Lab is committed to building an inclusive and open scientific ecosystem. One of the steps towards this goal is to openly share and discuss our scientific journey, what hampered us and what facilitated us. Lab loves to use social media and other popular scientific platforms to discuss these topics.
Virtual (December 2021)
Co-organized with Dr Vasudharani Devanathan, IISER Tirupati
Virtual (April 2021)
Co-organised with Biaswatch India team
Featured in a compendium by IndiaBioscience sharing tips and tricks for setting up a lab in India.
In this article for IndiaBiosciences- Journey of Young Investigator (JOYI) series, I reflect of my journey as a PI over the last four years.
In this "Meet the Researcher" series by Cure Parkinson's Trust, UK, I share insights about our science and why it's vital for scientists to engage with the public
In this blog post for Project Encephalon, I talk about the important role of mentors in my scientific journey.
In this interview conducted for #WIISER (Women at IISER) series, I share my scientific journey and plans for the lab with Cogito137- a student magazine from IISER-Kolkatta.
Featured in the "People and Ideas" series of JCB, where I reflected on the unique challenges posed by COVID.
In this blog post in Nature India, I share my experience of starting a lab during the lockdown imposed by COVID-19
In this article published in The QuintFit, me & Annapoorna P K discuss hampered research activities due to COVID-19 and how science is finding ways to move forward
In this two part series, I share how attending Young Investigators Meeting helped my career goals.
In this article, I talk about how visa requirements disproportionately affect scientists from developing countries.
Travel Blockers: What Gets in the Way of Early Career Travel?
Participated in debate on cellular sentience at India Science Festival, Pune 2025
Participated in panel discussion on evolving role of scientists as communicators at India Science Festival, Pune 2025
The journey of the entire MindGala initiative was published on IndiaBioscience
The outreach grant culminated in the launch of "Tales of Neuroscience" a captivating book featuring 41 articles written by 69 talented students and 10 expert mentors who participated in a science writing workshop organized by us. This unique "off-the-shelf" neuroscience book is available now for free here.
We, along with Project Encephalon won the Outreach Grant from IndiaBioscience. We started Mindgala to popularize neuroscience under this grant.
Organized a series of webinars to explain complex neuroscience topics to the general public under Mindgala Initiative.
Organized a science communication workshop under MindGala inivitative to help participants learn nuances of good scientific writing.
Gave a talk at the Poster presentation virtual workshop for students. Recording here
Convened a scienctific communication workshop at the Annual meeing of Indian Academy of Neuroscience at NEHU, Shillong. The workshop gave a primer on effective poster presentation (by Poonam Thakur), effective podium presentations (by Prof Vinay Khanna) and effective literature review (by Prof Assisi Collins)
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