it had been a long time , the banyan and the timeline had interacted. the timeline had gone beyond the Himalayas and across the seas to some place...
Dear Banyan,
i was just contemplating on the upanishads which the residents of Bharat created along the Indus . And i came upon an analogy where you are mentioned. here it goes:
This is from katha upanishad chapter VI shloka 1
I will send the sanskrit one if you want.
This banyan tree, which has got roots above the soil and branches underneath, is quite ancient. That (its root) is pure, that is Brahman, that is the eternal and immortal. On it rest all the worlds. No one goes beyond that.
This is that thing that we are contemplating about.
More later,
Timeline
*this post is a creation of Mr Rammohan Shukla, my mentor in philosophy.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, November 22, 2010
Makorin and The Trinity
Makorin is a marker for stem cells: Brahma (Creator)
Makorin plays a role in embryogenesis and early development: Vishnu (Preserver)
Makorin acts as E3 Ligase during ubiquitination: Shiva (destroyer)
Reference
1.Gray, T. A., A. H. Hernandez, L. H. Carey, M. A. Schaldach, M. J. Smithwick, K. Rus, J. A. M. Graves, C. L. Stewart and R. D. Nicholls. 2000. Genomics 66:76–86.
2.Lee E.W, M.S. Lee, S. Camus, J. Ghim, M. Yang, W. Oh, N. Ha, D. P. Lane and J. Song. 2009. The EMBO Journal. 28: 2100–2113.
3.http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008055361&IA=CA2007002034&DISPLAY=STATUS
Makorin plays a role in embryogenesis and early development: Vishnu (Preserver)
Makorin acts as E3 Ligase during ubiquitination: Shiva (destroyer)
Reference
1.Gray, T. A., A. H. Hernandez, L. H. Carey, M. A. Schaldach, M. J. Smithwick, K. Rus, J. A. M. Graves, C. L. Stewart and R. D. Nicholls. 2000. Genomics 66:76–86.
2.Lee E.W, M.S. Lee, S. Camus, J. Ghim, M. Yang, W. Oh, N. Ha, D. P. Lane and J. Song. 2009. The EMBO Journal. 28: 2100–2113.
3.http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008055361&IA=CA2007002034&DISPLAY=STATUS
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
EMBO 2010 and Scientific Networking
Conferences and meetings arranged by various scientific organizations provide a platform for science, career development, business, and policy making to come together. They help give a good exposure to scientists about the latest developments in research. Apart from science they are good chance to visit new places and learn about new cultures.
Fifteen thousand letters, that’s the number of letters which the Darwin Correspondence Project claims to have archived. These are letters which Darwin and his contemporary biologists exchanged. What was the purpose? The answer is NETWORKING. Darwin would have faired well in twittering or facebooking.
Well in the present day world, it has become much more easier for scientists to come and meet at platforms like the EMBO meetings etc. What else do you need when you have Nobel laureates, an author of a best seller, top scientists, editors of high profile journals, top business companies of science and the young minds together on the same platform (EMBO2010). Darwin would have saved a lot of his energy, paper and ink had he been provided with a platform like EMBO meetings to convey his ideas and theories among fellow scientists.
Networking is an important issue nowadays among scientists as we are heading towards a border free science. Meetings and conferences have become like the neuronal synapses, without which science would be a little difficult. It helps fellow scientists to know what is going on in other parts of the world and it also provides an insight into the latest developments in research. Conferences and meetings open avenues for inter subject research. With experts of diverse field around there, it provides a chance to know the probabilities of inter subject collaborations.
These conferences are a good platform for young scientists to explore new avenues of research. They help the graduate students and postdocs to look into new avenues for their future.
Scientists need to get out of laboratories, and these scientific conferences and meetings provide them a chance to do so. Apart from the scientific aspect meetings like the EMBO 2010 allow scientists to travel and explore new places.
Fifteen thousand letters, that’s the number of letters which the Darwin Correspondence Project claims to have archived. These are letters which Darwin and his contemporary biologists exchanged. What was the purpose? The answer is NETWORKING. Darwin would have faired well in twittering or facebooking.
Well in the present day world, it has become much more easier for scientists to come and meet at platforms like the EMBO meetings etc. What else do you need when you have Nobel laureates, an author of a best seller, top scientists, editors of high profile journals, top business companies of science and the young minds together on the same platform (EMBO2010). Darwin would have saved a lot of his energy, paper and ink had he been provided with a platform like EMBO meetings to convey his ideas and theories among fellow scientists.
Networking is an important issue nowadays among scientists as we are heading towards a border free science. Meetings and conferences have become like the neuronal synapses, without which science would be a little difficult. It helps fellow scientists to know what is going on in other parts of the world and it also provides an insight into the latest developments in research. Conferences and meetings open avenues for inter subject research. With experts of diverse field around there, it provides a chance to know the probabilities of inter subject collaborations.
These conferences are a good platform for young scientists to explore new avenues of research. They help the graduate students and postdocs to look into new avenues for their future.
Scientists need to get out of laboratories, and these scientific conferences and meetings provide them a chance to do so. Apart from the scientific aspect meetings like the EMBO 2010 allow scientists to travel and explore new places.
Monday, September 6, 2010
EMBO Global Exchange & The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance Meeting.
What is the purpose of such meetings and conferences ? Do scientists really need to have such meetings ?
Imagine what would happen if the synapses between the neurons were not formed in us. Science in the present day, without networking would be like a nervous system without the ability of form synapses. EMBO aims at bringing scientists from across the globe together so that there is more interaction and people know what is going on in other parts of the world. Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, at the outset of his talk, said that he was attending the meeting because, as a scientist of Indian origin, he wanted to know what was going on in India. It was with this objective of sharing knowledge, that the above meeting was held at the EMBO 2010 , Barcelona meeting.
The meeting started with a welcome address followed by a series of talks which ranged from ribosomes, vaccines, stem cells, policy matters and of course funding issues (after all money makes the world go round). The panel discussion on research opportunities spiced up the meeting, with the conversations between the panelists and the audience (mostly young indian scientists based outside India). Dr Venki gave keynote talk on ribosomes, with an insight into its structure.
Dr Vijayraghavan`s talk on the development of movement was not just focused on the movement in animals, but it also focused on the development of biological science research in India. He gave an overview of the genesis of life science research in modern India, which started sometime in the late 19th and early 20th century. With the establishment of institutions like Bose Institute, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore (now Bengaluru), the Bhabha Research Institute in Bombay (now Mumbai), etc, research in the field of life sciences gained momentum. After the independence of India, many centres of excellence came into existence in the form of national research institutes each of which was a feather in the cap of life science research in India. The present government has taken steps to increase the number of centrally aided universities and open new research institutions across the length and breadth of the country to facilitate quality higher education to the masses of India.
The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance is facilitating quality research opportunities for scientists in India and as Dr Anuradha said, it aimed at bringing people with a taste for quality research into India. The panel discussion which followed the talks of Anuradha and Gerlind, discussed about the opportunities researchers have in India. Embo Director, Maria said that Indians outside India could help India develop by adding their share of knowledge once they are back to their country. In response to a question about the problems one faces in India at different levels, Anuradha, with a very positive approach said that, what people take as problems should be taken up as challenges and dealt with a positive attitude rather than complaining about them. The panelists further added that money for research in India was not a problem, but the real problem was lack of good working hands.
There were eminent scientists of India and also from outside India like Dr Partha Majumder, Rashna Bhandari, Sandhya Visweswariah, Azim Surani, Vivel Malhotra, Ashok Venkitaraman and Satyajit Rath, who spoke on various scientific issues. The meeting ended with a positive note of bringing collaboration and mutual understanding among the scientists of India and the whole world.
Imagine what would happen if the synapses between the neurons were not formed in us. Science in the present day, without networking would be like a nervous system without the ability of form synapses. EMBO aims at bringing scientists from across the globe together so that there is more interaction and people know what is going on in other parts of the world. Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, at the outset of his talk, said that he was attending the meeting because, as a scientist of Indian origin, he wanted to know what was going on in India. It was with this objective of sharing knowledge, that the above meeting was held at the EMBO 2010 , Barcelona meeting.
The meeting started with a welcome address followed by a series of talks which ranged from ribosomes, vaccines, stem cells, policy matters and of course funding issues (after all money makes the world go round). The panel discussion on research opportunities spiced up the meeting, with the conversations between the panelists and the audience (mostly young indian scientists based outside India). Dr Venki gave keynote talk on ribosomes, with an insight into its structure.
Dr Vijayraghavan`s talk on the development of movement was not just focused on the movement in animals, but it also focused on the development of biological science research in India. He gave an overview of the genesis of life science research in modern India, which started sometime in the late 19th and early 20th century. With the establishment of institutions like Bose Institute, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore (now Bengaluru), the Bhabha Research Institute in Bombay (now Mumbai), etc, research in the field of life sciences gained momentum. After the independence of India, many centres of excellence came into existence in the form of national research institutes each of which was a feather in the cap of life science research in India. The present government has taken steps to increase the number of centrally aided universities and open new research institutions across the length and breadth of the country to facilitate quality higher education to the masses of India.
The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance is facilitating quality research opportunities for scientists in India and as Dr Anuradha said, it aimed at bringing people with a taste for quality research into India. The panel discussion which followed the talks of Anuradha and Gerlind, discussed about the opportunities researchers have in India. Embo Director, Maria said that Indians outside India could help India develop by adding their share of knowledge once they are back to their country. In response to a question about the problems one faces in India at different levels, Anuradha, with a very positive approach said that, what people take as problems should be taken up as challenges and dealt with a positive attitude rather than complaining about them. The panelists further added that money for research in India was not a problem, but the real problem was lack of good working hands.
There were eminent scientists of India and also from outside India like Dr Partha Majumder, Rashna Bhandari, Sandhya Visweswariah, Azim Surani, Vivel Malhotra, Ashok Venkitaraman and Satyajit Rath, who spoke on various scientific issues. The meeting ended with a positive note of bringing collaboration and mutual understanding among the scientists of India and the whole world.
EMBO 2010
Networking, Science, Business, Policy making, Career are the ingredients of the EMBO 2010, Barcelona. To add flavour to it there are talks by scientists like Dr Venki, Dr Elizabeth, Dr Frans de Waal and many more...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Avatars and Evolution...!!!!
The tortoise incarnation of Vishnu.
The ficus wonders if the avataric concept of lord Vishnu in hinduism, is an indication to the knowledge of evolution among the ancient hindus.
As we all know, now, that life originated in water and then it came to land followed by evolution of plants and animals which was again followed by speciation. The avatars of lord Vishnu, as mentioned in the hindu scriptures follow a sequence which supports modern day concept of evolution and origin of life. The first avatar of lord Vishnu is that of a fish (Matsya), followed by tortoise (Kurma), boar (Vraha), half lion- half man (Narsimha), a dwarf man (Vamana) and then different human forms Parushurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki.
What are your views.....
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ficus talks about Transgenic (Part 2)
It was Dashahra and Timeline happened to be in the village. Having had a tough time moving here and there around the world, Ficus had forced the Timeline to stay for a couple of months and asked to carry on his business staying there. It was during this time that the trouble of the transgenic crops had come up; and so Ficus engaged Timeline in this discussion.
It was early morning and the birds had come out. the warblers were chattering and the crows had started to crow. The farmers had let open the doors of their chicken coops and the graceful cocks started courting the big fat hens. The milkmen were readying the cows to milk them. The priest was hurrying to the temple with flowers in one hand and a bunch of keys of the temple in other. The palace which sleeps for most of the year was also alive as it was Dashahra. Slowly the whole village was coming to life.
Ficus was telling Timeline about the antiquity of the Dashahra festival and how he had witnessed dashara procession of the royals since the past 100 or so years. As they were talking, Shanker and Shyamu were going to their fields and they were discussing about the Bt Rice they had grown this season. This reminded Ficus of the opposition and pressure from various organisations, which these two progressive farmers were facing. And then he asked Timeline for his view on Transgenic crops. Timeline in his typical husky voice started telling Ficus about such problems which time and again have cropped up and homo sapiens have overcome since the past 200 thousand or so years.
It was early morning and the birds had come out. the warblers were chattering and the crows had started to crow. The farmers had let open the doors of their chicken coops and the graceful cocks started courting the big fat hens. The milkmen were readying the cows to milk them. The priest was hurrying to the temple with flowers in one hand and a bunch of keys of the temple in other. The palace which sleeps for most of the year was also alive as it was Dashahra. Slowly the whole village was coming to life.
Ficus was telling Timeline about the antiquity of the Dashahra festival and how he had witnessed dashara procession of the royals since the past 100 or so years. As they were talking, Shanker and Shyamu were going to their fields and they were discussing about the Bt Rice they had grown this season. This reminded Ficus of the opposition and pressure from various organisations, which these two progressive farmers were facing. And then he asked Timeline for his view on Transgenic crops. Timeline in his typical husky voice started telling Ficus about such problems which time and again have cropped up and homo sapiens have overcome since the past 200 thousand or so years.
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