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The goal of scientific writing is not to make yourself sound smart or demonstrate everything you know. The goal is to give the reader only exactly what they need to know to understand what you want to communicate. Good writing is an act of empathy with the reader.

This paper was a looong way in the making -- SIX years! Work done with Hema Somanathan , Tejas Murthy, Saurabh Singh (IISc), and Divya Uma (APU). Divya's lab is now scaling this cool work with GIANT frames and much larger group sizes - the future is exciting indeed. 4/4

Ever wondered 'why some animals have more than two eyes?' Tomorrow, British afternoon: Elated to be continuing our Sussex Visions series within World Wide Neuro 🧠🗺️ with Lauren Sumner-Rooney taking us through! multiplEye Lab Tom Baden youtube.com/watch?v=MmPud7…

Check out the recent talk on the movement ecology of Indian flying fox #Pteropus giganteus by Baheerathan M

So if people start a PhD and feel that it's not their best option - well, don't do it! if you want to make money or have plenty of time off, or live close to your parents all your life - don't do a PhD, it won't be that. Just be realistic about what is the best option for you.

Adios Balamurali GS...! Bee whisperer🐝, an integral part of BEE Lab IISER-TVM since its inception. He has moved on to working with Vivek Nityananda at the Newcastle University . Good luck and wish you loads more of Bee whispering!

Extremely delighted to have been selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (#PMRF). Million thanks to Hema Somanathan, all friends of BEE Lab IISER-TVM, and beyond, who have inspired and supported me in availing of the award.

We are elated to announce that our new PhD lab member Manish Ravi, has been selected for the #PMRF award. Hearty congratulations to the budding ecologists! 🐝🌻🎉

It's a bird... It's butterflies... It's honeybees! Animal migration has fascinated scientists for centuries, but did you know that honeybees migrate!? Hema Somanathan and I summarise migration in honey bees in our recent review in Insectes Sociaux. rdcu.be/c1Ild

Hearty congrats, Baheerathan M on successfully defending your thesis on the #VisualEcology of #pteropodid #bats. Eventful, memorable years with a happy ending. Fly on !🦇

Rohini has been a role model for me. During my early years at IISc, I have had many post-lunch coffee sessions with Rohini and late Prof. N. Srinivasan (both great buddies). Learnt much in their company by simply 'hanging out' with them. Happy Silver Jubilee to her group :-)

New research article! 📰 Sajesh Vijayan 🍉 സജേഷ് വിജയൻ 🍉 (he/him/his) and Hema Somanathan studied the waggle dances of Asian giant bees, showing that longer dances with higher duration errors precede migration.🐝 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #Insectessociaux #Socialinsects #Collectivebehavior #Migration #bees

Talking about bees🐝, next up in symposia on Chemical and Visual Ecology is Sudeep R from BEE Lab IISER-TVM with talk titled: Constancy to floral colour in the Asian giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (5/n) #iwec24 National Centre for Biological Sciences Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference 2024 (IWEC`24)

More about bees! 🐝 Final talk of the Symposia on Chemical and Visual ecology by Reshma Basak from BEE Lab IISER-TVM with talk titled: Stingless bees employ multimodal cues in nest localisation. (6/6) #iwec24

Congratulations Sachin Bhaskar (Sachin Bhaskar) for being awarded the Small Research grant from the British Ecological Society. This will fund a part of his PhD work, where he will study the plant-pollinator interactions in the shola grasslands. Way to go! ⛰️🌼🌻🏵️🪻 School of Biology, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram IISER Thiruvananthapuram

All the best Manish Ravi!

Sachin Bhaskar Sachin Bhaskar has been awarded the seed grant from ATBC. He will be studying the flower-cheater dynamics in southern Western Ghats, this will form a part of his PhD thesis. Congratulations and all the very best 🪻🌺🌻 Hema Somanathan School of Biology, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram IISER Thiruvananthapuram