Deepak Krishnamurthy
@deepakkrish.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor @UC Berkeley MechE | BWF-CASI awardee | SchmidtScienceFellow@FletcherLab UC Berkeley | PhD@PrakashLab @Stanford
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Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley in January 2027! @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social
I’ll be launching the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. 🧵 1/8
I’ll be launching the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. 🧵 1/8
Reposted by Deepak Krishnamurthy
What if you had a light-triggered starting gun for #CRISPR diagnostics? Meet LUCas, a light-controlled #Cas13a system that stays silent until you need it. Now published in @narjournal.bsky.social. Congrats to all the authors!
#moleculardiagnostics academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
#moleculardiagnostics academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
LUCas: Light-Uncaged Cas13a using photocleavable interfering guide RNAs
Abstract. CRISPR diagnostics enable sensitive detection of infectious diseases, with the RNA endonuclease Cas13a providing specific, amplification-free RNA
academic.oup.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
What if you had a light-triggered starting gun for #CRISPR diagnostics? Meet LUCas, a light-controlled #Cas13a system that stays silent until you need it. Now published in @narjournal.bsky.social. Congrats to all the authors!
#moleculardiagnostics academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
#moleculardiagnostics academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley in January 2027! @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social
I’ll be launching the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. 🧵 1/8
I’ll be launching the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. 🧵 1/8
August 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley in January 2027! @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social
I’ll be launching the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. 🧵 1/8
I’ll be launching the Deep Lab for Microbial Biomechanics. 🧵 1/8
Reposted by Deepak Krishnamurthy
We are continuing our efforts at iterative expansion microscopy of loricate choanos. Not only does the lorica expand, it seems you can iterate expansion pretty much infinitely. Here’s our latest - incredibly, it expanded to macroscopic size! #ProtistsOnSky
April 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
We are continuing our efforts at iterative expansion microscopy of loricate choanos. Not only does the lorica expand, it seems you can iterate expansion pretty much infinitely. Here’s our latest - incredibly, it expanded to macroscopic size! #ProtistsOnSky
Excited to be at the APS March Meeting/Global Physics Summit to give an invited talk.
"Emerging Measurement Tools for Applied Biophysics and Soft Matter” session. Friday 8 AM, Convention Center, Bluebird 2E.
Would be great to connect with folks attending who are still around tomorrow!
"Emerging Measurement Tools for Applied Biophysics and Soft Matter” session. Friday 8 AM, Convention Center, Bluebird 2E.
Would be great to connect with folks attending who are still around tomorrow!
March 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Excited to be at the APS March Meeting/Global Physics Summit to give an invited talk.
"Emerging Measurement Tools for Applied Biophysics and Soft Matter” session. Friday 8 AM, Convention Center, Bluebird 2E.
Would be great to connect with folks attending who are still around tomorrow!
"Emerging Measurement Tools for Applied Biophysics and Soft Matter” session. Friday 8 AM, Convention Center, Bluebird 2E.
Would be great to connect with folks attending who are still around tomorrow!
Reposted by Deepak Krishnamurthy
Check out our latest preprint: LUCas! A direct light control of Cas13 trans-cleavage activity. Congrats to all the authors: Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social), Deepak (@deepakkrish.bsky.social), Andres, and Aymeric.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Check out our latest preprint: LUCas! A direct light control of Cas13 trans-cleavage activity. Congrats to all the authors: Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social), Deepak (@deepakkrish.bsky.social), Andres, and Aymeric.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thanks @flamholz.bsky.social !!! It was amazing and enriching to visit, and learn about the amazing science @rockefeller.edu.
Was great to host @deepakkrish.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu this week. Thanks for the conversation and phenomenal talk.
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Thanks @flamholz.bsky.social !!! It was amazing and enriching to visit, and learn about the amazing science @rockefeller.edu.
Reposted by Deepak Krishnamurthy
Was great to host @deepakkrish.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu this week. Thanks for the conversation and phenomenal talk.
January 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Was great to host @deepakkrish.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu this week. Thanks for the conversation and phenomenal talk.
Reposted by Deepak Krishnamurthy
This was a great talk, so interesting !
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This was a great talk, so interesting !
Super excited to be speaking at ASCB tomorrow at the "Cell Biology at the Extremes" session on our work on loricate choanoflagellates. In this talk I will explore "How can a single cell build complex extracellular structures in a noisy environment?" Saturday, December 6 from 11 AM Room 120.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Super excited to be speaking at ASCB tomorrow at the "Cell Biology at the Extremes" session on our work on loricate choanoflagellates. In this talk I will explore "How can a single cell build complex extracellular structures in a noisy environment?" Saturday, December 6 from 11 AM Room 120.
Reposted by Deepak Krishnamurthy
Liking this Oceanography feed and getting five others to like it will bring you good luck. 🍀
September 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Liking this Oceanography feed and getting five others to like it will bring you good luck. 🍀
This is a great read on the history of "marine snow": the ubiquitous underwater phenomenon, which Rachel Carson called "the most stupendous snow fall on earth". This constant rain of biological debris is critical in the ocean's ability to sequester carbon. www.nature.com/scitable/blo...
Marine Snow Days | Saltwater Science
Marine snow isn't made of water, like regular snow. Instead, it is made up of "detritus," which is a fancy word for gunk. This gunk is a slimy mix of dead organisms, diatoms, sand, dust, and the slimy...
www.nature.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is a great read on the history of "marine snow": the ubiquitous underwater phenomenon, which Rachel Carson called "the most stupendous snow fall on earth". This constant rain of biological debris is critical in the ocean's ability to sequester carbon. www.nature.com/scitable/blo...
Thanks to @schmidtfellows.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity to share my science and my sense of wonder about our oceans. This ended up being a fantastic learning experience.
We're revisiting the inspiring moments from our 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Summit in association with @caltech.edu
2020 Fellow @deepakkrish.bsky.social reminded us how "every drop of seawater holds untold biological treasures" in his compelling showcase talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErE3...
2020 Fellow @deepakkrish.bsky.social reminded us how "every drop of seawater holds untold biological treasures" in his compelling showcase talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErE3...
2025 Interdisciplinary Science Summit Showcase Talk: Deepak Krishnamurthy
YouTube video by Schmidt Science Fellows
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Thanks to @schmidtfellows.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity to share my science and my sense of wonder about our oceans. This ended up being a fantastic learning experience.