Jasmine Nirody

In January 2023, I'll be moving to @UChicago to start a lab in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy @ScienceLife 🥳 I'm SO SO thrilled to join OBA's amazing comparative biomechanics group and to be part of the vibrant biophysics & evolution communities in Chicago‼️🎉

Using a microfluidic device to explore bacterial movement across a range of spatially structured environments, study finds that run-and-tumble and hop-and-trap are not distinct locomotive modes but are rather endpoints of a continuous mobility spectrum. go.aps.org/49q7QLY

A study of bacterial movement across a range of both unconfined and highly confined environments establishes a quantitative link between behavioral rules and environmental context and reveals how #EColi can navigate complex habitats. 🔗 go.aps.org/49q7QLY

Great opportunity for prospective PhD students: Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution: simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-g…

Want to delve into cellular life's diversification across distinct changing ecosystems? Register now for the Latsis Symposium “Shaping microbial life in a changing environment”, which will take place at EPFL on 8, 9 and 10 July. ➡️ memento.epfl.ch/event/latsis-s…

We have a great lineup of speakers: @Dey_Gautam @vincentflora @KatrinaVelle @jordivangestel @PilhoferLab @mixotrophe @jasnir_ See the whole list of speakers here : epfl-latsis-2025.org/speakers

@HungtangK @TuftsEngineer Great news!!! Congrats all around :) :)

I'm thrilled to announce that I will be joining Tufts Mechanical Engineering @TuftsEngineer in January 2026!! 🐘🐘🐘

This week’s Research-In-Progress meeting features Haibei Zhang, PhD Student in the @jasnir_ Lab and Munro Lab at @UChicago! Research-In-Progress is a venue for the NITMB community to discuss planned or in-progress work

@ChelsieCGSnipes 🥹🥹🥹

The third annual South Side Science Festival is happening tomorrow @UChicago ! If you're around, come check out our fun hands-on rheology demo in the Center for Living Systems area.

UChicago Center for Living Systems invites applications for the CLS Postdoctoral Fellowship for brilliant early-career researchers in Physics or related fields. centerforlivingsystems.uchicago.edu/postdoctoral-f…

Bacterial motility patterns adapt smoothly in response to spatial confinement and disorder biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_biophys

@tapomoy89 @biorxiv_biophys Thanks so much Tapa!!

@biorxiv_biophys Congratulations @jasnir_ and team!! Great to read this.

@TheSquishyLab @biorxiv_biophys @HungtangK Thank you so much Sujit!!

@biorxiv_biophys Lovely work—congratulations @jasnir_, @HungtangK, and all! (Don't think the others are on twitter...)

The University of Chicago has two faculty searches that should interest evolutionary biologists/geneticists. A fantastic university with lots of strong colleagues across departments. Get in touch if you have any questions! academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/1460… academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/1430…

Even a fungus has to move around sometimes. Research by @Luisjagago and @jasnir_ looks at how different movement patterns of zoosporic fungi are affected by their cellular structures biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/zoosporic…

🧵 Exciting news! Our paper, "Microbial colonization programs are structured by breastfeeding and guide healthy respiratory development," is out today in @CellCellPress ! 🎉 Amazing collaboration with @MeghanAzad and @CHILDSTUDY cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Our study on fungal zoospores swimming pattern is out in @CurrentBiology! This study came from one simple question: Do all chytrid zoospores have the same swimming behavior? (No, they don’t!) doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.… 👇

Finding universal relationships between environmental and organismal features Explore the work of NITMB member Jasmine Nirody (@jasnir_), Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at @UChicago, in this month’s NITMB member bio! 🔗👇

This week, @jasnir_ shares how studying snake movements inspired her to become an organismal and integrative #biologist at the @UChicagoPSD rather than pursuing a career as a medical doctor. bit.ly/3Nn1lNE #TheCoursePodcast #Physics #Biology #Biophysics #Biomechanics