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@MamatharaniV Congratulations Mamatha!!!!

Our new paper is out! I am very grateful to @Krishanpal_K for the guidance throughout. Also a special thanks to all the collaborators for their massive support ; @bioaurbehno , Igor, @Sandeep61011718 , @GaurPrakshi , @mahipal_ganji , @SamratLabMohali and Till Voss!

Excited to share our latest work @CellReports! We show how PfHP1 phase separation is key to malaria virulence gene control. cell.com/cell-reports/f… Brilliant work by @MamatharaniV & the team. Thx @mahipal_ganji, @SamratLabMohali & Till Voss for a great collab! Thx @IISERPune.

@SethJitesh Are you ok?

Hot take: 2+2=4

Honoured to receive the Oration Award from the @ISPParasitology, one of the oldest scientific societies in India. Even more special as our entire lab attended and presented, and got two best poster prizes! Congratulations to the team. @IISERPune

@SethJitesh Don't jinx yourself

What Brazil is supposed to be but I'm yet to see if

30th Oct 2008 will always be a dark day in the history of Assam as it witnessed the most dastardly attack on its soil. As we mark this solemn occasion, I pay my tributes to all those who lost their lives the serial blasts and vow to never let Assam go back to those dark days.

@SethJitesh We should do like 500 years of forts here in pune ! Idk if that's a thing but let's see

- Safdarjung tomb (1700s) The lighting on the tomb in the evening makes it so so pretty. For dinner, you can go to INA afterwards for an authentic Kerala meal, or Lodhi Road/Khan market if you have a larger budget. (2/2)

I once went around with my friend @bioaurbehno which I ended up calling "500 years of tombs" - start with Qutub Minar (late 1100s) - Hauz Khas Fort (1300s) Break at Humayunpur for some excellent North Eastern food - Humayun's tomb (1500s) + Sundar nursery optional (1/2)

@ATinyGreenCell Wait till you encounter malaria genome

"DNA synthesis is solved" "We can just print any sequence" "Biology and biotech are solved fields" "Sequence-agnostic synthesis is on the horizon" *plant introns enter the chat* Humbug.

From Droplet to Doctorate! A proud moment as freshly minted Dr. @MamatharaniV successfully defended her PhD- the fifth PhD from our lab! A bold and completely new project, beautifully done. Wishing her the very best for the exciting journey ahead. @IISERPune

We embarked on a grand quest: build a histone methylation atlas for Plasmodium. Cloned all 10 SET-domain genes, codon-optimised, tested endlessly…yet the enzymes stayed silent. With this #SETback, we present a review: "Yet to SET: Pf HKMTs" pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… @Disha_shah_25

🚨New preprint Alert🚨 PfHP1 phase separation is essential for malaria virulence gene control...linking chromatin biophysics to pathogenesis. A four-lab effort tackling a long-standing mystery…...now in the hands of the publication gods 😇. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Spearheaded by @MamatharaniV with key support from @bioaurbehno, Igor, @Sandeep61011718 & @GaurPrakshi. Grateful to @mahipal_ganji , @SamratLabMohali & Till Voss. Funding Support @ANRFIndia, @EduMinOfIndia STARS & @IISERPune.

Zubeen Garg was one of India's greatest musicians, undoubtedly. There were a lot tragedies in his personal life but he channelled all of that into his music. -Zubeen's younger sister Jongki Borthakur passed away in a tragic car accident in 2002. She and Zubeen were traveling were on their way to perform on stage when the car met with an accident. He was initially in the same car but got into a different car only minutes before the accident. He never recovered from that psychologically. -The passing away of his sister affected Zubeen throughout his life. As late as 2023, Zubeen broke down into tears while performing one of his late sister's song on stage. He turned an alcoholic after his sister's death in 2002. He was always hurting inside after that tragic accident. -Zubeen was primarily known for his Assamese, Bengali and Hindi songs but he sang in over 40 languages and dialects, including but not limited to Bishnupriya Manipuri, Adi, Boro, English, Goalpariya, Kannada, Karbi, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Mising, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Tiwa. -Zubeen was a multi-instrumentalist. He could play as many as 12 instruments, including anandalahari, dhol, dotara, drums, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard and tabla. The Streets Will Never Forget Him 🙏🙏

Excellent meeting of Mumbai and Pune parasitology groups at IISER Pune! Thanks to Krish and Dhany for organizing. @Krishanpal_K @IISERPune

@MahaveerManas All the best for the new chapter!

Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @NCBS_Bangalore for my PhD! Grateful to Prof. Sharmistha Majumdar and everyone in her lab at @iitgn for an incredible year of support, mentorship, and growth. Thank you for shaping my academic journey so far! #PhDLife #NewBeginnings

If heterochromatin is really a liquid-like condensate, why is it not spherical? We investigated whether mechanical interactions between a condensate and a fiber network can explain the variety of morphologies seen in phase-separated nuclear compartments. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@talk2anuradha After joining any research institute, the curriculum and the rigor is same for everyone. Who will do better research? That's not really subject to which rank did they get when they joined the Institute.

Rank- 201 Result- Rejected Rank- 4500 Result- Selected Yes, 4500. No mistake in number of ZEROs. This is admission criteria for Indian Institute of Science (IISc), one of the best Research institutes in India. Who will do better Research? Someone with 201 rank or 4500?

The Art And The Artist Meet Professor Gali Madhvi Latha Professor Civil Engineering at IISC Bangalore. She spent 17 years along with her team to make Chenab river railway bridge a reality and a testament of India's rise.

A playlist of some wonderful talks and interactions by or including Prof. Jayant V Narlikar recorded by @IUCAAScipop at @IUCAAstro over the years. His commitment to fostering scientific temper across society was phenomenal. youtube.com/watch?v=gycppn…