Grateful to present at the EMBO Neuroscience of Sleep Workshop! Many thanks to @EMBO for the travel grant & this incredible opportunity.
Amazing to connect with sleep scientists worldwide, studying sleep in everything from flies to sea lions, octopuses to reindeer, & beyond!
Rakshita Deshmukh from IIT Kanpur presented her work on the impact of N3 sleep on anxiety behaviours - supporting N3 sleep manipulation as a non-invasive and non-pharmacological intervention for anxiety-related cognitive dysfunctions.
#EMBOneuroSleep
Sleep on it! 💤 Noise ≠ change, even when anxiety sometimes treats it that way!
Delighted to share @cognoman5 and my preprint!
We show trait anxiety mistakes stochasticity as volatility, while N3 sleep recalibrates adaptive learning under uncertainty:
https://t.co/IW6hKVeHJE
Mystery of sleep solved
A groundbreaking study from the University of Oxford has uncovered a biological trigger for sleep: stress inside mitochondria (the energy producing structures within brain cells).
Researchers found that when mitochondria in specialized sleep regulating neurons become overloaded, they leak electrons, producing reactive oxygen species that can damage cells. This leakage acts as a signal to initiate sleep, allowing the brain to reset before damage accumulates.
Key findings:
1. Electron leak serves as an internal alarm system for sleep.
2. Sleep is triggered when stress in mitochondria crosses a threshold.
3. Scientists could control sleep in fruit flies by manipulating mitochondrial energy flow.
4. The system works even when powered by light instead of natural electrons.
This discovery may explain:
1. The link between sleep, metabolism, and aging.
2. Why small animals sleep more and live shorter lives.
3. Why people with mitochondrial disorders suffer extreme fatigue.
Research offers a major insight into why we sleep, connecting it directly to cellular energy metabolism.
A very special thanks to Emergent Ventures @mercatus for awarding me a generous travel grant that made this adventure possible! Very grateful to be a part of this community 😄
Super thrilled to share that I presented a poster at my first CCN conference last month! It was an incredible experience with many insightful & valuable feedback to fuel my research as I start my PhD journey with @cognoman5 at @BSBEIITK1, @IITKanpur after completing my Master's.
A one-day academic meetup of researchers working on diverse aspects of judgments and choice spanning different disciplines and approaches, the “Judgment and Decision Making (JDM) India Conference 2023” was held at IIT Kanpur on 12 December.
Super thrilled to interview @leslee_lazar from @cogsiitgn!!
This interview was a beautiful combination of being insightful & fun!
Check out the thread below to know whyy!
https://t.co/dG9dFRioGf
We'll be dropping an interview with @mystrypercy from @Stanford_CoSyNe
Tomorrow!
Follow this space for:
Interesting career trajectories.
Super cool analogies for developmental studies.
Hedonic utility.
Some cool perks of being a neuroscientist!
Conducted a Hands-On HCI and BCI Workshop in @IITKanpur for the inaugural batch of the @DBTIndia School of International Biodesign-Synergizing Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIB-SHInE) fellowship program.
#upsidedownlabs#neuroscience#iitkanpur#workshop
We’re alive again!
New season. New episodes.
Exciting interviews from both academia & industry + our bite-sized episodes.
And we’ll drop some “bonus” content too!
Do follow this space for intriguing updates ✨
First of our Interview Series: Tune into to know more about Vision, Cognition and life in general, and how sometimes it's good to jump into wacky ideas!
It was an honor to interview @ArtDeza
https://t.co/E2xeHvuAnm
#cognition#vision#DeepLearning#podcast#Spotify
Cognition, vision, art, tips for grad students and motivational quotes to make you feel wholesome!!
Stay tuned for a very special episode with @ArtDeza!! Releasing tomorrow!
#Spotify#podcast#gradschool#vision
Episode 6 is out now!!
Tune into listen to the dance of words a.k.a Lingo Tango where we talk about linguistics & cognition!
https://t.co/0E5rwL5Jbu
#linguistics#cognition#scifi#podcast#spotify