🚨 Applications open for NCBS PhD Program — January 2026!
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#Hiring@hiyaa_ghosh is hiring a postdoc
Eligibility: PhD in biological sciences, excellent academic record, experience with rodents, EPhys, and Molecular biology
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Here's the thing. We have **NO IDEA** how to pick good graduate students. I served on admission committees for 10+ years, and chaired a few, and what I learned is that all the spreadsheets of grades and test scores and recommendations and essays and publications and interview rubrics are just an elaborate ruse to pretend we know what we're doing when we simply don't. Many of the most highly ranked applicants to our "top" program flamed out quickly, and tons of the students we summarily rejected have turned into amazing scientists. But in the name of creating meritocratic seeming rankings that are more about creating a workforce than great scientists (a system that anyone paying attention knows is bullshit), we've created a homogenous process adopted by nearly all institutions that has stamped out the one thing we should be striving for - given our lack of any clear understanding of what leads to success - a wide range of difference talents and experiences.
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🎉Congratulations to Prof. Sowdhamini on her 300th publication, with her as corresponding author on most!
Her works span a broad area including structural bioinformatics, genome analysis, plant omics & disease biology
Publication List: https://t.co/dgmozvXdQC
@IHS_Presiuniv is organizing a National Symposium entitled ‘Molecular Basis of Life: Health, Disease & Diversity’ during November 28th to 30th, 2024.
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The third comic of our collaboration with
@TinkleMagazine features the inspiring Dr Uma Ramakrishnan, a molecular ecologist at NCBS. @uramakri
Check out the comic and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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