Vicky Kanta

Neuroscientist in MedComms. Former postdoc @EmoryUniversity, PhD @Rutgers_Newark. Podcasts got me through grad school. She/her. 🇬🇷

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@DrewBHeadley Well ChatGPT has its opinions

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@DrewBHeadley A dentate spike paper in Nature! Never thought I’d see the day. Thanks for sharing!

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

We made Pop Crave ❤️🏳️‍🌈

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Greece has officially legalized same-sex marriage.

[Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience @CmbnRutgers]

The Behavioral & Neural Sciences (BNS) PhD program at Rutgers University is open for applications, due December 15. Lots of great labs, faculty, and students here! Please spread the word https://t.co/axiD8p6twH

[Mike Abrusci @mikeabrusci]

If you’re excited about the original lineup of Blink 182 getting back together: please remember to stretch your lower back and hamstrings today. Your body isn’t what it used to be and that’s ok

[victor de la torre @victorkenobi]

@jowrotethis And who has a better story than Charles?

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

Totally had that drawer in grad school, except it was an Arduino and I was 28

[Louis Nyffenegger @snyff]

By age 30, You Should Have a Drawer with a Raspberry PI you don't use and a dozen USB cables.

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@NambeWey I noticed that on myself after graduating. All the stress throughout grad school was making me bitter and angry very frequently. When I was done I went back to my old self almost instantaneously

[steven t. piantadosi @spiantado]

everyone works to make figures that are easy to understand, but this one took me a minute (I thought it was a graphics mistake) and that made the point even stronger

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Texas: Where they force you to carry your baby to term, just so they can grow up and get shot in school.

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@MADneuro Your worth as a scientist and a professional is 100% not determined by completing a PhD or not! You have a brilliant mind and you will excel in anything you decide to do in the future!

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

And the product itself is not even liquid

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

Question arising from listening to podcasts all the time: why is it called @liquidiv? Aren’t all IVs liquid? 🤔

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@MADneuro Science keeps us young lol

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@MADneuro Purple Takis are my nemesis

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@MADneuro @MenaNeuroLab Congrats!! Very well deserved :)

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

@MADneuro https://t.co/kd2AI1kbuG
Maybe this one?

[Yan Kung @KungLab]

Are you sad and angry about the surge in anti-Asian violence? Wondering if there’s something anti-racist you can do? One idea: learn how pronounce Asian names! It doesn’t have to be perfect. Just try, and it will make a difference to your Asian friends and people you meet. (1/8)

[Vicky Kanta @vickykanta_]

Seconded, ThorLabs snacks were legit the highlight of my day, back in the day

[Dr Sunil Kumar @images_and_beer]

🚨 Possibly one of the most important developments in optics this decade

[Bita Moghaddam بيتا مقدم @bita137]

Cost of a Supplementary Figure in 2009: a few thousand bucks
Cost of a Supplementary Figure in 2021: an entire R01