Dhara Patel-Lakhkar, PhD

Scientist and Medical/Scientific Writer

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From homeless street urchin to successful scientist and Nobel Laureate.

Mario Capecchi, born 1937, spent years on the streets in Italy and nearly died of malnutrition in a hospital. He was awarded the 2007 Medicine Prize.

Read Capecchi’s story: https://t.co/bfJsaaYGJS

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We remember a wise man, Nelson Mandela, who was born on this day in 1918.

Learn more about Nelson Mandela: https://t.co/ea6hrBCnEg

#MandelaDay

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What qualities do you need to be a successful scientist?

2018 Medicine Laureate Tasuku Honjo shares what he believes are the "three c's": curiosity, courage and challenge.

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"I was not always the best student with the highest grades, but my teachers saw something in me and tried to encourage me." - Nobel Laureate May-Britt Moser.

This girl would grow up to uncover one of the brain's biggest mysteries: grid cells, which act as the brain's inner GPS.

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“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”

- Novelist Doris Lessing was born on this day 101 years ago.

Lessing was awarded the 2007 Literature Prize when she was 88 years old. She was and still is the oldest person to receive the award.

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In its journey of #Science #Outreach across the nation during #COVID-19 pandemic, @ManavAtlas achieves its #FIRST #Milestone - 100 #WEBINARS conducted since April 2020, reaching out to 17900+ #Students from 28 #States & 6 #UnionTerritories.

#ManavHumanAtlas #India

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This year’s Chemistry Laureate Jennifer A. Doudna was born in 1964 in Washington, D.C, USA.

She is a Professor at @UCBerkeley, USA and Investigator at @HHMINEWS.

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“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through the research that they are performing.”

- 2020 Chemistry Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier.

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BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

[American Physiological Society @APSPhysiology]

Congrats to Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice, 2020 winners of the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Read more via @nytimes: https://t.co/8KlN36xj7I

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@ManavAtlas team conducts another engaging #Webinar on "How to read #Scientific_Literature?"

We are glad to receive such an enthusiastic response from #Students of #Gujarat. Thank you @gsbtm for hosting #ManavWebinar.

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BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 #NobelPrize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.

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BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”

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"I am impelled to tell you how much I have come to admire your intellect, your drive, and your honesty... If the rabble continues to occupy itself with you, then simply don't read that hogwash" - @AlbertEinstein to Marie Curie. Full letter: https://t.co/yOISMrZoBX
#FriendshipDay

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It’s move-in week, social distance style! #NYMC #college #westchester #Repost @housingnymc with @get_repost
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Don’t worry we’re smiling under these masks!! Move in ready!! 📦

[Dhara Patel-Lakhkar, PhD @D_Patel_Lakhkar]

@nymedcollege @get_repost Wow.... I remember the day (Year 2008) when I moved-in. Getting the key for the apartment, mailbox, and bedroom. Time flies by.... This tweet has brought back lot of great memories about NYMC housing. Met my roommate, who became my closest friend.

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“When women are destroyed, it’s not a women’s question. It’s a human question.”

Denis Mukwege was awarded the 2018 #NobelPeacePrize for his work fighting against the use of sexual violence in war.

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Team @ManavAtlas will be conducting #ONLINE #sessions on "How to read #Scientific_Literature?” with the following #colleges in the coming week.

If your college/ institution will be interested in hosting a similar session, do get in touch with us at [email protected]

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This project aims to create an online tool that will evaluate and rate content related to COVID19 on TWITTER using a curated list of academics, scientists, medics, public health professionals, organisations and their postings of published news websites and scientific journals.

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Don't miss free #Webinar on "How to read #Scientific_literature? & Introduction to #MANAV_Human_Atlas Initiative".

Day & Date : #Thursday, 23 April 2020

Time - 2 PM - 3 PM

Registration link - https://t.co/xidZ3S4GG2

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