Shirish
@shrikrishnans.bsky.social
Head of Bioprogrammable Materials group at Leibniz Inst. for New Materials, Germany.
Engineered Living Materials
Dad of 2.
VR enthusiast.
Futurephilic.
Posts are mine.
Engineered Living Materials
Dad of 2.
VR enthusiast.
Futurephilic.
Posts are mine.
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Today we celebrate all our #womeninscience who are creating new materials for a better world
#womeninstem #girlsinstem #academicsky
Today we celebrate all our #womeninscience who are creating new materials for a better world
#womeninstem #girlsinstem #academicsky
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Today we celebrate all our #womeninscience who are creating new materials for a better world
#womeninstem #girlsinstem #academicsky
Today we celebrate all our #womeninscience who are creating new materials for a better world
#womeninstem #girlsinstem #academicsky
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #13 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this beautiful image belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this beautiful image belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #13 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this beautiful image belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this beautiful image belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #12 β Answer! β¨
S. gordonii is a pioneer colonizer of dental plaque. Itβs
one of the first bacteria to settle on clean tooth enamel and
helps other microbes move in later. Basically, it throws the
house party π¦ π¦·
Stay tuned for the next MMM! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
S. gordonii is a pioneer colonizer of dental plaque. Itβs
one of the first bacteria to settle on clean tooth enamel and
helps other microbes move in later. Basically, it throws the
house party π¦ π¦·
Stay tuned for the next MMM! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #12 β Answer! β¨
S. gordonii is a pioneer colonizer of dental plaque. Itβs
one of the first bacteria to settle on clean tooth enamel and
helps other microbes move in later. Basically, it throws the
house party π¦ π¦·
Stay tuned for the next MMM! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
S. gordonii is a pioneer colonizer of dental plaque. Itβs
one of the first bacteria to settle on clean tooth enamel and
helps other microbes move in later. Basically, it throws the
house party π¦ π¦·
Stay tuned for the next MMM! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #12 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #12 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
This is the sort of comedy sloppy AI was made for!
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
This is the sort of comedy sloppy AI was made for!
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POV: Your cells died again! π
Occupational safety office, please close your eyes π«£
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
Occupational safety office, please close your eyes π«£
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM
POV: Your cells died again! π
Occupational safety office, please close your eyes π«£
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
Occupational safety office, please close your eyes π«£
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
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β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #11 β Answer! β¨
The tiny hairs on Frauenmantel leaves, together with a wrinkled micro-surface, trap air and make the leaf extremely water-repellent β thatβs why droplets sit on top instead of soaking in!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
The tiny hairs on Frauenmantel leaves, together with a wrinkled micro-surface, trap air and make the leaf extremely water-repellent β thatβs why droplets sit on top instead of soaking in!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #11 β Answer! β¨
The tiny hairs on Frauenmantel leaves, together with a wrinkled micro-surface, trap air and make the leaf extremely water-repellent β thatβs why droplets sit on top instead of soaking in!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
The tiny hairs on Frauenmantel leaves, together with a wrinkled micro-surface, trap air and make the leaf extremely water-repellent β thatβs why droplets sit on top instead of soaking in!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π΅οΈ
#AcademicSky
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January 28, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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What's the environmental impact of an entire human life?
In the latest Material Minds, Matthias Finkbeiner @tuberlin.bsky.social explores the first βLCA of a Human Being,β lithium mining in Chile, and more. A fascinating look at sustainability beyond carbon.
Full video - youtu.be/GmG77iWN17o?...
In the latest Material Minds, Matthias Finkbeiner @tuberlin.bsky.social explores the first βLCA of a Human Being,β lithium mining in Chile, and more. A fascinating look at sustainability beyond carbon.
Full video - youtu.be/GmG77iWN17o?...
Life Cycle Assessment: Whats our true impact on the Planet | Material Minds with Matthias Finkbeiner
YouTube video by INM - Leibniz-Institut fΓΌr Neue Materialien
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January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
What's the environmental impact of an entire human life?
In the latest Material Minds, Matthias Finkbeiner @tuberlin.bsky.social explores the first βLCA of a Human Being,β lithium mining in Chile, and more. A fascinating look at sustainability beyond carbon.
Full video - youtu.be/GmG77iWN17o?...
In the latest Material Minds, Matthias Finkbeiner @tuberlin.bsky.social explores the first βLCA of a Human Being,β lithium mining in Chile, and more. A fascinating look at sustainability beyond carbon.
Full video - youtu.be/GmG77iWN17o?...
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #11 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
(π Like the comment with your answer to vote!)
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #11 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this beautiful construct belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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πβ¨Microscopy Mystery Christmas Edition - Answer
Electrochemically grown silver dendrites
Just like ice crystals, these are crystals formed when silver solidifies very quickly from a solution, for example, during electrolysis
Watch out for the next Microscopy Mystery in the new year!
#academicsky
Electrochemically grown silver dendrites
Just like ice crystals, these are crystals formed when silver solidifies very quickly from a solution, for example, during electrolysis
Watch out for the next Microscopy Mystery in the new year!
#academicsky
π β¨ Microscopy Mistery Monday- Christmas Edition β¨π
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
πβ¨Microscopy Mystery Christmas Edition - Answer
Electrochemically grown silver dendrites
Just like ice crystals, these are crystals formed when silver solidifies very quickly from a solution, for example, during electrolysis
Watch out for the next Microscopy Mystery in the new year!
#academicsky
Electrochemically grown silver dendrites
Just like ice crystals, these are crystals formed when silver solidifies very quickly from a solution, for example, during electrolysis
Watch out for the next Microscopy Mystery in the new year!
#academicsky
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December 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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π β¨ Microscopy Mistery Monday- Christmas Edition β¨π
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
(π Like the comment with your answer to vote!)
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
(π Like the comment with your answer to vote!)
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
π β¨ Microscopy Mistery Monday- Christmas Edition β¨π
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
(π Like the comment with your answer to vote!)
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Behind today's Microscopy Quiz lies a beautiful structure. Its shape can be seen everywhere at the moment, but what is it?
(π Like the comment with your answer to vote!)
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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New paper out in NatureComm: We built synthetic immune cells that self-assemble with cancer cells into hybrid tumoroids, enabling bottom-up reconstruction of the tumor immune microenvironment.
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@leibnizinm.bsky.social
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@leibnizinm.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
New paper out in NatureComm: We built synthetic immune cells that self-assemble with cancer cells into hybrid tumoroids, enabling bottom-up reconstruction of the tumor immune microenvironment.
rdcu.be/eUmRM
@leibnizinm.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eUmRM
@leibnizinm.bsky.social
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β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 β Answer! β¨
π¦ Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces β the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
π¦ Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces β the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 β Answer! β¨
π¦ Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces β the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
π¦ Gecko foot!!
Gecko feet stick using van der Waals forces β the same weak forces that let DUST cling to surfaces!
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 β Answer! β¨
π Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers β the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. β¨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
π Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers β the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. β¨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
β¨ Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 β Answer! β¨
π Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers β the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. β¨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
π Paper fibers!
Paper is made of tiny interlocking cellulose fibers β the same natural polymer that gives plants their strength. β¨
Stay tuned for the next Microscopy Mystery Monday! π¬π
#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #10 π¬π΅οΈ
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Can you guess what this textured surface belongs to?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Added the finishing touches to my presentation for today's #F25MRS SB03 session at 13:45 (room H105)
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Added the finishing touches to my presentation for today's #F25MRS SB03 session at 13:45 (room H105)
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
The Engineered Living Materials talks in this symposium have been really inspiring and I'm most looking forward to the therapeutic living materials sessions today!
@materials-mrs.bsky.social
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We are one step closer to realise living materials for ocular use! We investigated cytocompatibility of these devices during extended contact lens wear time. Check it out! π§ͺ
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
Evaluating Cytocompatibility of Corynebacterium glutamicumβpoly Vinyl Alcohol Living Biomaterials for Ocular Use
In ophthalmology, living biomaterials such as living contact lenses appear promising for sustained drug delivery or biosensing. The cytocompatibility of Cg-PVA hydrogels, developed as a model living ...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are one step closer to realise living materials for ocular use! We investigated cytocompatibility of these devices during extended contact lens wear time. Check it out! π§ͺ
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @leibnizinm.bsky.social
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New Materials is what we do, so you can be sure to find us at the @materials-mrs.bsky.social Fall Meeting #F25MRS!
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New Materials is what we do, so you can be sure to find us at the @materials-mrs.bsky.social Fall Meeting #F25MRS!
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
Find talks from Tobias, @wilfriedweber.bsky.social, and @shrikrishnans.bsky.social over the next few days - eppro01.ativ.me/web/planner....
#academicsky
All set for the engineered living materials session at the MRS fall meeting in Boston! #F25MRS
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite π
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite π
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
All set for the engineered living materials session at the MRS fall meeting in Boston! #F25MRS
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite π
Thanks to @annaduraj.bsky.social for the invite π
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Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 π¬π΅οΈ
Looks fibrous and tangled β can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks fibrous and tangled β can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Microscopy Mystery Monday #9 π¬π΅οΈ
Looks fibrous and tangled β can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
Looks fibrous and tangled β can you guess what this is?
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#MicroscopyMystery #academicsky #STEM #MMM
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Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688407v1
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An Engineered Living Material with pro-angiogenic activity inducible by near-infrared light https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688407v1
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p < 0.05 gives feelings of power, joy, validity, vitality, rebirth, and so much more!
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on π
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on π
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
p < 0.05 gives feelings of power, joy, validity, vitality, rebirth, and so much more!
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on π
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky
Ironically, this graph has no distribution to perform such statistical analysis on π
#lablaughs #memesky #academicsky