Sriram Varahan
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Senior Scientist @ccmb_csir | Interested in the Metabolic Regulation of Fungal Morphogenesis & Host Innate Immune Response Against Fungal Pathogens | 🦅🐅🏞️📷
Hyderabad, India
Joined March 2023
🚨New Preprint Alert🚨. Elated to share our first story from @ccmb_csir. We show, for the first time that glycolysis-dependent sulfur metabolism orchestrates fungal morphogenesis & virulence using #Bakersyeast #Candidaalbicans . Link: . @dhrumishah99 👏🏻👏🏻
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RT @DrNikitaMehra: Remembering Founder of Avvai Home & Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, and first woman legislator in India, Padma Bhushan Dr….
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It was fascinating to listen to @a_mahapatra lecture today @ccmb_csir . Great insights on ‘The coming microbial revolution’ and lots of important info on various initiatives from @ASMicrobiology . Thanks @Jain_Aditi_ @a_mahapatra for the ASM goodies😀Took me back to my PhD days😀
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Woah. Thanks for sending this across @Jain_Aditi_ . My first @ASMicrobiology coffee mug ☕️ . Good way to start the day with an ASM talk by @a_mahapatra @ccmb_csir soon to happen later today !!!
Very much excited and looking forward to hosting you @ccmb_csir @a_mahapatra 😊.
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Regular routine these days 🏸. @ccmb_csir has a brand new badminton court and we are putting it to good use 😀
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Golden Oriole !!. Clicked this from one of the terraces of @ccmb_csir 🤩. The lush monsoon greens is such a perfect background to capture this bird. Super quick and very jumpy bird. Took me almost an hour of waiting to get a couple of good clicks. #AvianSaturdays 🦜🦚
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Fantastic talk by @KamatLab_IISER on the fascinating biology of Lyso-PS and its profound role in various cellular processes!!. Thanks to @InfosysPrize @ccmb_csir @SomdattaKarak for putting this whole event together so well!!
Happening today at the PM Bhargava auditorium, 4pm onward - The @InfosysPrize lecture by Siddhesh Kamat. He will speak on lipids, specifically one called lysophosphotidylserine, and its implications on human disease. @CSIR_IND @KamatLab_IISER
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Although this sounds stranger than science fiction, these are absolutely real and have been happening for ever. In next sunday’s thread, I'll go into the research that is being done in this area & how medically relevant #Cordyceps are to humans. Fungi are just Fascinating!!.
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The fungi manipulate the host to move to a geographical location with suitable light, humidity etc. While eating it from the inside. Many of the host are practically dead but continue to move because of the chemicals secreted by the 🍄. Check this ⬇️.
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These fungi normally grow on the floor of the forest and throw out spores. When some of these spores land on a cognate host insect, something dramatic happens. These spores germinate and spread across the insect. Eventually, chemicals released takes over the mind of its host🤯🤯
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Many of us have seen the @TheLastofUsHBO where humans start to get infected with this fungal species called #Cordyceps and go crazy. Although, Entomopathogenic fungi can't infect humans, they cause devastating infections to a ton of insects. #Ants #Spiders #Moths you name it!!
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This sunday’s #FantasticFungi edition, we will deep dive into the fascinating world of #Entomopathogenic #Fungi 🍄. These are some of the most remarkable group of fungi that infect & take complete control of the host’s mind & body to survive & propagate. Pic: Ronald Zimmerman⬇️
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Today was the annual lab cleaning day. So happy to see that the kids are taking such good care of the lab 😊. We also did a quick lab lunch to fuel up for the rest of the clean up efforts 😅
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RT @ccmb_csir: Immunity is now the one ring to rule them all. It is a key to not only fighting infectious diseases but also inflammations a….
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Cell-autonomous defense encompasses the inherent mechanisms of the cell that allow individual cells to protect themselves from infectious and inflammatory dangers. Recent advancements in the field in…
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Very much excited and looking forward to hosting you @ccmb_csir @a_mahapatra 😊.
Excited to speak about "The Coming Microbial Revolution" at @ccmb_csir on July 28, 4 PM IST. From TB evasion mechanisms to COVID microbiomes & single-cell microbial signatures - CCMB is showing us how microbes shape health. Join us in Hyderabad!
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The lab bids a fond farewell to @MAdishree . You have been an invaluable member of the lab for the last 2.5 years and have made critical contributions to multiple projects 👏🏻. All the best for your next chapter in the industry sector and SV lab will always cheer for you 😀🥳
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RT @anups_11: ‘Fungal stories’ by @sriram_varahan + a good coffee/tea is a good way to get over Monday blues . Fascinating. keep going.
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Its fascinating to deep dive into how #Fungi shape the world around us, in so many unique ways. We are just beginning to scratch the surface. Until next week #FantasticFungi.
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Remarkably, studies have shown that, some bacteria even attract these nematode-killer fungi by producing ‘Urea’, to defend themselves against worms that feed on them 🤯🤯 Cross-Kingdom strategies. This article below from Nat Geo covers this beautifully .
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When you’re the size of a human, you worry about lions and tigers and bears. But if you’re a bacterium, a tiny nematode worm, just a millimetre long, can be a vicious predator. Nematodes are among...
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In the last ~15 years, quite a few groups have investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying how these #fungi execute these #nematode death traps. I have been fascinated by @fungi_worms Dr. Yen-Ping Hsueh lab’s work on this. This paper ⬇️ was such a tour de force 🤯
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