Vaishnavi K

PhD scholar- IIITH Cognitive science |
Judgement and Decision making |
Photography, Bike rides, Yoga and Coffee

[Vaishnavi K @5hydroxyVaish]

Our paper supports the reopening of the #SARSCoV2 origin investigation using Bioinformatics analysis. Glad to be a part of such an important research project! #AcademicTwitter #SARS_CoV_2 #COVID19
https://t.co/diCjBFAHuh

[Pooja @poojaraju77]

So happy to see our(@themandalab) first paper out🎉🎉. Even more special for me because it's the first paper of my PhD journey! The experience of seeing it through was amazing. Many many thanks to @vishnusreekr to have given us so many valuable writing lessons. #myfirstdoi

[Shashwat Goel @ShashwatGoel7]

Students at @iiit_hyderabad, supposed to be one of the top engineering colleges in the country, are in an ongoing health crisis caused due to appalling mismanagement and negligence going on since well over a year. 🧵👇on mass typhoid breakouts, food poisoning, underreporting..

[Mukul Dekhane @dekhane_mukul]

Know our Mumbai ...

1. If you are a real Mumbaikar and away from Mumbai, you get sentimental even if you hear words like Chembur; Dadar;Andheri and Bandra.

2. Mumbai - the only city where people no matter what language, religion and caste, express frustration by saying 'chyayla'.

3. The only place where even bus conductor motivates us"chalo aage badho"

4. For Mumbaikars - Burger bole toh bakwaas, vada pav bole toh zakhaas.

5. Mumbaikars - we will stand in empty trains and will fight for seat in crowded ones.

6. We don't believe that the train is gonna arrive until the time indicator displays "01 mins remaining"

7. Yes act dead if someone ask for your seat in "Mumbai local"

8. Mumbai - A city where people come to make their career and end up making their life.

9. A city with blend of different people and three things, 'pudhil station', 'agla station', and 'next station'

10. Slow local trains - the one which halts at all stationsFast trains - the one which halts in between the stations.

11. Everything is fair in love, war and local trains.

12. You never say angry. You say "dimaag ki maa behen ek ho gayi hai"

13. Mumbaikar to auto wala - sakinaka chaloge? Auto wala - nahi. Mumbaikar - saale dubai chalega?

14. Some words we use often - ghanta, waat lagayi, aai shapath, item, pandu, faadu, iski maa ka, bhai party, kat le, jhol, le bhari, ek number bhai.

15. Local trains are the only place in Mumbai where men are more civilized than women.

16. In India we drive on the left of the road. In Mumbai we drive on what is left on the road.

17. That awesome moment when in local trains you don't have to move towards the exit, you are simply pushed towards it by the crowd

18. In Mumbai the matter word has more social reference than scientific (matter ho gaya bhai)

19. While giving directions you say right/left maaro aur waahan pe ek bridge Girega

20. If a Borivali passenger gets into a Virar fast train. That's a serious crime boss.

21. Once you survive in a Mumbai local during your journey from VT to Kalyan or vice versa during peak hours. Boss you can survive anywhere in the world.

22. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.

23. In every local train journey you will find atleast one person asking " arey yeh platform kis taraf Aayega?"

24. No salsa, hiphop, moon walk, B'boying or jazz can beat our visarjan dance.

25. No starbucks flavored coffee can beat our own cutting chai/ coffee.

26. Nobody remains "untouched" once you enter Virar / Karjat fast local.

27. There is an invisible station between Borivali and Kandivali called "Thambevali"

28. We don't understand "humko and tumko". We prefer"tereko and mereko"

29. Second class ticket rates may be different but You can't sit in either.

30. Getting a virar fast train from Andheri / Borivali during peak hours is more difficult than getting into IIT and IIM.

Let's add on ....

#MumbaiCity

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academics at their first conference

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Certain types of sea urchins will pick up a shell with their tube feet and ‘wear’ it, with a behavior known as “covering reaction”, mainly because they shy away from light.

So aquarium enthusiasts 3D-printed tiny hats and they actually wear them.

[Kavita Babu @Kavita_Babu_]

Excited to announce the 10th Asia Pacific worm meeting to be held in Bangalore 13-16 Jun '24. Worm folk do consider joining us. Registration portal opens Dec 15th, more info at https://t.co/yZ3vv6B0wv. Awesome line-up of speakers 👇 Worm image credit @VarshaS53228024. Please RT.

[𝐷𝑟 𝐴𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑘𝑝𝑢 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝 @AaronAkpuPhilip]

I am a professional nodder (if the word exist) during the presentation of friends and colleagues.

The way I nod, you would think I conducted the research with the presenter but half of the time I dont have a clue what they are talking about.

How else do I show my solidarity then?

Anyways if you need a professional "nodder", I am your man.😀

[Vaishnavi K @5hydroxyVaish]

@ThePhDPlace One of the toughest things to do. Self-doubt, imposter syndrome, fear of wrong interpretation- all so scary!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I mean 🤷‍♂️

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

This Barbie is an academic going into lab on a Saturday

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

PhD students, and academics in general, are not paid enough, especially given the inflation. This is a major problem that is forcing many below the poverty line, and out of academia.

To solve this problem, we’ve created a platform where academics can earn more money from their academic skills that they already have.

It’s called “Academic Tasks Solutions” (@Academic_Tasks on Twitter, make sure to follow).

It’s kind of like “Fiverr” for academia where academics can list academic services to help other academics, and get paid for them.

For example, you might be good a programming. Posting a job where you can write codes for other academics can earn you more money.

Or, perhaps you’re good at transcribing interviews. There are hundreds of thousands of academics who have interviews that need to be transcribed. By offering this academic service, you can earn more money.

Or, maybe you’re good at making figures and images. EVERY academic needs good figures, and most of us don’t know how to make them. Providing this service allows every academic to get someone to help them make good figures for their research.

Or, perhaps you have experience in a particular method, like running western blots. Many academics need to learn how and don’t have the expertise around them to learn from. By offering to teach them, they get to learn how to do it, as well as the tips and tricks for making it work better, and you earn more money.

Or, maybe you’re good at writing CVs and helping people get jobs. Posting jobs to help academics with their CVs or other aspects of their job hunt will enable you to make more money.

Or, perhaps you are good at statistics and can help someone determine the “p-values” of their work. Post a job offering this service and earn money off of this skill.

These are just a few skills you might be able to offer, but they don’t even scratch the surface. You have so many skills to offer. Be creative and post jobs on every skill you have because there are academics out there who need them.

Academic Tasks Solutions is a true community where academics help each other, and get fairly rewarded for their skills.

All academics have valuable skills that they’ve developed through working in academia. Academic Tasks Solutions provides a way for you to make the money you deserve from them.

And Academic Tasks Solutions operates on academic conduct where academics get acknowledged for their work.

How does Academic Tasks Solutions work?...👇

@Academic_Tasks #PhDVoice @PostdocVoice

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

I am a Hepatologist.

Arguably, I care for the sickest group of patients in medical practice – end stage liver disease.

I see death almost every day in my ICU.

Some are natural deaths, leading to multiple organ failure triggered by a failing liver.

Some are decided. The family decided to pull the plug. They decide it was time to let go.

And every time, I see the heart rate drop, the blood pressure fall and the electrocardiogram go flat.

And I wonder. What goes on inside a dying brain?
Was it a small black hole, that gets bigger and bigger and then engulfs the field in darkness as the heart shuts down taking the brain away with it?

Or was it just all light at the end of the tunnel and then darkness, once the destination had reached?

A group of doctors did something strange. Something unimaginable.

And it led to them witnessing something melancholic, but beautiful.

They went inside an ICU. Saw that four patients were unconscious.

They were not clinically dead, yet. And not brain-dead. But were comatose.
They were kept alive by a machine that pumped oxygen into their lungs.
Three had brain injury due to cardiac arrest. One had haemorrhaged into the brain.

All were unresponsive for a very long time and sadly, the family decided to pull the plug on them.
To let them go away, peacefully.

But before they did that, the loving family did something bittersweet. They signed a document which was made by the group of doctors, allowing them to study their beloveds’ dying brain.

The group was led by Dr Jimo Borjigin of the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor at Michigan.

The doctors fitted machines to the heart and brain of the dying patients and then withdrew their life support by removing the breathing tube.

Immediately after the tube was removed, the brain activity did not show anything different.
But as the brain got closer to death, about 300 seconds before death, a power surge. And it occurred in the regions of the brain which was associated with conscious experience. Like the dying was suddenly yearning to live.

And make no mistake, these were not “some bursts” of electrical activity that happens when the brain cells withered away without oxygen. This was a special kind of activity.

These power surges increased connectivity in a region in the brain called posterior cortical “hot zone” – an area crucial for conscious perception – when it came to just before dying, the brain cells were having a cross-talk, not dying away into oblivion.

They were passing final messages to each other within the regions of the brain, while the physical body lay, limp and motionless.

And the doctors were heartbroken – because the final electrical pattern of surge that the dying brain was showing was the similar to those seen in dreaming humans.

All the patients in the study died.
But before they died, they taught us something.
That even in death, our minds are resilient.
That we clutch at only everything that is good.

What were they dreaming of?
A husband, about his loving wife?
A mother, her children?
Children, their parents?
Or maybe a scene from a movie that changed you?
Or a song under a starry sky?
Or a pet who loved you unconditionally?
We will never know.

But know this, even in death, the mind conquers – with dreams and love, not nightmares and hate.

Remember, nothing perfect lasts forever, except in our memories.

Make good memories while living, so that we can re-live them in death.

Go hug you family, take your children for an ice cream. Walk your dog into the sunset.

Sources:
➡️"Surprising brain activity moments before death" by Dr. F Perry Wilson @fperrywilson via https://t.co/g2NmWlMrAs

➡️Research Article: Surge of neurophysiological coupling and connectivity of gamma oscillations in the dying human brain from @PNASNews https://t.co/YqvZIlDaxN

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

Saying to a new PhD student find the gap in the literature is a big ask.
It's like saying look for something that isn't there. How can you ever be sure you've found a gap? Maybe you just haven't looked long enough.
Some guidance from the supervisor could help a lot.

[brett @sconcegonk]

This grad student stipend cannot support my extravagant lifestyle of occasionally needing to eat food

[Yomna A.Moqidem @YMoqidem]

Is it common for PhD students to have this 'I will not find a job after graduation' feeling? Or it is just my anxiety! 😅
#phdlife #phdchat #AcademicChatter

[Ye Ella Tian @yetianmed]

Mental illness is a brain disorder? Right?

We thought so.

Hang on though, our new study @JAMAPsych shows that poor body health is a more pronounced manifestation of mental illness than poor brain health.

https://t.co/4TFlt7awEY

🧵1/9

[Happy Researchers @hapyresearchers]

We all can relate with this, isn't it? 😂😂

[Abhijit Majumder @abhijit_MLab]

Looking for a JRF. Initial appointment is for 3 months, with possibility of extending to PhD.
Requirement:
1. Any national exam cleared.
2. Chem Engg. with interest in bio-research. Or,
2. Bio MSC/MTech with interest in material research.
Salary as per DST. Plz RT.

[the finite physicist @FinitePhysicist]

Why is imposter syndrome a bad thing? I am proud that I could fool all these people!

[Vaishnavi K @5hydroxyVaish]

@Bhakteedon @vishnusreekr 🙈only literally!