Shashi Thutupalli
@stpalli.bsky.social
Scientist, Associate Professor at the Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, NCBS Bangalore and ICTS, Bangalore.
Broadly interested in the origins and organisation of living systems.
Bangalore — Toronto — Göttingen — Princeton — Bangalore
Broadly interested in the origins and organisation of living systems.
Bangalore — Toronto — Göttingen — Princeton — Bangalore
They are fanning themselves, clearly :)
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
They are fanning themselves, clearly :)
We find that simple metabolically-driven physical mechanisms can be co-opted to generate large flows, upending the long held view that flagella or complex fluid transport structures are required for the evolution of large size in multicellular organisms.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Metabolically driven flows enable exponential growth in macroscopic multicellular yeast
Metabolically generated flow is an emergent mechanism that alleviates diffusion limits in macroscopic multicellular yeast.
www.science.org
June 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We find that simple metabolically-driven physical mechanisms can be co-opted to generate large flows, upending the long held view that flagella or complex fluid transport structures are required for the evolution of large size in multicellular organisms.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very interesting work! Looking forward to digging into the details.
May 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Very interesting work! Looking forward to digging into the details.
Longer lengths and larger volume fractions are both coming up. Hopefully should have some news soon.
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Longer lengths and larger volume fractions are both coming up. Hopefully should have some news soon.
Yes! We were intrigued by that too. Have not commented on it in this current paper but have some ideas on why that happens.
In the meantime, here is a video of the chemical field which causes the S to be a metastable configuration.
In the meantime, here is a video of the chemical field which causes the S to be a metastable configuration.
November 22, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Yes! We were intrigued by that too. Have not commented on it in this current paper but have some ideas on why that happens.
In the meantime, here is a video of the chemical field which causes the S to be a metastable configuration.
In the meantime, here is a video of the chemical field which causes the S to be a metastable configuration.
Yes, here's the S-C transition!
November 22, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Yes, here's the S-C transition!
Perhaps it's simply the oily and watery parts of the beeswax separating out.
September 12, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Perhaps it's simply the oily and watery parts of the beeswax separating out.
Classic phase separation.
September 12, 2023 at 8:43 AM
Classic phase separation.