Rupinder Kaur, PhD
@kaurr.bsky.social
#NewPI @UIC (Jan 2026)
Studying Host-Symbiont-Virus Interactions in 🪰 and 🦟
#Wolbachia #Spermatogenesis #Embryogenesis #ChromatinBiology #Epigenetics #Microscopy
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Studying Host-Symbiont-Virus Interactions in 🪰 and 🦟
#Wolbachia #Spermatogenesis #Embryogenesis #ChromatinBiology #Epigenetics #Microscopy
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I am honored to receive the High-Impact Research in 'One Health' award with @symbionticism.bsky.social at the 2024 Research Awards Ceremony @PSU! 🎉 Congrats to all the recipients for their incredible achievements. It was a truly inspiring event to continue advancing research that makes a difference.
November 23, 2024 at 6:43 PM
I am honored to receive the High-Impact Research in 'One Health' award with @symbionticism.bsky.social at the 2024 Research Awards Ceremony @PSU! 🎉 Congrats to all the recipients for their incredible achievements. It was a truly inspiring event to continue advancing research that makes a difference.
Calling it a day!
Let's see how this next crazy idea shakes off the #Wolbachia and #CI world. Expecting rigor and crossing fingers at the same time!
Let's see how this next crazy idea shakes off the #Wolbachia and #CI world. Expecting rigor and crossing fingers at the same time!
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Calling it a day!
Let's see how this next crazy idea shakes off the #Wolbachia and #CI world. Expecting rigor and crossing fingers at the same time!
Let's see how this next crazy idea shakes off the #Wolbachia and #CI world. Expecting rigor and crossing fingers at the same time!
👀 SCORE!!!!!!! Just secured my debut #NIHR01 grant scores as a PI alongside @Symbionticism! From submission to success in a year... thank you reviewers, a biggg hugggg. 🫶
Today's emotions? Overflowing with tears of joy! #ResearchMilestone 💪
Today's emotions? Overflowing with tears of joy! #ResearchMilestone 💪
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
👀 SCORE!!!!!!! Just secured my debut #NIHR01 grant scores as a PI alongside @Symbionticism! From submission to success in a year... thank you reviewers, a biggg hugggg. 🫶
Today's emotions? Overflowing with tears of joy! #ResearchMilestone 💪
Today's emotions? Overflowing with tears of joy! #ResearchMilestone 💪
While sleuthing through old images for my upcoming talk, stumbled upon this #Drosophila #Embryo. Those large googly eyes and wide open mouth - perfect for the #Halloween theme 👻🎃🪰
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
While sleuthing through old images for my upcoming talk, stumbled upon this #Drosophila #Embryo. Those large googly eyes and wide open mouth - perfect for the #Halloween theme 👻🎃🪰
Had a fun time discussing fundamental research findings on #Wolbachia #CI and relevance to field applications with the #debugteam @verilylifesci yesterday! Thanks for the seminar invitation and get me a glimpse of robots raising 🦟 at the factory. Hope to visit in-person one day!
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Had a fun time discussing fundamental research findings on #Wolbachia #CI and relevance to field applications with the #debugteam @verilylifesci yesterday! Thanks for the seminar invitation and get me a glimpse of robots raising 🦟 at the factory. Hope to visit in-person one day!
Before and After pics!
One bay at a time. Couldn’t ask for a better team in making this daunting task so efficient! 🙌 to @LuisDaBiologist and our new lab manager Leah Carpenter! Oh and look we brought a lil dash of #Nashville with us ☺️
One bay at a time. Couldn’t ask for a better team in making this daunting task so efficient! 🙌 to @LuisDaBiologist and our new lab manager Leah Carpenter! Oh and look we brought a lil dash of #Nashville with us ☺️
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Before and After pics!
One bay at a time. Couldn’t ask for a better team in making this daunting task so efficient! 🙌 to @LuisDaBiologist and our new lab manager Leah Carpenter! Oh and look we brought a lil dash of #Nashville with us ☺️
One bay at a time. Couldn’t ask for a better team in making this daunting task so efficient! 🙌 to @LuisDaBiologist and our new lab manager Leah Carpenter! Oh and look we brought a lil dash of #Nashville with us ☺️
Had a fun week learning n playing with this gradient of 🦟 eggs. Time for a break 😌
June 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Had a fun week learning n playing with this gradient of 🦟 eggs. Time for a break 😌
Excited to see our latest work highlighted on the front banner of @PLOSBiology! 🤩 #Wolbachia #CI #Spermchromatin
June 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excited to see our latest work highlighted on the front banner of @PLOSBiology! 🤩 #Wolbachia #CI #Spermchromatin
Fun fact learnt from today’s dissections: Mosquitoes can have more than 2 spermatheca (sperm storage organs). Apparently, this number can determine females’ polyandry status as these females are able to store sperm of different mates in different spermatheca. #AcademicChatter 🦟
June 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fun fact learnt from today’s dissections: Mosquitoes can have more than 2 spermatheca (sperm storage organs). Apparently, this number can determine females’ polyandry status as these females are able to store sperm of different mates in different spermatheca. #AcademicChatter 🦟
Nothing more rewarding than seeing your undergrads achieving heights! @MahipKalra won the best UG Research Prize today! The lab is so proud of you, Mahip. @JediShropshire you were hugely missed on this occasion! #VU2022
June 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Nothing more rewarding than seeing your undergrads achieving heights! @MahipKalra won the best UG Research Prize today! The lab is so proud of you, Mahip. @JediShropshire you were hugely missed on this occasion! #VU2022
Representing @Symbionticism lab, @MahipKalra and I are ready to kick start #Dros22 telling tales of #Wolbachia and #CI in the broad context of host-symbiont-phage interactions! Looking forward to share and learn great 🪰 Science all around!
June 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Representing @Symbionticism lab, @MahipKalra and I are ready to kick start #Dros22 telling tales of #Wolbachia and #CI in the broad context of host-symbiont-phage interactions! Looking forward to share and learn great 🪰 Science all around!
When your former #PhD advisor gets comments on his research grant application and chooses to share it with you because… ☺️
To the anonymous reviewer - Heart ya biggg!!
To the anonymous reviewer - Heart ya biggg!!
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When your former #PhD advisor gets comments on his research grant application and chooses to share it with you because… ☺️
To the anonymous reviewer - Heart ya biggg!!
To the anonymous reviewer - Heart ya biggg!!
An advice that never gets old while looking for #phd and #postdoc advisors. For the record, I got 4 phd supervisors (yes, it’s a thing 😉) and 2 postdoc advisors and all of them are not just brilliant in their fields but also the kindest people I got to work with. Blessed I feel.
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My fffffirst one from @Symbionticism Lab!!!
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My fffffirst one from @Symbionticism Lab!!!
TFW the UG students make you proud by presenting their research with sheer confidence and details! We’re all about cheering for ‘em and boost the morale. Well done @MahipKalra! Keep rocking, dude! 🤟
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
TFW the UG students make you proud by presenting their research with sheer confidence and details! We’re all about cheering for ‘em and boost the morale. Well done @MahipKalra! Keep rocking, dude! 🤟
Thumbs up to the #Science for getting us all back together on one table again. #Firstlablunchtogether #labfamjam #postpandemic 🙌🏼
June 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thumbs up to the #Science for getting us all back together on one table again. #Firstlablunchtogether #labfamjam #postpandemic 🙌🏼
Get urself a lab and a PI who keeps on pouring fancy goodies in ur bucket more so often than u could imagine! Thanks, @WolbachiaProj for magnets and journals made of recycled apple peels (they even smell like 🍏!) & @Symbionticism for symbiotic Coasters & ☕️ mugs. Delighted! 🤩
June 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Get urself a lab and a PI who keeps on pouring fancy goodies in ur bucket more so often than u could imagine! Thanks, @WolbachiaProj for magnets and journals made of recycled apple peels (they even smell like 🍏!) & @Symbionticism for symbiotic Coasters & ☕️ mugs. Delighted! 🤩
Sticking tongue out while sleeping? This fly definitely needs sleep therapy! 💤 😉
#flybarrestaurant #onmyway
#flybarrestaurant #onmyway
June 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sticking tongue out while sleeping? This fly definitely needs sleep therapy! 💤 😉
#flybarrestaurant #onmyway
#flybarrestaurant #onmyway
Last 5 minutes of Brainstorming while wrapping up #HMIlabretreat2019
@lmvteixeira @Rafael0Caetano @KataAlvarez @n_martins @G_SantosMatos @lopezmadrigals @gustavoneduardo.
@lmvteixeira @Rafael0Caetano @KataAlvarez @n_martins @G_SantosMatos @lopezmadrigals @gustavoneduardo.
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Last 5 minutes of Brainstorming while wrapping up #HMIlabretreat2019
@lmvteixeira @Rafael0Caetano @KataAlvarez @n_martins @G_SantosMatos @lopezmadrigals @gustavoneduardo.
@lmvteixeira @Rafael0Caetano @KataAlvarez @n_martins @G_SantosMatos @lopezmadrigals @gustavoneduardo.
Ending 2018 with the submission of the final paper from my PhD work, where I show parallel dynamics of both #Wolbachia and #viruses in #Drosophila tissues. Glad to include my own drawings in the figure section 😊
Time to sign off for the vacation! Happy 2019, Twitteratisss!! 😍
Time to sign off for the vacation! Happy 2019, Twitteratisss!! 😍
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ending 2018 with the submission of the final paper from my PhD work, where I show parallel dynamics of both #Wolbachia and #viruses in #Drosophila tissues. Glad to include my own drawings in the figure section 😊
Time to sign off for the vacation! Happy 2019, Twitteratisss!! 😍
Time to sign off for the vacation! Happy 2019, Twitteratisss!! 😍
I am studying the mechanisms that #Drosophila uses to fight #viral infections. #MSPaintYourScience #scicomm @IGCiencia
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am studying the mechanisms that #Drosophila uses to fight #viral infections. #MSPaintYourScience #scicomm @IGCiencia
Ph.D. defense ✅
Paper Acceptance ✅
Postdoc confirmation ✅
What a day!
Paper Acceptance ✅
Postdoc confirmation ✅
What a day!
June 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ph.D. defense ✅
Paper Acceptance ✅
Postdoc confirmation ✅
What a day!
Paper Acceptance ✅
Postdoc confirmation ✅
What a day!
My office window just got 'Orchidified' 🌸🤗
June 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My office window just got 'Orchidified' 🌸🤗