@varshasinghuk.bsky.social
PI at University of Dundee, UK. Love my kids, C elegans, microbes and Art. We study olfaction during development and disease (PD, anosmia) and odours produced by microbiome of animals.
Very excited to share this finding from my postdoctoral work that is now published in #ScienceAdvances. We show how the gut’s epithelium modifies enteric behaviors during nutritional adversity via distinct peptidergic signaling axes.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leishmaniasis is 95% fatal if untreated — yet it’s still overlooked, and media coverage is low.
Our new report shows what gets decision-makers to pay attention ⤵️
wellcomeopenresearch.org/documents/10...
Lecturer in Medical Bioscience at Nottingham Trent University. #jobs #microsky
Covering topics including:
Infectious disease;
Clinical and molecular microbiology;
Mechanisms of drug action and therapeutic innovations.
Contact @jodywinter.bsky.social for full details.
What a nice review. Congratulations.
09.08.2025 06:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Special thanks to Ahna Skop, Morris Maduro, and Curtis Loer for bringing so much joy to the meeting!
Also, big thanks to GSA and Anne Marie Mahoney for making #worm25 happen despite the challenging times. Thank you also to USDavis for hosting us and the delicious food.
We are looking forward to the Worm Meeting 2027 and thank
Suhong Xu(Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China),
Kavita Babu (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India), and
Erik Andersen (Johns Hopkins
University Baltimore, USA)
for organising. #worm25
Congrats to the winners of the #Worm25 poster competition!
Thanks to all students who entered (285) — such great research!
Thanks to all poster judge volunteers who judged presenters (220 postdocs and faculty!)
Given >1200 attendees, that’s a high % who participated in this competition!
Very cool talk from Ritika Siddiqui ( @varshasinghuk.bsky.social lab) on neuronal sensing of essential amino acids. #worm25
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Wanted to post a video we accidentally forgot to show at the Worm art show #worm25 from the Van Buskirk lab @cswormlab.bsky.social @baristursun.bsky.social
Hope you all enjoy!
youtu.be/7IMrOsmg5UY
Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! 🦠
If you are a starter in this field, as I was until recently, here are some highly recommended articles from @natmicrobiol.nature.com that may help you understand, plan, and even improve your microbiome studies - A starter pack you might say! 😊🧵
#MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky
This is fantastic. Congratulations Aakanksha and team.
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All fathers need paid time off, to be with their newborn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The flags at our EU office in New Delhi fly at half-mast today in memory of the victims of this morning’s plane crash in Ahmedabad.
Europe mourns with India, the UK, Canada and Portugal.
This tragedy affects us all.
Thanks. I was hoping you would know the name. It looks like Olearia macrodonta or Newzealand holly.
03.06.2025 21:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
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How do olfactory sensory neurons manage to express only one odorant receptor?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New review on the ecological and pathogenic versatility of P. aeruginosa:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Keith was a kind and thoughtful scientist. My memories of him as a student in the Harvard BBS program were that he was always thoughtful and even-keeled and cared about students
30.05.2025 14:23 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0![Fig. 2 Whole-body estimates of sea otter metabolism scaled to body mass.
Estimated scaled whole-body metabolic rates include predicted [BMR; predicted on the basis of scaled rate for eutherian mammals], sea otter resting metabolic rate, and whole-body skeletal muscle leak capacity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/bafkreifqng4uadol3gghmq6ktpvj5vksaptsqxdfvtenfsgubbfr2l6ani@jpeg)
Fig. 2 Whole-body estimates of sea otter metabolism scaled to body mass. Estimated scaled whole-body metabolic rates include predicted [BMR; predicted on the basis of scaled rate for eutherian mammals], sea otter resting metabolic rate, and whole-body skeletal muscle leak capacity.
Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber and large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm?
A 2021 Science study found an answer: skeletal muscle thermogenesis.
Learn more on #WorldOtterDay: scim.ag/4jjvMDL
Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of ARTIC2 - a £5.5M 5 year project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social to build on the ARTIC approach of low-cost, globally accessible genome sequencing for surveillance of outbreaks, epidemics and endemic diseases: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/am...
22.05.2025 10:57 — 👍 227 🔁 80 💬 7 📌 4We are pleased to launch the KlebNET Genomic Epidemiology Consortium!
We aim to build a public metadata repository; systematic risk framework for global genomic surveillance; and genomic epi reviews for high-impact #Klebsiella clones.
Join us here:
klebnet.org/klebnet-gsp-...
#ABPHM25
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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Small research grant 10000 GBP for social science and humanities www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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Congratulations Alessio!
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I hope you are attending Worm2025 in June. Please consider submitting to our awesome Worm Art Show. It is as good as the science.
Submissions accepted till June 27, 2025.
Started by Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social the event continues to enrich our community.
genetics-gsa.org/worm-2025/wo...
Fungarium at Kew gardens.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A dolphin's shadow beneath the waves at Greyhope Bay.
A dolphin leaps out of rough water at Greyhope Bay.
A dolphin's shadow beneath the waves at Greyhope Bay.
A dolphin's tail sticks out of rough water at Greyhope Bay.
Unexpectedly challenging conditions on Thursday, with the sun glaring, the water choppy and the dolphins non-committal, but I quite like this set of one above and below the waves at the harbour entrance.
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