Scientist and Educator, LGBTQIA+ Tweeting in my personal capacity, my views and posts do not represent any organisation.
Mumbai, India
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ScientistSen retweeted
DO NOT SUBMIT PAPERS TO Nature Scientific Reports @SciReports unless you want to undergo our #unfair treatment too. We submitted our manuscript on July 29 2025 and yesterday, after 8 MONTHS and no first round of feedback, despite suggesting twice additional reviewers, we discover no Editor is currently handling our manuscript.
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Our TILLMI paper describes a 10K$ experiment including a new instrument measuring#trust in #LLMs (arxiv.org/abs/2502.21028) and it received even a few citations despite still being a preprint. This paper does not deserve being halted for 8 months with no feedback whatsoever.
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The system is indeed overwhelmed and it is difficult to find reviewers, I know this very well being myself an Editor in a good journal too.
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But this disservice, halting a paper for 8 months, cannot be accepted. Not in a journal venue where the whole process is covered by an APC, where editors and reviewers keep being exploited for free.
Journal authors are treated like nothing.
It is time to #complain and #change.
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@MassimoSt @gaveltri
ScientistSen retweeted
🇮🇳 A visionary ahead of his time, Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha envisioned atomic energy not as a choice, but as the foundation of our future. On his birth anniversary, DAE honours the legacy that guides India’s atomic energy journey.
@PMOIndia @DrJitendraSingh @NpcilOfficial @iaeaorg
Are you consuming enough #protein? are your #grains adequate? @IndiaBioscience showcases our #method "A #kitchen tool to learn protein estimation" - use this to measure protein in your #food grains at #HomeLab #CEBS indiabioscience.org/columns/… #EquitableScience @rohinimd25
ScientistSen retweeted
For the brainrot, short-attention-span generation:
Accessible hands-on immunological practical concepts at a fraction of costs. from @scientistsen1 #SenLab @ #UM_DAE_CEBS.
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Expense is a huge deterrent for #teaching #immunology using perishable Ag-Ab kits. Simulating precipitation-->chemical diffusion iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.co… cuts down costs >100 times! Cheers to #affordable & #equitable_science at UM-DAE CEBS India, for the #underprivileged! @BAMBEdu
ALT Teaching immunoassays at a fraction of the cost, using this NEW agar based chemical diffusion that mimics the principles of Ouchterlony Diffusion - Freedom to devise your own problem sets to aid experiential learning among students. No fancy tech needed. Just clean petridishes, few salt solutions and agar. No overnight incubations either. Results within an hour. Simulate multiple assays and even demonstrate concepts such as 'zone of equivalence'... quantitatively!
#Teaching immunoassays at a fraction of the cost, using this NEW agar-based chemical diffusion that mimics the principles of #Ouchterlony Diffusion - Freedom to devise your own problem sets to aid experiential learning among undergraduate students 👩🎓, in the age of #Corona!
Labour of love n passion for #India - a 3 year journey to build a Lab-free cheap method: take decision making in your own hands about your food quality - estimate protein in your food using kitchen tools. #HomeLab a reality #EquitableScience #CitizenScience #Jugaad #Science.
A Quick-easy way to estimate #protein in food, even in #rural #India! #empoweringwomen & families with a tool to ensure that they get the right amount of protein #nutrition. Check if your local Rajma or Dal is indeed a good source of protein as claimed! #atmanirbharbharat
currentscience.ac.in/Volumes… Download and let us know if you need help executing it! We can build a Citizien Science Network to help estimate protein content of grains all over India - for logistics of governance and consumption.
In Current Science: "Foam index as a surrogate measure of protein content: an exploratory and inexpensive laboratory-free tool for students" by Madamakki and Sen from Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CEBS), Mumbai, India
Interesting ideas about the "cost of memories" and how to apply it to our daily lives! A good read for students who are trying to learn something they consider currently "not so appealing"
The story of #Singapore's visionary Lee Kuan Yew transformed the island from 2/3rd slums (1965), to 90% home owners with the 3rd highest GDP/capita, best paid #Teachers, rewarded education and technical skills, and #ZERO_TOLERANCE on corruption- the choices were tough, but CLEAR.
#Personal_anecdotes are not scientific. Evidence is gathered by objective #scientific rigor/method, to prevent #personal_bias from #misinforming the data. For #Cancer cure, TIME is of essence! Not unproven methods. Get real care. Earlier the better.
Interesting thread... The patterns of epigenetic inheritance might be real, although I may not agree with some of the unproven solutions that this post subscribes to. But this is why we study epigenetic memories and how to undo the faulty ones.
Looking for a Post-doc?
interested in studying Epigenetic Memories and how they lead to disease susceptibility?
Come work with us - #Epigenetics #indiajobs #Mumbaijobs #jobsindia #StressBiology #cancer_epigenetics #hiring #PhD #research #biologist
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Why doesn't Michelle Obama run for the highest office?
Nobody says it better than Michelle. Watch this – and then make sure you’re ready to vote tomorrow: IWillVote.com
A very sad day for Science philanthropy and the country, the doyen of the Tata family leaves back a rich legacy! He'll remain immortal for all their good deeds.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mr Ratan Tata. The nation has lost one of its most inspirational figures. @TIFRScience is deeply indebted to him for being a major guiding force to the institute and for his unwavering support over the decades.
We will miss you Mr. Tata.
Our exam systems in Biology are geared to test rote learning, not analytical skills... but that MUST CHANGE because AI will make rote memory obsolete. If you want to stay relevant, train analytical biologists and not just end users or technologists.
