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Shruti Muralidhar
@polybiotique.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist turned science funder, Amateur cellist, intrepid seamstress, fearless baker, downhill cyclist, Founder+Editor @ indscicomm @biaswatchindia.bsky.social (She/Her)

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Same feeling as when I found out that Maud Menten was a woman.
A Plaque at the University of Toronto with information about Maud Leonora Menten, a pathbreaking biochemist
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A pleasure in this day and age to walk into a cafe that serves you drinks in regular drinkware, at a table, with accessories.

Not fancy, just regular. An unchanging menu of Viennoiseries, Croque Madame et Monsieur, Quiche and baguettes

Double points if it is within walking distance of your home 💖
A kettle with hot water, a tea cup with a brewing tea bag, a small cup of milk, tissues and a spoon - all at a cafe table table next to a sunlit glass window
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A true flavour of my neighbourhood
A sticker on a car that says - This car brakes to take pictures of lighthouses because we are huge nerds
September 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Because I'm starting to doom scroll this evening, here is Freya and her best friend Margot
A golden colored dog with long legs and a multicolour harness sitting pretty on her butt with her legs together A golden colored dog and a Rottweiler winded after a play session together
September 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Two canoes, paddles and life jackets resting against the shore of a placid mirror like lake with the forest in the background
August 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Updates on Freya's growth 🐕 She has both been more than a handful and one of the happiest, friendliest and most calm puppies I've seen yet.

And she still hasn't stopped growing 🙃
A golden lab-like dog on it's back, on a cot with legs stretched upward like an interpretative dance A golden dog with red leash, sitting on the grass in the sunlight Golden dog with golden eyes sitting on the grass with legs crossed in front of her - very princess like A golden dog's head on a cot, with a red babushka kerchief tied around her head
August 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Because why not 💪🏽
An electrical box set against a cloudy sky with a painted view of the Lausanne cathedral saying - Lausangeles
June 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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People at my workplace take their coffee VERY seriously 🙆🏽☕
An espresso machine behind two signs that say - Out of Order, Service has been called - and - a long poem/paen to brewing coffee, the machine and wishing it a speedy recovey
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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What do you call toe beans - but BIG? 😴🫘
A golden coloured dog in deep sleep with her massive feet and footpads curled near her face
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Also this is Freya's protest because we decided NOT to crate train her 🫠
A brown dog in a brown box - staring at you Brown dog is protective of it's brown box
February 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Goober tax
A brown dog sitting in a brown cardboard box next to a red curtain and a light Same brown dog looking like a goober on its back
February 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Took the puppy to visit a dog-free neighbourhood Indian Aunty's home. She behaved like a total goober - nipping, biting, yelping, jumping, refused to sit and stay when she knows both really well

Walking back home, partner says - kids never fail to disappoint you, especially when visiting others 🥲
Golden Labrador-ish puppy with a brown snout and bat like ears, sprawled on her back being pushed by a human hand
February 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Freya is coming home next week 💓 She is quiet, a bit shy but curious and gentle. I can't quite make out her mix, and also can't wait to see her grow up 🥰
A light brown puppy with a white undercoat sitting and watching upwards A light brown puppy with a white undercoat sitting and watching upwards A light brown puppy with a white undercoat sitting and watching upwards - a view from the side
February 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Something's afoot in the neighbourhood today 🥸😎
White paper on a sidewalk with pencil written words - Black outfits sunglasses woki toki security and TO DO
January 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Happy end of the year wishes from Halifax! Lighthouses are everywhere ❤️💙
An embroidery hoop with a half finished picture of a lighthouse in blue and red A picture of the lighthouse at Peggy's Cove looking out into the ocean on a cloudy day. There is a heavy dusting of snow on the granite outcropping
December 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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Picking up something cute for the weekend 🤩🎶

Any simple song suggestions? My current repertoire is -

Happy birthday to you
Twinkle twinkle little star
You are my sunshine
November 30, 2024 at 2:58 AM
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The neuroskyence feed REALLY has the juice!

Question and Answer 🥂
Two bsky posts on the neuroskyence feed - one talking about a brain board game and one looking like a complicated board game
November 21, 2024 at 3:41 AM
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Hands down. Also made for excellent patching music 💫
Big black rhino beetle? Massive attack Mezzanine written on it in white lettering
November 19, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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Just wanted to say thanks to @robcruickshank.bsky.social for the beautiful recommendation of Yōkai Netsuke exhibit at the Japan foundation in Toronto 💗😍
Hands down an amazing way to spend the afternoon. They also have a smashing library (free!) with tons of anime, manga and Japan related lit
A photo of a Japanese print of a cat watching a window, Mt. Fuji in the background Poster for a Japanese show called Ge Ge Ge No Kitaro Tiny Netsuke figurines of a man in a yukata and straw hat, in various dance poses, hanging off a wall. Accompanied by a print picture of the same poses below it Zoom in of a Netsuke figure of a man in a straw hat dancing
November 17, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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Something slightly different tonight - Pupusas stuffed with cheddar cheese, made from a bag of Maseca gifted by our neighbours 💗

In true international style, will be devoured with some Punjabi rajma 🌟
Four Pupusas frying in a pan
November 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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My workplace also has an exceptional library that I couldn't resist reading from during my lung today. After finding out that I could take home books to read and bring them back whenever I was done (honor system), I skipped out in the evening with 4 books in hand 📚
Four books in a stack. Titles are - Am I making myself clear?, Beyond Bio fatalism, Daedalus - Health and Wealth, Identity Economics
October 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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She'd just finished her afternoon nap and groggily made her way to the kitchen for a cup of chai. While waiting for the water to boil, she thought about the movie she wanted to watch in the evening. It was October and her algorithms were full of spooky horror movies. Not her favourite.
We're playing Exquisite Corpse, Bluesky style. Copy this image and alt text and add it to your reply. Do not read the posts before the one you are replying to until after you post. Reply to this post with the next few lines of the story. OPTIONAL: Tag a mutual to continue the story
October 7, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Lol perfect timing because I did Garba today 😂
October 6, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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Finally getting around to the magic mirror project that I wanted to start 3 years ago 🥲
A small Raspberry Pi circuit board with connections with a manual next to it
October 3, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Original plan: Apple picking at an orchard

Modified plan: Oh look they also have a veggie garden we can pick!

Final outcome: Two heirloom tomatoes, each the size of my head are being reduced to sauce, my sink is full of honeycrisp and I need more eggplant recipes 🥲
A tabletop picture showing kale, various colours and sizes of chillies, squash, heirloom tomato, multiple long and gigantically round eggplants with a ton of scattered apples
September 23, 2024 at 12:38 AM