Kanaya Malakar
@kanaya-malakar.bsky.social
Physics (soft-matter, statistical, bio) | Theory | Simulation Website: http://www.kanayamalakar.com/ Art 🎨 🖌️Crochet 🪡🧶 knitting 🧶🧵 crafts Nature 🌾🦊🪼🦠 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanayamalakarart/profilecard/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
APS global summit attendees, check out the inaugural T-shirt of division of material physics. The back side contains graphics I designed. It's a collage of stylized images depicting systems or phenomena relevant to material science research. I hope you all have a great week. #APS #APSglobalsummit
This is by far my most colorful crochet project. Instead of yarn, I used leftover embroidery thread. Joining new thread every so often was a bit inconvenient, but the colors made it all worth it! I mean look at all the layers😁🌈. Pattern by @handmadebyraine on YouTube. #crochet #rainbow #embroidery
“The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity.” ― Jacob Burckhardt . . . . . Made with #python #mlx #matplotlib #particlelenia #alife
It's -10°C (with wind chill) in Boston today. So I wore my homemade balaclava. In India we used to call these 'monkey caps' 🙈🙉🙊. As a child, I used to hate wearing them to school. And now I made myself one and I proudly wear it. Age makes people utilitarian I guess.
I have been hooked to this word game for a while now. The challenge is to guess the title of a Wikipedia page from some completely redacted paragraphs. Today's puzzle was right up my alley. I found #pedantle #960 in 15 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 cemantle.certitudes.org/pedantle
pedantle - Uncover the Wikipedia page!
Uncover the Wikipedia page by guessing the hidden words.
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A favorite commission this year, a dividing cell with an extra detail. Colleagues of a retiring researcher commissioned me to add the specific structure she worked on—the spindle pole body—to the sculpture. Here it is close up, in sterling silver embedded in the bronze nuclear membrane. 🔬#SciArt
Back to my desk at Brandeis. I missed this space. Over the years I have customized it to fit my work style. I added potted plants, enough notebooks, a personal whiteboard, tablecloth to prevent static, silverware, doodling pens, and a lot of free space. It's my zen. 🧪⚛️ #womeninphysics #furmip
New Publication 🚨 : Layne Frechette shows how active matter, which consumes energy to create persistent and directed motion, can be harnessed to create dynamic assemblies with tunable sizes, shapes, and motion. Check it out : arxiv.org/abs/2410.05555 #ActiveMatter #SelfAssembly #BrandeisMRSEC
Tree of Life by Leonard Eisenberg! You can clearly see the evolutionary timeline. Humans are in the farthest corner. Gives a sense of how small we are in the bigger picture. I was introduced to this diagram at a talk today by Mazi Jalaal. #activesolids #KITP #activematter
By the Santa Ynez River in the Los Padres national forest. Photo, materials, location and many useful suggestions by physicist and artist Kay Weise. This is my first completely acrylic plein air painting. Thanks to Kay for this beautiful experience.
Starter pack for #women and under-represented #minorities in #physics. If you like to be added, just drop me a note. 🧪⚛️
Kanaya Malakar@kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · 2y agoI had a hard time finding women physicists here. So I made a starter pack for #female and #under-represended #minorities in #physics, in short #FURMIP. Please spread the word and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz
Anyone here attending #CellBio ? My talk is on Monday in the #subgroup "Theoretical Mechanobiology from Single Cell to Multicellular Level". Let's connect! www.ascb.org/cellbio2024/
Cell Bio 2023-An ASCB|EMBO Meeting
Network, learn, and collaborate with top cell biologists from around the globe.
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y agoThere are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.
If you don’t deeply and strongly define what success looks like for yourself, I can assure you a 23 year old management consultant making more money than you can imagine will absolutely do it for you. And your admin will believe them over you. Know what you are fighting for and why. Always.
Reading the paper in Cell about how to close the scissor plots in gender representation at senior academic positions, I feel just a touch of pessimism. Having reached a level of seniority (middle management) I didn’t think I ever would, I read these great ideas wanting more, much more /1.
Closing the scissor-shaped curve: Strategies to promote gender equality in academia
Gender inequality in STEM fields remains pervasive and undermines the ability for talented individuals to excel. Despite advances, women still encounter obstacles in pursuing academic careers and reac...
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I had a hard time finding women physicists here. So I made a starter pack for #female and #under-represended #minorities in #physics, in short #FURMIP. Please spread the word and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz
Many #scientists currently attending the #KITP programs were away from their families during this #Thanksgiving. So we coordinated and put together a massive potluck dinner at the #Munger Physics Residence. I am thankful to be part of this academic family 😃.
I have been stuck here. It should not be that difficult. What am I missing?
As my follower count creeps towards that of the old place, an unashamed plug for the FREE online textbook I wrote for #mathbio students. 'Introducing Mathematical Biology' is FREE, interactive, accessible and FREE. Please feel free to share with students. sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...
Since new people have joined this platform, let me re-introduce the "Artists in STEM" starter pack. Artists making science-inspired art, and scientists creating artworks in any form are welcome to join. Let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/NzXHtrF
Since new people have joined this platform, let me re-introduce the #FURMIP starter pack for #women and #under-represented #minorities in #physics. Please spread the word, and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz
Sadly, my #morphogenesis Package fell victim to a bug 🐜 and I had to recreate it from scratch. I tried to add everyone... 👉Please check if you are still in!👈 Please SHARE/Like, so those I might have missed see this post! #cellbio #devbio #science I can also start a Part II... go.bsky.app/RzDD9or
Illustration of a sea jelly, made in ‘Procreate’. I heard many interesting talks on hydra, sea star, marine snow etc at the ongoing #KITP program on #active_solids. Lower animals are very good candidates for studying the role of mechanics in #active motion. #ProcreateArtist #digitalart #activematter
Check out this awesome list of #women, and #underrepresented #minorities in #physics created by @quantumviv.bsky.social. You can view and pin it. bsky.app/profile/did:...
