Siavash Ahrar
@siavasha.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of BME / BioE.
micro and millifluidics for biological investigations;
at the Beach!
Star Trek fan 🖖 ✨
micro and millifluidics for biological investigations;
at the Beach!
Star Trek fan 🖖 ✨
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Siavash Ahrar
@siavasha.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Sharing my faviorate video from our recent pre-print www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sand dollar larvae dancing !!
Sand dollar larvae dancing !!
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The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
Is it already the season for the GRFP recletters ?
Congrats to all the students applying - independent of the outcome! 👨🏻💻📧📝
Congrats to all the students applying - independent of the outcome! 👨🏻💻📧📝
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Is it already the season for the GRFP recletters ?
Congrats to all the students applying - independent of the outcome! 👨🏻💻📧📝
Congrats to all the students applying - independent of the outcome! 👨🏻💻📧📝
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not now, highly aggressive infected monkeys
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
not now, highly aggressive infected monkeys
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Call for papers: In Vitro Models of Human Disease to Inform Mechanism and Drug Discovery
Deadline approaching: Monday 3 November 2025
journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/in...
#Biology #Research #Disease #Discovery #Organoids #Tumours #Gastruloids #Assembloids
Deadline approaching: Monday 3 November 2025
journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/in...
#Biology #Research #Disease #Discovery #Organoids #Tumours #Gastruloids #Assembloids
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Call for papers: In Vitro Models of Human Disease to Inform Mechanism and Drug Discovery
Deadline approaching: Monday 3 November 2025
journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/in...
#Biology #Research #Disease #Discovery #Organoids #Tumours #Gastruloids #Assembloids
Deadline approaching: Monday 3 November 2025
journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/in...
#Biology #Research #Disease #Discovery #Organoids #Tumours #Gastruloids #Assembloids
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"captain's log supplemental:
This week I have submitted my tenure packet, proposal (NIH resubmission), and a manuscript (for review)
The holographic doctor tells me that I may be experiencing some elevated fatigue and should better take care of my sleep schedule."
But yes to productive week!!
This week I have submitted my tenure packet, proposal (NIH resubmission), and a manuscript (for review)
The holographic doctor tells me that I may be experiencing some elevated fatigue and should better take care of my sleep schedule."
But yes to productive week!!
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"captain's log supplemental:
This week I have submitted my tenure packet, proposal (NIH resubmission), and a manuscript (for review)
The holographic doctor tells me that I may be experiencing some elevated fatigue and should better take care of my sleep schedule."
But yes to productive week!!
This week I have submitted my tenure packet, proposal (NIH resubmission), and a manuscript (for review)
The holographic doctor tells me that I may be experiencing some elevated fatigue and should better take care of my sleep schedule."
But yes to productive week!!
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New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
Happy to share our new pre-print using microfluidics to look into flow response of Hydra.
September 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Happy to share our new pre-print using microfluidics to look into flow response of Hydra.
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Our latest preprint on medRxiv: Identifying counterfeit medications using a $4 optical sensor meant for use in toy robots. 🧪💊🤖
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our latest preprint on medRxiv: Identifying counterfeit medications using a $4 optical sensor meant for use in toy robots. 🧪💊🤖
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Here's a fun bit of science history for you: Back before we could just download PDFs, if you wanted a paper and it wasn't in a journal in your library, you wrote to the author for a copy.
So universities made these nice little post cards for requesting article reprints.
So universities made these nice little post cards for requesting article reprints.
September 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Here's a fun bit of science history for you: Back before we could just download PDFs, if you wanted a paper and it wasn't in a journal in your library, you wrote to the author for a copy.
So universities made these nice little post cards for requesting article reprints.
So universities made these nice little post cards for requesting article reprints.
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Our new company, K2 Therapeutics, is off to the races to develop new antibody drugs that target multipass membrane proteins. We are hiring so check us out! www.k2-tx.com/home#careers
K2 Therapeutics
www.k2-tx.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our new company, K2 Therapeutics, is off to the races to develop new antibody drugs that target multipass membrane proteins. We are hiring so check us out! www.k2-tx.com/home#careers
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My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Teaching this fall?
Here is a handy webpage that will help you generate a list of the days your course(s) meet:
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
Here is a handy webpage that will help you generate a list of the days your course(s) meet:
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
Generic Syllabus Maker
wcaleb.rice.edu
August 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Teaching this fall?
Here is a handy webpage that will help you generate a list of the days your course(s) meet:
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
Here is a handy webpage that will help you generate a list of the days your course(s) meet:
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
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Call for contributions to our symposium on animal collective movement in complex environments at SICB 2026 in Portland, OR! Submit your abstract to our complementary sessions and join us for two days of fun discussing and exchanging research on the biomechanics and energetics of animal movement!
August 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Call for contributions to our symposium on animal collective movement in complex environments at SICB 2026 in Portland, OR! Submit your abstract to our complementary sessions and join us for two days of fun discussing and exchanging research on the biomechanics and energetics of animal movement!
One of the most fun papers (brief) I have read this year
www.cell.com/action/showP...
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side.
Also they sleep 12-16 hrs/day.
😸💤
www.cell.com/action/showP...
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side.
Also they sleep 12-16 hrs/day.
😸💤
July 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
One of the most fun papers (brief) I have read this year
www.cell.com/action/showP...
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side.
Also they sleep 12-16 hrs/day.
😸💤
www.cell.com/action/showP...
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side.
Also they sleep 12-16 hrs/day.
😸💤
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Fascinating new work on mechanics and tube feet dynamics during starfish locomotion, which reveals a robust, decentralized strategy for locomotion on challenging terrain involving modulation of foot-substrate contact time in response to mechanical load: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tube feet dynamics drive adaptation in sea star locomotion
Sea stars use hundreds of tube feet on their oral surface to crawl, climb, and navigate complex environments—all without the coordination of a central brain. While the morphology of tube feet and thei...
www.biorxiv.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fascinating new work on mechanics and tube feet dynamics during starfish locomotion, which reveals a robust, decentralized strategy for locomotion on challenging terrain involving modulation of foot-substrate contact time in response to mechanical load: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social
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Thanks to @shabbirsafdar.bsky.social and @safemedicines.bsky.social for having me on the Partnership for Safe Medicines podcast!
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thanks to @shabbirsafdar.bsky.social and @safemedicines.bsky.social for having me on the Partnership for Safe Medicines podcast!
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪