Lavisha Parab
@lavishaparab.bsky.social
Interests: phages, microbiome, bacteria, antibiotic resistance
Postdoc at LMU Munich, previously Max Planck Insti. Evolbio @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social & IITKGP
Love experimenting, science & politics
she/her 💜 🏳️🌈
Neurodiv
medium.com/voyagertoujours
Postdoc at LMU Munich, previously Max Planck Insti. Evolbio @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social & IITKGP
Love experimenting, science & politics
she/her 💜 🏳️🌈
Neurodiv
medium.com/voyagertoujours
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The delight after I passed my doctoral defence! 😄😄
Can you spot the phage, bacteria and rainbow on my hat? ☺️☺️
🥰🥰
Reposting my friend's Instagram story 😊
So many colleagues and friends came, I felt so loved and appreciated 😊
Also look at the perfect saree pleats 😏😏
Can you spot the phage, bacteria and rainbow on my hat? ☺️☺️
🥰🥰
Reposting my friend's Instagram story 😊
So many colleagues and friends came, I felt so loved and appreciated 😊
Also look at the perfect saree pleats 😏😏
I think, at least in the EU, people should HAVE to answer an, "Is this sexual assault" quiz with 20+ Q's at the start of the job. And during University. Just having a sexual harrasment representative and committee at an institution means nothing, if predators and society gaslight the victims
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I think, at least in the EU, people should HAVE to answer an, "Is this sexual assault" quiz with 20+ Q's at the start of the job. And during University. Just having a sexual harrasment representative and committee at an institution means nothing, if predators and society gaslight the victims
In a postdoc workshop, they advised to tailor documents for reading on the train. "Your peers/PIs are probably reading the manuscripts and grants on trains, in conference breaks, and generally anywhere but on their desks."
I see now how true this is! I will write train-travel appropriate docs! 😃🚅
I see now how true this is! I will write train-travel appropriate docs! 😃🚅
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In a postdoc workshop, they advised to tailor documents for reading on the train. "Your peers/PIs are probably reading the manuscripts and grants on trains, in conference breaks, and generally anywhere but on their desks."
I see now how true this is! I will write train-travel appropriate docs! 😃🚅
I see now how true this is! I will write train-travel appropriate docs! 😃🚅
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
New preprint!
Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠
Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare!
An epic effort by Rosanna Wright
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠
Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare!
An epic effort by Rosanna Wright
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Resistance mutation supply modulates the benefit of CRISPR immunity against virulent phages
Only a fraction of bacterial genomes encode CRISPR-Cas systems but the selective causes of this variation are unexplained. How naturally virulent bacteriophages (phages) select for CRISPR immunity has...
www.biorxiv.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New preprint!
Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠
Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare!
An epic effort by Rosanna Wright
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠
Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare!
An epic effort by Rosanna Wright
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
My boss is so nice, I got two tiny grants and she says it's "a lot of money" 😊
She's such an encouraging person
I should just make a thread; I can link it when we have vacancies 😆😆
She's such an encouraging person
I should just make a thread; I can link it when we have vacancies 😆😆
October 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My boss is so nice, I got two tiny grants and she says it's "a lot of money" 😊
She's such an encouraging person
I should just make a thread; I can link it when we have vacancies 😆😆
She's such an encouraging person
I should just make a thread; I can link it when we have vacancies 😆😆
My favourite mentor once told me to celebrate after writing/submitting a grant. Don't wait for the results! 😃
I appreciate it more now because I now LIKE applying for grants! Crazy
Today I took it one step further, went bouldering (1st time) to "enjoy the journey not the destination" 😄😆 🎉
I appreciate it more now because I now LIKE applying for grants! Crazy
Today I took it one step further, went bouldering (1st time) to "enjoy the journey not the destination" 😄😆 🎉
September 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My favourite mentor once told me to celebrate after writing/submitting a grant. Don't wait for the results! 😃
I appreciate it more now because I now LIKE applying for grants! Crazy
Today I took it one step further, went bouldering (1st time) to "enjoy the journey not the destination" 😄😆 🎉
I appreciate it more now because I now LIKE applying for grants! Crazy
Today I took it one step further, went bouldering (1st time) to "enjoy the journey not the destination" 😄😆 🎉
Phage bacteria folks, protocol question:
For prophage assays, e.g. lysis time, burst size, do you start with lysogens or naive bacteria?
I started with a lysogen (++ mitomycin C) for measuring lysis time/burst... Should I start with phages adsorbed to naive host? Thanks!
#microsky #phagesky #Mevosky
For prophage assays, e.g. lysis time, burst size, do you start with lysogens or naive bacteria?
I started with a lysogen (++ mitomycin C) for measuring lysis time/burst... Should I start with phages adsorbed to naive host? Thanks!
#microsky #phagesky #Mevosky
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
We're hiring a DFG-funded PhD student (TVöD E13, 65%) at Max Planck Institute, Marburg to study quorum sensing in Klebsiella & host–pathogen interplay. 3 yrs, start flexible. Apply by Sep 30, 2025 (rolling). Send 1 PDF to laganenka@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
September 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We're hiring a DFG-funded PhD student (TVöD E13, 65%) at Max Planck Institute, Marburg to study quorum sensing in Klebsiella & host–pathogen interplay. 3 yrs, start flexible. Apply by Sep 30, 2025 (rolling). Send 1 PDF to laganenka@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Going home full of inspiration and ideas after the September Science Academy by @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
First event of its kind for me, and it was SO. Much. Fun. Diverse talks, engaging discussions, and an especially helpful grant writing workshop! If they organise it again, do apply!! 😊
First event of its kind for me, and it was SO. Much. Fun. Diverse talks, engaging discussions, and an especially helpful grant writing workshop! If they organise it again, do apply!! 😊
September 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Going home full of inspiration and ideas after the September Science Academy by @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
First event of its kind for me, and it was SO. Much. Fun. Diverse talks, engaging discussions, and an especially helpful grant writing workshop! If they organise it again, do apply!! 😊
First event of its kind for me, and it was SO. Much. Fun. Diverse talks, engaging discussions, and an especially helpful grant writing workshop! If they organise it again, do apply!! 😊
The @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social September Science Academy organisers are so sweet! A DETAILED welcome package was waiting for us at the hotel! Even with the faces of who will join us for dinner! My heart is melting, this booklet helped me relax and be excited for tomorrow!!
😊👩🔬💜🥹
😊👩🔬💜🥹
August 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social September Science Academy organisers are so sweet! A DETAILED welcome package was waiting for us at the hotel! Even with the faces of who will join us for dinner! My heart is melting, this booklet helped me relax and be excited for tomorrow!!
😊👩🔬💜🥹
😊👩🔬💜🥹
✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
August 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
September Science Academy
The September Science Academy for microbial and molecular biosciences is a fully funded international summer school for women in science and scientists of underrepresented genders in an advanced stage of their PhD or an early postdoctoral stage. Hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, the program invites early-career scientists from all over the world to explore cutting-edge research, connect with the institute’s scientific community, and discover new career opportunities.
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de
August 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
Are you a theoretical biologist that is intererested in the ecology and evolution of metabolic interactions among microorganisms?
Do you like to cooperate with experimentalists?
Do you have a PhD and experience in modelling and statistics?
Then this position might be for you👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
Do you like to cooperate with experimentalists?
Do you have a PhD and experience in modelling and statistics?
Then this position might be for you👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
August 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Are you a theoretical biologist that is intererested in the ecology and evolution of metabolic interactions among microorganisms?
Do you like to cooperate with experimentalists?
Do you have a PhD and experience in modelling and statistics?
Then this position might be for you👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
Do you like to cooperate with experimentalists?
Do you have a PhD and experience in modelling and statistics?
Then this position might be for you👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
Check out our new paper led by brilliant @jhuisman.bsky.social about how microbial communities cope with stress due to increasing salinity in their environment. We have all your favorites: isolate phenotyping, pairwise competitions, community propagations, and theory. #microsky #mevosky #ecosky
Have you ever wondered what increasing environmental stress will do to microbial communities?
In our new preprint, @martinadalbello.bsky.social, Jeff Gore and I studied the impact of salinity on microbial community composition and function. 🧵 (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our new preprint, @martinadalbello.bsky.social, Jeff Gore and I studied the impact of salinity on microbial community composition and function. 🧵 (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Microbial communities demonstrate robustness in stressful environments due to predictable composition shifts
Environmental stress reduces species growth rates, but its impact on the function of microbial communities is less clear. Here, we experimentally demonstrate that increasing salinity stress shifts com...
www.biorxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Check out our new paper led by brilliant @jhuisman.bsky.social about how microbial communities cope with stress due to increasing salinity in their environment. We have all your favorites: isolate phenotyping, pairwise competitions, community propagations, and theory. #microsky #mevosky #ecosky
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
Have you ever wondered what increasing environmental stress will do to microbial communities?
In our new preprint, @martinadalbello.bsky.social, Jeff Gore and I studied the impact of salinity on microbial community composition and function. 🧵 (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our new preprint, @martinadalbello.bsky.social, Jeff Gore and I studied the impact of salinity on microbial community composition and function. 🧵 (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Microbial communities demonstrate robustness in stressful environments due to predictable composition shifts
Environmental stress reduces species growth rates, but its impact on the function of microbial communities is less clear. Here, we experimentally demonstrate that increasing salinity stress shifts com...
www.biorxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Have you ever wondered what increasing environmental stress will do to microbial communities?
In our new preprint, @martinadalbello.bsky.social, Jeff Gore and I studied the impact of salinity on microbial community composition and function. 🧵 (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our new preprint, @martinadalbello.bsky.social, Jeff Gore and I studied the impact of salinity on microbial community composition and function. 🧵 (1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The help I'd like:
I already wrote rough objectives and got feedback from two scientists. When addressing comments, the imposter messaging kicks in and says my grant's not worth it.
What do you do #mevosky and #phagesky ?
I had overcome the extreme self doubt to a nice reviewer 2...
I already wrote rough objectives and got feedback from two scientists. When addressing comments, the imposter messaging kicks in and says my grant's not worth it.
What do you do #mevosky and #phagesky ?
I had overcome the extreme self doubt to a nice reviewer 2...
Please help me 😭
While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive:
I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students
I applied for a different smaller grant
I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant...
Help please🥺
While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive:
I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students
I applied for a different smaller grant
I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant...
Help please🥺
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Please help me 😭
While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive:
I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students
I applied for a different smaller grant
I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant...
Help please🥺
While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive:
I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students
I applied for a different smaller grant
I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant...
Help please🥺
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Please help me 😭
While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive:
I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students
I applied for a different smaller grant
I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant...
Help please🥺
While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive:
I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students
I applied for a different smaller grant
I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant...
Help please🥺
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
#phagesky
I am looking for phages infecting Streptococcus pneumoniae to test a phenotype - does anyone have some and willing to share ?
Repost appreciated :)
I am looking for phages infecting Streptococcus pneumoniae to test a phenotype - does anyone have some and willing to share ?
Repost appreciated :)
August 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#phagesky
I am looking for phages infecting Streptococcus pneumoniae to test a phenotype - does anyone have some and willing to share ?
Repost appreciated :)
I am looking for phages infecting Streptococcus pneumoniae to test a phenotype - does anyone have some and willing to share ?
Repost appreciated :)
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
116 FB 5 Research Assistant (m/f/d) field of Theoretical Ecology and Evolution or Computational Biology: Uni Osnabrück
shorturl.at
August 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
My boss is always praising me in public and uplifting me when alone, it's so cute 🥰 🥰
She's a proper hype-woman, and we need more in academia 😊😊
Just saying, if there's vacancies in the future, be sure to apply 😉
She's a proper hype-woman, and we need more in academia 😊😊
Just saying, if there's vacancies in the future, be sure to apply 😉
July 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My boss is always praising me in public and uplifting me when alone, it's so cute 🥰 🥰
She's a proper hype-woman, and we need more in academia 😊😊
Just saying, if there's vacancies in the future, be sure to apply 😉
She's a proper hype-woman, and we need more in academia 😊😊
Just saying, if there's vacancies in the future, be sure to apply 😉
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
July 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
Fold first, ask later: structure-informed function annotation of Pseudomonas phage proteins
Structural predictions to improve #phage genome annotation!
@hannelorelongin.bsky.social @gbouras13.bsky.social y.social @susiegriggo.bsky.social @veravannoort.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Structural predictions to improve #phage genome annotation!
@hannelorelongin.bsky.social @gbouras13.bsky.social y.social @susiegriggo.bsky.social @veravannoort.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fold first, ask later: structure-informed function annotation of Pseudomonas phage proteins
Phages, the viruses of bacteria, harbor an incredibly diverse repertoire of proteins capable of manipulating their bacterial hosts, inspiring many medical and biotechnological applications. However, t...
www.biorxiv.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fold first, ask later: structure-informed function annotation of Pseudomonas phage proteins
Structural predictions to improve #phage genome annotation!
@hannelorelongin.bsky.social @gbouras13.bsky.social y.social @susiegriggo.bsky.social @veravannoort.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Structural predictions to improve #phage genome annotation!
@hannelorelongin.bsky.social @gbouras13.bsky.social y.social @susiegriggo.bsky.social @veravannoort.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages”
Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide.
👇 Read on for details!
#Phage
Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide.
👇 Read on for details!
#Phage
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages”
Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide.
👇 Read on for details!
#Phage
Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide.
👇 Read on for details!
#Phage
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
Characterizing phage gene essentiality with PhageMaP:
• High-throughput approach to generate genome-wide loss-of-function phage libraries.
• Interrogates gene essentiality w/insights into phage genome organization, host antiviral defense & gene function
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
• High-throughput approach to generate genome-wide loss-of-function phage libraries.
• Interrogates gene essentiality w/insights into phage genome organization, host antiviral defense & gene function
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Systematic, high-throughput characterization of bacteriophage gene essentiality on diverse hosts
Chen et al. report PhageMaP, a high-throughput approach to generate and characterize
genome-wide loss-of-function phage libraries. PhageMaP systematically interrogates
conditional gene essentiality, p...
www.cell.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Lavisha Parab
A recent paper reveals that while LPS deficiency shields bacteria from phage infection (they lack receptor), it heightens vulnerability to T6SS contact-dependent antagonism, highlighting a critical evolutionary constraint.
by @seeyeunting.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
by @seeyeunting.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM