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@TheSquishyLab
Lab of Sujit Datta @Caltech studying transport of soft (“squishy”) and living systems to address challenges in biotech, energy, medicine, & sustainability.
- Excited to release our latest work, led by @hbozhao in collaboration with our friend Andrej Košmrlj! In this preprint (arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345), we study how chemotactic active matter phase separates—and find many cool surprises. 🦠🚀🔬 Tweetorial follows... [1/8]
00:00 - What determines the shape of a bacterial colony growing in 3D? 🦠 We addressed this question using experiments, theory, & simulations—which jointly reveal that dense bacterial colonies undergo a morphological instability as they grow. Read more at biorxiv.org/content/10.110…! (1/9)
- Thrilled to share that, as of today, I've moved to @CaltechCCE! It's a truly unique & special place. Looking forward to exciting new adventures! Our lab will still be pushing full steam ahead @Princeton this year before we complete the move to the west coast next summer. [1/2]
- Cat’s out of the bag! I’m grateful to get to work with such a creative, talented, hard-working, and positive group & scientific community. It is a privilege to get to do this job. As they say: Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Excited to keep pushing ahead!Congratulations to Sujit @TheSquishyLab on getting tenure! (although the axe-throwing celebration pic has me a bit nervous about certain @EPrinceton colleagues, including @javalosLAB @jerelleaj @LiquidsLab @sarazencatlab and the others... but especially @xmwebb).
- Thrilled to see this paper published @PhysRevLett: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe…! This is just the start. There's a lot more to explore at this fascinating interface between active matter, statistical physics & nonlinear dynamics, & biology. Hope y'all find this work of interest! 🦠Excited to release our latest work, led by @hbozhao in collaboration with our friend Andrej Košmrlj! In this preprint (arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345), we study how chemotactic active matter phase separates—and find many cool surprises. 🦠🚀🔬 Tweetorial follows... [1/8]00:00
- Excited to release our latest work, led by @almcalvo along with Ned Wingreen: doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…! Here, we study how interactions with phages—viruses that infect bacteria—influence the spatial organization of a bacterial population. 🦠⚡️☠️ Tweetorial follows... [1/8]
00:00 - Polymer physics 🍝, complex fluid rheology ⏳, turbulence and chaotic fluctuations 🌪️, critical phenomena 🧭, and transport in disordered media 🧽 all collide in our latest @ScienceAdvances paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… The story behind the paper—a thread... (1/14)
00:00 - Excited to release our latest work, led by Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte (@sesgonzalez) with Ned Wingreen: doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…! Here, we show that polymers unexpectedly sculpt proliferating bacterial colonies into spaghetti-like "cables".🦠🍝 Tweetorial follows! [1/10]
00:00 - Are you interested in how microbial communities assemble & function in real-life environments (e.g., the ocean, ground beneath our feet, animal hosts)? We are hosting a workshop on the topic in January with an amazing lineup of speakers. Spread the word! ➡️pcts.princeton.edu/events/2023/sp…
- Thank you to @softmatter for this recognition! It reflects the collective efforts of the incredible students, postdocs, and colleagues I've been lucky to interact with. I enjoyed describing some of the intellectual directions we're excited about in the interview linked below ⬇️.We're delighted to announce the 2024 Soft Matter lectureship has been awarded to Prof Sujit Datta (@TheSquishyLab) Find out more about Sujit on our blog - blogs.rsc.org/sm/2024/10/23/… Read work from Sujit & previous winners for free until 30 Nov! - pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/ar…
- This is a tremendous honor. I am grateful for the hard work, creativity, and support of the many students, researchers, and colleagues I have been lucky to work and interact with over the years. Excited to continue pushing ahead!Sujit Datta (Princeton) is being honored for contributions to #ChemE through publications on the physicochemical dynamics of #flow instabilities, swellable and shrinkable #gels, and living systems in complex porous environments bit.ly/4006u5q #AIChEAnnual @TheSquishyLab
- Excited to release our latest work, led by @almcalvo & @ctrenado_yuste + with Ned Wingreen: doi.org/10.1101/2023.1…! Here, we show how spatial structuring in microbial communities can, in some cases, be described as a fluid interfacial instability.🦠🤯 Tweetorial follows! [1/8]
- Hydrogels are widely used due to their ability to absorb large amounts of water and swell. But how is swelling altered for a #hydrogel stuck in a tight spot? Find out in our new @ScienceAdvances paper! Access it for free at: advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/7/ea… Tweetorial below... (1/10)
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