Sandhya Koushika

Pre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistance Plasmids are now the primary vectors of antimicrobial resistance, but our understanding of how human industrialisation of antibiotics influenced their evolution is limited by a paucity of data predati...

Super interesting-dig in

Pre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistance | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The curious case of the tigers who changed their stripes A century ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from geneti...

A 19-page article in the National Geographic that covers the work of @uramakri.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @tifr.res.in on black tigers, mutation load and corridors for tiger migration.

Important story and impactful work.
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www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

What a feast....

This award aims to highlight outstanding research by active neuroscientists working in countries underrepresented in neuroscience publications and conferences. @network-alba.bsky.social @sfn.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @fens.org

Our worm lab is recovering from a mite attack. Trainees devoted hours to cleanup

A mite or two or an army
They are hateful and smarmy
Our helpless little ones
Crushed by their whirling carny

Hello give up not
Gather all the stock
Pick, bleach, clean
Burn to death a game well fought

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Thank you--this is cool

How widespread is heat-dependent sterility. Is this only in C. elegans? Does it happen in other nematodes or other cold-blooded animals?

Foliar mRNA spray induces protein synthesis in monocot crop and dicot model plant species In planta gene expression via exogenous mRNAs has a wide range of potential biotechnological applications from genome editing to plant protection and to circumventing tissue culture. Yet, regarding mR...

😮 Just WOW!!

Spray GFP mRNAs on plant leaves and the leaves translate this and you get glowing leaves.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Really interesting preprint on how the nervous-system modulates heat-dependent fertility. Work from @ethanewe.bsky.social from @odedrechavi.bsky.social lab. May well be relevant in a planet that is heating up.

Loved this @heiman.bsky.social

Read today

"Comparison is the thief of Joy"

True that

Our dept @tifr.res.in ‬ran an MSc by research for ~25yrs. Our last batch graduated this month. Several headed to excellent PhD programs, some to jobs.

Congratulations and good luck for many fun adventures.

👏🏾Sohan Seal from my lab headed for a PhD to @mpi-cbg.de. 2nd from L, row 2

😔 Doing science has taken on elements of a corporation w/ writing=one "vertical". Output of research as patents and IP seems to be another. Metrics is a temple at which we worship at.

Sometimes overlooked is serendipity, small groups that meander & in this context the idea that writing is thinking.

Important.......

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Organ clocks for post-menopausal women taking estrogen or not taking estrogen

New organ clock data support the anti-aging benefits of estrogen for postmenopausal women. Reviewed here in context with previous and other recent reports.
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...

YouTube video by Morris Maduro Worm Show 2025

Bummed I missed the worm meeting this year but happy Worm Show was posted on YouTube. Bravo Morris and Curtis! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXgU...

We are looking forward to the Worm Meeting 2027 and thank
Suhong Xu(Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China),
Kavita Babu (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India), and
Erik Andersen (Johns Hopkins
University Baltimore, USA)
for organising. #worm25

Worms with neurons, a bracelet? Promise to buy. Missing #Worm25

As it’s my first time joining Worm Meeting, I was excited to participate in Worm Art show as well.
This year’s topic is resilience. In times of scarcity, worms gather holding one another to reach new grounds. Alone - they are fragile, together - they rise. Even the sky yields in unity. #worm25

Role of clathrin adaptor complex AP3 in secretion of dense core vesicles from the Sahu lab, NBRC.

Badal from my lab has added an experiment testing the role of AP3 in secretion of neuropeptides in C. elegans.

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Favorite moment of the day: "Do Genetics" -Nobel Prize Winner Gary Ruvkun #worm25

WormBase site will be frozen and migration to Genome Alliance

Paul Sternberg with important WormBase news #worm25

Folks at #worm25 please post. For those of us who did not make it we have to experience it vicariously through your posts.

“Do you have any advice for aspiring young scientists?”

“Do genetics.” *mic drop*

#worm25

For #worm25, here are updated lists of 200+ researchers for the #Celegans community to easily follow:

C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW
C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG

==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added!

cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

#CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n

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Nice study