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#PhDone! 🎓 🎉 Congratulations Dr Zubairul! @zubi_ from Dr @DimpleNotani's lab successfully defended his thesis! Swipe to learn more about his work on Chromatin domain boundaries and their role in genome organisation and transcription regulation🧬 👉 (1/6)

Dr. Ajith Kumar was one of our best. Deeply engaged with the forests and his students, he combined rigour and intensity in teaching with the stimulation of love and appreciation of the natural world around us. His presence was ubiquitous, and he was always available to travel, teach and get involved. He will be much missed.

@JetYojet @gaganaorsky Congratulations!

Ever wondered, what happens if phospholipid PIP2 levels are disturbed in neurons? I highlight the findings in my PhD manuscript, finally out on BioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Failure is always in the background of any creative project; when the experiments are not working or the results don’t seem to make sense. But for discovery, you can’t deny yourself the permission to fail, and we should better teach failure in all its glory.

Excited to read this one about memory genes.

@shaon_chak @suvranil_1 Congratulations to the team!

Inheritable 'memory' genes drive #cancer drug tolerance, but their discovery in clinical samples is a major challenge. Our new theory, moving away from Luria-Delbruck, detects them from a *single* scRNA-seq dataset! With #ArchishmanRaju led by @suvranil_1 tinyurl.com/4pef8scy

Though not related to or new to #ubiquitin @Rashmi_Agrata , absolutely loved the way it's put forth. Very well written! Congratulations!

I would like to share a glimpse of a story that I recently heard. A fantastic beginning to my postdoctoral experience @CreminsLab :)

I'm very happy to announce that I have retired! I'm equally happy that @janetiwasa has agreed to continue the Molecule of the Month @buildmodels. Read about this at cdn.rcsb.org/rcsb-pdb/gener…

This neuroscientist worked until she was 103. She also: • Won a Nobel Prize at 77 • Became a senator at 92 • Stayed mentally sharp into her 100s Her secret? 5 daily habits that prevented brain aging: 🧵

I am glad to share this news with you all:) . Thanks to my PhD mentor @DimpleNotani @NCBS_Bangalore @TIFRScience and family & friends for all their support! I am also grateful to the late @RNTata2000 for an extraordinary group of institutions nationwide!

“Excited to share a preprint of part of my thesis work! 🧬 This study highlights fascinating structural insights into WT and Fmr1 KO hESC ribosomes. Thankful to all the co-authors. Feedback is most welcome! #ribosome #hESCs #StructuralBiology @NCBS_Bangalore @TIFRScience

Please repost. We are offering a rare opportunity to work as a postdoc or PhD within an international network pushing the boundaries of developmental biology. Please contact me ASAP if interested. sydney.edu.au/science/news-a…

@Kaju_Nut Woww!

One of my favorite Ashoke Sen stories is when a PhD student wrote a letter to him(this was in the early 90s) as a last ditch effort to understand some concepts that were eluding her. Unknown to her, Sen was due to visit her institute a week or so later. When Sen arrived, the very first thing he did after checking in was to find the student and answer all her questions.

The proliferation of competing articulations, the willingness to try anything, the expression of explicit discontent, the recourse to philosophy and to debate over fundamentals, all these are symptoms of a transition from normal to extraordinary research. ― Thomas S. Kuhn

Online Now: Transcription dynamics and genome organization in the mammalian nucleus: Recent advances dlvr.it/TFMk27

If you have qualified Physics or Mathematics JRF, apply for PhD at IIT Bombay (google IIT Bombay PhD admission). Apply to Biosciences and Bioengineering Department @BsbeIitb and @KCDH_IITB. We are recruiting Physics and Mathematics students for PhD. Last date October 21.

... you will always be remembered as a person who made a difference.

“With the passing of Ratan Tata, we have lost—in addition to an industrial tycoon—a philanthropist who went for the long haul and was a calming influence amidst the turmoil and uncertainties of the everyday”, writes @kvijayraghavan thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Nobel Prize is NOT about h-index or citations. It is about the emergence of big new fields. So many posts discuss Nobel awardees. And so many misunderstand the Nobel Prize. 📍 A bit of clarification from my side: 1⃣ Nobel Prize is NOT about how useful your work is. It’s about how useful it WILL BE. Science is not about real-world impact. It is about new knowledge, new understanding. It’s about nucleating new ways of thinking. Applications can come decades after the discovery. 2⃣ Nobel Prize is NOT about just doing risky research. Many of us take on risky projects. But most stay as niche studies that could have been done by others. It’s about doing what others are AFRAID to do. It's about looking like a reckless scientist. It’s about succeeding where others have failed (despite numerous attempts). 3⃣ Nobel Prize is NOT about a small study. It’s about nucleating a BIG research direction. It’s about "OMG, I didn't know it's even possible!" Yes, sometimes it takes decades to recognize a scientist. But in many cases, the prize was given to those who published the "nucleating studies" and pushed hard to grow the new field. 4⃣ Nobel Prize NOT about a lot of citations. Metrics doesn't matter. Forget this "Stanford top-2% ranking". Your peers' opinion is what really matters. Are you recognized by your peers SO MUCH that they want to see you as a Nobel Laureate? Do they see you as someone who created their field and made their research possible? Do they see you as their thought leader? ▫️ My HUGE congratulations to all Laureates. AI has changed science a lot. Those who made it possible deserve this recognition. #science #AcademicChatter