Shikha Gautam

Constantly learning & unlearning. Meanwhile practicing the art of living with no regrets.
Happily lost (and found) in my PhD @mm_lab_nipgr @nipgrsocial, Delhi

[Shikha Gautam @Shikhahere_]

Still pinching myself… won the 3MT Thesis Competition at #PlantBio2025! 🏆🌱
Grateful for the opportunity to share my research on a global stage and to be part of such a vibrant community @ASPB @ASPB_ECPS
So grateful for the support and inspiration all around!

[Nick Young @nickofnz]

They just recorded the maximum day temperature at 43.5C in Delhi.

But the BBC spent the day out on the city streets with a thermal camera deployed by Greenpeace India which recorded surface temperatures of up to 64C in some places.

This is what the #climatecrisis looks like.

https://t.co/od7cbVYpwK

[Shikha Gautam @Shikhahere_]

@deevitasrivast2 @NewPhyt @ssinhar @NIPGRsocial Congratulations Deevita! Good work. 👍🏻

[Nitin Uttam Kamble @Kamblenitin16]

Excited to share our latest preprint on bioRxiv!

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

Two redundant paralogs of MAR1-BINDING FILAMENT PROTEIN affect B-type granule initiation in wheat https://t.co/KMFlLhGBrH

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

I just published: Leave the red shirt out: Scientists, stop complicating the story

Scientists are brilliant at finding details. We are less brilliant at knowing which details to shut up about.

https://t.co/LX2FbS4EUG

[ICGEB, New Delhi @ICGEBNewDelhi]

#MIPAM2026 #Day2 @ICGEBNewDelhi
Poster sessions in full swing
@DBTIndia @ICGEB @JNU_official_50

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

“Treat being wrong as data, not humiliation”.

[Karishma Kaushik, MBBS, MD, PhD, Mom @_KarishmaK]

When it comes to women in science, senior male colleagues often mask their love for a 'damsel in distress' story as 'mentorship'.

They feel like 'saviours' on a 'rescue mission', only till a woman colleague displays confidence, capability, and charge.

The litmus test of their approach is not when a woman in science needs help, it is when she does not.🧪

[Shikha Gautam @Shikhahere_]

Can’t recommend this enough! It’s such an amazing experience with just one slide, three minutes, and a great chance to share your science. Please apply, you won’t regret it!

[ASPB Early Career Plant Scientists Section @ASPB_ECPS]

Do you have what it takes to explain your research in just three minutes? If so, it’s time to put your science communication skills to the test in the 2026 ASPB Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) virtual competition!

Applications are now open and will close on March 16 at 11:59 PM EST.

[Plant Physiology @PlantPhys]

Phytoene synthase modulates seed longevity via β-carotene derived metabolites (Abhijit Hazra , Sombir Rao , Emalee Wrightstone) https://t.co/iGaAQ3aTIR @ASPB #PlantSci

[Swanand Kirkire @swanandkirkire]

जैसे दीमक लगती है किताबों को , पहाड़ों को आदमी लग गया ...

[Seed and stress biology lab @mm_lab_nipgr]

Proud moment! 🎉 🏆
Two former members, @prafull_salvi and @Kamblenitin16, of Seed & Stress Biology Lab @NIPGRsocial have received the ISPP-ASPB Young Scientist Award at ICPP 2025, Coimbatore.
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!

[Gopaljee jha @jmsgopal1]

Alternative NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase modulates disease susceptibility in rice by interfering ROS homeostasis and ferroptosis https://t.co/BKqlPj9uBx

[Shailja Vaidya Gupta @himdaughter]

I absolutely hate it when women are tasked with holding trays.

It’s abominable.
And I cannot understand perfectly objective “(male) scientists” being blind to this enforcement of gender roles.
No one objects, no one cares.

Can we see young men carrying the trays next time?

[Molecular Plant & Plant Communications @MPlantPCom]

A synthetic transcription cascade enables direct in planta shoot regeneration for transgenesis and gene editing in multiple plants #resource #MolecularPlant https://t.co/B887bLHaJ0

[Re-energising Your Career @career_re]

#AcademicTwitter😂#phdvoice #PhDlife

[Shikha Gautam @Shikhahere_]

@B_Oindrila @NewPhyt @ssinhar @NIPGRsocial Congratulations! 👏

[Shikha Gautam @Shikhahere_]

@minhajuddin_bm Congratulations Minhaj!! 💐🥳

[Sohela Mehandiratta @sohela_410]

Sciefllux-2025 @NIPGRsocial “Learning is a continuous process that we experience both by presenting our own research and by observing others’ research.”

[Department of Biotechnology @DBTIndia]

#BioE3Pakhwada

Dr. Debasish Chattopadhyay, Director, BRIC-NIPGR (@NIPGRsocial), presents approaches to develop resilient crops through genomics tools, national missions & inter-institutional partnerships; highlighting BRIC-NIPGR’s key technologies, from drought-tolerant chickpea to DNA-array commercialization and development of sheath blight tolerant rice.

#BioE3 #ClimateResilientAgriculture

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