Krishna Mudumbi
@krishnamudumbi.bsky.social
• Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt and the Ingram Cancer Center
• Studying membrane protein signaling using single-molecule microscopy
• Mentorship and science advocacy in all its forms
https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/mudumbi-lab/
• Studying membrane protein signaling using single-molecule microscopy
• Mentorship and science advocacy in all its forms
https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/mudumbi-lab/
Pinned
I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a TT faculty position at Vanderbilt CDB and Ingram Cancer Center! Thrilled to join the Vanderbilt community!
The Mudumbi Lab opens Jan 2025. We will use single-molecule microscopy to study the kinetics of RTK signaling, with a focus on biased signaling!
The Mudumbi Lab opens Jan 2025. We will use single-molecule microscopy to study the kinetics of RTK signaling, with a focus on biased signaling!
Reposted by Krishna Mudumbi
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
Reposted by Krishna Mudumbi
Just as with real science, we were scooped by the @krishnamudumbi.bsky.social lab, but there were 10 Chrystal Starbird’s in lab today. I mean, down to the tattoos, the glasses, and the luggage (since I’m always traveling), they committed!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just as with real science, we were scooped by the @krishnamudumbi.bsky.social lab, but there were 10 Chrystal Starbird’s in lab today. I mean, down to the tattoos, the glasses, and the luggage (since I’m always traveling), they committed!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flatter, but what does it mean that my lab is imitating me for Halloween, historically a time where you're supposed to be dressed up as someone scary? 🤔
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flatter, but what does it mean that my lab is imitating me for Halloween, historically a time where you're supposed to be dressed up as someone scary? 🤔
Late post, but the lab has a new grad student, Isabella!
Not sure if we can sustain the tradition of new students peeling off the protective plastic on new lab equipment though!
Not sure if we can sustain the tradition of new students peeling off the protective plastic on new lab equipment though!
September 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Late post, but the lab has a new grad student, Isabella!
Not sure if we can sustain the tradition of new students peeling off the protective plastic on new lab equipment though!
Not sure if we can sustain the tradition of new students peeling off the protective plastic on new lab equipment though!
A nice highlight of what we hope to tackle in our lab!
Also, check out all the cool things the other faculty at Vandy are doing!
news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/08/n...
Also, check out all the cool things the other faculty at Vandy are doing!
news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/08/n...
NEW FACULTY: Professors explain how their research could better the world
Hear from Vanderbilt's newest faculty on the positive impact their research could have on society.
news.vanderbilt.edu
September 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A nice highlight of what we hope to tackle in our lab!
Also, check out all the cool things the other faculty at Vandy are doing!
news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/08/n...
Also, check out all the cool things the other faculty at Vandy are doing!
news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/08/n...
Big #NewPI step today - had the lab submit abstracts for @ascbiology.bsky.social 2025!
ASCB was one of my first conferences as a trainee, and I've loved it since!
ASCB was one of my first conferences as a trainee, and I've loved it since!
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Big #NewPI step today - had the lab submit abstracts for @ascbiology.bsky.social 2025!
ASCB was one of my first conferences as a trainee, and I've loved it since!
ASCB was one of my first conferences as a trainee, and I've loved it since!
Replace this with HaloTag and I'd feel very attacked right now!
August 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Replace this with HaloTag and I'd feel very attacked right now!
The Department of Biochemistry @vanderbilt.edu is hiring for an Assistant Professor position! Apply and come be my colleague!
apply.interfolio.com/171767
apply.interfolio.com/171767
August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Department of Biochemistry @vanderbilt.edu is hiring for an Assistant Professor position! Apply and come be my colleague!
apply.interfolio.com/171767
apply.interfolio.com/171767
At least someone's saying it out loud
August 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
At least someone's saying it out loud
Could they be any more pathetically transparent that this is about revenge?
July 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Could they be any more pathetically transparent that this is about revenge?
Thank you for the conversation @klangin.bsky.social and for bringing to light the challenges that we're all facing at every level of academic science!
“Everywhere funding is short.”
For my latest story, I spoke with U.S. academics who are bracing for a major downsizing of the science workforce amid funding cuts. NSF's own numbers are stark. @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
For my latest story, I spoke with U.S. academics who are bracing for a major downsizing of the science workforce amid funding cuts. NSF's own numbers are stark. @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thank you for the conversation @klangin.bsky.social and for bringing to light the challenges that we're all facing at every level of academic science!
Come what may, they've brought back some version of salted carmel mocha fraps at Starbucks, I can die happy again!
July 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Come what may, they've brought back some version of salted carmel mocha fraps at Starbucks, I can die happy again!
Reposted by Krishna Mudumbi
Congratulations to all the amazing scientists named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars by @hhmi.org! We’re proud to have to #BlackInBiophysics faculty members, @doctheagrif.bsky.social and @cobarnes27.bsky.social among this outstanding group. We wish you the best in this next stage of your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
www.hhmi.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to all the amazing scientists named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars by @hhmi.org! We’re proud to have to #BlackInBiophysics faculty members, @doctheagrif.bsky.social and @cobarnes27.bsky.social among this outstanding group. We wish you the best in this next stage of your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It's probably because I'm astutely ignoring the outside world, but this week was a good week!
Science is scienceing, grants are being written, talks are coming up.
I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not....
Science is scienceing, grants are being written, talks are coming up.
I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not....
June 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It's probably because I'm astutely ignoring the outside world, but this week was a good week!
Science is scienceing, grants are being written, talks are coming up.
I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not....
Science is scienceing, grants are being written, talks are coming up.
I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not doom scroll tonight, I will not....
Reposted by Krishna Mudumbi
Journalists keep asking me, baffled, “What’s the Trump administration really trying to do to the science agencies?”
So I say “They are trying to destroy them. Cut off their funding, ruin their facilities, harass their staff into leaving.”
It’s not reform, and it never was. It’s destruction.
So I say “They are trying to destroy them. Cut off their funding, ruin their facilities, harass their staff into leaving.”
It’s not reform, and it never was. It’s destruction.
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Journalists keep asking me, baffled, “What’s the Trump administration really trying to do to the science agencies?”
So I say “They are trying to destroy them. Cut off their funding, ruin their facilities, harass their staff into leaving.”
It’s not reform, and it never was. It’s destruction.
So I say “They are trying to destroy them. Cut off their funding, ruin their facilities, harass their staff into leaving.”
It’s not reform, and it never was. It’s destruction.
Just misspelled my own name in an email...it's clearly one of those days/weeks
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just misspelled my own name in an email...it's clearly one of those days/weeks
Reposted by Krishna Mudumbi
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Our study from the White Lab is online today! Thank you to all that made the story & my postdoc time phenomenal
Forest White
Roger Davis
Jess Spinelli
@mvhlab.bsky.social @alextoker.bsky.social
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Forest White
Roger Davis
Jess Spinelli
@mvhlab.bsky.social @alextoker.bsky.social
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
a man holding a piece of paper in front of a sign that says extra extra read all about it
Alt: a man holding a piece of paper in front of a sign that says extra extra read all about it
media.tenor.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Our study from the White Lab is online today! Thank you to all that made the story & my postdoc time phenomenal
Forest White
Roger Davis
Jess Spinelli
@mvhlab.bsky.social @alextoker.bsky.social
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Forest White
Roger Davis
Jess Spinelli
@mvhlab.bsky.social @alextoker.bsky.social
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On loop tonight
a man is standing in front of a bunch of palm trees with his hand out .
Alt: a man is standing in front of a bunch of palm trees with his hand out .
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
On loop tonight
Late with the update, but we recently welcomed our first grad student, Brandon Goldstein! He got to celebrate by peeling off the plastic on the -80 display!
June 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Late with the update, but we recently welcomed our first grad student, Brandon Goldstein! He got to celebrate by peeling off the plastic on the -80 display!
May 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A feature, not a bug.
Who didn't see this coming?
Who didn't see this coming?
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A feature, not a bug.
Who didn't see this coming?
Who didn't see this coming?
I'm not sure this regime wants to buy scientific advancement - the very product that we're trying to sell.
I suppose we should all pivot to selling snake oil
I suppose we should all pivot to selling snake oil
May 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm not sure this regime wants to buy scientific advancement - the very product that we're trying to sell.
I suppose we should all pivot to selling snake oil
I suppose we should all pivot to selling snake oil
Love to see societies that we support supporting us back!
Proud to be a member of @ascbiology.bsky.social!
Proud to be a member of @ascbiology.bsky.social!
Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration.
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
Leading Life Science Organizations: Unlawful Grant Terminations Pose Grave Threat to America’s Innovation Pipeline - ASCB
Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Suit Calling for Immediate Funding Restoration WASHINGTON, DC – Four leading life science organizations, including the ASCB, filed an amicus brief today asking the cou...
www.ascb.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Love to see societies that we support supporting us back!
Proud to be a member of @ascbiology.bsky.social!
Proud to be a member of @ascbiology.bsky.social!
Some cool entries this year for CDB's annual retreat movie competition, check them out!
youtu.be/E2QokgMCk-M?...
youtu.be/E2QokgMCk-M?...
CDB 2025 Movie Competition
YouTube video by Philip Stoecklein
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Some cool entries this year for CDB's annual retreat movie competition, check them out!
youtu.be/E2QokgMCk-M?...
youtu.be/E2QokgMCk-M?...
Reposted by Krishna Mudumbi
"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers
The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
www.wxxinews.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...