Ankita Jha
@Ankita_13Jha
Cell and Developmental Biologist. Post-doc @lab_waterman @ASCBiology COMPASS @CellMigration organizer @OpenFieldC 🔬Blebs are life or death ankita13jha.bsky
I am beyond excited to present my postdoc work to the community. I have synopsis of this paper on the bluesky account (or enjoy the preprint below).. #cellmigration #cancer #blebs 🦋 account ankita13jha.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
PIEZO1-dependent mode switch of neuronal migration in heterogeneous microenvironments in the developing brain dlvr.it/TJR5gG
Excited to be starting my research group as a tenure track Presidential Young Professor at the Mechanobiology Institute @MBIsg, and the Dept of Physiology at @NUSingapore in the fall! More about our work on vascular mechanobiology: mechano-medicine-lab.com
Interested in a #postdoc on nuclear #mechanobiology? We have a fully funded position in the @ConfinementLab designed to help you meet your career goals while researching the rapidly growing field of cellular #confinement. Please get in touch for more info!
How innate immunity starts? Early embryos eliminate bacterial infections by epithelial phagocytosis, a conserved process from zebrafish to human embryos. cell.com/cell-host-micr…
Happy to share our latest research article, "The activation of INF2 by Piezo1/Ca2+ is required for mesenchymal-to-amoeboid transition in confined environments," in Current Biology: authors.elsevier.com/a/1koXe3QW8SA2… Graphical abstract:
...and If this piqued your interest, we have fully-funded postdoc positions (4+2 years) available! Join the dynamic, collaborative community @TheCrick with access to top-tier technology platforms and an outstanding postdoc training program. Please RT 🙏 crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/L…
Stoked to present our latest, brilliantly led by Chris et al & Alejandro Torres-Sanchez. How tissues are patterned during development – we found that geometry-constrained ECM fractures pattern the myocardium in the vertebrate heart 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
My first, first author paper is now on bioRxiv! 🤩 Linker histone H1 is a liquid-like "glue" condensing chromatin, which revises textbooks! 📖✨ biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Huge thanks to my PI, @kazu_maeshima, for supervision. Amazing collab with @rcollepardo’s group!" (1/n)
More reason to study weakly adhered cancer cells!! Amoeboid?
BIG NEWS in @CellReports! Adhesion strength of tumor cells predicts metastatic disease in vivo cell.com/cell-reports/f… In this work, we show that a physical property - adhesion strength - stratifies mouse and patient samples into disease and non-disease subtypes. (1/4)
Confined migration awesomeness
Very cool preprint by my colleague Kate McDole and her postdoc Katie Goodwin @CellBiol_MRCLMB using beautiful imaging and quantitative methods to understand the wondrous migrations of primordial germ cells in mouse embryos doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…
If you are unsure about pursuing PhD at this stage, I am also hiring 1–2 JRFs with a background in organic chemistry. We have the funding and will train you in dye/click chemistry for applications in biology. Follow the website for details DyeCraftLab.com
If making chemical tools for biology excites you, consider applying to the NCBS graduate program! My lab plans to hire 1–2 graduate students this cycle. More info on my lab @ dyecraftlab.com
Friends, I am at a loss of words for how devastating it would be to lose the entire intramural #NIH program. Some of the biggest medical and scientific breakthroughs have come from scientists in the NIH Intramural program. #SaveTheNIH science.org/content/articl…
This feels like exactly how the Ministry of Ayush responded when peer-reviewed scientific publications on Ayurvedic Giloy herb-related liver injury featured in the media. They called it "fake news." These people are a different kind of dumb.
Yogi Adityanath Rejects Faecal Bacteria Report, Says Sangam Water Fit For Drinking ndtv.com/india-news/yog…
Today NIH employees are being fired en masse. A few populist elites will cheer, I am not. Over the last twenty years, I have been impressed by their dedication and passion to advance science in a nonpartisan manner. Today is a very sad day.
CD44 and Ezrin restrict EGF receptor mobility to generate a novel spatial arrangement of cytoskeletal signaling modules driving ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio
Please RT! Welcoming applications for a PhD project with @PhilippeRoudot in the framework of the @centuri_ls PhD program. The project will focus on endocytic dynamics during cell and tissue morphogenesis. Apply until Jan 20th at centuri-livingsystems.org/application-fo…
The CENTURI PhD program is now accepting applications! 📢 If you are interested in joining an interdisciplinary research community, submit your complete application by January 20, 2024. For more details, visit: centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/ #PhD #PhDOpportunities #CENTURI
How do I find science twitter people on 🦋? My profile is ankita13jha.bsky.social
The @ConfinementLab's latest paper is out in @PNASNews! Fantastic work by @LY_Sci to build a tool to rapidly and accurately measure nuclear volume and surface area in #confinement. Thread below: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
Major fan girl moment for me! Aki Kusumi at my poster. Eeeeeeeeee....weeeeeee 😀 #ASCB
