Shashi Thutupalli

The paper studies how mechanical forces, bacterial growth, and viral infection dynamics interact during the expansion of an E. coli colony, revealing phage hitchhiking and anisotropic spread.

This study shows that metabolically-driven fluid flows in yeast clusters enable exponential growth by overcoming nutrient transport limitations, mimicking circulatory systems without genetic adaptations.

This study investigates how nematodes navigate 3D granular environments by engineering a transparent matrix and observing non-monotonic propulsive speed responses to physical confinement.

This study shows yeast can evolve freeze-thaw tolerance through a quiescence-like state, increasing survival from 2% to 70% in 25 cycles.

This paper demonstrates efficient in vivo DNA-encoded digital archives for 3D and 4D information storage using Halobacterium salinarum, with improved durability through mineral salt preservation.