Surgeon. Researcher. PhDing at @NeckerInem @univ_paris_cite. Prev @NCBS_Bangalore, @OfficialJipmer Now: DNA Repair Always: Planaria, Mechanobio, Wound Healing
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Something I wrote a while ago. Feels like a fever dream.
firstpost.com/living/a-pande…
I'm about as anti-AI as someone can get, especially in writing; but as others have pointed out, there could be several factors at play in situations like these, besides the most bad-faith interpretation as was done here.
1. Applicants from the global south: Former commonwealth
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Disclaimers (because now one can't just Say Things om twitter):
- this doesn't mean I endorse students not researching the lab they're applying to and copy-pasting generic AI-generated emails to all
- how i personally feel about AI in writing does not prevent me from trying to
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Bi-yearly Aaron Swartsz' Guerilla Open Access manifesto repost, read it, it's less than a page, put copies of it in every university and library everywhere.
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Love this! Looking forward to more such spotlights on *strange* model organisms!
Most importantly, first in our new series of organismal spotlight shorts (open source illustrations coming soon!). Sea squirts! youtube.com/watch?v=-E9Te1Ks…
It's so incredibly soothing to read old papers in this font! This one's from 1974.
Is it also the print --> scan pipeline that contributes to the tiny imperfections in the letters?
Dr. Pranavi A R retweeted
The peer-reviewed version of expansion in situ genome sequencing is now out in Science!
The news is bittersweet – when we first revealed this last September, I never guessed it would be my final paper in academia, but a lot has changed. A few parting thoughts:
It always boggles my mind a bit to see the relative sizes of the nucleus and the mitochondria in live cell imaging!
Dynamic mitochondrial network at work
The purple/pink squiggles are mitochondria, the big green blob is the nucleus, a gene repository brought to life and epigenetically regulated by mitochondrial signals
cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=…
Video by @MAG2ART
Dr. Pranavi A R retweeted
Precisely, to add to this, I'd be much happier to see Indian all PhDs recieving adequate & timely salaries, reservation norms not being flouted at all levels of hiring, etc
Research outcomes, followed by awards & 'glory' will follow the whole body of researchers being well off.
Dr. Pranavi A R retweeted
It's an absolute scandal and tragedy that India is forced to spend $250m/year to provide access to the latest science to its people. A complete and total failure of global science leadership and of science writ large.
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On parle de notre recherche archéo-anthropologique des Catacombes dans @guardian !
Le lien ici : theguardian.com/world/2024/o…
A C.elegans Nobel!
(Planaria Nobel when)
This year’s medicine laureates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun studied a relatively unassuming 1 mm long roundworm, C. elegans.
Despite its small size, C. elegans possesses many specialised cell types such as nerve and muscle cells also found in larger, more complex animals, making it a useful model for investigating how tissues develop and mature in multicellular organisms.
Read how the 2024 medicine laureates’ investigations into C. elegans revealed an entirely new dimension to gene regulation: bit.ly/4dlPE6f
#NobelPrize
