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Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
An Enduring Love for Biology

MAHENDRA

"I saw biology and science as a long term project of life, which can yield only one thing which both of us will do anything for— new perspectives!"

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Happy Chromosomes and Angry Embryos

ANJANA

"​It was early 2020 and our work came to a standstill, much like everything else in the country at the time. I continued to work in biology research before I decided to shift to critical science studies. I took up a lab management position which brought me back to the biology lab this year. This led me to conduct simple science experiments for undergraduate students."

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
My Journey in the Lab

NISHTHA

"The artwork depicts the interaction of me as an individual with the laboratory where I did my PhD as symbolic entities. The lab includes the people, the atmosphere, the legacy of knowledge it has acquired, resources and the 'personality' of the lab as a whole."

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Western Blot: A Poem

PALLAVI

"Western blot, Western blot
Western blot, Western blot

इतना क्यों सताते हों?
Why do you cause so much trouble?"

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
I am a researcher, not a scientist

ALKA

"If you've noticed, I always use the word "researcher" instead of "scientist." This is because you have been misinterpreting these terms since you were young. I want to clarify that a researcher can work in any field of knowledge, but a scientist is a type of researcher who studies science."

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide

MAHENDRA

"My research project seeks to understand what shapes human behaviour towards wildlife and wildlife conservation."

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Moving In, Out and Around Biological Sciences

ANONYMOUS

"And the best part is that, you'll find yourself trying to understand the subject of biology, using the lens of a social science researcher. You will learn how the researcher's identity matters, how the questions you seek and the way you answer them are linked to who you are, how the researchers' backgrounds dictate the dynamics of a laboratory space, how facts get established over time and so on."

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Between a Rock and a Hard Place

AKASH

"I consider my research process a difficult conversation. It is a conversation I have with the object/subject at hand – be it a bone, teeth, fossil or stone-tool from the paleolithic era…. from more than even a million years ago!"

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Pay attention to the life that is you!

NISHTHA

"What is more important - the rigour of scientific research, or imagination? You will find some well-meaning seniors telling you that rigour is all that is in research, and I agree. But if you’re told that there’s no time to play, that is not true."

Pratyasha's self-portrait, "Oh my love, what happened to your light?"
Science is like Magic but Real :)

MANALI

"Nature is all around us, and drawing inspiration from it—not just through understanding it, but also looking to it — as a reminder to forgive yourself and others— will help you stay grounded."

Biotales is an innovative outreach project involving early career biology researchers where they co-create outreach material on their personal research journeys. Through structured activities in workshops involving reading, writing, reflecting and making art, participants open up the world of life sciences research as experienced by them to aspiring biology researchers, enthusiasts as well as those within the scientific community.

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This project is supported by 5th IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant.

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