Srivats Venkataramanan

Senior Scientist, RNA Platform at Orbital Therapeutics | Prev. @sardonatx @UCSF @UCLA @IITMadras | Science, soccer, food, cats | Views and opinions my own.

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@dkjhaunc Wasserman called Kelly, I think

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@rnaErin Have you read “To be taught, if fortunate”? One of my favorite books of this century tbh. Psalm is also on that list ofc. ‘Hopepunk’ is the term, I think?

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@stephenfloor I need a copy!!

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Looking for a senior lap cat to snuggle with over the cold winter months? Or a rambunctious kitten to make you laugh for hours on end. Either way, ⁦@berkeleyhumane⁩ has you covered. #adoptdontshop https://t.co/hfTFg39jpG

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@DrDrJowhar Congratulations!

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@stephenfloor "sham"

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@TheTracyLab Ha! My point precisely.Knew you had my back, Tracy! 😊😊

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Building on this, I’m going to re-up my take that designated RNase free benches are unnecessary nonsense ... and that if you “need” one in order for your experiments to work, I have other questions regarding your technique.

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@rnaErin Given that the Bebe Gesserit can control the sex of their baby, is nausea suppression really that far-fetched?

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DDX3X and DDX3Y perform redundant roles in protein synthesis. #translation #mrna #rnahelicase @srivatsv @margaretgadek @translatomics @kevincwilkins @stephenfloor
https://t.co/AJAo5ffpSz

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@stephenfloor @UCSF_Postdocs "cell stresser" 😂😂 My sad poor cells. Thank you very much, Stephen 😀.

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Many thanks to all involved in this work, @translatomics, @margaretgadek , @kevincwilkins and especially @stephenfloor . Also to the @RNAJournal for giving this piece of work a home.

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This paper was quite a journey, given that the bulk of the work was performed during the early months of the COVID pandemic. It did reinforce an important lesson - its often easier and better to just redo an experiment than to interpret an imperfect one with confounders

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It also gave me the opportunity to write one of the favorite sentences I have ever written in the context of a scientific paper...

"At least six models could potentially explain the inability of the DDX3 paralogs to complement each other".

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Today was my first day back volunteering at @berkeleyhumane for 18 months or so, and it was quite wonderful. Also, look at those faces....😻😻

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Overall, I leave academia with a heavy heart - but at the same time, I am genuinely excited by the opportunity at @sardonatx and to put my training and skills towards therapeutic development (9/9)

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Some, as they say, professional news. After almost 3.5 years, my time as a postdoc at @UCSF and @stephenfloor's lab is coming to an end. This is my last week, and I am moving on to join a seed-stage startup company as a Scientist (details later in thread) (1/9)

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And finally, shout-out to @TheTracyLab - who continues to be a generous guide and mentor - and whose advice and opinions I value immensely (8/9).