Thank you immensely for the opportunity.

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard

Extremely grateful to my mentor @RohanKhadilkarr for this opportunity to try my hand at scientific writing. It was a cherishing experience.

Umfortunately, science has lost freedom, you will be suffocated and choked till a point, you are no more capable of free thinking...

As I finish my internship in the SCTH lab at ACTREC, under the guidance of @RohanKhadilkarr and mentorship of @UjjayitaC. It was a journey full of learning and growth. This experience has sparked the passion in me for the research immensely. Very thankful for this opportunity. 🤗

Congratulations Akash and Hasan!! @SyedKHasan1 Recent article from Hasan's group covered by The Hindu! @TheHinduScience

Kudos to the team! Super excited for this.

Too many people in academia only to lower your self-esteem!

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it's taken for granted & so no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you'll have a lot less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

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1. This summer I've been thinking a lot about "cognitive load" which is term that has multiple definitions but for me means something like "the amount of processing, analysing, thinking, & deciding I can do in a day before my brain stops working" here's a short thread about that

Science must protect thinking time in a world of instant communication

What an amazing talk @DPalakodeti Elated to have had the chance to listen to a story weaved out of wonders of stem cell biology.

A breakthrough paper in the field of hematopoiesis. Mind boggling work by Jiwon Shim Lab😍

🎙️New episode with Biman Nath He is a cosmologist and a bilingual author in English and Bengali (non-fiction + fiction) We discuss his bio, growing up in Assam as a Bengali, career traj. in India & US, his research, books, writing process ++ links ⬇️ 1/n

So often the thorns of academia get limelight over the perks! Apropos a conversation with @sriram_varahan , where else do you get paid to (1) formulate YOUR ideas, rally a team to test it and relish the data 📊, whatever it is! (2) You can read all day and drown in it and come

🌟 NEW! We are super excited to announce our collaboration with @TinkleMagazine to bring you an inspiring series of comics featuring brilliant women scientists from our institute! 👩‍🔬 The first comic features Dr. Deepti Trivedi, who heads the Drosophila facility at NCBS.

My hot take for the day is that having a couch for people to take naps on is as essential a lab's ability to function as any pricey & fancy lab equipment they might have. Science is thinking work & the best thinking is done by properly rested minds.

I keep reminding PhD students that THE most important outcome of a PhD is not their publications, conferences, awards etc., but they themselves after this journey. PhD is a learning process in how to learn new things, solve new problems you run into. @VoicesofIndAcad @biopatrika

1. My top imaging trick to trainees is that before they spend any time taking pictures of the data they just sit there for a while & look at the stuff. Like seriously, sit back, crank some tunes, get cozy & spend some quality time with your slides.