Distinct motors, shared mechanics: unifying principles of microbial gliding | Journal of Bacteriology share.google/SrtEabEQKdZsFoN… Our minireview is out now in J Bact!

Had a great time at the ASM Global Research Symposium, sharing our recent work on the sensory control of bacterial zorbs! Fascinating science, stimulating discussions, and wonderful connections! @ASMicrobiology @IGIBSocial

#ASMGRS @IGIBSocial Day 3: The Final Chapter Unfolds! 🦠 Microbial Adaptation: Structure, Motility, and Pathogenesis From flagellar architecture to multicellular organization and specialised surface molecules, this session explores how microbial structure enables movement, interaction, survival, and adaptation. @urmibajpai @jaytlennon @deepjxtal @ShrivastavaLab @sharmaG30 @sheetalgandotra @taneja_bhupesh @a_mahapatra @ASMicrobiology @SouvikM29933298 @CSIR_IND @IGIBSocial #ASMGRS

Shrivastava lab Retreat 2026 in the White Mountains of Show Low, AZ! 🌲🔥 Science, philosophy, random conversations, brainstorming, hikes in the woods, some pickleball, and a great time with the team!

Humanoid robots can army crawl, breakdance, and do continuous backflips without task-specific training, using a new motion-imitation framework called ZEST. Learn more in @SciRobotics: scim.ag/3UaIVbm

Out now in mBio: a collaborative endeavor featuring contributions from our PhD student @SofiaTRocha, and led by the Mukherjee lab at U of Chicago journals.asm.org/doi/full/10…

Complex multicellularity is linked with expanded specialized metabolite production in microorganisms | Nature Microbiology nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Which jobs will AI change first? A study of AI startups funded by Y Combinator suggests occupations requiring ethically charged decisions—such as judges, teachers, and therapists, are less likely to see near-term disruption. In @PNASNexus: ow.ly/qFqU50ZhVt2

If you are at the 2026 ASM Microbe meeting in Washington DC, please check out a talk on sensory origion of zorbs by our lab's postdoc Jitendra Gosai at the 'Holding Tight: the importance of bacterial adhesion' session on June 5th. @gosciee

How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. In a new Science study, researchers used whole brain activity mapping, tissue clearing, and light sheet microscopy to identify neuronal populations activated by magnetic stimuli in the pigeon. Learn more: scim.ag/3MrcjXe

We have announced 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 at BITS Pilani across our campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai, and off-campus centres. This is an opportunity for passionate researchers and teachers to join a world-class ecosystem that fosters innovation, collaboration, and impactful research. Apply by 5th October 2025 if you want to be considered for this cycle of recruitment. #BITSPilani #facultyhiring @bitspilaniindia @bitsgoa @BITSPilaniDubai @bitshyd

In this perspective, we discuss a vision for AI-driven #enzyme discovery to unveil a world of enzymes that transcends biological evolution and perhaps offers a route to genetically encoding almost any chemistry. cell.com/cell-systems/abstra…

Happy to share that our paper on how a conveyor belt associated protein influences the rotation of its driver is out now in @mbiojournal

To bacterial motility fans: check out this great read! communities.springernature.c…

Presenting RABiTPy - a Python package for bacterial tracking that works in a jupyter notebook format for: video/image stack import and processing, AI-based or traditional cell segmentation, cell tracking, trajectory analysis, and downstream plotting bmcbioinformatics.biomedcent…

New paper on co-zorbs from my lab. Co-zorbs seem to be a new way for bacteria to get around. Magesh, et al. (2025). Co-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species. PNAS, 122(6), e2417327122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2417327…

Happy to share that a study led by @ShahLab_Enzymes and our joint PhD student Pavani Dadi, where multiple neuromodulatory compounds are reported to be produced by an evolved enzyme from the gut microbe Bacteroides fragilis is now online cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…

Congratulations to our 2nd year PhD student @samyabrata_sen for winning a Poster Award for Innovation in Environmental Solutions @ASUBiodesign annual retreat 👏🥳🎊

📢Excited to share our new paper in @NaturePhysics : Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular ciliate Stentor! How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41567-0…?

After just one night of sleep deprivation, the brain begins to accumulate β-amyloid - a key protein in Alzhiemer’s dementia. 🧵1/10