Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his)

Associate Professor @asuSOLS @ASUBiodesign Loves solving puzzles of life. Admirer of the microbiome, T9SS, phages, and bacterial motility.

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Our new paper titled Swarming bacteria exhibit developmental phase transitions to establish scattered colonies in new regions is out now in @ISMEJournal tweetorial to the preprint is below https://t.co/08Rndanb0O

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Our new preprint on swarms of gliding Capnocytophaga - mysterious and understudied bacteria found abundantly in the human oral microbiota is live https://t.co/2QPgpvGVLa
Using Image Velocimetry, we found that they undergo phase transitions to form scattered microcolonies (1/4)

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

If you are at the 2026 ASM Microbe meeting in Washington DC, please check out a talk on sensory origion of zorbs by our lab's postdoc Jitendra Gosai at the 'Holding Tight: the importance of bacterial adhesion' session on June 5th. @gosciee

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Distinct motors, shared mechanics: unifying principles of microbial gliding | Journal of Bacteriology https://t.co/93869AZPbd

Our minireview is out now in J Bact!

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology.

In a new Science study, researchers used whole brain activity mapping, tissue clearing, and light sheet microscopy to identify neuronal populations activated by magnetic stimuli in the pigeon. Learn more: https://t.co/DV1MEXigKV

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[Frances Arnold @francesarnold]

In this perspective, we discuss a vision for AI-driven #enzyme discovery to unveil a world of enzymes that transcends biological evolution and perhaps offers a route to genetically encoding almost any chemistry.
https://t.co/rfGwDHHJdC

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

@sharmaG30 @mbiojournal Need to add a Gaurav as well, then it will feel like a typical Indian classroom from the 90's 🤣

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Happy to share that our paper on how a conveyor belt associated protein influences the rotation of its driver is out now in @mbiojournal

[mBio @mbiojournal]

A conveyor belt-associated protein of T9SS-driven gliding bacteria acts as a molecular switch, reversing T9SS rotation to fine-tune movement - like a smart conveyor or biological snowmobile adapting to changing terrain. @ShrivastavaLab https://t.co/DOdBhpjgC1

[Keita Kamino @KeitaKamino]

To bacterial motility fans: check out this great read! https://t.co/6Mm3mG2zqD

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Presenting RABiTPy - a Python package for bacterial tracking that works in a jupyter notebook format for: video/image stack import and processing, AI-based or traditional cell segmentation, cell tracking, trajectory analysis, and downstream plotting
https://t.co/MbfOtwqn2j

[Jo Handelsman @jo44atWID]

New paper on co-zorbs from my lab. Co-zorbs seem to be a new way for bacteria to get around. Magesh, et al. (2025). Co-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species. PNAS, 122(6), e2417327122. https://t.co/YvUWvVtcuF

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Happy to share that a study led by @ShahLab_Enzymes and our joint PhD student Pavani Dadi, where multiple neuromodulatory compounds are reported to be produced by an evolved enzyme from the gut microbe Bacteroides fragilis is now online https://t.co/DDT0ubNfMM

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

Congratulations to our 2nd year PhD student @samyabrata_sen for winning a Poster Award for Innovation in Environmental Solutions @ASUBiodesign annual retreat 👏🥳🎊

[Shekhar lab @sshekhr]

📢Excited to share our new paper in @NaturePhysics : Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular ciliate Stentor!

How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity
https://t.co/qtt3HTDjVx?

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

@MageshShruthi @jo44atWID @UWMadisonMDTP @markjmandel @WIDiscovery Awesome..congratulations 👏👏👏

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

After just one night of sleep deprivation, the brain begins to accumulate β-amyloid - a key protein in Alzhiemer’s dementia.

🧵1/10

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

@Ishwariya13 Looks awesome..Just bookmarked this..will try for sure ☺️

[BLAST Meetings @BlastMeetings]

Congrats to Emma Henderson for receiving the Howard C. Berg Award for an Outstanding Talk on Motility! 🏆🎉

Emma (@ShrivastavaLab, @ASU)

📄 Read the preprint: https://t.co/M9ZCRltVXx
#blastmeeting2025 #motility

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

@kenneylj So sorry for your loss, may his soul rest in peace..

[Abhishek Shrivastava (he/him/his) @ShrivastavaLab]

My PhD student, Emma Henderson, received the Howard C. Berg Award for an outstanding talk on motility by a young investigator at the BLAST meeting @BlastMeetings #proudpi #blastmeeting2025 @asuSOLS @ASUBiodesign