Mrutyunjaya Panda

Shared mechanisms across distinct biological clocks:
Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social , Helge Grosshans @labgrosshans.bsky.social & collaborators find the nematode homologs of mammalian circadian clock proteins PERIOD & CK1 to control developmental timing in worms
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force Video provides an up-close look at a human embryo plunging into tissue that simulates the uterine lining.

A time-lapse film offers a glimpse of a hidden milestone of human development: the moment when the newly formed embryo latches onto the uterine lining. Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force

go.nature.com/3Jm5KDO

New hope for Alzheimer’s: lithium supplement reverses memory loss in mice Nature - Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline.

Replenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease

go.nature.com/4m8zW3H

First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

Scientists have created the first map of the crucial structures called mitochondria throughout the entire brain

https://go.nature.com/4c2YMxw

New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.

Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule in soil samples from a laboratory technician's garden

https://go.nature.com/43qStll

Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025!
Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience.

Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...

Hello everyone,
I am Mrutyunjaya Panda, a budding biologist, trying to decipher the circadian control of mitophagy in ameliorating age associated neurodegeneration.

This is my first post on this platform. I will be glad to be connected with everyone, especially the researchers, here!