Anushka Sarkar
@anushkas.bsky.social
Neuroscience, Photography
📍Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, NL
📍Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, NL
Reposted by Anushka Sarkar
This quote effectively summarizes the spirit of one of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century:
"If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts, and the young scientists who carry on your work."
— Rita Levi-Montalcini 🧪
#WomenInSTEM
"If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts, and the young scientists who carry on your work."
— Rita Levi-Montalcini 🧪
#WomenInSTEM
Rita Levi-Montalcini was raised by a strict father who disapproved of women in higher ed.
She convinced him to let her study medicine.
She went on to co-discover the Nerve Growth Factor. She received the Nobel Prize in 1986.
She was another immigrant that gifted the US with pioneering work.
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She convinced him to let her study medicine.
She went on to co-discover the Nerve Growth Factor. She received the Nobel Prize in 1986.
She was another immigrant that gifted the US with pioneering work.
🧪
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
This quote effectively summarizes the spirit of one of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th century:
"If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts, and the young scientists who carry on your work."
— Rita Levi-Montalcini 🧪
#WomenInSTEM
"If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts, and the young scientists who carry on your work."
— Rita Levi-Montalcini 🧪
#WomenInSTEM
Reposted by Anushka Sarkar
The lesson for all the students out there is that science is a community project. Most of us make individually small contributions to this project. Success is measured at the collective level. Many of our professional (and personal) dysfunctions could be fixed by more fully embracing this view.
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
The lesson for all the students out there is that science is a community project. Most of us make individually small contributions to this project. Success is measured at the collective level. Many of our professional (and personal) dysfunctions could be fixed by more fully embracing this view.