Kirsty Wan
Cilia and cell motility enthusiast, basal cognition, weird organisms esp protists and larvae, how do living systems compute?
Associate Professor, Living Systems Institute, Univ of Exeter
(past: DAMTP, Univ of Cambridge)
www.micromotility.com
Starter Packs
Created by Kirsty Wan (2)
physics of life
and other permutations including biological physics, physical biology, living matter physics etc
cilia club
for scientists united by their love of cilia - they don't even need to be able to move...
@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social
Life is everywhere—even where you can't see it. A quarterly magazine exploring microscopic life: the unseen 🔬, the overlooked 🧐, the enigmatic 👀. Explore the magazine: stefanluketa.com/amoeba-discovery/
@jopabinia.bsky.social
Why things evolve into crabs. Evolutionary biologist (species alive today AND fossils, and how to study them together). Canadian at Harvard (she/her) My science: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CKqoVjEAAAAJ&hl=en
@shapingmatterlab.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research group at TU Delft, Aerospace Engineering, exploring: additive manufacturing, bio-inspired materials, and engineered living materials. Led by Kunal Masania (@kmasania.bsky.social) https://www.shapingmatterlab.com/
@marca-be.bsky.social
Physicist by formation and by everyday-renewed-state, FNRS, Université de Liège, CESAM, PtYX.
@pacherres-co.bsky.social
Marine ecologist 🌊, Coral scientist 🪸🔬, Postdoctoral researcher @microsensing.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social 👨🏾🔬, 🇪🇺Marie Curie fellow, Copenhagen 🇩🇰
@squishycell.bsky.social
Prof. of Physics, Cell Biology and Molecular Engineering @ UChicago. Passionate about all the squishy matter driving dynamics and function from sub-cellular to tissue scales.
@embltrec.bsky.social
An expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to the environment, from molecules to communities
@emeliebrodrick.bsky.social
Postdoc Researcher - vision and neurobiology in aquatic invertebrates 🪸🦀 I am split between: Baden Lab, University of Sussex - badenlab.org & Prieto Godino Lab at The Crick, London - prietogodinolab.org
@biomlab.bsky.social
Professor at @jkulinz.bsky.social | protein mechanics, molecular force sensors, mechanoresponsive materials | #MentorFirst | #FirstGen | 🇩🇪 in 🇦🇹 | www.jku.at/biom
@mattiaserra.bsky.social
Serra Group at UCSD Physics: Nonlinear Dynamics & Physics of Living Systems. http://www.mattiaserra.com Prev. |@SchmidtFellows @Harvard, PhD @ETH_en
@kehelliwell.bsky.social
Algae enthusiast, former NERC IRF @thembauk and Senior Fellow @UniofExeter
@seeseamic.bsky.social
currently working on diatom motility previous research: marine viruses, Ehux, HABs, sea cucumbers.
@swarnck.bsky.social
Enthusiast for STEM - supporter of microscopists to investigate the secrets of life
@alunel.bsky.social
Research assistant professor at IUSM. Microscopy, mice and multicilia.
@kei-jokura.bsky.social
Postdoc who loves #cilia and #ctenophores! Currently, NIBB and ExCELLS in Japan. Before that, Jekely-lab at LSI_Exeter in the UK.
@ryanase.bsky.social
Research Associate at Uni of Leicester & Uni of Nottingham. Interested in protozoan parasites, parasite-vector interactions, and meiosis.
@focalplane.bsky.social
FocalPlane is a community site for anyone with an interest in microscopy. Hosted by Journal of Cell Science (@jcellsci.bsky.social) and The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social). https://focalplane.biologists.com/
@freejakoba.bsky.social
Eukaryotic evolution, protist diversity, mitochondrial evolution At OIST, Japan with @filiphusnik.bsky.social; formerly at IBE, Barcelona with @multicellgenome.bsky.social and Dalhousie University with @andrewjroger.bsky.social 🏳️🌈She/her. Views my own
@jgahan.bsky.social
Associate Professor and ERC Starting Awardee at University of Galway! I work on early animal evolution with a particular interest in gene regulation and chromatin! https://gahanlab.com https://chromosome.ie/groups/gahan/ 🏳️🌈🇮🇪 He/Him
@labrawlins.bsky.social
Developmental biology, University of Cambridge https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/people/emma-rawlins/
@mathsmaret.bsky.social
Mathematical biologist in systems biology, synthetic biology and fluid dynamics. Really just an all-around fan of dynamical systems and their biological applications. Postdoctoral Researcher at Imperial College London.
@gjstephens.bsky.social
Theoretical physicist thinking about living and complex systems. Faculty at VU Amsterdam & OIST Graduate University
@thecocodium.bsky.social
Professor @uniofgalway.bsky.social. I am interested in developmental biology, stem cells, regeneration, and other things. http://urifranklab.org chromosome.ie
@adameykolab.bsky.social
Neural crest biologist interested in broad and deep questions about clockworks of nature.
@philosobio.bsky.social
Research Associate at the University of Cambridge LCFI, working on the project Major Transitions in Cognitive Evolution. Philosophy of Biology/Cognitive Science: phenotypic plasticity, learning, memory, niche construction, evolvability, agency, sci-methods
@jcammann.bsky.social
@gaiapigino.bsky.social
Working on self organization, cilia, and IFT. Cell biologist, CLEM and cryo-EM expert at Human Technopole. Was a serious fencer in a previous life. Love pottery!!! 🏺
@elinakosty.bsky.social
Bio PhD candidate. Studying cilia and autism proteins. 🐸 frog stan in @goodfrognosis.bsky.social DSPAN F99/K00. DisabledinSTEM. Opinions are my own.
@stevehaddock.bsky.social
Marine biology, ctenophores, bioluminescence, deep-sea, genomics, computing for biologists. Cello? Views my own. bit.ly/arms-deep
@spintheory.bsky.social
Scientist studying life in all its mathematical beauty. Bridging bio+social with physics. At Complexity Science Hub in Vienna. Former NSF GRFP. Austrian Science Fund ESPRIT. Head of the PoETs Lab. Webpage https://eddielee.co
@hiscocklab.bsky.social
Heart of a developmental biologist, head of a mathematician/physicist. Posts from Tom and lab members. https://twhiscock.github.io/
@mlbyron.bsky.social
scientist, engineer, mom, et al / experimental fluid dynamicist / keeper of the keys at https://bsky.app/profile/ebfm.bsky.social | assistant prof of mechanical engineering at penn state u.
@virginieuhlmann.bsky.social
Director of the BioVisionCenter at UZH and Research Group Leader at EMBL-EBI. Loves bioimage analysis, mountains, and birds.
@nicolecoots.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @UBC in Patrick Keeling's Lab || PhD earned @ASU in Gillian Gile's Lab || Interested in endosymbiosis, plastid evolution, marine microbial ecology, and all things protists 🦠
@yap-lab.bsky.social
We explore how cells stick together and fall apart..focussing on how cell-cell adhesion, apoptotic extrusion and tissue mechanics regulate epithelial homeostasis 🧫🔬 @AlphaYap’s lab at IMB, Brisbane
@aikmi.bsky.social
Group Leader @EMBL. We study the design principles of "early" animals using cnidarians.
@gkvallis.bsky.social
Scientist (mainly of atmospheres and oceans of Earth and other planets), and an occasional poster.
@sabass-lab.bsky.social
Interested in methane, mechanobiology, physics of microbes, mathematics, statistical mechanics, and most magical ideas. Professor at LMU Munich.
@petergs.bsky.social