Alakta (অলক্তা)

PhD candidate at University of Edinburgh | DNA damage repair-structural biology- Cryo EM | IISc alumnus |
Science- Shots- Socialism

[Bharat Innovates 2026 @BharatInnov2026]

Bharat Innovates 2026 by the Numbers
From innovation to impact, Bharat Innovates 2026 has successfully created new pathways for collaboration, investment, and global technology partnerships.
🔹 About USD 254.5 Million in funding commitments generated
🔹 30+ strategic partnerships and agreements signed
🔹 2,000+ participants from 29 countries
🔹 500+ French investors engaged with Indian innovators
🔹 1,350+ business meetings facilitated
🔹 80+ startups pitched breakthrough technologies to global investors
🔹 40+ startups secured confirmed investor follow-up commitments
🔹 50+ French and European universities, incubators, and research institutions engaged with Indian institutions and startups
Bharat Innovates 2026 has strengthened the India–France innovation corridor and created new opportunities for deep-tech startups, researchers, investors, and industry leaders to collaborate on solving global challenges through innovation.
🇮🇳🤝🇫🇷 Building the future through innovation, partnership, and technology.

@narendramodi @PMOIndia @eduminofindia @dpradhanbjp @PrinSciAdvGoI @Vineet_K26 @sanjayjavin @IndiaDST @AICTE_INDIA @ugcindia @pibindia @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @sjaishankaroffc @MEAIndia @IndiainPortugal @IndiaembFrance @CGIMarseille @eoiberlin @IndiainIreland @HCI_London @iitbombay @SINEIITB @paniitindia

#BharatInnovates2026 #IndiaFrance #YearOfInnovation #ModiMacron #InnovationWithoutBorders

[Lifespan @JoinLifespan]

A major new paper reframes aging as a systems failure of epigenetic information. Not wear and tear but a software problem. This is what the Information Theory of Aging predicts and, if correct, means aging is reversible.

Let's dive in... 🧵

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Check out this amazing opportunity by @ProjEduAccess !

[Project EduAccess @ProjEduAccess]

We’re thrilled to announce the PRISM National Fellowship 2026 - a collaboration between Project EduAccess, @NCBS_Bangalore and @InSDB_79 - offering a 2-month funded research programme to nurture life science researchers from underrepresented & disadvantaged backgrounds in India.

[DSTIndia @IndiaDST]

.@IndiaDST invites proposals under Mission सह-SANKALP — a national Science & Technology mission dedicated to advancing sustainable livelihoods through science-led solutions for rural and SC communities.

Eligible institutions are encouraged to pilot and scale STI-driven interventions that create measurable impact, empower SC communities, and accelerate SDG-aligned inclusive growth.

Partner with us in shaping a self-reliant and inclusive future for the nation.

Apply now: https://t.co/UnQqYPl4rN

@DrJitendraSingh @karandi65 @PrinSciAdvOff @DrAnitaAgg13 @AnuradhaPughat @DBTIndia @CSIR_IND @moesgoi

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Join us for the 3rd Scottish Cryo-EM symposium @EdinburghUni with exciting talks and discussions on cutting edge Cryo-EM research.
Registration link: https://t.co/CFKIS8rwnx
(Free to attend:))

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Here's to my first @GordonConf , Histone & DNA modifications 2025 at Lucca, Italy. Got to soak in a lot of science and sense!

[All India Radio News @airnewsalerts]

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station is now targeting a launch tomorrow, June 25.

#Axiom4 #ShubhanshuShukla #NASA

[Bengaluru Collective @BLRCollective]

📢Free Software Movement of Karnataka (@fsmk_org ) & @BLRCollective invite you to a book relaunch & discussion with Prabir Purkayastha

Book: Knowledge as Commons: Towards Inclusive Science & Technology

📆 Sun, June 22
⏰ 5 PM
📍 Mini Hall, SCM House
Map: https://t.co/9mNGvgzcyo

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Delighted to present at #SciSoc2025 @EMBLEvents on how India’s People’s Science Movement @gsaipsn takes participatory science beyond science literacy, & employs as a means to organise and address working class struggles.Grateful for the engaging discussions and insights gathered.

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Heidelberg you beauty 😍
Here for the #SciSoc2025 @EMBLEvents
Looking forward to some exciting talks and discussions on Science & Society!

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Honoured to present my PhD work at the Darwin Trust Symposium 2025. Had a wonderful time chatting with fellow Darwinians! Grateful to @DarwinTrustOfEd for organising this and so generously supporting international students in their PhD journey 💫.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

In @ScienceAdvances, a special issue on #WomensHealth highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences.

Learn more on #WorldHealthDay: https://t.co/Xpmb9HIsVZ

[CSIR-CCMB @ccmb_csir]

The preliminary findings of the GenomeIndia project, in which CCMB played a key role, is now out @NatureGenet: https://t.co/3exJHnHApe.
This massive, multi-institute effort generated whole genome seq data of 10K healthy Indians & will pave way to new genomics research in India.

[Lucas Farnung @LucasFarnung]

🔬 New from the Farnung Lab: We have established a fully in vitro reconstituted chromatin replication system and we report the first cryo-EM snapshots of the human replisome engaging nucleosomes. 🧬✨https://t.co/Ox7gJYtUyL

[Suyang Zhang @Zhang_Suyang]

🚨 PostDoc opportunity at the MRC-LMB 🚨Join our team to explore transcription-coupled splicing using cryoEM and biochemistry! 🔬🧬
Please spread the news 🙏🏼
Apply here: https://t.co/BE91TAavon...
#Postdoc #CryoEM #MolecularBiology #Cambridge

[AIPSN @gsaipsn]

#nationalscienceday2025
If students grow up in an environment where leaders promote pseudoscience, they may lose trust in real science.
Science Day is a chance to engage young minds, promote questioning and inspire a new generation of rational thinkers. #NationalScienceDay

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

Today we introduce an AI co-scientist system, designed to go beyond deep research tools to aid scientists in generating novel hypotheses & research strategies. Learn more, including how to join the Trusted Tester Program, at https://t.co/1eqmTTZOLr

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Rita Levi-Montalcini's father did not believe in professional careers for women, and she was prevented from attending university in Fascist Italy. She overcame incredible setbacks and was awarded the 1986 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine.

#WomeninScience

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

#studyandstruggle

[Students' Federation of India - United Kingdom @sfi_uk]

The SFI-UK organized a collaborative event bringing together Aleida Guevara, Vijay Prashad and students organising in the UK, to discuss the role of student movements. @vijayprashad emphasized that students must be political, combine theory and practice and study and struggle.

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

The thoughts which often made me, (still make me) appear as the unusual "science worker", the one not fitting THE box, rather any box. The happiness of finding the right classroom and the right teachers who dream of making the better classroom ❤️.

[Alakta (অলক্তা) @not_so_red]

Feelings of joy remain often understated while we are busy prioritising feelings of success, particularly in the professional sphere. After a very long time I felt so overjoyed attending a symposium, felt validated of my thoughts... (continued)

[Krea University @kreauniversity]

The Centre for Writing & Pedagogy and the Mathematics Discipline, #KreaUniversity present an online symposium titled Reflections on the Teaching of Reading & Writing in STEMM to be held between 17-19 January.

Register using QR code or via https://t.co/bH1nfv72yx

@queersprings