Kavya Raghunathan (she/her)🧫🧬🧠 @ScienceKavya
@DukeDSCB PhD candidate | @DukeBioCoRE scholar | Black Lives Matter | Trans Lives Matter | #FreePalestine | Pro-Choice | constantly peckish Durham, NC Joined November 2020-
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The new and improved version of GEARBOCS, an AAV tool for in vivo genome editing in astrocytes, is here, and the plasmids will be available in @Addgene soon! Check out the preprint by amazing @danineura and co! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
So many stars on this amazing paper 🤩🧠 big brain energy
So many stars on this amazing paper 🤩🧠 big brain energy
Breaking news, grad students!! Don’t talk to ugly nobodies at conferences and stop being stingy cheapos!! Schmooze and pay for rich people’s drinks so they don’t think you’re poor and weird ❤️
Breaking news, grad students!! Don’t talk to ugly nobodies at conferences and stop being stingy cheapos!! Schmooze and pay for rich people’s drinks so they don’t think you’re poor and weird ❤️
And then, some decades from now, when they’re running for office and we pull up these videos they’ll say “it was a different time.” It wasn’t a different time. It was never a different time.
And then, some decades from now, when they’re running for office and we pull up these videos they’ll say “it was a different time.” It wasn’t a different time. It was never a different time.
This moment is very clarifying. The connections between carceral states, academic institutions, and global imperial projects is in sharp focus.
When you’re trying to stop antisemitism and end up banning the Chair of Jewish Studies from your Ivy League campus for protecting her students.
When you’re trying to stop antisemitism and end up banning the Chair of Jewish Studies from your Ivy League campus for protecting her students.
BREAKING: This brilliant speech yesterday by a Columbia professor on the cowardice of the university administration in calling in police to arrest students will be cited throughout history -– and will inspire generations of students for decades to come. Columbia still on…
So if you’re a student who peacefully protests then you can get arrested, but if you’re a white male PI who’s also a sexual predator then a whole new institute can be founded just so you can keep your job???
So if you’re a student who peacefully protests then you can get arrested, but if you’re a white male PI who’s also a sexual predator then a whole new institute can be founded just so you can keep your job???
We’re delighted to share the latest issue of ‘At the Core’! Once again, @ViannaGMartinez @ScienceKavya @DewarsEnya & #DaseanNardone have created a wonderful edition! Please take a looksee: duke.is/atthecore24 @DukeMedSchool @DukeGradSchool duke.is/atthecore24
I SAID YES!!! 😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💍💍💍💍💍someone asked me if i am still working on this paper
Happy Diwali folks (from my brain cells to yours)!✨
she is the moment- an ICON ✨
Human brain structure: #neuroscience
Proud mentor moment: my first rotation student just gave a phenomenal presentation summarizing the incredible amount of work she did in the last 3 weeks! The science world isn’t ready for her 🧫💪🏽
You need energy brought?? We got it!!
You need energy brought?? We got it!!
Getting ready for recruitment day 2 at #NDiSTEM2023 (@SACNAS)! We’re right by the entrance of the exhibit hall! Come learn more about our graduate programs between sessions from our dream team of students! @DukeMedSchool @DukeGradSchool
It’s that time of year again! Come check out @DukeMedSchool at booth 1925! @SACNAS @DukeGradSchool will be right next door at booth 1927!

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S. Monroe @DurhamSciComm
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