NayakLab

Associate Professor, Microscale Ocean Biophysics Lab at Florida Atlantic Univ. Marine particles, plankton, small-scale flow physics, in situ imaging, HABs.

[Microscale Ocean Biophysics @MOBseminars2024]

Magdalena Mrokowska @MrokowskaM from the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, will be our next guest speaker (03/25) and she will talk about the Non-intuitive effects of exopolymer gels dispersed in seawater on the sinking dynamics of solid particles.

[Sonia Sen @soniaqsen]

Do apply! You will be working with Subha (https://t.co/lswchHOFg9) and me. We'll study swim kinematics of mosquito larvae of different species to develop automated tools for their surveillance. It should be a super fun project! Check out the details: https://t.co/jrLVrxPFgo

[Punyasloke Bhadury @BhadPunyasloke]

Glad to have collaborated with @NayakLab1 @Srinivas_a1 @aalokelab in this study published in @iScience_CP and highlighted how citizen science with policy framework can also contribute towards monitoring of harmful algal bloom across aquatic ecosystems of India @ITMERG1

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

A comprehensive database of all documented HABs in Indian coastal/estuarine waters to date available here: https://t.co/oOT4ilyZNA. Thanks to @Srinivas_a1 for painstakingly combing through the literature for this - hopefully a useful dataset for the Indian HAB community!

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Our article (@Srinivas_a1 @aalokelab @BhadPunyasloke) on an integrated approach to monitor and study harmful algal blooms in India is out in @iScience_CP.
https://t.co/91vMjmQ6yW
On a personal note, a first foray into India-centric research topics - hopefully more to come!

[Elena Litchman @ElenaLitchman]

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms, etc . Please get in touch if interested. More info: https://t.co/GEuuT5KHDq.

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Had a fantastic time at the 12th US Symposium on Harmful Algae in Portland, ME last week. Excellent presentations (Lightning talk+poster) by lab UG Madison Bennett on her holography for Microcystis work, which were well-received! ICHA in Chile next year?:)

[Anvita Kerkar @AnvitaKerkar]

Thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Tacoma, WA yesterday. Great audience, beautiful campus and a lovely city! Thanks for the invite Rachel Pepper and team!@NayakLab1

[National Centre for Biological Sciences @NCBS_Bangalore]

#WorkshopAlert
What: Marine Cell Biology & Microscopy Workshop
When: 3-10 December 2024
Where: NCBS
Registration: https://t.co/GhPhWuX6i5

Deadline: 31 October 2024

@soniaqsen @thattai @stpalli @HiralABShah @AnshikaSingh17

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Our results indicate that oceanic mixotrophs could be widely underestimated and their biomass misattributed to autotrophic plankton by non-imaging based methods (e.g., fluorometry), thus highlighting the importance of pairing high-res imaging with traditional approaches.
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[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

https://t.co/bjzidmIDmL

Our paper (@AdamTGreer @JhongflowImg @AnvitaKerkar) on in situ marine ciliate observations is now out in @CommsEarth
Here, we characterize evolution of a subsurface thin layer of a mixotrophic ciliate using high resolution in situ holography.
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[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Highest documented abundance of the mixotroph, Laboea strobila, seen within the thin layer. Additionally, L. strobila indulges in klepoplasty (stealing and retention of algal chloroplasts!), which leads to chlorophyll a in the water column to be dominated by this mixotroph.
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[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Pleased to be a part of the organizing committee (with @FBaidouri and Marika Takeuchi) of the Microscale Ocean Biophysics virtual seminar series - talks also posted on YouTube for posterity. Folks can sign up to the mailing list in the link below for notifications.

[Microscale Ocean Biophysics @MOBseminars2024]

This week's talk by Prof. Manu Prakash @ManuPra18599785 from Stanford University is now online: https://t.co/gxjRYVnEGj
Register to our mailing list for upcoming seminars: https://t.co/ZtOWcmmEev

[Microscale Ocean Biophysics @MOBseminars2024]

Exciting news! Tomorrow, Tuesday 24th at 8AM PDT / 11AM EDT / 5PM CEST, we welcome Manu Prakash @ManuPra18599785 as our first guest speaker!
For more information, email the MOB committee @FBaidouri, @NayakLab1 and Marika Takeuchi at: [email protected].

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Our lab participated in a successful cruise in the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea off Finland last month. Lots of cool data to sift through! Thanks @KristianSpillin for the invite and the fantastic crew of R/V Aranda! (Some pics courtesy @SYKEint)

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

@lohithrao As an Ankola native, I can vouch for this. Terrible state of affairs - not a single square inch seems free of plastic or broken glass shards, including once-pristine hillsides along the beaches.

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

@Iyervval Juggernaut would have been perfect for a couple of reasons - (i) etymologically, derived from Jagannath, so sets the Indian context; and (ii) one might anyway feel like the 'Lord of the Universe' (Jagan-nath) looking down at us mere mortals from space:)

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

Presentations by lab postdoc Sumit Dass (in situ stereoimaging system for zooplankton observations) and PhD student Alexis Base (mysid-flow interactions) on Day 1 at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans! Great start to one of my favourite conferences.

[Miquel Lurling🟥 @blauwalg]

The beauty of Microcystis

[Adam Greer @AdamTGreer]

We are hiring a physical oceanographer to join us @UGA_MarineSci @SkIOinSavannah - beautiful campus and city - along with a thriving ocean science community here https://t.co/bjY8JhCedI