Abesh Bera

Main job: studying teamwork within microtubule cytoskeleton 🔬 🧫 🧬 Side job: Doctorate @IowaStateU👨🏾‍🎓👨🏾‍🔬 Not my job: Being a successful adult 🤓

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

Let me settle the #debate once & for all

✅YES I’ve (gallantly) defended my Ph.D. thesis 🤺

✅YES I’m incredibly grateful to all who lent support, encouragement & motivation 🫶🏾

✅YES I’m very hyped for the next chapter in life📈

❌NO I’d rather not do more revisions
#PhDone

[Jason Shepherd @JasonSynaptic]

Open access link below..check out our new article on all things retrotransposons in the brain!

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

Excited to share Part 2 of the story of how alpha tubulin isotypes differentially regulates microtubule cytoskeleton in mitotic cells (Part 1: https://t.co/0yjkqaS6sV)

Specifically, orchestrating force generating MAPs and motors to fine tune spindle morphogenesis during mitosis!

[bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv_cellbio]

Tubulin isotypes contribute opposing properties to balance anaphase spindle morphogenesis https://t.co/o6KyCiF3er #biorxiv_cellbio

[The Milinkovitch-Tzika lab @LANEVOL]

Front cover alert 🚨 our research on the mechanics behind a dog's iconic wet nose is featured on the @CurrentBiology cover! Learn how skin growth & blood vessels shape those unique grooves & domes - a must read for biology & physics fans 🐶🔬 @UNIGEnews

https://t.co/lujb59pNDF

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

A new Science study presents “Evo”—a machine learning model capable of decoding and designing DNA, RNA, and protein sequences, from molecular to genome scale, with unparalleled accuracy.

Evo’s ability to predict, generate, and engineer entire genomic sequences could change the way synthetic biology is done. Learn more in this week's issue: https://t.co/rGWOLUsYZc

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

Another paper attempting to make "photosynthetic animal cells."

This one from a Japanese team. They isolated chloroplasts from red algae, confirmed that they still had a functional photosystem II, and then implanted those chloroplasts into Chinese Hamster Ovary cells.

But then, importantly, they actually stimulated the modified CHO cells with a red light and measured the activity of the chloroplasts. The authors argue, based on this experiment, that the chloroplasts actually worked inside the CHO cells for at least 2 days, making this the first experimental demonstration of photosynthesis in mammalian cells.

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@evornithology Real haters would want to know what’s the physiological significance of catching owls…

[PiatkevichLab @PiatkevichL]

Using our new green biosensor, named NeIle, we revealed that the concentration of BCAA in mitochondria is higher than in the cytoplasm of neurons (https://t.co/nZoakaNNUh). The plasmids are available for free from WeKwikGene https://t.co/czZn4IWjJA

[Anna C Cassidy @Anna_C_Cassidy]

Check out my first co-first author publication on the relationship between GTP-cap size and microtubule stability in cells versus in vitro! 🔬👩‍🔬

[Schuh Lab @SchuhLab]

Women lose >90% of their #eggs by their mid-30s, with persistent #DNADamage driving this loss. But why isn’t this damage repaired?

Our new work in @CurrentBiology, led by @ninadini_sharma, reveals the causes of high DNA damage in aged oocytes.🧬💥

https://t.co/hd8iT1TKnJ (1/13)

[Kaidi Wu, Ph.D. @kaidi_wu]

👵 I went on the academic job market for 5 years.

📑 18 pubs
📝 256 applications
💬 19 interviews
🗣️ 10 job talks
🫱 6 offers (1 faculty, 5 postdoc)

😈 Here's a candid look at the job market hellscape:🧵

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@GntlmnScientist

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

They aren't quitting science, they're quitting academia.

[Alexa Kuenstler @alexakuenstler]

In honor of Nobel Prize Week, please enjoy my favorite tweet of all time

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@whotfisjovana No one mentioned Papyrus and it is honestly the coolest name!

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@ThePhDPlace

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@dr_alphalyrae Nepotism ❌ Snowball effect ✅
big difference.

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@callimcflurry @_TheTransmitter “he agreed to be supervised by two to three senior faculty members for the next five years when conducting federally funded research.” 👈🏾 someone explain?!
He fabricated data to cover his data fabrication
Why does the system stay broken even at the opportunity to self correct?

[Abesh Bera @bera_abesh]

@mike_feigin The old WindowsArthur Fellowship 🥁

[Eric Betzig @Eric_Betzig]

Relationship between chromosomes (orange) and the mitotic spindle (green) in four stages of cell division, as seen by Bessel Beam plane structured illumination microscopy https://t.co/Z5NRQOoi4q