxies with 400 modelled properties available for the scientific community. It precedes the largest 3D map of the Universe.
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A much-needed discussion.
Unreliable, which will be available in March, is a disturbing but compelling exploration of the causes of irreproducibility—from hypercompetition and honest errors, to statistical shenanigans and outright fraud.
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Unreliable, which will be available in March, is a disturbing but compelling exploration of the causes of irreproducibility—from hypercompetition and honest errors, to statistical shenanigans and outright fraud.
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‘Why is it that nobody can reproduce anybody else’s findings?’
Pharmacologist Csaba Szabo discusses his upcoming book, <i>Unreliable</i>
cen.acs.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A much-needed discussion.
Unreliable, which will be available in March, is a disturbing but compelling exploration of the causes of irreproducibility—from hypercompetition and honest errors, to statistical shenanigans and outright fraud.
buff.ly/CBw5IU7
Unreliable, which will be available in March, is a disturbing but compelling exploration of the causes of irreproducibility—from hypercompetition and honest errors, to statistical shenanigans and outright fraud.
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Kytococcus sedentarius.....
"How smelly shoes inspired India's Ig Nobel prize-winning study"
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"How smelly shoes inspired India's Ig Nobel prize-winning study"
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How smelly shoes in India inspired Ig Nobel prize-winning study
Two Indian researchers have designed a shoe rack that banishes foul odours - and have won a fun science prize.
www.bbc.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Kytococcus sedentarius.....
"How smelly shoes inspired India's Ig Nobel prize-winning study"
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"How smelly shoes inspired India's Ig Nobel prize-winning study"
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State of India’s Environment In Figures 2025.
No state crosses 70 out of 100 in environmental performance as untreated sewage and river pollution remain key challenges; top-ranked Andhra Pradesh scores only 68.38
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No state crosses 70 out of 100 in environmental performance as untreated sewage and river pollution remain key challenges; top-ranked Andhra Pradesh scores only 68.38
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September 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
State of India’s Environment In Figures 2025.
No state crosses 70 out of 100 in environmental performance as untreated sewage and river pollution remain key challenges; top-ranked Andhra Pradesh scores only 68.38
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No state crosses 70 out of 100 in environmental performance as untreated sewage and river pollution remain key challenges; top-ranked Andhra Pradesh scores only 68.38
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Congratulations to @Tush96rkhane on being awarded the DBT-CTEP travel support grant for attending #MBIMPG2025 @MBIsg. We are thrilled by his progress and future plans. Way to go Tushar !
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September 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Congratulations to @Tush96rkhane on being awarded the DBT-CTEP travel support grant for attending #MBIMPG2025 @MBIsg. We are thrilled by his progress and future plans. Way to go Tushar !
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Lodha Foundation has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune to launch a multi-year programme under its Lodha Genius initiative, aimed at identifying and nurturing high-potential students from grades 6 to 12.
Lodha Foundation and IISER Pune Partner to Nurture Scientific Talent Among School Students
Lodha Foundation and IISER Pune Partner to Nurture Scientific Talent Among School Students
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September 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Lodha Foundation has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune to launch a multi-year programme under its Lodha Genius initiative, aimed at identifying and nurturing high-potential students from grades 6 to 12.
Interesting read...
"Putting a lid on it: The N-terminal helix of Arf1 inhibits switching via uniform stabilization"
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"Putting a lid on it: The N-terminal helix of Arf1 inhibits switching via uniform stabilization"
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September 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Interesting read...
"Putting a lid on it: The N-terminal helix of Arf1 inhibits switching via uniform stabilization"
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"Putting a lid on it: The N-terminal helix of Arf1 inhibits switching via uniform stabilization"
buff.ly/zRtqjiR