Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (She/Her)

@vaishananth.bsky.social

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EMBLAustralia Group Leader @ UNSW Sydney| Ex Asst Prof IISc Bangalore | EMBO YI 2018 | MPI-CBG Dresden & BITS Pilani alumna | Co-founder @ biaswatchindia | Ally 🏳️‍🌈

First author Leeba with her PhD hat after she submitted her thesis (L) and Vaish Ananthanarayanan (R).
comparison of cell size over time of WT and rho0 cells showing a switch from exponential (WT) to linear (rho0) growth in the absence of mtDNA
Plot of cell size over time, fit to an equation that links cell size to mitochondrial activity.
comparison of daughter cell pairs with similar cell sizes at birth but asymmetric mitochondrial partitioning, showing that the daughter cells with less mito grow slower and take longer to achieve the size for division.
Plot of mitochondrial volume at division against cell length at birth, showing a linear scaling of mitochondrial volume with cell length
Fission yeast cells with fluorescent membrane and mitochondria growing in a microfluidic mother machine
Photo of a Sydney beach with the CBD in the background
Fission yeast cells with fluorescent membrane (green) and mitochondria (magma) growing and dividing in a microfluidic mother machine. Movie courtesy: Leeba Chacko, Cytomotors Lab
HEK293 cells grown on micropatterns with different shapes and immunostained for tubulin: clockwise from top left - circle, pacman, crossbow and triangle shapes.
Fluorescent image of microtubules and dynactin subunit p150