Ben Krishna
@benjaminkrishn3.bsky.social
Associate PI in the Dept Medicine, University of Cambridge. Immunologist/virologist. Previously Long COVID, now working on human cytomegalovirus reactivation
Tidying out my parents place, this folder has every western blot I ran during my PhD
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tidying out my parents place, this folder has every western blot I ran during my PhD
This is probably the most exciting result I’ve had in about 18 months!
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is probably the most exciting result I’ve had in about 18 months!
Adobe's stupid AI agrees with me
May 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Adobe's stupid AI agrees with me
If you'd like to see more of my Dad's work, he's on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/18841...)
May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you'd like to see more of my Dad's work, he's on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/18841...)
I think it came out really nicely AND it was chosen for the front cover of Pathogens! My Mum's convinced this is his breakthrough into the big leagues.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I think it came out really nicely AND it was chosen for the front cover of Pathogens! My Mum's convinced this is his breakthrough into the big leagues.
And after quite a bit of back-and-forth, given I have no creative skills and Dad didn't quite get what information needed to be conveyed, he made this! I think it's a really nice art/science collaboration. 3/4
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
And after quite a bit of back-and-forth, given I have no creative skills and Dad didn't quite get what information needed to be conveyed, he made this! I think it's a really nice art/science collaboration. 3/4
When my father retired, he decided to take up art as a hobby. I don't know much about art and he doesn't know much about science so we both just sort of nodded and said "very nice" at each other's work. The most I can say is that he seems to like chalk and pastels, like the piece I've attached 1/4
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When my father retired, he decided to take up art as a hobby. I don't know much about art and he doesn't know much about science so we both just sort of nodded and said "very nice" at each other's work. The most I can say is that he seems to like chalk and pastels, like the piece I've attached 1/4
30 years after the end of the Cold War and Greece is still considered Western Europe and Poland Eastern Europe
May 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
30 years after the end of the Cold War and Greece is still considered Western Europe and Poland Eastern Europe
The academic career has really delayed my family life, but I hadn’t realised how bad it was
April 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The academic career has really delayed my family life, but I hadn’t realised how bad it was
Shrinkflation: my lunch costs the same but is smaller and now advertised as a low calorie option
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Shrinkflation: my lunch costs the same but is smaller and now advertised as a low calorie option
I know I've complained before but this manuscript is 28 pages and 197 citations and Frontiers gave me 3 days to review it
March 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I know I've complained before but this manuscript is 28 pages and 197 citations and Frontiers gave me 3 days to review it
Love that Greece is Western Europe but Poland is Eastern Europe
March 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Love that Greece is Western Europe but Poland is Eastern Europe
I think I should retire now while I'm ahead
February 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I think I should retire now while I'm ahead
I did think at the time: “it feels like there’s a hole in my glove” and “ponceau will stain my hand pink for a week”
But there you go
But there you go
February 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I did think at the time: “it feels like there’s a hole in my glove” and “ponceau will stain my hand pink for a week”
But there you go
But there you go
Odd choice or words from my student or do I ask for a wellness check?
February 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Odd choice or words from my student or do I ask for a wellness check?
Cackling maniacally at my luck here
February 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Cackling maniacally at my luck here
I tried putting my biochemistry mock exam questions into ChatGPT. It does surprisingly well, but not brilliantly (high 2:2).
Right now the smoking gun is eloquent writing, vast information but poor knowledge synthesis. I’m sure it will cover that gap though
Right now the smoking gun is eloquent writing, vast information but poor knowledge synthesis. I’m sure it will cover that gap though
January 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I tried putting my biochemistry mock exam questions into ChatGPT. It does surprisingly well, but not brilliantly (high 2:2).
Right now the smoking gun is eloquent writing, vast information but poor knowledge synthesis. I’m sure it will cover that gap though
Right now the smoking gun is eloquent writing, vast information but poor knowledge synthesis. I’m sure it will cover that gap though
Virology journal impact factors be like:
January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Virology journal impact factors be like:
Have to love MDPI's attention to detail really
January 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Have to love MDPI's attention to detail really
I read this as “Biden drops dead” and thought that it really should have been further up the news agenda
December 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I read this as “Biden drops dead” and thought that it really should have been further up the news agenda
We’re having our first Knowledge, Inclusion and Equity in Research book club.
Pretty happy with the catering!
Pretty happy with the catering!
November 8, 2024 at 2:47 PM
We’re having our first Knowledge, Inclusion and Equity in Research book club.
Pretty happy with the catering!
Pretty happy with the catering!