Swetha Godavarthi
@swetha-gsk.bsky.social
Research Assistant Professor studying brain development and developmental disorders, facultative #scicommer, classical dancer, tea devotee
https://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/people/swetha-godavarthi-phd
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Swetha Godavarthi
@swetha-gsk.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello folks! Just a few days old @bsky.app .I am a neuroscientist studying molecular mechanisms of synapse self-organisation and plasticity @cnup.bsky.social. Excited to connect with fellow researchers, scicommers, naturalists and neuroscientist-dancers :)
🧠 Had a great time chatting with the folks at LabLinkUp about how I found my way into neuroscience and academic research! Always a joy to share stories with curious minds just starting their journey.
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Brains, Background & Breakthroughs: Life in Neuroscience | LabLinkUp - A platform that connects YOU with Global Science/Tech Research Labs
Brains, Background & Breakthroughs: Life in Neuroscience
In Episode 8 Part 01, we sit down with a neuroscientist swetha godavarthi who takes us through a day in her life as a researcher — from la...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🧠 Had a great time chatting with the folks at LabLinkUp about how I found my way into neuroscience and academic research! Always a joy to share stories with curious minds just starting their journey.
www.linkedin.com/posts/lablin...
www.linkedin.com/posts/lablin...
My memories of Prof Narlikar are the physics TV show for kids on doordarshan and him explaining eclipses telescoper.blog/2025/05/20/r...
R.I.P. Jayant Narlikar (1938-2025)
Professor Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (1938-2025) I heard this morning of the death at the age of 86 of renowned Indian cosmologist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar. I understand he died peacefully in his sleep i…
telescoper.blog
May 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My memories of Prof Narlikar are the physics TV show for kids on doordarshan and him explaining eclipses telescoper.blog/2025/05/20/r...
I have seen parents struggle with the question of the best language to integrate their hearing impaired child into classroom and society. No easy solutions, but a discussion worth having! www.science.org/content/arti...
Implants can help deaf kids hear—but many still struggle with spoken language
Some researchers worry about risks of devaluing sign language, overreliance on imperfect devices
www.science.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I have seen parents struggle with the question of the best language to integrate their hearing impaired child into classroom and society. No easy solutions, but a discussion worth having! www.science.org/content/arti...
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For every one of us who can march on Friday, let's @standupforscience.bsky.social.
Sadly, we also need to acknowledge that not everyone can (grr...). An international someone reached out asking if there were other ways to advocate. Yes, absolutely!
Here are some ideas:
www.nicolecrust.com/advocacy
Sadly, we also need to acknowledge that not everyone can (grr...). An international someone reached out asking if there were other ways to advocate. Yes, absolutely!
Here are some ideas:
www.nicolecrust.com/advocacy
March 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
For every one of us who can march on Friday, let's @standupforscience.bsky.social.
Sadly, we also need to acknowledge that not everyone can (grr...). An international someone reached out asking if there were other ways to advocate. Yes, absolutely!
Here are some ideas:
www.nicolecrust.com/advocacy
Sadly, we also need to acknowledge that not everyone can (grr...). An international someone reached out asking if there were other ways to advocate. Yes, absolutely!
Here are some ideas:
www.nicolecrust.com/advocacy
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Sex differences impact disease prevalence, manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. (1/4)
Sex differences impact disease prevalence, manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. (1/4)
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Sex differences impact disease prevalence, manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. (1/4)
Sex differences impact disease prevalence, manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. (1/4)
Pittsburgh Stand Up For Science! #standupforscience2025
Friday, March 7 · 11am - 1:30pm
Schenley Plaza
standupforscience2025.org
Friday, March 7 · 11am - 1:30pm
Schenley Plaza
standupforscience2025.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Pittsburgh Stand Up For Science! #standupforscience2025
Friday, March 7 · 11am - 1:30pm
Schenley Plaza
standupforscience2025.org
Friday, March 7 · 11am - 1:30pm
Schenley Plaza
standupforscience2025.org
What the science funding enables and the impact of cuts on society - www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
Opinion: Science funding cuts are based on flawed logic. Here’s the truth.
Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What the science funding enables and the impact of cuts on society - www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
Nice summary of our work on transmitter switching and addiction
January 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Nice summary of our work on transmitter switching and addiction
Reposted by Swetha Godavarthi
If you have an EJ or env health research grant that has been rescinded, please contact me.
Scientists who work on government-funded DEI, equity, or health disparity work, I want to talk to you.
How do you plan to continue your efforts in the face of this executive order calling for an end to DEI programs and initiatives?
DM me or email gewin at me dot com.
How do you plan to continue your efforts in the face of this executive order calling for an end to DEI programs and initiatives?
DM me or email gewin at me dot com.
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you have an EJ or env health research grant that has been rescinded, please contact me.
Reposted by Swetha Godavarthi
Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds!
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
The Tiny Brains of Wasps Can Learn and Remember Information
If you have a garden, you have probably seen many insects flying around looking for food. Despite having miniature brains, these small creatures can learn and memorize flower features, mainly colors a...
kids.frontiersin.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds!
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#AngelmanSyndrome Foundation in #India! angelmanfoundation.in
A great initiative to spread awareness, create a community of caregivers and prompt further research in India.
A great initiative to spread awareness, create a community of caregivers and prompt further research in India.
Angelman Foundation India – India's First ever Angelman Support Group
angelmanfoundation.in
December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#AngelmanSyndrome Foundation in #India! angelmanfoundation.in
A great initiative to spread awareness, create a community of caregivers and prompt further research in India.
A great initiative to spread awareness, create a community of caregivers and prompt further research in India.
"vocalizations that sound as if they grew out of the fires of earth, bubbled up and over rocks and stones within ancient river banks, took flight and came back to earth as a gentle as a breeze" TJNelson. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Chain of Light is an absolute treasure! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Chain of Light - YouTube
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November 25, 2024 at 4:20 PM
"vocalizations that sound as if they grew out of the fires of earth, bubbled up and over rocks and stones within ancient river banks, took flight and came back to earth as a gentle as a breeze" TJNelson. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Chain of Light is an absolute treasure! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks Eric Dolan @psypost.bsky.social for covering our latest works on #neurotransmitterswitching 🧠🧪
1) www.psypost.org/neurotransmi...
2) www.psypost.org/neuroscienti...
1) www.psypost.org/neurotransmi...
2) www.psypost.org/neuroscienti...
Neurotransmitter switching in early development predicts autism-related behaviors
Scientists have found that a process called neurotransmitter switching—where neurons alter their chemical signals—plays a role in the development of autism-related traits.
www.psypost.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Thanks Eric Dolan @psypost.bsky.social for covering our latest works on #neurotransmitterswitching 🧠🧪
1) www.psypost.org/neurotransmi...
2) www.psypost.org/neuroscienti...
1) www.psypost.org/neurotransmi...
2) www.psypost.org/neuroscienti...
Are there any action policies in place by the GOI or the Delhi government that kick in when the AQI crosses a certain value?
On Delhi's Big Choke- praying this latest airpocalypse will finally galvanise the politicians to sort this out
www.thetimes.com/article/1b48...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b48...
Delhi smog ‘unlike anything seen in 40 years’
The Scottish historian William Dalrymple, a long-time resident of the Indian capital, has spoken of his despair at how the city had become a ‘choking death trap’
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Are there any action policies in place by the GOI or the Delhi government that kick in when the AQI crosses a certain value?
Wonderful to see that @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are here! Their #Empire podcast is fantastic! The two episodes on "Empire of numbers" (based on Dalrymple's #thegoldenroad) were eye opening! www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/empire
Empire | Goalhanger Podcasts
www.goalhangerpodcasts.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Wonderful to see that @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are here! Their #Empire podcast is fantastic! The two episodes on "Empire of numbers" (based on Dalrymple's #thegoldenroad) were eye opening! www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/empire
🧠could not agree more! Just being exposed to the three broad subfields of #neuroscience through lab rotations during my PhD training had a huge impact on how I engage with research and researchers in these sub fields.
Neuroscience subfields are often siloed. Embracing an integrative approach during training can help change that, Austin Coley explains: www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
How to be a multidisciplinary neuroscientist
Neuroscience subfields are often siloed. Embracing an integrative approach during training can help change that.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:44 PM
🧠could not agree more! Just being exposed to the three broad subfields of #neuroscience through lab rotations during my PhD training had a huge impact on how I engage with research and researchers in these sub fields.
Hello folks! Just a few days old @bsky.app .I am a neuroscientist studying molecular mechanisms of synapse self-organisation and plasticity @cnup.bsky.social. Excited to connect with fellow researchers, scicommers, naturalists and neuroscientist-dancers :)
November 11, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Hello folks! Just a few days old @bsky.app .I am a neuroscientist studying molecular mechanisms of synapse self-organisation and plasticity @cnup.bsky.social. Excited to connect with fellow researchers, scicommers, naturalists and neuroscientist-dancers :)