Navish Wadhwa

Asst Prof at @ASU. Mechanobiology, motility, and biophysics, mostly in bacteria.

He/him.

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

Glad to see this out. Introducing "swashing," a flagella-independent form of bacterial surface migration.

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

#MicrobiologyMonday: Bacteria swarm, but DYK they also "swash"? This flagella-independent movement is tied to fermentation: as cells ferment sugars, they create local osmolarity gradients, which generate a wave of fluid driving expansion. #JBacteriology: https://t.co/HqEbHjMDNN

[BLAST Meetings @BlastMeetings]

A mind-blowing presentation by Eric Dudebout from @WadhwaLab at @ASU, unraveling SWASHING MOTILITY, a propulsion-independent mechanism for bacterial surface migration.
https://t.co/zNGZG6Ayuh
@DNAmanipulation @UUtah

https://t.co/mto1n39mWd

#blastmeeting2025 #motility

[Ryota IINO 飯野亮太 @ryotaiino]

Molecule of the Month: Flagellar Motor
https://t.co/TvJsptoQ2R

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@GeiselBiofilm @ASMicrobiology @JBacteriology That's a beautiful cover!

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@BhamlaLab Congratulations, Saad! Great news.

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

Somewhat delayed, but thanks to the feedback from many folks, including @EvolvedBiofilm, @AnuKhareLab, and others, we revised our recent bioRxiv pre-print.

Most importantly, we re-christened this bacterial motility mechanism to 'Swashing Motility.'
🧵-> https://t.co/k9tQhjpB9T

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

🎉 It’s the 2-year anniversary of the Wadhwa lab! Perfect time to share our lab’s first preprint. Read on for a surprising new discovery about bacterial motility.

https://t.co/XKTqTFYeMb

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[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@EvolvedBiofilm Thanks also to @AnuKhareLab for helpful discussions!

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@EvolvedBiofilm Thanks! We had several discussions about this and will be updating the preprint shortly.

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@ryanlouie @BlueJello40 Thanks a lot! Small world.

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@Shankar_Lab Thanks, Suraj! Let's catch up sometime...

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

🎉 It’s the 2-year anniversary of the Wadhwa lab! Perfect time to share our lab’s first preprint. Read on for a surprising new discovery about bacterial motility.

https://t.co/XKTqTFYeMb

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[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

@MariangeBravo Thanks, María! Hope you are doing great.

[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

Finally, we’d love to hear your feedback! Feel free to DM or email me with any thoughts, especially critiques of the manuscript.

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[Navish Wadhwa @WadhwaLab]

This work is a close collaboration with David Blair’s group at @UUtah. Big kudos to Dave’s former grad student @DNAmanipulation and our own star undergrad-turned-master’s student, Eric Dudebout, for leading these efforts beautifully.

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