Nachiket Vartak
@vartak.bioimaging.tech
Group Leader - Bioimaging: intravital imaging , Raman, CARS, correlation spectroscopy, cell biology and signaling, and always with imaging. Views personal.
@bsky.app Ok. New theme from Bluesky makes everything less legible in dark mode because the deep almost benthic blue accent color. And the new icon is ugly. It does not have a dark version on iOS. Fail much.
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
@bsky.app Ok. New theme from Bluesky makes everything less legible in dark mode because the deep almost benthic blue accent color. And the new icon is ugly. It does not have a dark version on iOS. Fail much.
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our paper rebutting claim that Raman can distinguish enantiomers is finally out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Never accepted by Spectrochimica Acta A despite 2 positive reviews, withdrawn after 2 months... while the flawed paper is still on their website #chemsky #researchintegrity 🧪
May Two Enantiomers Have Different Raman Spectra?
May two enantiomers have different Raman spectra? Of course, no! despite what was claimed in a recent publication (Kopec et al., Spectrochim. Acta A 341 (2025):126423). In keeping with the theoretica...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
our paper rebutting claim that Raman can distinguish enantiomers is finally out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Never accepted by Spectrochimica Acta A despite 2 positive reviews, withdrawn after 2 months... while the flawed paper is still on their website #chemsky #researchintegrity 🧪
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The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
The Night Science Institute Is Changing How Science Teaches Creativity
In this interview with Professors Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, explore how night science brings creativity, ideation and collaboration back into the heart of modern science.
www.technologynetworks.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
@bsky.app has started its downhill journey to X-fication. Domain #verification prevents anonymous malicious actors because a domain name is identifiable at ICANN. #Bluecheckmarks that can only be given by select entities (including Bluesky) inevitably creates 2 classes of users. This is a fail.
April 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
@bsky.app has started its downhill journey to X-fication. Domain #verification prevents anonymous malicious actors because a domain name is identifiable at ICANN. #Bluecheckmarks that can only be given by select entities (including Bluesky) inevitably creates 2 classes of users. This is a fail.
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1/15
Every wet lab uses spreadsheets.
But sloppy spreadsheets waste time, break code, and can cost you $450,000 a year. Here's how to fix that 🧵
Every wet lab uses spreadsheets.
But sloppy spreadsheets waste time, break code, and can cost you $450,000 a year. Here's how to fix that 🧵
April 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Every wet lab uses spreadsheets.
But sloppy spreadsheets waste time, break code, and can cost you $450,000 a year. Here's how to fix that 🧵
Every wet lab uses spreadsheets.
But sloppy spreadsheets waste time, break code, and can cost you $450,000 a year. Here's how to fix that 🧵
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Rab #GTPases are evolutionarily conserved signals mediating selective #autophagy, say Pengwei Zhao, Rui Tian, Dandan Song, Qi Zhu, Xianming Ding, Wei Zou, Qiming Sun and colleagues @ZJU_China: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Trafficking #Biochemistry #Mitophagy #Lipophagy #Xenophagy
#Trafficking #Biochemistry #Mitophagy #Lipophagy #Xenophagy
April 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rab #GTPases are evolutionarily conserved signals mediating selective #autophagy, say Pengwei Zhao, Rui Tian, Dandan Song, Qi Zhu, Xianming Ding, Wei Zou, Qiming Sun and colleagues @ZJU_China: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Trafficking #Biochemistry #Mitophagy #Lipophagy #Xenophagy
#Trafficking #Biochemistry #Mitophagy #Lipophagy #Xenophagy
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🚨Paper alert🚨 The biochemical mechanism of Rho GTPase membrane binding, activation and retention in activity patterning - Published in @embojournal.org by the Peter Bieling Group & William Bement Group & Scott Hansen Group
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
The biochemical mechanism of Rho GTPase membrane binding, activation and retention in activity patterning | The EMBO Journal
imageimageFormation of Rho GTPase activity patterns on the plasma membrane is key to numerous
morphogenic processes in eukaryotic cells. This study employs a reconstitution approach
to reveal the bioc...
www.embopress.org
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚨Paper alert🚨 The biochemical mechanism of Rho GTPase membrane binding, activation and retention in activity patterning - Published in @embojournal.org by the Peter Bieling Group & William Bement Group & Scott Hansen Group
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@leising.bsky.social I saw with much interest your interview on DW over the skewed power structure in academia. I wanted to ask you if you are aware of specific oversight bodies that exist in order to regulate, mitigate individual cases.
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@leising.bsky.social I saw with much interest your interview on DW over the skewed power structure in academia. I wanted to ask you if you are aware of specific oversight bodies that exist in order to regulate, mitigate individual cases.
I just discovered supervenn, which is so much better than circular venn diagrams
github.com/gecko984/sup...
github.com/gecko984/sup...
GitHub - gecko984/supervenn: supervenn: precise and easy-to-read multiple sets visualization in Python
supervenn: precise and easy-to-read multiple sets visualization in Python - gecko984/supervenn
github.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I just discovered supervenn, which is so much better than circular venn diagrams
github.com/gecko984/sup...
github.com/gecko984/sup...
I use an app called @obsidian.md to keep my notes from meetings, conferences, as well as a lab book. I used to think it is a pretty niche program. But seeing their enterprise supporter list , it obviously isn't : obsidian.md/enterprise/
I just wish their pricing for sync and publish was reasonable.
I just wish their pricing for sync and publish was reasonable.
Meet the teams that trust Obsidian
Organizations that demand the highest security trust Obsidian. Their teams rely on Obsidian to think more effectively and keep total ownership over private data.
obsidian.md
February 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I use an app called @obsidian.md to keep my notes from meetings, conferences, as well as a lab book. I used to think it is a pretty niche program. But seeing their enterprise supporter list , it obviously isn't : obsidian.md/enterprise/
I just wish their pricing for sync and publish was reasonable.
I just wish their pricing for sync and publish was reasonable.
I just spent the whole day wondering why my email was filling up, why it was so quiet at the institute. Talking with the wife was the first time I realised when she informed me that it was a Saturday, not a Friday.
February 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I just spent the whole day wondering why my email was filling up, why it was so quiet at the institute. Talking with the wife was the first time I realised when she informed me that it was a Saturday, not a Friday.
Dear @microsoft.com , no one wants a "Co-pilot" . What people want is a "servant" who will do all the tedious tasks involved in everyday computing.
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dear @microsoft.com , no one wants a "Co-pilot" . What people want is a "servant" who will do all the tedious tasks involved in everyday computing.
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Cellular RNAs directly regulate the activity of an antiviral immune signaling complex
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @nandangokhale.bsky.social @ramlabuw.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @nandangokhale.bsky.social @ramlabuw.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Cellular RNAs directly regulate the activity of an antiviral immune signaling complex
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @nandangokhale.bsky.social @ramlabuw.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @nandangokhale.bsky.social @ramlabuw.bsky.social
Is the solution to #gallstones simply increasing water flow through the #biliary system? A paper by Huo et al. shows increasing activity of #aquaporins may help. But the answer may not be so simple - we wrote an invited editorial at the Journal of #Hepatology authors.elsevier.com/c/1kEtjcOnAU...
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December 13, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Is the solution to #gallstones simply increasing water flow through the #biliary system? A paper by Huo et al. shows increasing activity of #aquaporins may help. But the answer may not be so simple - we wrote an invited editorial at the Journal of #Hepatology authors.elsevier.com/c/1kEtjcOnAU...
December 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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The expanding landscape of canonical and non-canonical protein phosphorylation. New review out in TiBS @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/bioch...
www.cell.com/trends/bioch...
December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The expanding landscape of canonical and non-canonical protein phosphorylation. New review out in TiBS @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/bioch...
www.cell.com/trends/bioch...
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I don’t get the whole corporate “Alumni” thing. I don’t care if you’ve worked at McKinsey, Google, Goldman Sachs, or anywhere else. I care if you can do the job and do it well. That's it.
I’ve met plenty of name-brand idiots and even more no-name geniuses.
I’ve met plenty of name-brand idiots and even more no-name geniuses.
a puppet in a suit and tie is talking about his " qualifications "
ALT: a puppet in a suit and tie is talking about his " qualifications "
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:30 PM
I don’t get the whole corporate “Alumni” thing. I don’t care if you’ve worked at McKinsey, Google, Goldman Sachs, or anywhere else. I care if you can do the job and do it well. That's it.
I’ve met plenty of name-brand idiots and even more no-name geniuses.
I’ve met plenty of name-brand idiots and even more no-name geniuses.
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Something to keep in mind... I'm happy to use English as my work language, but frustrated by how this is often a blind spot among supporters of inclusivity stuck in a US-centric view of research
Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper
When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
November 25, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Something to keep in mind... I'm happy to use English as my work language, but frustrated by how this is often a blind spot among supporters of inclusivity stuck in a US-centric view of research
Something is up with #lysosomes and #lipiddroplets and #lipophagy. This preprint took a year to revise but it’s almost done. I would love to hear what the #autophagy field thinks!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
RAB18 confers protection to lipid droplets from lysolipophagy and counters cellular steatosis
Lipid droplet (LD) enlargement is the most conspicuous cellular phenotype of steatotic liver diseases such as NAFLD and NASH. The small GTPase RAB18 localizes to lipid droplets yet its effects on LD d...
www.biorxiv.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Something is up with #lysosomes and #lipiddroplets and #lipophagy. This preprint took a year to revise but it’s almost done. I would love to hear what the #autophagy field thinks!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Direct streaming of an #OMERO dataset in #BigDataViewer from the public server omero-tim.gerbi-gmb.de (dataset from the Workshop 35). Thank you Tom and @gerbi.bsky.social !
November 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Direct streaming of an #OMERO dataset in #BigDataViewer from the public server omero-tim.gerbi-gmb.de (dataset from the Workshop 35). Thank you Tom and @gerbi.bsky.social !
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Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
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The best review on PSC that I have read
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
🫡 @autoimmuneliver.bsky.social
#medsky #liversky
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
🫡 @autoimmuneliver.bsky.social
#medsky #liversky
Management of primary sclerosing cholangitis: Current... : Hepatology Communications
and colorectal cancer. Medical therapies are lacking, and this, in part, reflects a poor grasp of disease biology. As a result, current management is largely supportive, with liver transplantation an ...
journals.lww.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:57 PM
The best review on PSC that I have read
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
🫡 @autoimmuneliver.bsky.social
#medsky #liversky
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
🫡 @autoimmuneliver.bsky.social
#medsky #liversky
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From the vaults...
November 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
From the vaults...