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𝟱/𝟭𝟬 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 - 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 Twenty-two per cent of Singapore residents said that they would never choose to get vaccinated. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆, 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, Finkelstein and his colleagues argued in an opinion piece published today in The Straits Times. The refusal the scientists observed was not only driven by price. 42% of respondents said that a S$100 price tag would make them get vaccinated for free immediately, 35% would wait for two months — and pay the vaccine provider — in order to gauge the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. A S$6,000 price tag, on the other hand, had a double-sided effect: it would increase the immediate take-up of the vaccine to 52% per cent, but also drive up the percentage of people who would completely refuse a vaccine. _______________________________________________________ This especially terrible flu season reminded me of an infographics project we did for Duke NUS Medical School. These 10 infographics were a part of a book titled 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲-𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, which highlighted their teams and the important work they did towards Covid science.   I learnt a lot about behind-the-scenes of a pandemic response through this project, and 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦! _______________________________________________________ Hi I'm Radhika, an explorer of Science, Art and Design. Visit our websites Endosymbiont - Design for Biotech and Sci-Illustrate to see what we have created, and follow me to see what I create next. #sciart #scicomm #lifesciences #notai

𝟰/𝟭𝟬 - 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 - 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 ....evidence suggested that the ORF8 gene, a mystery protein of unclear function, could help the virus evade the immune system, and its deletion may have helped to uncloak the virus to the immune system. The researchers noted that patients infected with the variant had lower concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines, chemokines and growth factors that are strongly associated with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. “These studies provide the first convincing data showing that an observed genetic change (mutation) in SARS-CoV-2 has affected the severity of disease in patients,” said Smith at the time. _______________________________________________________ This especially terrible flu season reminded me of an infographics project we did for Duke NUS Medical School. These 10 infographics were a part of a book titled 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲-𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, which highlighted their teams and the important work they did towards Covid science.   I learnt a lot about behind-the-scenes of a pandemic response through this project, and 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦! _______________________________________________________ Hi I'm Radhika, an explorer of Science, Art and Design. Visit our websites Endosymbiont - Design for Biotech and Sci-Illustrate to see what we have created, and follow me to see what I create next. #sciart #scicomm #lifesciences #notai  

By taking the words of Dr. Radhika Patnala: "𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 Stories about Women in Science who have changed the world, who persevered for the sake of knowledge. We collect stories that can inspire, teach, give courage, give purpose. We are storytellers. We gather and share, so that the spirit of these women may live on, in memories and in hearts, of scientists and the world alike.” This month, we celebrated 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆. Although it was 10 days ago, we want to continue honoring the pioneers, the innovators, the boundary-breakers; Women whose contributions to science have shaped the world as we know it. We invite you to take a look at our 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 series. This series pays homage to several scientists throughout history, through illustrations and text. Take a look, be inspired, and share their stories. 🔗 Read more on Medium: https://lnkd.in/d2AhWb4M #WomenInScience #SciArt #IWD2025

ASIMA CHATTERJEE 1917-2006 Last year was her 100th birth anniversary. Born on September 23, 1917, Asima Chatterjee was one of the first women in India to earn a doctorate in Science under the British Raj, receiving her Ph.D. in 1944 from the University of Calcutta. During the 30s-40s, higher education for the girls was rare in India. But, as a young girl, her parents never restricted Asima from pursuing education. "Dr. SC Prakashi, one of her Ph.D. students, reminiscences: "Being one of her early Ph.D. students I have closely witnessed her initial struggles to establish herself." Through her scientific work, she reminded the world about the glorious days of traditional Indian medicine using plants. She researched medicinal chemistry and developed leading anti-convulsive, anti-malarial, and chemotherapy drugs from natural products. Asima Chatterjee spent long 40 years to find out the structure and function of various natural products, isolated from plants. She was the first Indian who had initiated the scientific investigation on alkaloids in Rauwolfia canescens. Two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling was a great admirer of her science. In 1961, she became the first woman to be awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize -the most prestigious award for Indian scientists. Illustration and Post by Arghya Manna (Drawing History of Science), Sci-Illustrate Stories #womeninscience #thesciencetimes #womeninstem #sciillustratestories #India #Indianscientists #science #Asima #chemotherapy #illustration #polaroid #sciart #scicomm #sciencecomics #bestheroine #medicinal #natural #prestigious #womeninhistory

𝟮/𝟭𝟬 - 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 - 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲-𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗥𝗡𝗔-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 The co-development of a self-replicating mRNA-based vaccine kicked off today. The collaboration combined Arcturus’ STARR technology with Duke-NUS’ rapid screening platform developed by Professor Ooi Eng Eong’s team. The hope was to create an effective, single-dose vaccine in Singapore. “We’d been studying how humans respond to the yellow fever vaccine, and found the causes of common vaccine side effects and the genes that need to be switched on or off to produce immune responses that give durable protection. And that’s what we want from a vaccine,” says Ooi, a dengue researcher at heart. _______________________________________________________ This especially terrible flu season reminded me of an infographics project we did for Duke NUS Medical School. These 10 infographics were a part of a book titled 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲-𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, which highlighted their teams and the important work they did towards Covid science.   I learnt a lot about behind-the-scenes of a pandemic response through this project, and 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦! _______________________________________________________ Hi I'm Radhika, an explorer of Science, Art and Design. Visit our websites Endosymbiont - Design for Biotech and Sci-Illustrate to see what we have created, and follow me to see what I create next. #sciart #scicomm #lifesciences #notai

This especially terrible flu season reminds me of an infographics project we did for Duke NUS Medical School. These 10 infographics were a part of a book titled 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲-𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰, which highlighted their teams and the important work they did towards Covid science.   I learnt a lot about behind-the-scenes of a pandemic response through this project, thanks to Nicole L.. So buckle in. ___________________________________________________ 𝟭/𝟭𝟬 - 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗-𝟭𝟵’𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 Would there be enough beds? What about nurses? What would the impact be on patients who didn’t have COVID-19? Questions like these drove a multi-disciplinary Duke-NUS research team as they set about planning for the likely effects of COVID-19 on Singapore’s healthcare system. The project would inform top-level health policy decisions as the pandemic unfolded. The team’s first key intervention involved using computer simulations to evaluate the impact of different healthcare policies on Singapore’s rates of disease, mortality, and use of medical services. These simulations would also evaluate hypothetical policies, enabling the 11-strong SingHealth Duke-NUS team to predict a policy’s effectiveness, in three distinct possible scenarios: • COVID-19 remains under control, • becomes difficult to control with local clusters • or results in a full-blown local epidemic. _______________________________________________________ Hi I'm Radhika, an explorer of Science, Art and Design. Visit our websites Endosymbiont - Design for Biotech and Sci-Illustrate to see what we have created, and follow me to see what I create next. #sciart #scicomm #lifesciences #notai  

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Barbara McClintock (1902 - 1992) Barbara McClintock is an American cytogeneticist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983. Barbara studied maize chromosomes and how they changed with each new generation, producing different patterns on individual maize kernels. Using microscopic analysis, Barbara demonstrated the roles of telomeres and centromeres on chromosomes. She discovered the process of DNA positional change in a genome, known as transposition, and explained how environmental conditions or cell cycle phase can turn genes on or off. For about 10 years, other scientists did not believe her work, and she stopped publishing her findings, but never stopped researching. When transposition was found to occur in bacteria, Barbara finally got the credit she was long overdue. Beyond her discoveries, Barbara's legacy is that of persistence and believing in your self and your abilities. Read more: https://buff.ly/49U4Iad #genetics #BarbaraMcClintock #womeninscience #Nobelwinner

The League of Extraordinary Cell Types - The Respiratory System: Pneumocytes ⏰ We breathe 24x7x365 without even realising that the lungs are doing a significant amount of work in helping us breathe and serving its main function: gas exchange. 🫁 The mammalian lung is an excellent example where form follows function - its function is dependent on its shape. Their unique grape-like anatomy of the alveoli contributes to an increased surface area for easy exchange and transport of oxygen to the blood. ⚙️ The alveolar lumen is furnished with a mosaic of epithelium called alveolar epithelial cells (AECs), also known as pneumocytes. Type I cells are mainly involved in the maintenance of air-blood barriers and type II cells are specialised cells that produce pulmonary surfactants (lipid-protein complex). 🧩 Type I pneumocytes are specifically damaged in pulmonary edema, a condition in which the air-blood barrier is compromised and fluid buildup starts in the lung leading to difficulty in breathing. 🚧 Epithelial barriers regulate the passage between the air-blood and air-liquid interface and serve as a significant defense system against external substances. Both in vivo and in vitro models are required to gain a better understanding of lung pathology such as infection, inflammation, cancer and other pulmonary diseases. Stay tuned to learn more extraordinary cell types! Credit: Art by Nelli Aghekyan, Set in motion by Emanuele Petretto, PhD , Words by Suruchi Poddar, PhD, Project Coordinator: Małgorzata Maksymowicz-Trivedi, PhD, Series Director: Dr. Radhika Patnala #scicomm #lifescience #Extraordinarycelltypes About the series: The League of Extraordinary Cell Types The team at Sci-Illustrate and Endosymbiont bring to you an exciting series where we dive deep into the wondrous cell types that make our bodies tick ❤. ____________________________________________ Tag someone you know working in this field and help us find them 😊 If you enjoyed this content, make sure to follow us not to miss a post!