Lab Observations

FIG. 1 — Z-stack montage of larval brain

FIG. 2 — High-magnification detail of brain region

FIG. 3 — Ventral Nerve Cord (VNC) structure in Drosophila larva

FIG. 4 — Dual-channel fluorescence (DAPI/GFP) of Drosophila midgut

Hey, I’m Adrika, a final-year undergrad at IISER Kolkata. I am majoring in Biology and minoring in Physics. I like behavioral neurobiology, modelling different systems, and studying how behavior changes with context to learning and social interaction. I have grown to appreciate how collective interactions always lead to emergent phenomena in a scale-invariant manner, and I am doing my Master’s thesis in Dr. Bidisha Sinha’s lab, on the modulation of spatial distribution of Piezo1 channels in the cell.

I have also recently started dabbling in Philosophy (my pet interests are mostly philosophy of mind, linguistics, and phenomenology) as well, though I do not know enough to comment about it. In my free time, I like hiking, birdwatching, literature, and cooking. I enjoy writing about things I come across.

I have finally started a digital sketchbook, that helps immensely with being more in the world :D Feel free to look around!