Shashi Thutupalli
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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
The Skysynth feature of from the Vera Rubin Observatory (@vrubinobs.bsky.social) is absolutely magical. Explore cosmic sounds. To get an idea, turn on your speakers for the movie below -- it's amazing!

rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...
June 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
We have a new paper out on an issue that has been discussed for more than a century -- how can fundamental biophysical constraints on nutrient transport be overcome to solve one of the most significant challenges associated with the evolution of multicellularity?

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 21, 2025 at 2:25 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.
November 22, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Yes, here's the S-C transition!
November 22, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Before I start posting about newer results on this platform, here is a video from our most recent paper -- www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 22, 2024 at 4:44 AM