@riddhamanna.bsky.social
PhD from JakšićLab, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL. Behaviour. Robotics. Screening. Cognition. Individuality. Looking for postdoc positions.
As of 15 July, 877 fatalities and 5666 injuries have been reported among people trying to access food supplies. Image of an empty bowl and spoon against black background.
People are getting killed trying to get food.
877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.
Books on bookshelf. Two champagne corks jn front of them. Book titles from left to right: The Mind of a Bee, Time Love Memory, Osnove Genetike, Ecological Genetics and Evolution, PhD thesis by AM Jaksic, PhD thesis by Riddha Manna, PhD thesis by Samuel Bourgeat, On the origin of species, Imaginary animals, Historija filozofije, Population genetics, Progress and prospects in evolutionary biology: the Drosophila model.
There are now three printed PhD theses on my bookshelf 🥹
04.07.2025 15:11 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations Samuel on officially being a PhD now!! Declared in French! You deserve all of it!!
Congrats to @merianelion.bsky.social for successfully releasing 2 PhDs in this wild world in less than 5 years!! More to come!!
Better late than never.
It's good to see the academic community finally standing in solidarity against the systematic targeting and despicable attacks on universities, research and educational institutes, and schools. While we are at it, here is a recent list (color coded by who attacked them):
Congrats Sam!!
22.05.2025 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My first paper as a corresponding author has been accepted!
This was part of my Masters work at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First PhD of the lab is now offical!
All went well, except I almost forgot to hand over the diploma at the end 😅 I chalk it up as an emotional fumble 😇Congratulations Dr. Manna!
@riddhamanna.bsky.social
Screenshot of a paragraph saying “The assumption of individuality in learning is supported by a body of knowledge from both neurobiolog and theories of learning and instruction. Neurobiology emphasizes how genetic makeup and personal history interact to shape individual behavior through learning processes, which modify the brain's structure in slightly different ways for each of us, thereby creating the biological basis for interpersonal differences (Kandel & Hawkins, 1992; Manna et al., 2024).” Sentence starting with “Neurobiology emphasizes…” is highlighted
Feels nice to see the 1st citation from my lab’s experimental paper cited alongside the opinion piece by Kandel from 1992 😎
Now that we know what it took to do this experiment, it’s no wonder nobody was crazy enough to try it for the past 30 years 😅
Riddha Manna and Ana Marija Jaksic, smiling and together holding a printed out PhD thesis.
A champagne cork on a desk with a writing on it saying “Riddha Manna 02.12.2024”
Riddha Manna, Anne-Florence Bitbol, Richard Benton, Kathryn Hess and Ana Marija Jaksic, standing in front of a screen projecting two zoom windows. In zoom there is Johannes Felsenberg with his thumb up, and Michale Herzog.
A huge day for my lab - the first PhD student, Riddha Manna, successfully defended his thesis today! 🥳🎊🎉🍾🥂
02.12.2024 19:54 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
