Ranjan Patra

[Arvind Gunasekar @arvindgunasekar]

The AIIMS Delhi exodus: Why top faculty & HODs are leaving India’s most prestigious medical institution.

Cardiac surgeries were cancelled five to six days every month, and patients, including small children, were moved to waiting lists extending up to 15 months, said Dr Hote, who joined AIIMS as a student in 1999.

“About five percent of patients on the waiting list died before their surgery date… including small children. It was not just frustrating. It was causing me guilt,” Dr Hote told ThePrint.

A well researched piece by @RichhariyaSneha 👏

https://t.co/9iHwbpNe3P via @theprintindia

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

For the kind attention of the public please!

All through the night, I performed a post publication peer review of this IIT Roorke paper that claimed that it identified chemical components in cow urine that could highly efectively kill Chikungunya virus in lab conditions.
https://t.co/dFJ6x2eIqQ

There are serious concerns in the paper that mandate post publication Editorial Review from the Journal and Publication Integrity Office, and need for validation of findings... that could mandate a retraction as per COPE Guidelines. A document with all concerns explained has been emailed to:

🟡Professor (Dr) Thomas F. Hofmann
Editor-in-Chief
ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
🟡Copy to: Publication Integrity Office
ACS Publications, American Chemical Society
🟡Copy to: Professor (Dr) Laura McConnell
Deputy Editor, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
🟡Copy to:William King, The Managing Editor American Chemical Society

A lay summary of major concerns are provided below:

🔴Possible areas of data fabrication, manipulation, and internal contradictions in the study claiming antiviral activity of cow urine distillate (CUD).
🔴Identical efficacy values reported for different experimental conditions, suggesting possible data duplication or carryover.
🔴Methodological flaws, including testing at cytotoxic concentrations, invalidating antiviral claims.
🔴Manipulation of synergy thresholds, using non-standard cut-offs to falsely claim synergism.
🔴Inconsistent and contradictory GC–MS datasets, with discrepancies in metabolite identification and absent compounds.
🔴Identification of synthetic pharmaceuticals, such as medroxyprogesterone, as natural metabolites, indicating contamination or misreporting.
🔴Implausible detection of prostaglandin A1, which is unstable and unlikely to survive high-temperature distillation.
🔴Lack of direct evidence linking identified metabolites to antiviral effects, with concentrations in CUD unverified.
🔴Cytotoxicity confounding viral inhibition results, with host cell death possibly causing false positives.
🔴Weak in silico and biochemical data, with docking scores and enzyme inhibition results unreliable.
🔴Structural inaccuracies in molecular docking, such as improbable hydrogen bonds.
🔴Statistical and analytical misrepresentations, including inappropriate synergy thresholds and wide variability without proper significance testing.
🔴Undeclared conflicts of interest, as funding sources and author affiliations favor traditional and cow-derived products.
🔴Numerous inconsistencies across figures and tables, including contradictory retention times and unlabelled peaks, undermining data credibility.

Requesting for action from the Journal
@ACSPublications @AmerChemSociety @ACSReactions

➡️Initiate an editorial review under ACS and COPE guidelines.
➡️Obtain raw data: plaque counts, cell viability, GC–MS spectra, and metabolite quantification.Verify compound identifications and concentrations with independent analysis.
➡️Reassess the validity of the claimed antiviral mechanism based on verified data.
➡️Reevaluate synergy analyses using standard criteria.
➡️Consider issuing an Expression of Concern pending investigation.
➡️If unresolved, proceed with retraction to protect scientific integrity and public health.

[Sajal Sen @SajalSen_Chem]

Our newly minted lab is seeking applications for postdoc positions in the group. The research will blend in organometallic synthesis and chemical biology, with a focus on neurological disorders. More details can be found: https://t.co/GM1DiADw8T. Please spread the word!

[Ranjan Patra @INSPIRE522]

@MajiAnkur @JOC_OL Congratulations 👏

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

We're celebrating the 165th anniversary of the birth of a true great: Rabindranath Tagore, who was born #onthisday 7 May, in 1861 in Calcutta, India.

The first non-European literature laureate, he was awarded the #NobelPrize "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

Read more: https://t.co/cglURuTyvy

#Tagore165

[Ranjan Patra @INSPIRE522]

Happy to share research work published in @ChemPhysChem. In this work we investigate the nature of C–H···metal interactions and its influence the structural and electronic properties of metalloporphyrin. Thanks @ANRFIndia @amityuniversity for support.
https://t.co/QfIhR3xxjq

[amit kilhor @amitkilhor]

Define Bureaucratic Apathy : Odisha Gramin Bank : Hold my Death Certificate

#amitkilhor #kilhor #apathy #jitumunda #odishagraminbank

[Ranjan Patra @INSPIRE522]

I’m pleased to share our latest publication in @DaltonTrans.
In this work, we explore lanthanide-based coordination complex and their unique photophysical properties and sensing. Thanks @ANRFIndia @amityuniversity @AmityClick64416 for support.
Link: https://t.co/oiME2RXFaG

[Ranjan Patra @INSPIRE522]

Happy to share our recent article in @ChemBioChem (Wiley).
In this work, we demonstrate a strategy to suppress self-assembly of porphyrins in solution, leading to enhanced singlet oxygen generation.
https://t.co/zs8gc8vtVX...
Thanks to @ANRFIndia @AmityClick64416 for support.

[Scholarships Corner @scholar_corner]

Humboldt Research Fellowship 2027 in Germany | Fully Funded

Applications are now open for the Humboldt Research Fellowship 2027. This is a great opportunity for international researchers to conduct research in Germany with full financial support and access to top institutions.

Benefits include: Monthly stipend (€3,000–€3,600), travel allowance, health insurance support, free German language course, family allowances, and strong academic support.

📍 Duration: 6–24 months
🌍 Open to applicants from all countries

This fellowship allows you to work with leading researchers and gain international experience in your field.

🔗 Visit: https://t.co/jP8ofqsrX6

Credit: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
📌 Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only. Scholarships Corner does not own or manage this opportunity. Please verify details on the official website before applying.

#ScholarshipsCorner #fellowship #ResearchFellowship #studyingermany #scholarship

[Erli Lu Group @erli_lu]

A 3-year postdoc job @UoBChemistry open for application!

As experienced synthetic organometallic chemist, you may think Na and Li are not exciting. But you are wrong - here is an opportunity to do some genuinely "crazy" group-1 metal chemistry!

https://t.co/LHTzpfLUqr

[Bengal's untold tales @Gramergolpo]

Chhau Nach The culture in Purulia.

[Ranjan Patra @INSPIRE522]

@InoueGroupTUM @angew_chem Many congratulations 💐

[Amock_ @Amockx2022]

YOUTUBER : What's your biggest fear for India?

DIVYAKIRTI : Govt is clueless about education. Hindu Muslim is increasing. We are going backwards now 💔

Vikas Divyakirti literally exposed BJP without even naming it ☠️🔥

[Ranjan Patra @INSPIRE522]

@PujaPrasad_Lab @ANRFIndia @amity @ChemCommun Many congratulations 👏💐

[Sumit @beingsumit01]

Youtuber lakshay chaudhary insta story on noida pollution!! 🤯

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

Singer Palak Muchhal enters Guinness records for funding 3,800 heart surgeries

Bollywood singer Palak Muchhal has been honoured by the Guinness Book of World Records for raising funds to help over 3,800 underprivileged children receive heart surgeries.

Read more: https://t.co/mEQ2XhjlRQ

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”