Aashrith Saraswathibhatla
@aashrith.bsky.social
Mechanobiology and biophysics of collective cell behavior. Asst. Prof. at UMN BME. Postdoc - Chaudhuri lab, Stanford; PhD - Notbohm lab, UW Madison; BTech - IITGN
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I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
Reposted by Aashrith Saraswathibhatla
Best paper title?: “How to make a new nose for someone when it is off entirely and the dog has eaten it”—c.1460 von Pfalzpaint.
I talk noses: @npr.org Shortwave (Regina Barber) tinyurl.com/23dvwzmv
Video of my nightclub version @oddsalon.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4snnacs3
#storiesmatter
(my art)
I talk noses: @npr.org Shortwave (Regina Barber) tinyurl.com/23dvwzmv
Video of my nightclub version @oddsalon.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4snnacs3
#storiesmatter
(my art)
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Best paper title?: “How to make a new nose for someone when it is off entirely and the dog has eaten it”—c.1460 von Pfalzpaint.
I talk noses: @npr.org Shortwave (Regina Barber) tinyurl.com/23dvwzmv
Video of my nightclub version @oddsalon.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4snnacs3
#storiesmatter
(my art)
I talk noses: @npr.org Shortwave (Regina Barber) tinyurl.com/23dvwzmv
Video of my nightclub version @oddsalon.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4snnacs3
#storiesmatter
(my art)
Saraswathibhatla lab is open for business!!
July 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Saraswathibhatla lab is open for business!!
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Have you ever thought about inflating tissues?
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
July 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Have you ever thought about inflating tissues?
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
Thank you for highlighting our preprint, Sharvari!! @prelights.bsky.social
Swirl, align, invade!
Collective motion of cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers and promotes invasion. #preprint @aashrith.bsky.social et al. @thechaudhurilab.bsky.social
Check out the latest preLight from Sharvari Pitke ⬇️ 👀
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...
Collective motion of cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers and promotes invasion. #preprint @aashrith.bsky.social et al. @thechaudhurilab.bsky.social
Check out the latest preLight from Sharvari Pitke ⬇️ 👀
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...
Swirling motion of breast cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers to enable collective invasion - preLights
Swirl, align, invade! Collective motion of cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers and promotes invasion.
prelights.biologists.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thank you for highlighting our preprint, Sharvari!! @prelights.bsky.social
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Preprint alert! Excited to share this manuscript from my PhD which aims to answer an age-old question. Does size matter? For fat cells, or adipocytes, the answer seems to be yes. We found that larger adipocytes promote aggressive behavior in breast cancer cells. 1/5 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hypertrophic adipocytes increase extracellular vesicle-mediated lipid release and reprogram breast cancer cell metabolism
Obesity worsens cancer-specific survival and all-cause mortality for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Rich in adipose tissue, the breast exhibits increased adipocyte size in obesity, which correlat...
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April 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Preprint alert! Excited to share this manuscript from my PhD which aims to answer an age-old question. Does size matter? For fat cells, or adipocytes, the answer seems to be yes. We found that larger adipocytes promote aggressive behavior in breast cancer cells. 1/5 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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REPOSTING this here just to officially leave "the other place"
Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
Stretch-induced endogenous electric fields drive directed collective cell migration in vivo - Nature Materials
Electric fields guide collective cell migration in developing embryos of Xenopus laevis via a voltage-sensitive phosphatase.
nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
REPOSTING this here just to officially leave "the other place"
Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Aashrith Saraswathibhatla
Understanding the physics of our foods can inform the design of future foods - plant-based or otherwise! Check out the article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Non-linear rheology of melted cheddar cheese
The rheology of melted cheese is a fundamental parameter in the preparation of cheese for consumer foods, but remains poorly understood. We show that …
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February 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Understanding the physics of our foods can inform the design of future foods - plant-based or otherwise! Check out the article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Aashrith Saraswathibhatla
Someone awesome in my circle shared some terrific news with me today but was hesitant to do so because of all that is going on in the science world.
It may appear insensitive that you are celebrating when other colleagues are struggling but I entreat you to celebrate & share good news. 1/
It may appear insensitive that you are celebrating when other colleagues are struggling but I entreat you to celebrate & share good news. 1/
February 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Someone awesome in my circle shared some terrific news with me today but was hesitant to do so because of all that is going on in the science world.
It may appear insensitive that you are celebrating when other colleagues are struggling but I entreat you to celebrate & share good news. 1/
It may appear insensitive that you are celebrating when other colleagues are struggling but I entreat you to celebrate & share good news. 1/
Despite the current uncertainty of being a scientist, I am excited to share our manuscript demonstrating an interesting mechanism of how swirling motion of breast cancer cells align collagen fibers radially at the tumor-stroma interface to enable their invasion (1/11) @thechaudhurilab.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Despite the current uncertainty of being a scientist, I am excited to share our manuscript demonstrating an interesting mechanism of how swirling motion of breast cancer cells align collagen fibers radially at the tumor-stroma interface to enable their invasion (1/11) @thechaudhurilab.bsky.social
Our latest paper providing a biophysical mechanism of collagen fiber alignment that enables collective invasion in breast cancer!
Swirling motion of breast cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers to enable collective invasion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635980v1
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our latest paper providing a biophysical mechanism of collagen fiber alignment that enables collective invasion in breast cancer!