Samatha Mathew
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My first attempt at putting together a newsletter with team SciRio 👇🏾
Viral Science Communication newsletter.scirio.in/p/viral-scie...
Viral Science Communication
SciRio Newsletter #37 talks about how the world embraced simplified scientific information around COVID-19 and how science communication played a pivotal role.
newsletter.scirio.in
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How do you cite memes in a book?
April 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Same nebula, different wavelengths.

NGC 1514, the Crystal Ball Nebula, in visible light from Kitt Peak, and in mid-infrared light from JWST.

The glowing dust rings seen in the infrared are absent in the visible light view. 🔭🧪

noirlab.edu/public/image...
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...
April 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Vital to profile India's genetic diversity - as the authors said - "The demographic history of India is also unique, with exposure to different environments and widespread admixture, followed by formation of numerous endogamous groups". www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping genetic diversity with the GenomeIndia project - Nature Genetics
The rich ethnolinguistic and sociocultural differences that exist in India offers a unique opportunity to study human diversity. With the whole genomes of 10,000 healthy and unrelated Indians from 83 ...
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Be suspicious of anyone who fixates on IQ as a measure of intelligence. Real intelligence isn’t a number, it’s a burning curiosity, a delight in the world, a voracious hunger “to follow knowledge like a sinking star / beyond the utmost bound of human thought.”
April 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Withania Somnifera (Ashwagandha) has been used for centuries in Indian traditional medicine as an 'adaptogen' that boosts stress resilience, but the cellular mechanisms and key beneficial bioactives that drive putative neuroprotective effects remain unclear..
April 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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De-extinction is to biodiversity conservation what carbon capture and storage is to climate action

A fantasy that lets us pretend that destruction isn't forever
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Breaking: the wolves are normal,the state of journalism is dire
Do you have questions about this "dire wolf" "de-extinction"? I am probably going to make a video tomorrow.

(Note: They are not dire wolves, and it is not a de-extinction)
April 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#GATC conference was held at IISER Pune from 4th-6th April in which Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu presented our work on Long non coding RNAs in vascular remodeling in Zebrafish.

See the publication here: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

#IndianAcademicSky #AcademicSky
April 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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This is high art
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Just a gentle reminder that deceptive hyping in scientific publications (which includes preprints) is actually antithetical to the core mission of the scientific process. We can stay grounded, truthful, humble while being ambitious. Revealing caveats, pitfalls & limitations speeds up progress.
April 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Logging into ORCID so I can log into Web of Science so I can log into Manuscript Central so I can submit a referee report for free
March 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Super excited to be launching NimbusImage.com! Cloud-based image analysis to democratize machine learning!

Documentation here!
docs.nimbusimage.com
NimbusImage
NimbusImage.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sharing a speech I made couple of years ago on Women's day.

youtu.be/BF3dRtH0FUM?...
Women's day 2023 Short speech @CSIR-NIIST
YouTube video by Samatha Mathew
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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👩‍🔬Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience!
In collaboration with Tinkle Comics Studio, we have been bringing the stories of NCBS women scientists to life—highlighting their passion for discovery & inspiring curiosity in young minds.
Free Download 👉 bit.ly/3MJZWlR

#sciencecomics #womeninSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place

advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My first attempt at putting together a newsletter with team SciRio 👇🏾
Viral Science Communication newsletter.scirio.in/p/viral-scie...
Viral Science Communication
SciRio Newsletter #37 talks about how the world embraced simplified scientific information around COVID-19 and how science communication played a pivotal role.
newsletter.scirio.in
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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It was thrilling to screen the docu-fiction film Vision of the Blind Lady at the India Science Festival 2025 at Fergusson College Pune. Even though our subtitles file wouldn't load, the sentiment of this Bilingual film reached the audience. That's the power of cinema.
January 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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I started an India Science Sky starter pack for Science folks from/in India. Still very small and nowhere near comprehensive.
Please suggest other folks I may have missed.
go.bsky.app/AyVeLHA
November 10, 2024 at 10:46 AM