Batika Saxena

Scientific Illustrator

[Batika Saxena @batikasaxena]

Always be like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.

[NTU Singapore @NTUsg]

#Pollen power: Imagine a #sunscreen that shields your skin and keeps it cooler while protecting the ocean at the same time. #NTUsg scientists have created the world’s first pollen-based sunscreen made from Camellia flowers that does just this.

Commercial sunscreens often harm #corals, bleaching and killing them in just two days. With NTU’s pollen sunscreen, corals in lab tests remained healthy for two months. Its eco-friendliness doesn't come at the expense of effectiveness, still providing SPF 30 protection and even having the added benefit of lowering skin temperature by up to 5°C for extra comfort under the sun.

Published in Advanced Functional Materials, this pollen-powered #innovation is yet more proof of how NTU #research is delivering #sustainable solutions that benefit both people and planet. https://t.co/A6Z7GRceJy

#NTUsgInnovation #NTUsgResearch #NTUsgSustainability #Sustainability #Sustainable #MaterialsScience @ntu_mse @ntuitiventusg @advportfolio

[Batika Saxena @batikasaxena]

#MyACSCover for The Journal of Physical Chemistry B @ACSPublications
Oleic acid interacts differently with lipid membranes depending on the pH: at low pH it induces budding-like protrusions, while at high pH, it leads to membrane rupture. https://t.co/HYIxpbacQd

[BBML_NTU @BbmlNtu]

Protein-based materials have beautiful molecular design. We can learn so much from them to produce more sustainable polymers. Our review, one year in the making, is finally published in Chemical Reviews
https://t.co/qTLWU8qNdD

[NTU Singapore @NTUsg]

#NTUsg scientists have unravelled the molecular structure of telomeres, which acts as the "end-caps" of the human DNA to prevent DNA damage. Telomeres are actually stacked in columns like a spring, and not the previously assumed zig-zag formation. @Nature https://t.co/GnAAu6sr8d

[BBML_NTU @BbmlNtu]

The beauty of curiosity-driven, blue sky research is that one never knows on which unpredictable path it will lead and what applications may come out of it. Here is the “behind the paper” story: https://t.co/sbBmgVXbpc

[BBML_NTU @BbmlNtu]

In our latest work, we show that peptide coacervates ⁦containing macromolecules therapeutics and created outside the cell can cross the cell membrane to deliver a wide range of therapeutics (proteins, mRNAs, peptides, etc) directly in th cytoplasm. https://t.co/bKzd5tmBtG

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/vpCzFGrNNz

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

OmpT on E.coli #sciart #sciencevisuals #scienceillustrations #sciarts #scienceart #scientificillustration #sciencejournal https://t.co/ZKNneQvjAP

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

OmpT on the E. Coli membrane https://t.co/T2DebKHPux

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/O4W1Idt2NY

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/Qbxxb4xolK

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

Book finally out now on the kindle app. Illustrations & Artwork by Grafika Labs

"From Molecules to Cells: The Origin of Life on Earth" by Amit Kessel (Author), Nir Ben-Tal (Author). https://t.co/SXQp0cHYIV

#sciart #sciencevisuals #scientificillustration #sciencebook #NirBenTal

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

TOC & Figure published in #ChemistryofMaterials. Cationic Liposomes Enable Shape Control in Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Biocompatible Gold Nanorods. Read here: https://t.co/uQFHlg8LY2 #sciart #sciencevisuals #scienceillustrations #sciarts #scienceart #scientificillustration

[awpartridge @awpartridge]

Checkout our viewpoint article on the Ebert lab work which identifies a novel MOA for molecular glues. https://t.co/p5APzYnOX6

[GrafikaLabs @GrafikaLabs]

Figure for @awpartridge, published in @ACSPublications . Protein Polymerization as a Novel Targeted Protein Degradation Mechanism. Read here: https://t.co/JLRqGrgk3w

[awpartridge @awpartridge]

Out as a preprint - work driven by our collaborators at the Miserez lab (NTU) on phase separating peptides that are both pH and redox sensitive. An entirely new type of vehicle for cellular delivery of peptides, proteins, and mRNA! Loads of potential.
https://t.co/FBMp9HqkDf

[Smita @smitagnair]

98 days after he took charge as the nodal doctor for treatment of patients at ESI, lone Covid Hospital in Goa, Dr Edwin Gomes was finally relieved and he returned home. He got a hero’s welcome from his neighbours and friends.
@IndianExpress

Video Credit: Tanna Sachar

[Smita @smitagnair]

Under his team's care — they have sent 153 Covid patients fully recovered; also ensured another 96 patients improved their parameters and were shifted to Covid Care Centres, before being sent back home.

[SUKHVINDER SINGH @sukkhi]

GOA SIKH YOUTH. have stepped up in these difficult times to open up to deliver the 'Langar' seva to the needey ones. Requesting one and all to contribute and donate any kind of provision/ration/grocery. People to contact - Sandeep Gill - 9657536238 / Karan Singh - 9823645350.

[SUKHVINDER SINGH @sukkhi]

We look back at the golden moments of @slumsoccer National Inclusion Cup 2020 that was held at Goa. A platform for players from the marginalized section with over 50 men's and women's teams participating from 26 states. Singh Sports Ventures was a part of the project.