Gautam Menon
@MenonBioPhysics
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Prof. Physics & Biology | Biophysics, epidemiology, sci-comm, climate change | Cats | Music | He/Him | Ashoka U | Lancet Comm| My views, not my employers
Joined September 2018
Starting a thread with the music I like, an eclectic mix of Indian classical, world music, jazz + others. Later additions will come below [@PMenonIFPRI] Alison Brown Quartet's "Under the Five Wire" from Bluegrass Underground ... https://t.co/gqv8hi2fKQ via @YouTube
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Earlier this year, I had to withdraw an essay on genocide hours before it was to be published due to senior Harvard administrators’ threats to my Harvard-employed coauthor. Last week, they fired Mary Bassett for refusing to ignore Palestine. My response: https://t.co/M7BnOhPP3K
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The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia
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$CRDL in a clinical trial has proven its lead drug candidate CardiolRx™ can reduce inflammation and swelling of the human heart. Studies show increased left ventricular mass predicts poor outcomes for patients with heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. Learn more...
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A research study by Ashoka University Professor Gautam Menon (@MenonBioPhysics) and PhD student Philip Cherian examining how an H5N1 outbreak could unfold in humans has been featured in the BBC and Nature India. The peer-reviewed modelling study, published in BMC Public Health,
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Scientists have warned H5N1 bird flu could make a dangerous leap to humans, triggering a global health crisis.
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No major U.S. distributor is willing to show a powerful film about how Israeli authorities refused to allow the rescue of a five-year-old girl, the sole survivor in a car filled with family members, who in turn was then killed.
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It all comes down to coordination.
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Been thinking about this tweet ever since I saw it. Mainstream American journalists think unilateral US sanctions are *the actual international law*, and anyone who tries to circumvent them is a criminal. These are the people who are informing the American public about the world.
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We simulated how an H5N1 outbreak might unfold in humans and possible early interventions, using BharatSim. BBC coverage of our work is here. https://t.co/anXGxqKGAv
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Scientists have warned H5N1 bird flu could make a dangerous leap to humans, triggering a global health crisis.
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It’s genuinely disturbing that Israel is arguing that objecting to their genocide is equivalent to murdering Jews and the corporate media is treating this as though it is a sensible position. This means all of us can potentially be considered terrorists for doing the right thing.
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Fascinating view of what's to come, some of it a reasonable extrapolation, some a bit far-fetched. There's a need for a whole lot of ethics discussion around these developments, something that is barely there at the moment.
WHAT CHINESE SCIENTISTS THINK THE WORLD COULD LOOK LIKE BY 2049 On December 6, the Tengchong Scientists Forum convened in Yunnan, where a group of leading Chinese scientists and research institutions released a report titled Tech Foresight and Future Visions 2049. The report
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A group of colleagues from @iiscbangalore is offering a course on Fundamentals of Ecology via @nptelindia! This is suitable for students pursuing their Bachelors or Masters degree, and are interested in ecology. See more here: https://t.co/fXS2rtMyC5
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Attention scientists from all over the world🙃 The Call for Letters of Intent for #HFSPResearchGrants 2027 is now open! Get your international & interdisciplinary team. It's time to put your bold research idea into practice! 🔗 https://t.co/5NuUBYBUkC 📅 15 Dec 2025–26 Mar 2026
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Remember, all data shows that vehicles are the #1 pollutant in Delhi. But yet, Delhi keeps on adding cars and motorcycles like there's no tomorrow. No push for public transport. The state seems helpless.
‘Need to invest in public transport, provide an alternative to car owners’ On this episode of Scroll Adda, I speak to CSE's @sunitanar to understand what Delhi needs to do to lose the tag of world's most polluted city. 👉 https://t.co/PkvmyjN3Ed
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Now you know what wall-to-wall coverage and global condemnation looks like—rightfully so for an appalling attack on the Jewish community. You also know lack of coverage or outrage for the daily slaughter and terror Palestinians face is a choice. True humanity isn’t selective.
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Beyond Causality In recent weeks there has been renewed discussion about causality, sparked in part by the growing interaction between computer science and economics. But what can we learn from fields that have already moved beyond causality? Not because causality is
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I literally can’t think of a better or clearer definition of white supremacy than this:
Stephen Miller: I’m proud that President Trump has stopped all refugees from entering the country. The only refugees being allowed in are Afrikaners who are being persecuted in South Africa https://t.co/zfFboOTei7
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🗳️ The United States cast the sole NO vote on two UN General Assembly resolutions today: one on protecting humanitarian and United Nations personnel, and another on international cooperation during natural disasters. The U.S. mission said it opposed both because it saw the
We welcome adoption of today's UN Resolution on Safety & Security of Humanitarian Personnel and the Protection of UN personnel, facilitated by the EU. Humanitarian aid workers deserve our protection & this resolution entails key stipulations on accountability & ending impunity.
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Sounds exactly like(some of) us.
Everything about this story and the report, by Ben Gvir-affiliated "journalist" Daniel Amram, is so insanely racist: a young Jewish woman from the ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement of Modi'in Illit went out on a date with a Palestinian who worked at a local supermarket. When
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'Fundamental physics' often leaves out condensed matter physics, although essentially all the interesting unexpected (except 'dark energy') discoveries in physics since 1975 have been in condensed matter: QHE, FQHE, quasicrystal, high-T_c SC, heavy fermions, graphene, moire....
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