Prakash Lab at Stanford
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Curiosity Driven Science
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January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
After all the anticipation - FrugalScience 2026 - a collaborative global collective is LIVE again for 2026 season.
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Apply - deadline 9th January (midnight)
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My first PhD paper with Prakash Lab is out in its final form! Here we uncover the many folded forms of Placozoa and how cilia unfold them. Enjoy the paper and our stop motion summary of this story!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My first PhD paper with Prakash Lab is out in its final form! Here we uncover the many folded forms of Placozoa and how cilia unfold them. Enjoy the paper and our stop motion summary of this story!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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priceless comment from your kids! give them a hi-five ✋
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
priceless comment from your kids! give them a hi-five ✋
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Ok, so my 11 yo says he is going to work it out as well, but has informed me that he'll probably need a lot of machinery. He has to do some unfolding to get started, as apparently you can't do inventing in school uniform!
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ok, so my 11 yo says he is going to work it out as well, but has informed me that he'll probably need a lot of machinery. He has to do some unfolding to get started, as apparently you can't do inventing in school uniform!
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Amazing research and such a fantastic scicomm video.
I'd like to show it to my kids, but I'm afraid that it'll backfire and they'll use it to explain why all the clothes in their cupboards are unfolded despite the fact they were folded when they went in....
I'd like to show it to my kids, but I'm afraid that it'll backfire and they'll use it to explain why all the clothes in their cupboards are unfolded despite the fact they were folded when they went in....
(1/n) What if you never had to make your bed? What if your laundry could fold itself? Folding is everywhere around us - but did you know that folding flat sheets are at the ❤️ of diversity of shapes in the animal world - since 500 million years ago. Our latest work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nudC...
Self-folding laundry
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December 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Amazing research and such a fantastic scicomm video.
I'd like to show it to my kids, but I'm afraid that it'll backfire and they'll use it to explain why all the clothes in their cupboards are unfolded despite the fact they were folded when they went in....
I'd like to show it to my kids, but I'm afraid that it'll backfire and they'll use it to explain why all the clothes in their cupboards are unfolded despite the fact they were folded when they went in....
(1/n) What if you never had to make your bed? What if your laundry could fold itself? Folding is everywhere around us - but did you know that folding flat sheets are at the ❤️ of diversity of shapes in the animal world - since 500 million years ago. Our latest work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nudC...
Self-folding laundry
YouTube video by PrakashLab
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
(1/n) What if you never had to make your bed? What if your laundry could fold itself? Folding is everywhere around us - but did you know that folding flat sheets are at the ❤️ of diversity of shapes in the animal world - since 500 million years ago. Our latest work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nudC...
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You can read Manu's recent @jcellsci.bsky.social interview here: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Interview with Manu Prakash
ABSTRACT. Manu Prakash is Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Biology (courtesy) and Oceans (courtesy) at Stanford University and co-founder of Foldscope Instruments, Planktoscope and Cephla. Manu ...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You can read Manu's recent @jcellsci.bsky.social interview here: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Our next extraordinary biologist is Manu Prakash, plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference, who was recently interviewed for @jcellsci.bsky.social. #100biologists @prakashlab.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our next extraordinary biologist is Manu Prakash, plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference, who was recently interviewed for @jcellsci.bsky.social. #100biologists @prakashlab.bsky.social
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Cephla is at #SfN2025 through Wednesday 11/19. Come to our booth at 3217 to check out our Squid+ spinning confocal and fluidics system + learn how we help accelerate developing/disseminating/adopting new methods and scale data production capacities!
#HCS #LiveCell #SpatialOmics #ExpansionMicroscopy
#HCS #LiveCell #SpatialOmics #ExpansionMicroscopy
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Cephla is at #SfN2025 through Wednesday 11/19. Come to our booth at 3217 to check out our Squid+ spinning confocal and fluidics system + learn how we help accelerate developing/disseminating/adopting new methods and scale data production capacities!
#HCS #LiveCell #SpatialOmics #ExpansionMicroscopy
#HCS #LiveCell #SpatialOmics #ExpansionMicroscopy
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⬆️ This is the way! ⬆️
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
⬆️ This is the way! ⬆️
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Now that is a great idea - when my kids were young enough to trick or treat I would have been delighted if they had come home with a Foldscope.
Success. Nearly 259 Foldscope deployed in hands of unsuspecting candy crazy kids. Halloween is always more colorful with the microscopes - specially in a few weeks they could look at the micro-fauna of the teeth with so much sugar consumption.
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Now that is a great idea - when my kids were young enough to trick or treat I would have been delighted if they had come home with a Foldscope.
Success. Nearly 259 Foldscope deployed in hands of unsuspecting candy crazy kids. Halloween is always more colorful with the microscopes - specially in a few weeks they could look at the micro-fauna of the teeth with so much sugar consumption.
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Success. Nearly 259 Foldscope deployed in hands of unsuspecting candy crazy kids. Halloween is always more colorful with the microscopes - specially in a few weeks they could look at the micro-fauna of the teeth with so much sugar consumption.
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Happy Halloween! Are you celebrating by searching for ghosts and spiders with your #Foldscope?
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy Halloween! Are you celebrating by searching for ghosts and spiders with your #Foldscope?
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🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/
Meet Paul Maddox
Paul Maddox is a world-renowned cancer researcher, two-time entrepreneur, and native son of Western North Carolina–and now, a candidate for U.S. Congress. ....
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October 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/
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💥 🏛️ 🧪 Paul Maddox for US House of Representatives from NC
🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/
Meet Paul Maddox
Paul Maddox is a world-renowned cancer researcher, two-time entrepreneur, and native son of Western North Carolina–and now, a candidate for U.S. Congress. ....
www.maddoxforcongress.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
💥 🏛️ 🧪 Paul Maddox for US House of Representatives from NC
An intimate conversation about what drives me every day in “sharing experience” of science by getting tools of science in hands of kids everywhere.
themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/man...
themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/man...
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
An intimate conversation about what drives me every day in “sharing experience” of science by getting tools of science in hands of kids everywhere.
themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/man...
themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/man...
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Manu Prakesh ($1 #foldscope fame) guest stars on #TheMicroscopists. Quite incredible drive & desire for making science hands-on & accessible. He also talks about his passion for fieldwork, & explains why he has barnacles growing in his bathroom!
Stream bit.ly/microscopist...
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The Microscopists | Manu Prakash (Stanford University)
We're thrilled to bring you this episode of The Microscopists with an absolute force in accessible science and microscopy innovation—Manu Prakash of Stanford University.Manu shares the origin of th...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Manu Prakesh ($1 #foldscope fame) guest stars on #TheMicroscopists. Quite incredible drive & desire for making science hands-on & accessible. He also talks about his passion for fieldwork, & explains why he has barnacles growing in his bathroom!
Stream bit.ly/microscopist...
@prakashlab.bsky.social
Stream bit.ly/microscopist...
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That’s amazing; thank you for it! I acquired a Foldscope last year and I love everything about this effort. If there‘s a way to support your Halloween (or other) Foldscope giving, point the way please!
(Also: I’ll be at Stanford early December: I hope the stars align so I can meet you).
(Also: I’ll be at Stanford early December: I hope the stars align so I can meet you).
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
That’s amazing; thank you for it! I acquired a Foldscope last year and I love everything about this effort. If there‘s a way to support your Halloween (or other) Foldscope giving, point the way please!
(Also: I’ll be at Stanford early December: I hope the stars align so I can meet you).
(Also: I’ll be at Stanford early December: I hope the stars align so I can meet you).
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Love that you give the awesome Foldscope 'with the candy on Halloween'🍬🍭- best of both world, Manu! Hopefully not to see the shifting microbiome in their mouths pre and post sugar... scary!!
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Love that you give the awesome Foldscope 'with the candy on Halloween'🍬🍭- best of both world, Manu! Hopefully not to see the shifting microbiome in their mouths pre and post sugar... scary!!
Science needs to be part of our day to traditions. For many years - I have continued to give Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social with the candy on Halloween. Try it out and surprise the kids with the capacity to see and discover real #microMonsters crawling on our planet. 🎃👻
#FoldscopeHalloween
#FoldscopeHalloween
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Science needs to be part of our day to traditions. For many years - I have continued to give Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social with the candy on Halloween. Try it out and surprise the kids with the capacity to see and discover real #microMonsters crawling on our planet. 🎃👻
#FoldscopeHalloween
#FoldscopeHalloween
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Math professor Terence Tao and neuroscientist Vidya Saravanapandian told PBS Newshour's Stephanie Sy that US's global leadership in science hangs in the balance. 🧪
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Math professor Terence Tao and neuroscientist Vidya Saravanapandian told PBS Newshour's Stephanie Sy that US's global leadership in science hangs in the balance. 🧪
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story by me! 🧪 (and guest starring @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social )
Icebergs are big. Researchers made mini versions in a lab to better understand what moves them.
eos.org/articles/mel...
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Melting Cylinders of Ice Reveal an Iceberg’s Tipping Point - Eos
New lab experiments on cylinders of pure ice shed light on how icebergs flip over as they melt, demonstrating the link between a warming ocean and small-scale events that can have rippling consequence...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
story by me! 🧪 (and guest starring @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social )
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💥 🍃 🏛️ 🧪 Paul Maddox for Congress
Paul is a scientist running for Congress to cure the sickness in Washington - become a donor to Paul Maddox’s campaign!
Paul is a scientist running for Congress to cure the sickness in Washington - become a donor to Paul Maddox’s campaign!
Dear all, A scientist from UNC Chapel Hill, Paul Maddox, is running for congress in NC for a seat currently held by a republican. If you care about science (and democracy) please consider donating to his campaign #Standupforscience secure.actblue.com/donate/paul-...
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Paul is running for Congress because there’s a sickness in Washington, and no one is working to cure it.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
💥 🍃 🏛️ 🧪 Paul Maddox for Congress
Paul is a scientist running for Congress to cure the sickness in Washington - become a donor to Paul Maddox’s campaign!
Paul is a scientist running for Congress to cure the sickness in Washington - become a donor to Paul Maddox’s campaign!
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“Cellular Olympics” our catalog of freeky ultra fast cellular superhero’s is freely available “Ann Rev of microbiology”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Cellular Olympics” our catalog of freeky ultra fast cellular superhero’s is freely available “Ann Rev of microbiology”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪