Akaash Kumar
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Akaash Kumar
@akaashkumar.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary scientist interested in technology development, microscopy and biological sciences.

Multispectral live cell imaging of membrane trafficking.

MRC LMB, Cambridge, UK.
In future work, I am now using our multispectral technology to study membrane trafficking pathways in cytotoxic T cells and related immunotherapies, to decode how T cells are able to eliminate virally-infected/cancer cells and what happens in patients when these processes go wrong. Updates to come!
September 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We demonstrated the ability to simultaneously image trafficking of five different endogenous receptor classes using de-novo binders from David Baker's lab, by adding the multispectral technology to a state-of-the-art single objective light sheet microscope, capturing data at 3 volumes per second.
September 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The technology we developed is compatible with any camera-based microscope and by using polycistronic plasmids and live-cell dyes (e.g. @spirochrome.com) we can image multiple organelles in live cells simultaneously.
September 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thank you!
December 12, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Hi Mike, @dmikeando.bsky.social could I be added to this please?
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Akaash Kumar
Then, in September @akaashkumar.bsky.social passed his PhD viva, becoming the latest doctor to emerge from the lab! He then won the RMS Early Career Award 2024 in October.
November 22, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Reposted by Akaash Kumar
Later in October, the LMB had their yearly annual symposium with Post-doc Lara Kruger winning the Steitz Prize for her talk and @akaashkumar.bsky.social winning the Perutz Prize for his PhD work!
November 22, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Likewise! Took me a while aha hope you're well!
November 21, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Would love to be added to this, for all things multispectral microscopy
November 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Aha thank you very much!
November 21, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Would love to be added. Many updates on all things multispectral live cell imaging!
November 21, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Thanks for this, super useful for new joiners to bluesky (like me)! Could I be added to this group please?
November 20, 2024 at 9:49 PM