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Kimia Witte

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From cell-based computation to living biomaterial engineering. Chancellor’s Fellow & Lecturer at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Biophysics, organogenesis, acoustofluidics/microfluidics, philosophy minus ethics, fine art!

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We had the Lab Class in the lab yesterday.
Thank you Tenovus Scotland, @lornahm.bsky.social, @nereacaro.bsky.social, Juni, Amy, Connie, and Noble

02.07.2025 23:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Venice to Rome in five rainy days!

22.04.2025 14:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A peek inside the Witte group (with Lorna, George and Amy) The CeMi Podcast · Episode

I’m one (very) lucky supervisor!

open.spotify.com/episode/43O3...

@theglasgowcemi.bsky.social

20.04.2025 18:02 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It was fun hosting David Weitz in sunny Glasgow! Between visits to two whiskey distilleries, he gave a talk on ‘Cell Rheology, Revisited’, showing how living systems exploit soft matter physics, especially phase separation, for diverse filament dynamics. The group also recorded a podcast with him.

10.04.2025 08:01 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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Excited to welcome Professor David Weitz to the University of Strathclyde's Wolfson Centre—home to the UK’s oldest academic department dedicated to biomedical engineering—for a guest talk on April 2nd, from 10:00 to 12:00. All are welcome to attend.

25.03.2025 11:24 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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Monkey business (with Dr Kimia Witte)

Here's a new illustration I drew of @kimiawitte.bsky.social for the latest episode of the CeMi podcast. Go have a listen! @theglasgowcemi.bsky.social

11.03.2025 21:51 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Monkey business (with Dr Kimia Witte) The CeMi Podcast · Episode

What actually got you into science and what you do now?

Me: There was no beginning, it was always science..

open.spotify.com/episode/70de...

@theglasgowcemi.bsky.social

10.03.2025 22:11 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Also, for creating the opportunity to catch up with David Jordan @livingphysics.org and for the book exchanges that took place in the hotel reception.

27.02.2025 09:35 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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And for postponing your group meeting by a few minutes when I showed up unannounced!

27.02.2025 09:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thank you, Kirsty @micromotility.bsky.social and the sponsor, ARIA @aria-research.bsky.social, for organising the diverse collective assembly for the Biological Computation Away Day at RAMM, Exeter. Looking forward to the follow-up and more!

27.02.2025 09:19 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Our very own beautifully talented PhD student, Lorna @lornahm.bsky.social, has won the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) award for the best MSc project for her work on “Active Nematics in Biological Systems”, completed during her master’s with us. 🌱

26.02.2025 08:07 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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My beautiful PhD students know the foodie me (very) well! 🎈

21.02.2025 14:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Beautiful brains and whiskey!

20.02.2025 11:08 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We had the privilege of hosting Ben Goult @bengoult.bsky.social in Strathclyde/Glasgow, invited by Carsten @carstenschulte4.bsky.social, to discuss his beautiful MeshCODE theory.

23.01.2025 17:37 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Our very own David Shaw presented his poster at the SUPA Physics and Life Sciences Theme Meeting on “Modular & Reconfigurable Acoustofluidic Devices for Acoustic Streaming Induced Blood-Brain-Barrier Opening” : )

16.01.2025 19:03 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Cell-Based Computation team is expanding! This week, we are delighted to welcome Adam Dowdell, a mathematical biologist with expertise in chemotaxis and statistical mechanics, as our new Research Associate.

09.01.2025 14:58 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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From the living mountain(s)

01.01.2025 16:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately, and well.”

- Robert Bringhurst

Let’s break them together! @lornahm.bsky.social

17.12.2024 20:15 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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The winning group of the third space!
Kimia @kimiawitte.bsky.social, Nerea @nereacaro.bsky.social, Amy, Lorna @lornahm.bsky.social, & Carsten @carstenschulte4.bsky.social

13.12.2024 22:06 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Me drawing me!

13.12.2024 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

May I?

24.11.2024 20:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Curious about this community — can I be added to the pack?

21.11.2024 07:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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11.11.2024 08:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0