
Diwakar Turaga
@diwakarturaga
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist. CHD Researcher. Microscopist. Squash Enthusiast.
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13-03-2021 22:51:33
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Wonderful meeting by Additional Ventures on single ventricle research - from zebrafish to VADs. Connecting folks including three young pediatric cardiology physician scientists and their role model Dan Quiat Jonathan Edwards Deepak Srivastava #SVIM2022 #singleventricle


Cast your #vote for Baylor College of Medicine in the #STATMadness #Science Competition! BCM Department of Medicine BCM Department of Integrative Physiology BCM_CVRI BCM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences @BCM_GradDiverse BCM_Alumni Jim Martin Diwakar Turaga The Texas Heart Institute #RSekhar Premranjan kumar blogs.bcm.edu/2023/03/02/fro… via BCMHouston

How useful is a connectome? We show that you can predict quite a bit about the neural activity of a circuit from just measurements of its connectivity. Led by star graduate student Janne Lappalainen, collaboration with Jakob Macke. #connectome biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… 1/n



We made it round 3 of #STATMadness competition! We need your votes more then ever to move up to the next round. Vote today!! BCM Department of Integrative Physiology BCM_CVRI The Texas Heart Institute Jim Martin Diwakar Turaga STAT statnews.com/feature/stat-m…




We are thrilled to announce that Texas Children's Heart Center has been ranked #1 in the country for the care of pediatric cardiology and heart surgery patients by U.S. News & World Report, for the 7th year in a row! Congratulations to our hard-working team! More at texaschildrens.org/departments/he….


Breakthrough in Pediatric Heart Transplants! Led by Dr. James F. Martin, Dr. Xiao Li, & Dr. Diwakar Turaga, this study sheds light on immune dynamics for better outcomes. BCMHouston, Texas Children's, McGovern Med School Read the full article: texasheart.org/revolutionary-…



Our collaboration with Google DeepMind has borne fruit! Or rather, a fruit fly 🪰🙂 Simulated with #MuJoCo physics, trained with imitation learning, capable of realistic locomotion, both on the ground and in the air. 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110… github.com/TuragaLab/flyb…

Our work simulating the fly visual system connectome with Jakob Macke Janne Lappalainen is now out in nature Paper (open access): nature.com/articles/d4158… Research Briefing: nature.com/articles/d4158…


Excited to announce that we were recently named the #1 Pediatric Heart Center in the US by U.S. News & World Report for the 8th year in a row! Congratulations to our team members who work tirelessly providing exemplary care, and thanks to all of the families who entrust their care to us daily!


Thankful for support from Additional Ventures to continue #singleventricle research at BCMHouston Texas Children's TCH Heart Center Brian Moseley

This preprint is now published at nature. With current and former DeepMinders Yuval Tassa, Josh Merel, Matt Botvinick, and my HHMI | Janelia colleagues Roman Vaxenburg, Igor Siwanowicz, Kristin Branson @[email protected], Michael Reiser | michaelreiser.bsky.social, Gwyneth Card and more