Shantanu Visal

Doctoral student at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

[CSIR-CCMB @ccmb_csir]

Structural biologists use exceptional machines to look at minute details of living cells. Why should we bother about such depth? @ShantanuVisal writes on how this helps us understand the working of biomolecules better and thus, make better drugs.
Read on:
https://t.co/TxrFo2cd4a

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

Damn, this is cool

[ElevenLabs @ElevenLabs]

Introducing Eleven v3 (alpha) - the most expressive Text to Speech model ever.

Supporting 70+ languages, multi-speaker dialogue, and audio tags such as [excited], [sighs], [laughing], and [whispers].

Now in public alpha and 80% off in June.

[CSIR-CCMB @ccmb_csir]

Today we have alumni and our students meeting at the CCMB reunion. There is nostalgia from the 1980s till a few years back and aspirations of CCMBians today.
@CSIR_IND

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

@UltraLinx Organization, minimalism, attention to detail, and your overall vibe

[. @gamonasterioo]

The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset.

https://t.co/hNTA74DNOr

[janesh @kumarjan]

@Chauhanlab_ILS @serb @DBTIndia @ICMRDELHI The hike in BCD rate on lab chemicals under HS 9802 00 00 from 10% to 150% (effective 24.7.2024) will severely impact research. Urgent review is needed to support scientific progress! #ResearchFunding #IndiaBudget @FinMinIndia
https://t.co/1k8L2PNVyJ

[Sriram Varahan @sriram_varahan]

Fantastic talk by @shekhar_mande today @ccmb_csir who delivered the 3rd Prof. Chintamani Lakshmanna memorial lecture.

Learnt a lot of Indian Science History from a biomedical sciences perspective.

[Slava Bobrov @slava__bobrov]

Birth of a neuron. Stem cell transforming into a brain cell:

#neuroscience

[Surendra Ghaskadbi @indian_hydra]

A very nice article about a great biologist

[Joao Pereira @jdpereira]

Calcium imaging in neurons:

After a while maturing in culture, these neurons start having burst of joint activity (network bursts).

This one is sped up 3x, but doesn’t it look like a star?

Once again, work from the great ⁦@manasiagrawal1⁩ !

[Joao Pereira @jdpereira]

Ok, last one, promise!

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Nikola Tesla on the importance of seclusion and solitude (1934) ✍️

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Paul Dirac's Ph.D thesis was not typed. It was handwritten and submitted in 1926. The title of the thesis was simply "Quantum Mechanics". Dirac is one of the founding fathers of Quantum Mechanics.

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

@Ishwariya13 I prefer lofi beats while reading, just plain quiet music tracks.. helps me better concentrate on the task

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

11 different interpretations of Quantum mechanics explained in brief ✍️

1. Copenhagen Interpretation: The "standard" interpretation where quantum systems exist in superpositions until measured, at which point they "collapse" to a definite state.

2. Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI): Every quantum event spawns countless parallel universes, with each possible outcome actually occurring in a different universe.

3. De Broglie-Bohm (Pilot Wave) Theory: Quantum systems are guided by "pilot waves" that determine their behavior, implying that particles have definite positions at all times.

4. Objective Collapse Theories: Quantum systems spontaneously collapse to definite states over time, without requiring a measurement.

5. Quantum Bayesianism (QBism): Quantum states are subjective beliefs about the outcomes of experiments, emphasizing a Bayesian approach to probability.

6. Relational Quantum Mechanics: The properties of a quantum system are relative to the observer and do not exist absolutely.

7. Transactional Interpretation: Quantum events involve a time-symmetric exchange of "offer waves" and "confirmation waves" between source and detector.

8. Ensemble Interpretation: Quantum mechanics only applies to ensembles of systems, not individual systems, emphasizing statistical outcomes.

9. Consistent Histories: Focuses on establishing a consistent framework to discuss sequences or "histories" of quantum events over time.

10. Quantum Logic: Proposes a modification of classical logic to account for quantum phenomena.

11. Participatory Anthropic Principle (PAP): Observers play a role in bringing the universe into existence through quantum processes.

None of these interpretations alter the core mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics, but they provide different perspectives on what's "really" happening beneath the calculations. The debate over which interpretation, if any, correctly describes nature is ongoing and remains one of the central philosophical questions in the foundations of quantum theory.

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

@sondesix Why does the system needs 102GB space??

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

@SiddhiBangale Can totally relate!

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

@SiddhiBangale Uff 🥲💀

[Jeffrey van Haren @JeffreyHaren]

Vesicular transport in a bundle of neurons. Made this movie some years ago. Incredible how much material is constantly being moved around in our cells over long distances by tiny (nanometer scale) motor proteins #microscopy, #science, #cells_are_amazing

[Shantanu Visal @ShantanuVisal]

@LeakerApple