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Abhinav Kumar

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Physics grad student at UC Merced studying mechanobiology and acto-myosin networks.

Abhinav Kumar reposted

New preprint from the lab! We studied how single cells migrate up, down and about fibronectin gradients. Experiments by @icfortunato , theory by David Bruckner. Collaboration with @EdouardHannezo and @RaimonSunyer @IBECBarcelona biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


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Join us today for a SLAAM seminar, to be given by Dr. Suchismita Das (ENS Paris) at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. Title: Flocking by turning away

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Join us today for a SLAAM seminar, to be given by Dr.  Suchismita Das (ENS Paris) at 10 am PT/1 pm ET.
Title: Flocking by turning away

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Join us today for a SLAAM seminar, to be given by Dr.  K. R. Prathyusha (Georgia Institute of Technology) at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. Title - Collective Dynamics of Active Polymers: From Clusters to Tangles Sign up to our mailing list here: sites.google.com/view/slaamsemi…

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Join us today for a SLAAM seminar, to be given by Dr.  K. R. Prathyusha (Georgia Institute of Technology) at 10 am PT/1 pm ET.

Title - Collective Dynamics of Active Polymers: From Clusters to Tangles

Sign up to our mailing list here: sites.google.com/view/slaamsemi…

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Today's SLAAM seminar will feature Dr. Ferdinand Greiss from the Weizmann Institute of Science at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET (US time). Title: Living matter from the bottom up with single DNA molecules

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Today's SLAAM seminar will feature Dr. Ferdinand Greiss from the Weizmann Institute of Science at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET (US time).
Title: Living matter from the bottom up with single DNA molecules

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We are delighted to announce the next SLAAM seminar, to be given by Dr. Roman Belousov (EMBL Heidelberg) today, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET US. Title: Poissonian Cellular Potts Models

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. We are delighted to announce the next SLAAM seminar, to be given by Dr. Roman Belousov (EMBL Heidelberg) today, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET US.
Title: Poissonian Cellular Potts Models

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Join us for today's SLAAM seminar, will be given by Dr. Emiliano Perez Ipiña (Johns Hopkins University) at 10 am PT. Title: Cells in Motion​: The Interplay between Motility, Migration, and the Environment

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Join us for today's SLAAM seminar, will be given by Dr. Emiliano Perez Ipiña (Johns Hopkins University) at 10 am PT. 
Title: Cells in Motion​: The Interplay between Motility, Migration, and the Environment

Abhinav Kumar reposted

We are excited to announce that the next SLAAM seminar will be given by Dr. Linnea Lemma (Princeton) on Monday, May 20, at 9 am PT/12 noon ET (US). Title: Driven protein fluxes control the number, size, and position of an essential phase-separated organelle in algae @lsquared64

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. We are excited to announce that the next SLAAM seminar will be given by Dr. Linnea Lemma (Princeton) on Monday, May 20, at 9 am PT/12 noon ET (US).
Title: Driven protein fluxes control the number, size, and position of an essential phase-separated organelle in algae
@lsquared64

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Grad student Abhinav Kumar presenting his research on modeling contractility of elastic cytoskeletal networks, at the Bay Area Cytoskeletal Workshop today. UC Merced colleague @itsthewoolab (Stephanie Woo) is one of the keynote speakers!

DasbiswasLab's tweet image. Grad student Abhinav Kumar presenting his research on modeling contractility of elastic cytoskeletal networks, at the Bay Area Cytoskeletal Workshop today.
 UC Merced colleague @itsthewoolab (Stephanie Woo) is one of the keynote speakers!

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We are excited to announce that the next SLAAM seminar will be given by Dr. Shreyas Gokhale (MIT) on Monday, April 15, at 9 am PT/12 noon ET (US). Title: “Excitable nonreciprocal solids” @ShreyasG86

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. We are excited to announce that the next SLAAM seminar will be given by Dr. Shreyas Gokhale (MIT) on Monday, April 15, at 9 am PT/12 noon ET (US).
Title: “Excitable nonreciprocal solids”
@ShreyasG86

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Such a clear, hi-def view of the eclipse. Gives a real sense of the traveling darkness.

Longer 4K video of the Solar Eclipse 2024 from space - filmed from our satellite. #Eclipse2024



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We are happy to announce that our next SLAAM seminar will be given by Dr. Carmen Lee (North Carolina State University). Title: Relating the microscale to the macroscale in granular materials. @carmlingling Date and Time: 18 March, 9 am PT/12 noon ET (US).

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. We are happy to announce that our next SLAAM seminar will be given by Dr. Carmen Lee (North Carolina State University).
Title: Relating the microscale to the macroscale in granular materials. @carmlingling 

Date and Time: 18 March, 9 am PT/12 noon ET (US).

Abhinav Kumar reposted

A busy Monday for our group at #APSMarchMeeting ! Please be at these fantastic sessions on the Physics of Cytoskeleton and the DBIO Early Career Prize session to be headed by @ShilaBanerji where my student Patrick Noerr will also speak.

DasbiswasLab's tweet image. A busy Monday for our group at #APSMarchMeeting ! Please be at these fantastic sessions on the Physics of Cytoskeleton and the DBIO Early Career Prize session to be headed by  @ShilaBanerji  where my student Patrick Noerr will also speak.

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Thanks to Prof. Linda Hirst from @UCMercedPhysics for a great seminar on active fluids and for teaching us all a little California geography 😆 Special shoutout to our first student host of this seminar series, 4th year PEB student Charles Lomba from the @YalePhysicsDept

PEB_Yale's tweet image. Thanks to Prof. Linda Hirst from @UCMercedPhysics for a great seminar on active fluids and for teaching us all a little California geography 😆 Special shoutout to our first student host of this seminar series, 4th year PEB student Charles Lomba from the @YalePhysicsDept

Our first PEB Distinguished Seminar Speaker, Professor Linda Hirst from UC Merced, is visiting TOMORROW, Thursday Feb 15! Her talk, titled “Controlling chaos in active biological fluids,” will be immediately followed by a PEB Happy Hour in the QBio common area 🥂

PEB_Yale's tweet image. Our first PEB Distinguished Seminar Speaker, Professor Linda Hirst from UC Merced, is visiting TOMORROW, Thursday Feb 15! 

Her talk, titled “Controlling chaos in active biological fluids,” will be immediately followed by a PEB Happy Hour in the QBio common area 🥂


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Join us for our physics seminar this week with Dr. Eric Mjolsness of UC Irvine who will give a talk titled "Physics (and Mathematics) for Machine Learning for Physics (and Biology)" All are welcome! Where: Granite Pass 135 When: Friday, 2/16/2024

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Join us for our physics seminar this week with Dr. Eric Mjolsness of UC Irvine who will give a talk titled "Physics (and Mathematics) for Machine Learning for Physics (and Biology)"

All are welcome!

Where: Granite Pass 135
When: Friday, 2/16/2024

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Thanks to the soft/bio community for their strong support to my proposal on elasticity in active matter and interdisciplinary computational education

Professor Kinjal Dasbiswas is the campus’s 38th researcher to receive the @NSF's prestigious award for untenured faculty for his work on active matter, at the leading edge of physics. You can learn more about his work here 🔗ucm.edu/WuZdyd

ucmerced's tweet image. Professor Kinjal Dasbiswas is the campus’s 38th researcher to receive the @NSF's prestigious award for untenured faculty for his work on active matter, at the leading edge of physics.

You can learn more about his work here 🔗ucm.edu/WuZdyd


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We are pleased to announce that the first SLAAM talk of Spring 2024 will be given by Dr. Menachem (Nachi) Stern (UPenn)! Title: Learning without neurons in physical systems Date and Time : Monday, Feb 12, at 9 am PT/12 noon ET

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. We are pleased to announce that the first SLAAM talk of Spring 2024 will be given by Dr. Menachem (Nachi) Stern (UPenn)!
Title: Learning without neurons in physical systems
Date and Time : Monday, Feb 12, at 9 am PT/12 noon ET

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Join us for our Friday seminar from Dr Benjamin Idini of UC Santa Cruz who will talk about Tidal observations of Icy Moons and Giant Planets All are welcome! When: Friday 2/9, 10:30am Where: Granite Pass 135

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Join us for our Friday seminar from Dr Benjamin Idini of UC Santa Cruz who will talk about Tidal observations of Icy Moons and Giant Planets

All are welcome!

When: Friday 2/9, 10:30am
Where: Granite Pass 135

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Very happy to profile our group's latest publication, on the anomalous elasticity of blood clots, led by former postoc Andrei Zakharov science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…, “(a thread)” 🧵


Abhinav Kumar reposted

Our colloquium speaker this week is Prof. Inna Vishik (UC Davis), who will give a talk entitled “A ‘Surface Level’ View of Weyl Semimetal Materials”. When: Friday, Feb 2, 10:30-12:00 Where: Granite Pass 135

UCMercedPhysics's tweet image. Our colloquium speaker this week is Prof. Inna Vishik (UC Davis), who will give a talk entitled “A ‘Surface Level’ View of Weyl Semimetal Materials”.

When: Friday, Feb 2, 10:30-12:00
Where: Granite Pass 135

Abhinav Kumar reposted

Would you be interested in a summer research experience as an undergraduate at UC Merced? Our CCBM C-SIP 2024 application call is now open (the application deadline is Feb. 27, 2024). @CCBM_UCMerced @ucmerced @UCMEngineering @UCMercedPhysics @UCMChemistry

mechano3biology's tweet image. Would you be interested in a summer research experience as an undergraduate at UC Merced?
Our CCBM C-SIP 2024 application call is now open (the application deadline is Feb. 27, 2024). @CCBM_UCMerced @ucmerced @UCMEngineering @UCMercedPhysics @UCMChemistry

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