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K. VijayRaghavan

@kvijayraghavan

8 months

With M.S. Swaminathan’s passing, we have lost a great scientist. There are many scientists whose life spans roles as researchers, institution-builders, technocrats, policy-makers, and humanists. Swaminathan is unique in doing all of these roles superbly and with élan.

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Warmest congratulations and all best wishes to Professor Ajay Sood of @iiscbangalore on his appointment as the Principal Scientific Adviser. He has all the support needed to steer science and technology in these times.

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Professor Dhar is one of the brightest physicists around. He shares the prize with John Hopfield, of whom the same can be said. From Allahabad University, @IITKanpur @Caltech , and then @TIFRScience He has left a great imprint in each place, and now @IISERPune Congratulations!

IISER Pune Physics

@IiserPphysics

2 years

We are so proud to tell that Prof. Deepak Dhar (Emeritus Professor) from our Department has been chosen for the Boltzmann Medal! The Boltzmann Medal is awarded once every three years by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the @IUPAP_physics . Many congratulations Deepak!

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The moon landing is a metaphor for what we can learn from @Isro . Stand up after setbacks, focus on goals, and combine process with culture. Work collectively, and stay strong through roller-coaster rides. Leadership and deep domain expertise make for success. Kudos team @isro

ISRO

@isro

9 months

Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Updates: The communication link is established between the Ch-3 Lander and MOX-ISTRAC, Bengaluru. Here are the images from the Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera taken during the descent. #Chandrayaan_3 #Ch3

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The passing of Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis—an icon in public health—is a significant loss. Mahalanobis was a leader in the delivery of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) (See also thread by @AdiG1993 ) 1/

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The announcement of the approval of the Union Cabinet for a new National Research Foundation is a major landmark for science in India. Implemented well, this is can have a major impact.

Science, Technology and Innovation in India

@PrinSciAdvOff

11 months

Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the introduction of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill 2023 in Parliament. NRF’s functioning will be governed by an Executive Council chaired by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.

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Mukund @thattai 's high school teachers designed and made him a 'bacterial' tie. Keeping your school teachers involved sartorially many years after leaving must be a first.

Infosys Prize

@InfosysPrize

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"My teachers encouraged my curiosity, my mentors showed me that disciplinary boundaries were porous, and my institution, NCBS, took the risk of hiring a physicist who knew almost nothing about biology!" - @thattai , Infosys Prize 2023 laureate in Physical Sciences. @NCBS_Bangalore

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6 years

Thread. Many thanks for the overwhelming messages. It is a great responsibility, working together we can overcome any barrier. We have our task cut out. Connect science to society and society to science.S&T can be the fulcrum for change: Agri, health, environment, development.

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5 years

@ResearchSchola6 As we discussed in our meetings, the Fellowship increase in being processed by @IndiaDST . This will be completed soon, in December. @PrinSciAdvGoI

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The formal approval to launch @NCBS as a centre of @TIFR came in 1991/92. But the search for a location—Bangalore was the preferred one—started in earnest in early 1988.

Saquib Salim

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A telegram from Prof Satish Dhawan to Prof Obaid Siddiqi informing him that Ramakrishna Hegde, CM of Karnataka, would meet them on 2 June, 1988 @joshiamitabhevo @abhijit_MLab @MohanaBasu

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A very happy Deepavali to all. Here’s to working together to make a better future for all and for the planet. @PrinSciAdvGoI

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My 10-year-old brother wrote Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins, NASA, USA asking them about how they were. Got this in return mail. We assume, even now, that it was personally signed. Our brutally frank aunt said ‘rubber-stamp’. Whatever, it's a treasure that thrills till today.

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India must shed intellectual colonialism to excel in science and technology via @htTweets

India must shed intellectual colonialism to excel in science and technology

While overthrowing political and economic colonialism, we have missed overthrowing intellectual colonialism. In making English the sole language of intellectual discourse in science and technology in...

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Congratulations Dr @GKangInd Richly deserved recognition for a career-spanning work on enteric disease, linking fundamental understanding to epidemiology and the development of interventions that saves lives.

Gairdner Foundation

@GairdnerAwards

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Congratulations to Dr. Gagandeep Kang, recipient of the 2024 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award!

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Professor C. R. Rao is no more. His contrinutions are legendary. @BhavanaMagazine captures his life and work well. A must read.

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4 years

This is so wonderful to listen, and see!

M. Pandiarajan

@MMopatnsf

4 years

This voice came from remote village of viruthunagar District name Maniampatti RC School. She shared her foldscope experience. I am so happy to hear.

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If you have had a coffee after dinner, and are all wired up, skip Netflix and read this. A beautiful essay by Tom Apostol of @Caltech on the mathematics behind 6 th Century BC tunnel construction ( warning: its a second coffee and won’t make you go to sleep).

Fermat's Library

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How can 2 teams excavate a tunnel from both ends and ensure they meet in the middle? Eupalinos of Megara figured it out in the 6th century BC and built the Tunnel of Samos (over 1km long) in 8 years: A great paper for your summer ☀️reading list 📚

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The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee ( GEAC) has taken a major step by recommending "The environmental release of genetically engineered mustard parental lines....so that these events can be used for developing new parental lines and hybrids under supervision of ICAR. "

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Big nnouncement: "MHRA authorizes world-first gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease and transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia

MHRA authorises world-first gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease and transfusion-de...

Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) is based on the innovative gene-editing tool CRISPR, which won its inventors the Nobel Prize in 2020

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4 years

This is a remarkable thread! Do read and enjoy

Adam Kucharski

@adamjkucharski

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I want to tell you a story about a mathematician you’ve probably never heard of, but whose work has helped shape a lot of what we’re taking about today... 1/

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For 'geeks' and for all others too @gareebscientist is a vey useful handle to follow, to get explainers and a better understanding of Chandrayaan-3. In addition, of course to @isro handles.

Gareeb Scientist

@gareebscientist

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Good news ISRO has started to upload the videos under a CC license as evident with the new scheduled stream They AFAIK are working to actively fix the copyright mess. You'll know when they tell. @DJSnM this should start indicating to the algo hopefully. DD case is complicated

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“The Annotated Hodgkin & Huxley, A Reader’s Guide” is a must for every aspiring, mature, distinguished, and extinguished neurobiologist. (It may, unfortunately, resurrect the last two categories.) The best way to describe this wonderful book is to quote from the introduction.

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7 months

Over 30,000 birdwatchers and dozens of institutions have worked to compile the latest State of India’s Birds report, available to download . Watch the 9 m , superbly executed clip below for a summary. Impressive what citizen science and dedicated leadership can do.

State of India's Birds

@SoIB_India

7 months

The State of India's Birds film has been released! We guarantee that watching it will be worth 9 min of your time :-) Do take a look:

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4 years

Congratulations @Planaria1 , and thanks for a terrific thread on Obaid Siddiqi’s science! A wonderful lesson on National Science Day.

A. Sánchez Alvarado

@Planaria1

4 years

I am on my way to @SastraUniv to receive the 2019 Obaid Siddiqi Award. I want to pause and reflect on the fundamental contributions made by this extraordinary Indian mind and global scientist to human knowledge. @ScienceStowers @royalsociety @theNASciences

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An excellent summary of my @PrinSciAdvGoI interactions with post docs and early career researchers yesterday. Thank you Samatha Mathew @Samatha_Mathew

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Wonderful news: Quantum Mission. With the deep ocean mission, Space-, drones- and remote- sensing- policies, the supercomputing-, cyber-physical,- missions, the Thirty Meter Telescope, LIGO, the impeding NRF, will advance fundamental research and applications in the coming years.

Science, Technology and Innovation in India

@PrinSciAdvOff

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The Union Cabinet today approved the National Quantum Mission (NQM) with a total outlay of Rs.6003.65 crore from 2023-24 to 2030-31, aiming to seed, nurture and scale up scientific and industrial R&D and create a vibrant & innovative ecosystem in Quantum Technology (QT).

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5 years

'Buzz' Aldrin, was 'interesting' even then. My brother pulled out (from LiFE) this travel expense claim that he actually filed after the trip for $33 and 31 c. Note the 'from' and 'to'. Sarkar, US or Bharat, always pays for cheapest fare, shortest distance.

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2 years

JRF/SRF positions: 1. Collaboration with Dickinson and Sane groups on morphogenesis of steering muscles, tendons, and the wing-hinge. 2. With Arvind Ramanathan on lipid metabolism and muscle aging. In flies. Post-docs welcome (NPDF, DBT-Wellcome, HFSP, etc.) Do email.

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2 years

This is a very interesting article on teaching mathematical modelling of biological systems to undergraduates in biology. Worth examining in our contexts.

Alan Garfinkel

@alan_garfinkel

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Our paper “Teaching Dynamics to Biology Undergraduates: the UCLA Experience” just appeared in the Bull Math Biol, the story of a dynamical systems course that has, at our school, largely supplanted the more traditional “calculus for life sciences”

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@ResearchSchola6 please read my previous tweet on this and please do not pay any attention to any rumours. You will hear formally from @IndiaDST

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Just saw this. The Kesavan and Swaminathan ’Review’ is deeply flawed and full of errors. Needs scientific rebuttal.

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Calculus with @stevenstrogatz (and coffee as catalyst)great fuel for the day. Historians of math and those connected to India may be interested in reference to the Kerala school (p193)

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2 years

Congratulations @HarmitMalik This is a recognition of the extraordinary science that your team and you do; and your connection with science, scientists, and your many admirers in India. Looking forward to your talk.

Harmit S. Malik

@HarmitMalik

2 years

I am deeply honored to be this year's recipient of the SASTRA-Obaid Siddiqi award. Dr. Siddiqi was an iconic scientist, mentor, and human being. His vision and mentorship helped usher India into the age of molecular biology. 1/

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Why is it so hard to swat a fly? Very well written piece communicating excellent science.

Why is it so hard to swat a fly?

How tiny creatures with small brains outwit us so easily.

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4 months

Four papers, Takemura et al , Azavedo et al Lesser et al and Ros et al are exemplary of the stunning neuroscience that integrates neuron connectivity to behaviour.

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India joins the Square Kilometre Array Observatory. An important step for radio astronomy, and astronomy in general, in india. Congratulations to the @NCRA_Outreach @TIFRScience and the DAE. Congratulations to @yash_gupta_62 TIFR-NCRA Director for his seeing this through.

Anupama G.C.

@gcanupama

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India's participation in SKAO approved.

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If India is to be TB-free soon each of us has important roles. Don’t let that persistent cough and breathlessness be left unexamined. If you or your friends test positive, make sure that the treatment course is complied with. #WorldTBDay2024

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4 years

If you have an early next-morning appointment don’t start this book. unputdownable. Covers every aspect of the lives of the relentless and stunning machinery of army ant society. Every college library in India should get this book. Worth the buy. Must for all biologists.

Daniel Kronauer

@DanielKronauer

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The most extreme case of female caste fate differences in ants is that between African army ant queens and workers. Here, a small Dorylus molestus worker is conveniently posing on the head of her giant queen mother. From chapter 5 of my Army Ants book:

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Kris Gopalakrishnan’s thoughtful and focused philanthropy at the Centre for Brain Research at IISC, at the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Centre at IIT Madras and now in other locations is opening new and wide avenues in neuroscience research.

Forbes India

@ForbesIndia

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Kris Gopalakrishnan ( @kris_sg ), the @Infosys co-founder, has earmarked close to Rs 750 crore towards research on studying the human brain. A bet of this scale makes him stand out among his peers | By @divyajshekhar

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E. O. Wilson is no more. His study of ants and ant societies—and the generalizations he drew—vigorously stirred the pot of debate. His monumental studies advanced our understanding of nature and the appreciation of its vast diversity and beauty. Truly an Encyclopaedia of Nature.

Ash Jogalekar

@curiouswavefn

2 years

Deeply saddened by the passing of a giant of science, one of the greatest biologists, writers and humanists of the 20th century. I was hugely inspired by his autobiography in college. It’s up to us now to carry on his legacy of conservation, unity and scientific honesty.

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Congratulations to Professor Kamal Bawa who has nurtured @atree_org into a top institution. Today’ s world needs more like him who understand biodiversity and the underlying science while training and building institutions that lead.

ATREE

@atree_org

2 years

Dr. Kamal Bawa, conservation biologist and President of ATREE was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences yesterday. Election to the 170-year-old Academy is a recognition of the significant contributions to science by its members. @theNASciences

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1/n A very moving day at Kuppam at a trijunction of Andhra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Teachers, children from schools in 3 states come to the Agastya Foundation to interact.

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@kvijayraghavan

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Nice piece on Manu Prakash @PrakashLab and @JimCybulski constantly improving Foldscope and other frugal but deep-tech inventions. For fun, curiosity, discovery and application. Carry your @TeamFoldscope everywhere and use it!

PrakashLab

@PrakashLab

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@TheScientistLLC did history piece on origin and continuing work on #Foldscope - “magnet of curiosity”.. this is a tribute to thousands of Foldscope super users and millions of kids who have shared passion for science of the small. Also read for hints of what’s currently cooking!

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These lectures are a treat ( Hall on mTOR, Fassler on integrins, and Malhotra on collagen secretion). Do look and listen. India is an Associate Member of @EMBO thanks to the contribution of @DBTIndia This association has brought much value for India and for global science.

National Centre for Biological Sciences

@NCBS_Bangalore

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In case you missed the @EMBO Global Lecture Series with Prof. Michael Hall, Prof. Reinhard Fassler and Prof. Vivek Malhotra, you can watch them here! @biozentrum @MPI_Biochem @CRGenomica @TIFRScience

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This a culmination of efforts by Dr. Deepak Pental and his team, starting from 1983. Here, below, is a brief history of this journey, culled from the PPT he sent a while ago.

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@kvijayraghavan

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Strengthen foundations of quality-science, expand to all parts of the country. Fundamental research is a basic human quest, which yields knowledge and discoveries, prepare us for the unknown as nothing else can. Apply available and new tech for national transformation.

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This, and a slew of standard and new lab equipment are readily make-able locally today: worth discussing and moving towards action.

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@ViditaVaidya

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Yesterday my graduate student told me the price of rodent running wheels behavioral equipment. It would be cheaper for us to buy each rat a small car!!!

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Democratise access to science, so citizens from any background can access S&T opportunities, and lead. For this, one’s language should not be a hurdle, but an advantage. The best of science should be accessible in any of our languages

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Partner and lead globally so India plays her responsible role in stewardship of the planet’s health, from the oceans, land, and skies. Climate change, global- warming, one-health, the environment; all require continued and increasing Indian engagement.

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@rsidd120 :-) I’m sure too. Looks like a splicing artefact from an attempt to truncate the abstract given in the link. Why this is surfacing now is a slight mystery.

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An exposition of Oppenheimer’s work on black holes and linking it to Chnadrashekar, and Datt’s works and then to that of (Hawking and) Penrose. Science communication at its best!

Nirmalya Kajuri

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Oppenheimer swept the Oscars today. My article on Oppenheimer's brilliant research that brought black holes to life.

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From @VDoraiswami our High Commisioner to the UK. Fundamental research, and technology have allowed India to address problems at scale. You can’t simple purchase and apply technology without ability and depth in the underlying science, and being able to translate a good part.

India in the UK

@HCI_London

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India isn't 'wasting' aid on its space programme. HC @VDoraiswami writes in @Telegraph please do read.

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Here’s an informative video on how mosquitoes use six needles to suck your blood, from DeepLookPBS. Will be great if we could have the speech translated into text, in various languages, and circulated.

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Warmest congratulations to Dr. N. Kalaiselvi and all best wishes to her and to @CSIR_IND

CSIR, India

@CSIR_IND

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Dr N Kalaiselvi has been appointed as the DG, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR. Hearty congratulations to Dr Kalaiselvi from the CSIR Family. @PMOIndia @DrJitendraSingh @PIB_India @DDNewslive

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The Muller note was in June '43. By Nov '43 Begg and Hogben already had this in Nature. So looks like the flies reached alive. What a way to start a paper (below). In 1978 when I joined @TIFRScience as a student Obaid Siddiqi and Veronica Rodrigues were discussing this paper :-).

Alfonso Martinez Arias

@AMartinezArias

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Great story involving Muller, a cryptic message and the US office of censorship in war time “Aristaless dead wants aristaless and aristapedia badly Luv” A letter #Drosophila #spies Read the story @GeneticsGSA

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Speedy and sustainable development is possible when we scientists are organically connected with society and society sees value in scientific approaches. For this, scientists must come from every section of society.

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Honoured to be giving the S. P. Modak lecture at the Savitribhai Phule Pune University. Professor Modak was a battery that energized the Zoology Department at the SPPU. Here's an obit that captures his science and personality, by Ghaskadbi @indian_hydra Ghaskadbi, Sonawane

Surendra Ghaskadbi

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Tomorrow (23 March 2023)! S. P. Modak Memorial lecture on "The development of the ability to fly" by K. VijayRaghavan [ @kvijayraghavan ] , NCBS, Bangalore at Savitribai Phule Pune University Department of Zoology, 10:00 am Late Prof. Sohan P. Modak

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Happy Pi day ( pix from the Ramanujan Park funded by Professor Sujatha Ramadorai ⁦ @AgastyaOrg ⁩ and Ramji Raghavan.

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Needed: a shared purpose in science & tech @deccanherald

Needed: a shared purpose in science & tech

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Here's the print version, an OpEd by @RanaXAdhikari @kvijayraghavan and Shivaji Sondhi on LIGO, what it means and what are the opportunities which must be grasped.

K. VijayRaghavan

@kvijayraghavan

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@RanaXAdhikari Shivaji Sondhi and I on @LIGO @LIGOIndia @DAEIndia 's RRCAT @RRI_Bangalore We must start training our students across the country, right now, to have a team ready to hit the ground running ~ 2030 @TarunSouradeep @ictstifr @IUCAAstro

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Mathematics ( and re: this thread, calculus) is everywhere in our every lives, more so these days as opening opportunities for all. Kudos to Smayan. And, @stevenstrogatz your book is very readable and wonderfu! Get your Cornell alum @thattai to help you do a tour in India.

Steven Strogatz

@stevenstrogatz

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Smayan Khanna, a 16 year old high school student in Mumbai, India, created this video after reading INFINITE POWERS. How Calculus Helped Fight HIV/AIDS. via @YouTube

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Hiroshi Hamada is a professor at @AshokaUniv and at @NCBS_Bangalore working with him— he’s hands on at the bench— is a terrific opportunity DM @soniaqsen if you are interested

Sonia Sen

@soniaqsen

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Hiroshi now studies L-R asymmetry in the context of evolution. Snails are a great system for this! They can be sinistral or dextral. So, how is L-R asymmetry established in snails? If you are interested in working on this with Hiroshi, please DM me or write to him directly.

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Just arrived, and a quick browse promises to make for an interesting weekend read. Kudos to the authors ⁦ @HariniNagendra ⁩

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This is such a beautiful film. I remember the phiX174 paper, that was a beaut too!

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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#OTD in 1977 Sanger, Nicklen & Coulson published the DNA dideoxy sequencing method. Day 335 of #LMB365 shows a sequence gel of bacteriophage phiX174. Fred Sanger was awarded the 1980 @NobelPrize for Chemistry for this, the only Briton to have been awarded 2 Nobel prizes

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Good to see this report on work by Rittik Deb, Sambita Modak, and Rohini Balakrishnan @CES_IISc @iiscbangalore Builds on earlier work by the team, @NatashaMhatre et al. Here's the PDF of the current work:

NYT Science

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By fashioning a megaphone out of a leaf, male crickets disadvantaged by their song or size can become “just as sexy” as their louder or larger brethren

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von Neumann: "lost genius who invented our world”. Time-traveling we learn of Hilbert, Godel, Turing, quantum mechanics, bombs, biology, computers from an intense, short life. A must for science students, researchers, and policy-makers. Amongst the best in this genre. @Ananyo

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This promises to be a very interesting talk, see the abstract. And it’s at 830 PM IST on Tuesday 17 May. @PrakashLab @ManuPra18599785 is always a big stimulant. Register!

Cell Migration Seminars

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Cell Migration Peeps!! We are very excited to end our season with seminar from Prof. Manu Prakash @PrakashLab 😀 🎉 Please join us at 11 AM ET/8 AM PST on Tuesday, 17th May. Hope to see you all there! If not already registered, you can do so on

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The piece ( ) by @curiouswavefn is a beautiful succinct summary of Chandrashekar' work and life. The screenshot below tells of Sommerfeld's 1920 visit to Madras and of Chandra's insights on the boat to England.

Ash Jogalekar

@curiouswavefn

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As I described here, Chandrasekhar's life and work were a study in elegance, fortitude and rigor

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@RockefellerUniv @TIFRScience had a terrific one till recently. They could make any shape and fit and you could watch them. Artistes! Artisans. Scientists. Here is Veronica Rodrigues with a Y-maze she and Siddiqi designed and got made. @pollyp1 will like it :-)

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A very useful thread. Allows behavioural biologists of all kinds to track many animals using simple camera (as in your phone). Other methods exist, many novel features here. Do read thread, preprint! Science twitter and preprints zindabad!

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This is a thread that all scientists must read. @elife is changing the way research is published, and this changes the role of peer review, as it is currently practised. A bold experiment.

Michael Eisen

@mbeisen

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Accepting and rejecting papers is an archaic practice that is terrible for science. It strips peer review of its value & institutionalizes the practice of judging scientists based on where, rather than what, they publish. It's time for this system to go.

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This is a very fine thread, particularly useful to those outside the areas covered. Thank you @curiouswavefn

Ash Jogalekar

@curiouswavefn

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1/n: There are some academic papers that are so brilliantly and so accessibly written and so universal in scope that they transcend disciplines and stand as timeless testaments to both great thinking and great writing. Here's a short personal selection:

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Frugal innovation needed. Sondhi et al ( )on powered air purifier respirators(PAPR) suggest innovation for a user-friendly version. Protective in crowded spaces, against many respiratory diseases, and in this pandemic till vaccination is done. @abandopa

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Warmest Congratulations and full support to @mbeisen . The expectations from journals such as @eLife are high as the rules of scientific publishing and access to the results of publicly funded research are undergoing major changes.

Michael Eisen

@mbeisen

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I'm really excited for the chance to be EIC at @eLife ! Anyone who follows me here knows how deeply I care about making science communication not only open, but also more effective and truly accessible and fair for all

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Let’s discuss how to do this and get it done. Will schedule meeting in Mumbai late March, can plan out what is to be done. I am sure resources and people can then be speedily found. Great idea! @PrinSciAdvGoI

Suvrat Kher

@rapiduplift

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As stations are dug and tunnels are bored the rock faces are plastered over, understandable for safety reasons. But maybe at few stations we can keep exposed a small panel of rock with geology explanations? @PrinSciAdvGoI . @siliciclastic is it possible for IIT to propose this?

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If in Mysuru on Saturday evening, do come by, for a Kannada/English hybrid interaction on the development and function of 'the' brain. Roped in ( willingly) by the indefatigable Dr. Kollegala Sharma @kollegala

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A very informative thread about a top science communicator’s writing evolves. ‘The book of minds’ promises to be a good read.

Philip Ball

@philipcball

2 years

Today, my new book The Book of Minds is published in the UK by @picadorbooks and in the US by @UChicagoPress . Here's a thread on what it's about.

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@thattai is far too generous in appreciating his institution, in fact he enhances the award and his institution, not the other way around. Mukund’s ignores disciplinary barriers, has taught those who collide with him to think the same way. A true natural scientist, an outlier.

National Centre for Biological Sciences

@NCBS_Bangalore

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@thattai who has been NCBS faculty since 2004, says "I cannot imagine a better place than NCBS for a physicist interested in biology. The fantastic colleagues, the diversity of areas, and the spirit of collaborative research at NCBS have pushed my science forward." @NCBStheory

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Congratulations on a continuing and thoughtful contribution to the field @ragh_gadagkar Mary-Jane West Eberhard is a pathbreaking scientist in her field. In 1979 Obaid Siddiqi organised a Mahabaleshwar meeting on sociobiology. It brought, Eberhard, Trivers, Maynard Smith(next)

Raghavendra Gadagkar

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I enjoy writing all my articles but this one was very special.

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@IndiaBioscience IndiaBioScience has played an important role in the scientific community and in sc. communication. Its history is well-captured. But, Dr. Smita Jain's @SmitaJainIISc role is very understated. Her leadership is what brought @IndiaBioscience to its position. Much is owed to her.

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The latter did not perturb Obaid at all. They will all retire, he famously said, advising staying the long-haul, and a focus without compromise. Good advice in any endeavour.

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A useful thread on what it takes to get science done on the lunar surface from @Chethan_Dash h/t @gareebscientist

Chethan Kumar

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#Update #Space #Chandrayaan3 #thread #Pragyan , has negotiated its first obstacle — a crater whose depth is approximately 100mm — boosting confidence of the team in control stations back on Earth. Read on for more from my chat with project director P Veeramuthuvel. 1/n

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This is impressive work from Dr Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua of the Kasetsart Lab of Raptor Research in Thailand. The path has dates, and the bird set out and went back 'home' it appears. Thanks, @birdcountindia for highlighting.

Bird Count India

@birdcountindia

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Well this latest work from researchers in Thailand puts an entirely new complexion on things! The map here shows the track of a juvenile male Black Kite (ssp govida) called Naga, who was tagged in Thailand on 9 April 2020. Just marvel at his wanderings after that!

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And, @thattai ‘s sci artwork is off scale ! Keep it coming

Mukund Thattai

@thattai

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@Caroline_Bartma @stevenstrogatz Also cool: the scale of a living cell is nearly exactly at the midpoint of the smallest (Planck) and largest (cosmological) length scales!

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Worth delving deep "Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants" From mouse and human studies "These findings collectively support a tumor-promoting role for PM2.5 air pollutants and provide impetus for public health policy initiatives.." @ICMRDELHI @doctorsoumya @dkjhaunc

Charles Swanton

@CharlesSwanton

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Today our important study on air pollutants in the promotion of lung cancer has been published in @Nature led by @WillHilliam @LimEmilia @DrClareWeeden @SwantonLab ...Thread below🧵

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Howard’s beautiful piece.Darwin came close to scooping Mendel. “In one especially poignant case, working with…flowers of Antirrhinum, Darwin came close to the kind of result that might have ended with a law of segregation”

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If you’ve recently finished your PhD (<2 years) and are looking for an exciting, collaborative, early-career move, this 👇🏽may be for you. A great opportunity to develop, and address, important questions in science. Apply , after reading eligibility details.

Anurag Agrawal

@AnuragAgrawalMD

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Introducing the Simons-Ashoka early career fellowship. Targeted to young quantitatively trained researchers with interests in biomedical applications

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Pretty neat: “ These findings reveal that honeybees have evolved a secreted dietary RNA-binding factor to concentrate, stabilize, and share RNA among individuals. Our work identifies high-order ribonucleoprotein assemblies with functions outside cells and organisms.”

Eric Miska Lab

@ericmiskalab

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Our latest publication: Honeybee protein MRJP-3 binds and stabilises RNA in royal jelly. Led by @eyal_maori

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Professor Juzer Vasi of @iitbombay is an inspiring teacher researcher and engineer. His work on, and pitch for, scaling indigenously developed renewable energy technologies has resulted in strong foundations in this sector. Kudos to him on his contribution to his alma mater.

IIT Bombay

@iitbombay

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#IITB Inaugurates Lecture Hall 21! The hall has been renamed as 'Mohsin & Zulekha Vasi Lecture Hall' to honour Professor Emeritus Prof. Juzer Vasi's beloved parents. A distinguished alumnus, Prof. Vasi's visionary mentorship continues to drive our success.

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An illuminating thread on black holes from Einstein, Schwarzschild, Oppenheimer, A. K. Roychaudhari to Penrose.

Sean Carroll

@seanmcarroll

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Roger Penrose won the Nobel Prize for showing that black holes are an almost-unavoidable prediction of classical general relativity. Let's take a peek into what that entailed. 1/n

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வாழ்த்துக்கள்! நீங்கள் எல்லா மொழிகளிலும் மலரும். Vāḻttukkaḷ! Nīṅkaḷ ellā moḻikaḷilum malarum. Congratulations! May you blossom in all languages.

Research Matters

@SciResMatters

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ரிசர்ச் மேட்டர்சு வலைதளத்தை தமிழில் வழங்குவதில் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறோம். அறிவியல் மற்றும் ஆராய்ச்சி அடிப்படையிலான கட்டுரைகளை தமிழில் படிக்க.... #TamilNewYear #scicomm #Tamil

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@wvraman Great story! As a 10 year old admirer I walked in as an unannounced stranger to his dad’s Gandhinagar house in Chennai, was treated to dosai and an autograph. This was soon after the win over John Reid’s NZ team. What a match that was.

IND vs NZ Cricket Scorecard, 4th Test at Delhi, March 19 - 22, 1965

Get cricket scorecard of 4th Test, IND vs NZ, New Zealand tour of India 1964/65 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi dated March 19 - 22, 1965.

www.espncricinfo.com

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@kvijayraghavan

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An important talk on girls growing up, and the messages we give. Do listen.

Shubha Tole (she/her)

@shubhatole

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Here's a link to this talk "When does a young girl learn she must compromise her dreams? An Indian perspective"

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@himdaughter @DBTIndia @PrinSciAdvOff Kudos on a great and productive 30+y at the @DBTIndia and @PrinSciAdvOff Rare to see someone whose purpose is to advance the impact of science on society, enable scientists, courageously taking on new adventures. Very best for the next innings.

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She was concerned if I could get them through Customs (which I did: the inspector excitedly said "Drosophila, polytene chromosomes" on opening the suitcase, and let me through. There is value in being taught biology even if you join the civil service later.

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Authors decide on how to respond yo peer review in a trial at @eLife

eLife - the journal

@eLife

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Today we're launching a trial to test the feasibility of a form of #peerreview that gives more control to authors. Read our latest Editorial to find out more

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@ArindamPhysics India has an extraordinary biotech and vaccine industry. More than half the vaccines any kid uses worldwide are made in India. Industry is working on a vaccine with @CEPIvaccines a vaccine could come from many places including India.

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Thread. Deep work, simply explained. Do read. The ‘chatting’ of neurons and what it could mean.

Marius Pachitariu @[email protected]

@marius10p

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Story: 1. Neurons in the brain are very chatty: they fire action potentials, their basic unit of communication, even when there is nothing to communicate. For example in this video, in visual cortex recordings in complete darkness. Lots of chatting:

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Another top expository piece () in @BhavanaMagazine from Chandrashekar Khare on the growth of mathematics in @TIFRScience Some powerful quotes for the lay reader:

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