Lavisha Parab
Interests: phages, microbiome, bacteria, antibiotic resistance
Postdoc at LMU Munich, previously Max Planck Insti. Evolbio @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social & IITKGP
Love experimenting, science & politics
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- I haven't made a "my boss is so nice" post in a while, but just updating you all that she is still very good and a great mentor, and keeps encouraging me and giving me the right advice at the right time We're just busy solving the mystery of our evolution experiment! 😊
- I love that Munich is so sunny! Especially in the winter! No one told me, or I'd have moved here long ago, even changed my PhD direction and applied to all the Max Planck's here hahaha 😆 instead of Plön Plön was amazing in the summer, the sun is how you recruit me 😛
- Reposted by Lavisha Parab1/n New paper alert! Bottlenecks are common in life cycles, but how do they shape the evolution of multiple cooperative traits at once? We tested this in M. xanthus under stringent vs relaxed bottlenecks.
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- I've been wondering about putting out a preprint without making it perfect and tying all loose ends. Would feel better getting feedback from people before submitting for review. What is #Mevosky field thinking of this approach?
- I've been wondering about putting out a preprint without making it perfect and tying all loose ends. Would feel better getting feedback from people before submitting for review. What is #Mevosky field thinking of this approach?
- Was so fun! Got so much feedback and tips for troubleshooting. Always a pleasure meeting MerMAN folx, I come back feeling appreciated 😊
- We had two fantastic visiting speakers today MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabWe had two fantastic visiting speakers today MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
- I think, at least in the EU, people should HAVE to answer an, "Is this sexual assault" quiz with 20+ Q's at the start of the job. And during University. Just having a sexual harrasment representative and committee at an institution means nothing, if predators and society gaslight the victims
- In a postdoc workshop, they advised to tailor documents for reading on the train. "Your peers/PIs are probably reading the manuscripts and grants on trains, in conference breaks, and generally anywhere but on their desks." I see now how true this is! I will write train-travel appropriate docs! 😃🚅
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabNew preprint! Ever wondered why only a fraction of genomes encode CRISPR immunity? 🧬 🦠 Turns out CRISPR is rarely beneficial against virulent phages, being most beneficial against those for which resistance mutations are rare! An epic effort by Rosanna Wright www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- My boss is so nice, I got two tiny grants and she says it's "a lot of money" 😊 She's such an encouraging person I should just make a thread; I can link it when we have vacancies 😆😆
- My favourite mentor once told me to celebrate after writing/submitting a grant. Don't wait for the results! 😃 I appreciate it more now because I now LIKE applying for grants! Crazy Today I took it one step further, went bouldering (1st time) to "enjoy the journey not the destination" 😄😆 🎉
- Phage bacteria folks, protocol question: For prophage assays, e.g. lysis time, burst size, do you start with lysogens or naive bacteria? I started with a lysogen (++ mitomycin C) for measuring lysis time/burst... Should I start with phages adsorbed to naive host? Thanks! #microsky #phagesky #Mevosky
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabWe're hiring a DFG-funded PhD student (TVöD E13, 65%) at Max Planck Institute, Marburg to study quorum sensing in Klebsiella & host–pathogen interplay. 3 yrs, start flexible. Apply by Sep 30, 2025 (rolling). Send 1 PDF to laganenka@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
- Going home full of inspiration and ideas after the September Science Academy by @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social First event of its kind for me, and it was SO. Much. Fun. Diverse talks, engaging discussions, and an especially helpful grant writing workshop! If they organise it again, do apply!! 😊
- The @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social September Science Academy organisers are so sweet! A DETAILED welcome package was waiting for us at the hotel! Even with the faces of who will join us for dinner! My heart is melting, this booklet helped me relax and be excited for tomorrow!! 😊👩🔬💜🥹
- Who's coming to the September Science Academy? I'm on my way, see you there 😊😊 #microsky 👩🔬
- Who's coming to the September Science Academy? I'm on my way, see you there 😊😊 #microsky 👩🔬
- ✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept... #WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
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- Please help me 😭 While fearing the big postdoc grant application (and procrastinating), I've been productive: I started new weekly troubleshooting meetings for PhD students I applied for a different smaller grant I edited a manuscript I'd been fearing but feared less than the grant... Help please🥺
- Reposted by Lavisha Parab#phagesky I am looking for phages infecting Streptococcus pneumoniae to test a phenotype - does anyone have some and willing to share ? Repost appreciated :)
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabHey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabI 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
- My boss is always praising me in public and uplifting me when alone, it's so cute 🥰 🥰 She's a proper hype-woman, and we need more in academia 😊😊 Just saying, if there's vacancies in the future, be sure to apply 😉
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- Reposted by Lavisha Parab🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages” Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide. 👇 Read on for details! #Phage
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- Reposted by Lavisha ParabNew paper with @rwheatley8.bsky.social and Cedric Lood Actual title: Chromosomal capture of beneficial genes drives plasmids towards ecological redundancy. Sensationalist title: Plasmids carry useless genes academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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- Reposted by Lavisha Parab1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬 www.science.org/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabOur paper demonstrating that within-species warfare interactions are ecologically important on human skin is now published in Nature Micro! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Why don’t people who live together have the same strains of microbes? Tami Lieberman (@contaminatedsci.bsky.social) and I put forward one underexplored reason in our new preprint: Intraspecies warfare restricts strain coexistence in human skin microbiomes
- Welcome to bluesky 🤗 @karinakrammer.bsky.social @joyeuse24.bsky.social They're both members of the Carolin Wendling group at LMU Munich, working on prophages in populations or microbiomes 🦠 🧫 💩 @ccwendling.bsky.social
- I wrote an application to a summer school in three days 😅 This is the fastest I've ever written anything 😆 Research summary (1 page), motivation (1 page), and CV (2 pages). I don't know if it was good or bad but if it was good then I guess time pressure really does work amazingly for me (n=~5 now) 😆
- Reposted by Lavisha Parab‼️I'm looking for a postdoc‼️ Come join effort in using metagenomes to quantify microbial catabolic potential and carbon substrate availability at the ecosystem level. We seek to understand evolutionary forces shaping the carbon cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
- This meeting was so fun! My first time. Had a lot of nice discussions and so much excitement that I forgot to take a picture of me with my poster!!
- Excited for New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology 2025 with sessions on Bacterial systems biology, Bacterial cell biology & protein machines, Microbiomes, Environment & evolution, Pathogenesis & phage, Antibiotic discovery, mechanisms, and resistance. #EESMicrobiology
- Reposted by Lavisha ParabI have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required. Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
- Hi, pipette question, especially for people with tiny hands with little thumb/wrist strength Do you prefer either Acura or Rainin manual pipettes over eppendorf? And why? Thanks! I do a lot of microbiology, phage and evolution related experiments. #Mevosky
- #mevosky still searching for a nice protocol to measure spontaneous (phage) induction rates 😊😊
- Someone was asking me about women's labour in academia and I keep sending this article and the study by Jarvinen and Meyer 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
