After seeing multiple posts discussing the flaws of PhD supervisors, finally one representing the other side!

1/ Meet the five new members of the eLife Board of Directors 👇 Today, we welcome Dinesh Natesan, Kamran Naim, Fiona Watt, Huda Zoghbi and Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan 🎉 elifesciences.org/for-the-press/…

Prof. K. VijayRaghavan of National Centre for Biological Sciences joins the Board of Directors at eLife - the journal journal.

“At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book — that string of confused, alien ciphers — shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.” — Alberto Manguel

In this week’s nature, we publish a group effort to outline a framework for studies with neural #organoids, #assembloids and transplantation. More details below 1/n

Our latest study identifies a specific cell type and receptor essential for psilocybin’s long-lasting neural and behavioral effects 🍄🔬🧠🐁 Led by Ling-Xiao Shao and Clara Liao Funded by NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 📄Read in nature - nature.com/articles/s4158… 1/12

Understanding the mechanisms behind this regional resilience in #SCA12 could open new avenues for therapeutic development. Explore our findings in full and share your thoughts! Meghana Janardhanan Pradip Paul Kalyani Bindu Bhagyalakshmi M S Meera Purushottam Biju Viswanath

#WPower2025 | Dr Pratima Murthy is the second woman and the first female psychiatrist to command the top post at NIMHANS—India’s largest mental health institution. She has fostered international collaborations and research opportunities for Nimhans and worked to improve patient

Big news in physics! The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to over 13,500 scientists across ATLAS, CMS, ALICE & LHCb at CERN's LHC — including Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s Department of High Energy Physics. #BreakthroughPrize #TIFR

Our lab has a logooo…

Molecular Genetics Lab, NIMHANS NIMHANS, Bengaluru Manasadeepika Kadambari Patil The lab has been a source of inspiration for so many students for more than 25 years, thanks to all the foundational work done by Sanjeev Jain and Meera Purushottam. We hope to push on 😀

Institutions like NCBS and ATREE are collaborating with Tinkle to help make their research accessible and interesting for children. ✍️ Shilpa Elizabeth thehindu.com/news/cities/ba…

✈️ Several travel #grants for #SfN2025 are OPEN! Whether you're an undergrad, Master’s or PhD student, or a postdoc, there's an opportunity for you 🗓️ Apply by 8 Jun: ibro.org/grant/travel-g… #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

We're here at Skydeck for the very first edition of pintofscienceIN with a fun night filled with brain science 🧠 Dr. Reeteka Sud (Bluesky: reeteka.bsky.social) kicks off the night with her talk "The Fault in our Cells"!

It's a full house at pintofscienceIN as Jayant Mahadevan talks to the crowd about what alcohol does to the body!

A rousing battle of the brains! Kadambari Patil took the audience through an exhilarating game of brain trivia - and we're happy to say it was quite a tough battle for the crown! pintofscienceIN

I flew Air India Boeing 787 twice last month. I know people who refuse to book Boeing flights and am wondering whether I should do the same in future. Too early to know what caused this tragedy, but a whistleblower wanted all 787s grounded last year.

Glad to be part of this global psychiatric genetics effort.

Our recent overview of human stem cell models for studying neuropsychiatric disorders (including their limitations and future directions) is now openly available Annual Reviews of Neuroscience

Researchers and students from Rohini Nilekani Centre for Brain and Mind-NIMHANS & Molecular Genetics Lab, NIMHANS showcased their work as part of the #PrecInNor meeting, aiming to foster collaborative work between India and Norway. Ole Andreassen Biju Viswanath Meera Purushottam