Gokul Rajan
@gokulrajan.bsky.social
engrams, genes, photons, danionella etc. https://gokulrajan.xyz/
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Gokul Rajan
@gokulrajan.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Bold questions. Thoughtful reasoning. Smart tools. That's what it celebrates!
you're can't do any real science if you are not comfortable with feeling stupid.
if you are doing science (at any level), you should absolutely read this ~17 years old piece -- the importance of "absolute stupidity" in science.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
if you are doing science (at any level), you should absolutely read this ~17 years old piece -- the importance of "absolute stupidity" in science.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
The importance of stupidity in scientific research
I recently saw an old friend for the first time in many years. We had been Ph.D. students at the same time, both studying science, although in different areas. She later dropped out of graduate school...
journals.biologists.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
you're can't do any real science if you are not comfortable with feeling stupid.
if you are doing science (at any level), you should absolutely read this ~17 years old piece -- the importance of "absolute stupidity" in science.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
if you are doing science (at any level), you should absolutely read this ~17 years old piece -- the importance of "absolute stupidity" in science.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Der Weg zur Höllen sey mit lauter gutem Vorsatz gepflastert.
August 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Der Weg zur Höllen sey mit lauter gutem Vorsatz gepflastert.
imho: skills are overrated; motivation is underrated.
1) with motivation, new skills come fast.
2) without it, skills mean nothing.
1) with motivation, new skills come fast.
2) without it, skills mean nothing.
August 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
imho: skills are overrated; motivation is underrated.
1) with motivation, new skills come fast.
2) without it, skills mean nothing.
1) with motivation, new skills come fast.
2) without it, skills mean nothing.
two very different hunters i'm playing with: drosera and hippocampus.
August 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
two very different hunters i'm playing with: drosera and hippocampus.
Peer-review and peer-fund pilot projects on @researchhubf.bsky.social!
I just funded: NeuroSC: Leveraging Pretrained Single-Cell Models for Brain Cell Classification on ResearchHub.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4262/ne...
I just funded: NeuroSC: Leveraging Pretrained Single-Cell Models for Brain Cell Classification on ResearchHub.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4262/ne...
NeuroSC: Leveraging Pretrained Single-Cell Models for Bra...
NeuroSC: Leveraging Pretrained Single-Cell Models for Brain Ce...
www.researchhub.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Peer-review and peer-fund pilot projects on @researchhubf.bsky.social!
I just funded: NeuroSC: Leveraging Pretrained Single-Cell Models for Brain Cell Classification on ResearchHub.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4262/ne...
I just funded: NeuroSC: Leveraging Pretrained Single-Cell Models for Brain Cell Classification on ResearchHub.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4262/ne...
New leaves, new tentacles, more hunting. 🌱
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New leaves, new tentacles, more hunting. 🌱
Turns out that I had some research tokens on @researchhubf.bsky.social -- earned from my past publications(!!) -- that I could use to fund new research proposals submitted by others. I just did exactly that.
Why have you not? Be the change you want to see.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4261/ef...
Why have you not? Be the change you want to see.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4261/ef...
Effects of psilocybin and related compounds on neuroprote...
Effects of psilocybin and related compounds on neuroprotection...
www.researchhub.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Turns out that I had some research tokens on @researchhubf.bsky.social -- earned from my past publications(!!) -- that I could use to fund new research proposals submitted by others. I just did exactly that.
Why have you not? Be the change you want to see.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4261/ef...
Why have you not? Be the change you want to see.
www.researchhub.com/fund/4261/ef...
TIL: when I see the electric scooters in the sea or streams, it's not the app glitching!
July 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
TIL: when I see the electric scooters in the sea or streams, it's not the app glitching!
Not kidding -- just read a paper where the person who made the discovery was thanked in the acknowledgements. How do I know? Because he was literally thanked as The discoverer!
Welcome to science, where credit goes to the cool dude with the mic.
Welcome to science, where credit goes to the cool dude with the mic.
July 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Not kidding -- just read a paper where the person who made the discovery was thanked in the acknowledgements. How do I know? Because he was literally thanked as The discoverer!
Welcome to science, where credit goes to the cool dude with the mic.
Welcome to science, where credit goes to the cool dude with the mic.
When a paper cites everything around the key prior work but specifically skips the actual prior work that directly addressed their claim, it tells me more about the authors than the topic.
July 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When a paper cites everything around the key prior work but specifically skips the actual prior work that directly addressed their claim, it tells me more about the authors than the topic.
when you select for "sexiness" and overlook rigor, science becomes clickbait. this arsenic life paper wasn’t just a one-off fluke -- it is a symptom of what happens when journals and funders chase headlines.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Fifteen years later, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper despite study authors’ protests
Belated decision on widely disputed 2010 study pleases some critics but puzzles and dismays others
www.science.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
when you select for "sexiness" and overlook rigor, science becomes clickbait. this arsenic life paper wasn’t just a one-off fluke -- it is a symptom of what happens when journals and funders chase headlines.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Just found out that my first-ever trainee -- a bachelor’s student from Sorbonne during my PhD -- is now doing a PhD in Neuroscience. Not taking any credit, but it still feels really good. :)
July 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just found out that my first-ever trainee -- a bachelor’s student from Sorbonne during my PhD -- is now doing a PhD in Neuroscience. Not taking any credit, but it still feels really good. :)
Bold questions. Thoughtful reasoning. Smart tools. That's what it celebrates!
July 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Bold questions. Thoughtful reasoning. Smart tools. That's what it celebrates!
Ever wonder if individuals can make a difference -- or if we must wait for institutions to catch up? Sometimes, it’s worth trying the former.
The Danionella Prize: a tiny, personal gesture to reward curiosity, from India and Myanmar.
danionellaprize.xyz
The Danionella Prize: a tiny, personal gesture to reward curiosity, from India and Myanmar.
danionellaprize.xyz
The Danionella Prize
danionellaprize.xyz
July 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ever wonder if individuals can make a difference -- or if we must wait for institutions to catch up? Sometimes, it’s worth trying the former.
The Danionella Prize: a tiny, personal gesture to reward curiosity, from India and Myanmar.
danionellaprize.xyz
The Danionella Prize: a tiny, personal gesture to reward curiosity, from India and Myanmar.
danionellaprize.xyz
A beautiful carnivore just entered our plant collection! 🌱
July 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A beautiful carnivore just entered our plant collection! 🌱
Most people don’t lack values -- they just lack the courage to live them when it’s inconvenient to them.
Integrity isn’t measured by what you say you care about -- it’s what you do when no one else speaks up.
Integrity isn’t measured by what you say you care about -- it’s what you do when no one else speaks up.
July 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Most people don’t lack values -- they just lack the courage to live them when it’s inconvenient to them.
Integrity isn’t measured by what you say you care about -- it’s what you do when no one else speaks up.
Integrity isn’t measured by what you say you care about -- it’s what you do when no one else speaks up.
why is this called gold open access? is it because it is fixed at the price of 146.6 gm of gold?
July 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
why is this called gold open access? is it because it is fixed at the price of 146.6 gm of gold?
Good ideas can cross continents in seconds but take years to cross an office desk.
July 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Good ideas can cross continents in seconds but take years to cross an office desk.
In my weekly scan-every-journal marathon, last week I enjoyed reading this paper. Insightful work on 50,000 years of India’s genetic history and caste endogamy.
I suspect colonial disruptions further amplified these disease burdens.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I suspect colonial disruptions further amplified these disease burdens.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation
A genomic study of 2,762 individuals from India offers important insights into the
genomic diversity and evolutionary history of the subcontinent and highlights the
extensive genetic variation, gene f...
www.cell.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In my weekly scan-every-journal marathon, last week I enjoyed reading this paper. Insightful work on 50,000 years of India’s genetic history and caste endogamy.
I suspect colonial disruptions further amplified these disease burdens.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I suspect colonial disruptions further amplified these disease burdens.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
"America has done what no other country on earth could do."
Indeed, and for many decades now. Interfering in international geopolitics that is none of their business.
Indeed, and for many decades now. Interfering in international geopolitics that is none of their business.
June 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"America has done what no other country on earth could do."
Indeed, and for many decades now. Interfering in international geopolitics that is none of their business.
Indeed, and for many decades now. Interfering in international geopolitics that is none of their business.
Indeed. I was fortunate to attend Dr. KK Rao's Genetic Engineering course and lab work at IIT Bombay before he retired.
I only succeeded in graduating on time because of my classmates’ generosity and encouragement, including their sharing of precious classroom notes. During all this, I was lucky to encounter a relatively new, charismatic professor (Dr. KK Rao) who taught a popular class in molecular biology. 4/
June 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Indeed. I was fortunate to attend Dr. KK Rao's Genetic Engineering course and lab work at IIT Bombay before he retired.
. @ardemp.bskyverified.social on how to science:
May 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
. @ardemp.bskyverified.social on how to science: