Published in APBioNET Bytes·PinnedMember-onlyPersonalised EducationHow to challenge traditional education — Sometime back I came across on Facebook this powerful TEDx Talk by Gautam Khetrapal, entitled “The Wheel of Modern Education”. The take-home message of the talk was that the future of education was personalisation. This was then shared in a data science social platform group, which led to some…Passion5 min readPassion5 min read
Published in Be Yourself·Jun 12, 2021Member-only30 Years Plus to Break the Inter-Generational Cycle of Educational Level Inheritance: A Father’s TaleGoing beyond the means, pushing the envelope, and creating a generational shift — The Father I am an Indian citizen from North India, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Village Murki, District Jaunpur. This is my story, my life journey in a nutshell.Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Published in Be Yourself·Jun 7, 2021Member-onlyThe Super Mario Effect — Learn Better Without the Need for a PenaltyLife Gamification to Frame the Learning Process — Recently, I came across a TEDx talk entitled “The Super Mario Effect — Tricking Your Brain into Learning More” by Mark Rober. The basic premise of the talk was that life gamification helps (or tricks our brain) to learn better, without the need for a penalty. The talk struck a…Games5 min readGames5 min read
Published in KNOL LONK·Mar 7, 2021Member-only19 Reasons to Start Writing a Private Journal Now!I had a long desire to have a private journal where I could write my personal thoughts, away from the preying eyes of the social network and even people very close to me. …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Published in KNOL LONK·Mar 7, 2021Member-onlyReview of Day One App for Private JournalingI bought this App, Day One (@dayoneapp) back in August 2012. I was immediately grabbed to it by its look and simple, yet beautiful design, as if done by Apple. And of course the long desire to have a private journal where I can pen my personal thoughts, away from…Writing1 min readWriting1 min read
Published in KNOL LONK·Mar 7, 2021Member-onlyRunning a Research Lab: Two Overlooked PositionsI think research labs would be more productive, if there is someone within the team that can fulfil the roles below: Position title: “Miscellany” Job scope: Help out all the members in the lab in whatever way possible. Good breadth and depth of experience and skills required. 2. Position title…Research2 min readResearch2 min read
Published in APBioNET Bioinformatics·Mar 6, 2021Member-onlySometimes Inaccuracy HelpsRevisiting something interesting that someone shared back in 2010, with the same title as above, and it was based on a Nature article (Ref.) “…, we noticed errors in the software source code used to create the initial BLOSUM family of matrices…The result of these errors is that the BLOSUM…Bioinformatics1 min readBioinformatics1 min read
Mar 6, 2021Member-only19 Tips on Presenting a Scientific Research or Review PaperBelow are some tips that I have gathered over the years from personal experience: Prepare and control your timing State the purpose of your presentation Don’t read the title, summarize it -> a chance for you to give a gist of the paper or your work. Always have 2 introduction…Science2 min readScience2 min read
Published in KNOL LONK·Mar 6, 2021Member-onlyThe Eye and the Bandwidth of InformationVisualization is the best form of observation, however, we are not always able to get the most because of the limits of our physical eyes.Eyes1 min readEyes1 min read
Published in KNOL LONK·Mar 6, 2021Member-onlyAnswering Questions: Two TakesWhen people ask you a question, you have an opportunity with you to stretch their mind beyond their question and paint a larger holistic picture. The issue is then whether to paint the picture first and then answer or vice-versa. The problem with painting the picture first is that they…Advice2 min readAdvice2 min read
