Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her)

Mathematical biologist in systems biology and fluid dynamics, and all-around fan of dynamical systems.
Postdoctoral Researcher at Imperial College London.

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

My first paper in systems biology has been published in PRE! We investigate how local nearby bifurcations lead to synergies in critical slowing down- specifically the case of mushroom bifurcations in gene regulatory networks! https://t.co/18EpDuaYqh

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Did you think that small gene regulatory networks are only capable of very simple dynamics? Guess again! Even very simple networks are capable of a rich dynamics. Check out our brand new review paper in Current Opinion in Systems Biology: https://t.co/H5dnjNRm89

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

This issue could not have been possible without all of the contributions of all authors and reviewers, and support from the @royalsociety. The SIG also originally launched as the Biologically Active Fluids Special Interest Group of the @UKFluidsNetwork #biophysics #fluidDynamics

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Our special issue of Phil Trans Roy Soc A on "Biological Fluid Dynamics: Emerging Directions" is officially out now! Originating from discussions at one of our SIG meetings, this special issue has 16 research articles and reviews on all things bioactive! https://t.co/obayMQDAYE

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

@MarcoGMazza Thank you!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

In other news, I will be predominantly moving over to Bluesky where I have the same handle. You can find me under https://t.co/sw29XEsO3h !

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Our new paper is out on bioarxiv. Read all about our mathematical mushroom magic and how noise can be useful for genetic timers!

[Rubén Pérez-Carrasco @2piruben]

🍄 More mushroom magic ! This time we show that nearby bifurcations lead to synergistically slower dynamics that are robust to noise and can be used to encode genetic timers ⏳🧬. Thanks to @JosepSardanyes @MathSMaret @FuchoMariona and the rest of the team
https://t.co/BsNwVeOCZD

[Rubén Pérez-Carrasco @2piruben]

It's happening again!! Join us this September for the second edition of the London Mathematical Biology Conference!

[Andrew Krause @BlindMath]

Our applied maths group will be hiring several more PDRA/Fellow positions soon in solar physics/geophysical fluids/general applied math, so keep an eye out. Below is a PDRA to work on a cool scientific computing problem in geophysical fluid dynamics.

https://t.co/gNeDew7uOb

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

@RebeccaNPoon Congratulations!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

@glorifiedplumbr Thank you, Dip!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Years of exciting computational modelling have paid off! Our paper on “The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of microswimmers in channel flow” (J. Fluid. Mech., 976, A13 DOI: https://t.co/C2hGgQSWLD) has finally been published!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Thank you to my wonderful collaborators at the University of Liverpool (Rachel Bearon, Bakhti Vasiev) and the University of Manchester (Andrew Hazel) for helping me bring this paper to life!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Very pleased to say that I've started a postdoc in Theoretical Systems Biology at Imperial College London this week! Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Goodbye, University of Liverpool! It has been a wonderful 3 years!

[Bioactive Fluids @bioactivefluids]

@micromotility @MathSMaret @PhysicsofLifeUK @IMAmaths Several talk recordings are now available on our YouTube channel at the playlist here: https://t.co/EtwCkM450V

[Bioactive Fluids @bioactivefluids]

@micromotility @MathSMaret Thanks to all speakers, participants and supporters @PhysicsofLifeUK and @IMAmaths. We already have some great plans for the next meeting, watch this space!

[Bioactive Fluids @bioactivefluids]

@micromotility ECR leader @MathSMaret demonstrating microorganism reorientation

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

Thank you for joining us at this year's Bioactive Fluids SIG meeting! What a fantastic few days with a wonderful group of brilliant researchers

[Bioactive Fluids @bioactivefluids]

@LSHTM @eleanordoman @Adam_Ciep Group photo!

[Smitha Maretvadakethope (she/her) @MathSMaret]

This is fantastic! Very excited to read this paper

[Miao Gui @miao_gui]

I’m delighted to share our work @alanbrownhms on the structures of axoneme, one of the largest macromolecular machine in nature! This is really a dream coming true! Now we have an atomic view of the core of cilia skeleton. https://t.co/hd4AjwBJAw