Nikhil Pradeep

Microbiologist by day • Artist by night • PhD @MicrobiologyOSU • UG'23 @IIScBangalore • @iGEM

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

"Attack of the Bacteriophage"
Inspired by Peter the strawberry from Family Guy.
This was a fun way to introduce phages for the class presentation.
#microbiology #familyguy #phage #animation #AnimatedShorts

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

The voices in my head...

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

Being a hardcore microbiologist means having amoeba for breakfast

#microbiology #amoebaforbreakfast

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

When people ask me why I enjoy microscopy, this might be the closest to an answer that I can think of. Who wouldn't be drawn towards such beauty.

Image of a fixed slide captured using Echo Revolve (what I wouldn't do to own it) @Discover_Echo

#OSU #Microscopy @OSUmicrobiome

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@_jake_robinson Cant wait to get a hold of it!

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@anishgiri Why win when you can draw? (Just kidding ...HUGE fan, learning chess from your course)

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@PRSecor @MSU_MicroImmuno @montanastate Congratulations!

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

I met my replacement today!

And wow isn't he more efficient, pouring over 250 plates in 3.5 hours!

Guessing the research is gonna be faster than last time

PS - it's a automatic plate pourer

@OSUmicrobiome #microbiology #Science

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

I had the great fortune of meeting Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan during his visit at IISc last year, where he had mentioned that he was working on a new book about mitochondria.

Guess what I found today at the bookstore...

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@_jake_robinson It's the ultimate form of life...truly marvellous

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

Nothing makes me more happy than doing live cell microscopy and watching variable gene expression using GFP Tags!

The brightness of each cell is dependent on the amount of gene expression of that particular cell, resulting in heterogeneity within the population.

#microbiology

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

I had the chance encounter with a tardigrade thanks to @strayologist. So I decided to make a small animation of the same.

Say hello to the tardigrade showing love to everyone who sees it.

#microbiology #tardigrade

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@BerrienElliott That looks so cool!

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Nothing's more infuriating than re-writing TOEFL because I gave the exam 2 years ago and thus lost the validity of all of my hard work.

Here's to proving I know English...again

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@IrinaBezsonova That is so cool! Love the integration of art into science....will try this style too

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@WeissmanLab @PhageAustralia Congratulations on this great honour!

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@ATJCagan Love the animation!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

[Shashank Tripathi @Shashank_IISc]

Molecular Virology 2023 meeting at IISc starts tomorrow. All sessions will be available live on YouTube. See conference webpage for the link and program details.

https://t.co/5nyvSBbVA2

[Nikhil Pradeep @microbiodude]

@A_Amunts @AbhayKot @thermofisher @bengeliscious @FlorentWaltz Damn that looks fascinating!