#Arctic #algae aren't immobile or entombed. They're not just surviving either—they're gliding into record books phys.org/news/2025-09... Ice gliding #diatoms establish record-low temperature limits for motility in a eukaryotic cell www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #protists #microbes #extremophiles

Did you know tiny algae can "skate" within Arctic sea ice? ⛸️ Our new study in @pnas.org reveals the secret life of ice diatoms: they are actively gliding to navigate the ice! This adds a new dimension to the sea ice ecosystem, revealing an active, dynamic ecological niche. @prakashlab.bsky.social

🔬🍻 We're hosting Pint of Science, a vibrant festival in Palo Alto! May 19-21 at Café Venetia, Scotty’s Bar & Sprout Café. Pick your favorite topics! ✨ Bioprinting: Organs like Westworld? 🤖 Brains in Virtual Worlds 🧬 Tiny Mighty Cells etc. 🔍 PLUS: Origami Microscopy wonders @prakashlab.bsky.social

🔬🍻 We're hosting Pint of Science, a vibrant festival in Palo Alto! May 19-21 at Café Venetia, Scotty’s Bar & Sprout Café. Pick your favorite topics! ✨ Bioprinting: Organs like Westworld? 🤖 Brains in Virtual Worlds 🧬 Tiny Mighty Cells etc. 🔍 PLUS: Origami Microscopy wonders @prakashlab.bsky.social

Save the date 📆 Dyche Mullins and I are hosting the “Cell Biology at the Extremes” session at the #CellBio24 meeting on Monday, Dec 16, 5:00 PM. @ascbiology.bsky.social You’ll learn about the latest cool ❄️ hot 🔥 and ultrafast 💨 cell biology. Kindly supported by @focalplane.bsky.social

Coming to #CellBio24 this year? Posters/Talks/Booths from our lab. Grace, Ray(2), Charlotte, Jiju, Qing are presenting posters, Charlotte, Qing, Ray & Manu giving short talks. Hongquan & Jim/Hannah/Brian/Ken at Cephla & Foldscope booths respectively. Lots of surprises 😱 in store if you find us.

Just another day conducting research with the Prakash Lab @prakashlab.bsky.social: sailing to the Arctic and ice-olating diatoms at -15°C! Talk about a cool discovery ❄️🔬

@tuthill.bsky.social I see your frozen walking snow fly and raise you a frozen gliding diatom 😊

Our latest discovery of “lowest recorded temperature for eukaryotic cell motility” going all the way down to -15deg C. Come for the crazy cold Arctic & stay for diatoms. Will write longer thread - but enjoy video below of diatoms gliding on frozen ice surfaces. Congrats @zqing.bsky.social & team.

this is cool🧊❄️🏔️check it out

Loving all the cool 🆒 puns - keep them coming. We have a tradition in lab to draw a doodle for every group meeting - usually by Rebecca Konte (a resident artist in my lab for last 10 years). Here is the doodle of from last year group meeting as “ice skating diatoms” @abelaer.bsky.social #protistsky

I am thrilled to share our new work: "Frozen Flow - Gliding Motility of Diatoms in the Ice"! ❄️ Check it out here: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ice #glidingmotility #microbiology #diatoms #extremebiology @prakashlab.bsky.social