Madhura Rao

I love how salad is just…air 😅

Open letter to HHMI and eLife, in defense of free expression To the Board of Directors, eLife and Erin O’Shea, President, HHMI: We, the undersigned life scientists, are writing to express our view that Professor Michael Eisen's social media posts should not b...

Please consider signing. There's no time to lose. Do not let hyperpolarization and Twitter intrigues be an excuse for censoring eLife's editor in chief. He's always been a voice for people with less power than him and an inspiration for changing crusty institutions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I need to make it a habit to post here every day. It’s the only way I’m going to actually become comfortable with this app.

Welcome!! It’s quite nice here actually

flying what now 😳

Has anyone read The Covenant of Water? I’m considering picking it up next but it’s quite the commitment and I hope it’s not a sad book because I’m still recovering from A Tale for the Time Being.

But pretty slides are the best slides! This presentation I’m working on is going to be really nice I think.

I’m obsessed with making my slides look pretty. I literally cannot think of the content unless the slide is aesthetically pleasing to my eyes 😭

oh to be a house cat basking in the autumn sun 🍂

A Mystery Species Was Discovered in Trafficked Pangolin Scales Researchers believed there were eight species of the strange mammals. But a ninth was identified genetically, although no one knew it was a separate species in the wild.

Researchers studying scales from poached pangolins discovered a brand new species hiding in plain sight 🔍 new from me for the NYT www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/s...

Who Gets to Eat Well After the Climate Crisis? C Pam Zhang’s dystopian "Land of Milk and Honey" imagines how fine dining might persist after food systems collapse.

C Pam Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey, out today, has the most gorgeous descriptions of food and raises great questions about the nature of hunger, pleasure, and fine dining. i interviewed her about it: www.eater.com/23889575/c-p...

It wasn’t the writing that took long. An editor sat on it for a year before deciding that it didn’t fit the scope of the journal 😒

Sigh yes. I’m just afraid of disappointing people by not being as intelligent as they think I am. OR coming across as arrogant for accepting the compliment 🥲

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This is what I fear. That people will assume that I’m some kind of genius who is good at everything and that is absolutely not the case! I’m smart in a VERY specific way lol

That being said, I also don’t know what the right response to that is. I’ve just been smiling and saying “that’s kind of you to say”. Guess that’s okay enough a thing to say.

I’ve been actively trying to not respond with “haha no not really” when someone says that I must be smart because I did a PhD. It is incredibly hard but I gotta stop putting myself down like that.

Understanding the phenomenon of food waste valorisation from the perspective of supply chain actors ... The repurposing of surplus food and food processing by-products is a key aspect of the shift towards a circular bioeconomy. In the Netherlands, food supply chain actors are already working towards mak...

A new publication from my PhD research after many, many months! We spoke to and analysed the experiences of supply chain actors involved in food waste valorisation in the Netherlands 🌱
agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10....

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A bit silly to call academia a job when its actually like 12 jobs in a coat pretending to be one job

Microplastic in Our Food

I wrote about the itty-bitty plastic debris that ends up in our food chain and the risks it poses to our health.
www.foodunfolded.com/article/micr...

SOUP SEASON

I’ll believe it when it’s actually over. For now, it seems never ending 🥲

Thanks Bart!

I know this is a privileged position to be in and I shouldn’t complain but managing end-of-PhD admin while navigating a new postdoc project is a lot and my brain feels like a big blob of jello

I’m not a podcast person either and that’s part of why it took so long to try audiobooks. Audiobooks (when well narrated) make me feel like I’m actually reading the text myself!!

But I also wonder if I’ll ever be able to actually read again. With all the reading I’ve to do for work and the constant digital distractions, perhaps not. But I don’t mind. Audiobooks seem to be a very good alternative.

I downloaded audible 2 months ago and I’m already TWELVE books in. I’m clearly parched from not having read fiction in 4 years. Why didn’t I do this sooner??

I HEARD!!! I hope we manage to finally meet now

Audiobooks have been my favourite discovery of 2023 so far. It’s so amazing to be able to “read” again ☺️

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