Maitreyi Das
We study cell polarity and cytokinesis in the fission yeast model system with emphasis on GTPase signaling patterns @BostonCollege. Immigrant. She/her. www.daslabpombe.com
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- Reposted by Maitreyi DasFoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social. 📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason 💾 github.com/steineggerla...
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- Reposted by Maitreyi DasJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb. More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
- Merry Christmas all. This year we got to celebrate with our family in India. Housefull of kids, nieces and nephews is so much fun. Kept up with tradition and attended midnight service, lots of plum cake and mutton pulao, karahi chicken and raita. The kids loved it.
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasHey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasI’ll be one of the panelists! I hope to see you there!
- @ascbiology.bsky.social 's Women in Cell Biology (WICB) has yet another fantastic event today at 4pm, room 126A. A networking panel on "Thriving in Uncertain Times: Navigating Career and Funding Challenges". #cellbio2025.
- @ascbiology.bsky.social 's Women in Cell Biology (WICB) has yet another fantastic event today at 4pm, room 126A. A networking panel on "Thriving in Uncertain Times: Navigating Career and Funding Challenges". #cellbio2025.
- If you are at #cellbio2025 you have got to come see "The scripts of Success: Award Winning Scientists Take the Stage with Humor and Honesty" in the CC 108 at 11am today.
- The Das lab is well represented at #cellbio2025 in Philly. Come learn more about our research and about the Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD Program at Boston College.
- This one is a must see. The title is the talk is "The Importance of Imagination, a Superpower, in Survival, Science, and Our Lives." How cool is that.
- This thread and all of it! Hoping for a genuis savior is like waiting for A cure for all cancers. Not possible, cannot happen.
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasIf you're on the job market and are working in any area of Plant Molecular Biology, check this out. We have a very strong group: Jeff Dangl, Joe Kieber, Greg Copenhaver, Jason Reed, Zack Nimchuk, and an incoming new assistant professor starting in January bio.unc.edu/people/facul...
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasI'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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- Reposted by Maitreyi DasUMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job
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- Reposted by Maitreyi DasComment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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- Looks like year 2 grad students can no longer apply for the NSF GRFP. I hope I am wrong. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Our latest preprint on the role of the Arp2/3 complex in mitotic entry is now available @biorxiv. This work was done by Dhanya Kalathil, a very talented postdoc in my lab. The story started in 2019 when we were investigating the role of branched actin in cytokinesis. 1/
- Our latest is now available @jcellsci.bsky.social. The final research article from Bethany Campbell's thesis work. Endocytic patch dynamics are differentially regulated at distinct cell sites in fission yeast. doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasFinal year PhD students, I know you’re desperately trying to finish experiments/revisions/submissions/write a thesis & just survive - but please spare a few minutes to apply to your dream postdoc labs. It easily takes A YEAR from first contact, even if everything goes to plan on both sides.
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasHello Bluesky: Long time listener, first time poster! Excited to share the first publication of my Ph.D. work studying the development of appendage shapes in @plosbiology.org! The zebrafish caudal fin is quite distinctive, and we examine the timing and mechanisms of how its shape might come to be!
- Caudal fins show great variation in shape between diverse fish species. New research reveals that #developmental cues in embryonic tissues involving the Sonic hedgehog pathway imprint fin #morphology, highlighting a critical window for modulating appendage morphology. 🧪 plos.io/4mydLnA
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasCaudal fins show great variation in shape between diverse fish species. New research reveals that #developmental cues in embryonic tissues involving the Sonic hedgehog pathway imprint fin #morphology, highlighting a critical window for modulating appendage morphology. 🧪 plos.io/4mydLnA
- ASCB Cell Bio 2025, is in Philadelphia 12/6-10. Apply for a Familycare Grant by 9/3. These flexible awards ($500) can be used towards any eligible family care expense that makes it easier for you to attend the Annual Meeting. www.ascb.org/grants-award...
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- Congratulations to all the fellows elected this year! A special shout out to my dear friend @veronicasegarra.bsky.social. Thank you to you and all the fellows for your contributions to cell biology and the community.
- Meet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
- Congratulations to all the @ascb awadrees and special shout out to the #WICB awardees @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social for WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research and Kristen Verhey for the Sandra Masur Senior Leadership award.
- Meet the 2025 ASCB Award Winners—trailblazing scientists honored for research, mentoring, education, and innovation. Celebrate excellence across all career stages in cell biology. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
- Our latest by the very talented postdoc Dr. Samridhi Pathak, “Differential gene expression drives cell-cycle-dependent transition from monopolar to bipolar growth in fission yeast.” Now available on @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social 1/x
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasMy Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined). Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions. apply.interfolio.com/171625
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasCome and be our new Chair of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech! www.biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasHi, are you an academic biology lab in the Boston area? I am a lab manager at a local biotech and I will be getting rid of a lot consumables in the near future (as will many of my colleagues, unfortunately). If you would be interested in free consumables, please reach out to me!
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- I would be so embarrassed if I did not get this. 😌 Wordle 1,502 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasAre you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
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- Reposted by Maitreyi DasHow do cells switch on the actin assembly at endocytic sites? How can this on-switch evolve? Check out our new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Thank you to @septinlab.bsky.social @mcmomany.bsky.social and @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social for organizing a fantastic septin meeting. I learned a lot and was delighted to share our research. It was great to meet old colleagues and make new connections. #SeptSRC
- Reposted by Maitreyi Das🧪Hey Sciencers, We're looking to make a library of 50-100 plasmids that differ in ~60bp stretch. The differences will be designed (not random). The library will then be screened for a phenotype. What is the best way to do this? Cost is an issue.
- Nominate a colleague or yourself for the WICB @ascbiology.bsky.social Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award for late career scientists with outstanding scientific achievements, coupled with leadership in mentoring women and underrepresented groups. Deadline, June 30th. www.ascb.org/award/sandra...
- Nominate a colleague or yourself for the @ascbiology.bsky.social WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research. Open to women or non-binary people in early career, within 7 years of appointment to an independent position at the nomination deadline (June 30th). www.ascb.org/award/women-...
- I have thoughts about this. NIH allows a PI to mention in the biosketch how the pandemic impacted their lab. But it is not required. So folks who were not impacted because they did not sit down their lab do not mention it. This is unfair. 1/
- Reposted by Maitreyi DasJust standing here, asking reviewers for fellowships to double check when an assistant professor started their lab and ask, 'well what might have happened early on in that process that could have slowed down publications?'
- I teach intro mol/cell bio. I emphasize conceptual understanding rather than memorizing facts. So far AI really lacks in that aspect. It is consistently wrong when it has to synthesize higher order thinking from multiple nuggets of facts. Right now it does more harm than good.
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