Melis Tekant

Physics PhD @MIT, pattern formation, soft matter.
Sci comm @SITNBoston, cycling, photography.

[Oliver Steinbock @SteinbockGroup]

This is bananas! #RSCPoster #RSCPosterPitch #RSCPhys #RSCChemBio @RoySocChem @QPchem @PamelaKnoll

Paper here: https://t.co/9HTShuqM2t

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

@ZakSwartz @MBLScience Wow that’s amazing!!! Congrats!!! 🎉🍾🎊

[NASA @NASA]

Mirror, mirror…is deployed. @NASAWebb has taken on its final form. For the next ~6 months, the space telescope will cool down, calibrate its instruments, and prepare to #UnfoldTheUniverse.

What cosmic mysteries will it unveil? Stay tuned: https://t.co/cnYZzdHUlt

[NASA @NASA]

We have LIFTOFF of the @NASAWebb Space Telescope!

At 7:20am ET (12:20 UTC), the beginning of a new, exciting decade of science climbed to the sky. Webb’s mission to #UnfoldTheUniverse will change our understanding of space as we know it.

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

I graduated!! 👩‍🎓🎓🎊🎉🥳 huge thank you to everyone who has made this day possible!!!

[Pfizer Inc. @pfizer]

Topline data from 2,260 adolescents demonstrated high antibody responses and 100% efficacy against #COVID19, and that the vaccine was well-tolerated. https://t.co/UsTd4d0mtg

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

Neutrinos are particles — but maybe also their own antiparticles? Prof @LindleyWinslow explains how she and her team search for the nature of this elusive building block of the universe. Listen till the end to hear about how she contributed to the latest Ghostbusters movie too!

[Science in the News @SITNBoston]

When it comes to the neutrino, scientists must go big or go home
Prof. Lindley Winslow (https://t.co/MnWMMmL4i6) explains science & the considerations that go into planning and carrying out large scientific projects

w/MIT Physics PhD student Melis Tekant

https://t.co/bnQQVf9RpE

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

It’s a sharper follow-up to a historic 2019 picture, showing the polarized light that traces the magnetic field lines of a supermassive black hole. https://t.co/rzNQncPPLi

[Victor Glover @AstroVicGlover]

Let these words sink in: NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

In "Life's Edge," Carl Zimmer looks at the shift in scientific thinking about what constitutes a living thing. Should we think descriptively (how life is) or mechanistically (how life works)? https://t.co/EBhbrSS7DA

[Reuters @Reuters]

From @Breakingviews: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has abruptly fired the country's central bank chief Naci Agbal. The third such ejection in less than two years could not have come at a worse moment, says @dasha_reuters

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

This is how you protest nowadays in Turkey, surrounded by law enforcement vehicles

Women activists protesting Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention in a gathering at Taksim Square today

via @frausimsek

[Morgan Ome @morganhikaru]

For @TheAtlantic, I spoke with @cathyparkhong about why this is a galvanizing moment for Asian Americans and how we can move forward:
https://t.co/zyxdGhJnng

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

https://t.co/YXJCdztTs0

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

We have dates!

[Mass. Public Health @MassDPH]

Massachusetts has announced eligibility dates for the COVID-19 vaccine for all residents. Find the details at: https://t.co/Y5r3RXAYJ6.

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

Come listen to my talk on spiral patterns on starfish eggs like these at APS March meeting, session: C11 Physics of Cytoskeleton Across Scales I tonight at 6:36PM EDT!

[The Economist Data Team @ECONdailycharts]

Why is democracy in retreat? The rise of authoritarian leaders is partly to blame, as autocrats use the pandemic as cover https://t.co/BxozUIZNMS

[Reuters Science News @ReutersScience]

As @NASAPersevere explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home - at a lake in southwest Turkey https://t.co/2XP59B7k41

[Melis Tekant @MelisTekant]

"Graduate students are six times more likely to experience depression and anxiety than the general population, with a whopping 36% of them have sought help for depression or anxiety caused by their studies."

[Science in the News @SITNBoston]

Graduate students in #science are facing a #mentalhealth crisis. Various pressures, from funding to competition to uncertain job prospects, contribute to this growing problem in #academia.

#scicomm by Wei Li
figures by Wei Wu

https://t.co/rfnaosBrNl

[Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart]

Insane!