Riddha Manna
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Riddha Manna
@riddhamanna.bsky.social
PhD from JakšićLab, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL. Behaviour. Robotics. Screening. Cognition. Individuality.

Looking for postdoc positions.
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People are getting killed trying to get food.

877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.
July 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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There are now three printed PhD theses on my bookshelf 🥹
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Congratulations Samuel on officially being a PhD now!! Declared in French! You deserve all of it!!
Congrats to @merianelion.bsky.social for successfully releasing 2 PhDs in this wild world in less than 5 years!! More to come!!
June 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Better late than never.
It's good to see the academic community finally standing in solidarity against the systematic targeting and despicable attacks on universities, research and educational institutes, and schools. While we are at it, here is a recent list (color coded by who attacked them):
June 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Congrats Sam!!
Another huge day for Jaksic lab!
I’m so profoundly proud of Samuel Bourgeat, the second PhD student from the lab defending his thesis today! It was a true privilege to see him grow into a scientist he is today and can’t wait to see the amazing science he will do in the future!

#proudPI 🧠🪰🧬🧪
May 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My first paper as a corresponding author has been accepted!
This was part of my Masters work at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rapid and high-throughput generation of agarose and gellan droplets by pump-free microfluidic step emulsification
Step emulsification generates droplets by a sharp change in confinement. It has emerged as a promising alternative to flow-focusing technology for hig…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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First PhD of the lab is now offical!
All went well, except I almost forgot to hand over the diploma at the end 😅 I chalk it up as an emotional fumble 😇Congratulations Dr. Manna!
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December 17, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Feels nice to see the 1st citation from my lab’s experimental paper cited alongside the opinion piece by Kandel from 1992 😎
Now that we know what it took to do this experiment, it’s no wonder nobody was crazy enough to try it for the past 30 years 😅
November 25, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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A huge day for my lab - the first PhD student, Riddha Manna, successfully defended his thesis today! 🥳🎊🎉🍾🥂
December 2, 2024 at 7:54 PM