The Rushikesh Tahakik Blog

 Hello everyone! I’m Rushikesh Tahakik , the face behind this new Biotechnology Professionals, Scientists, and Students Network . What began as a simple WhatsApp group has now grown into a vibrant community. More than 776 members have joined us so far, and 230+ people actively responded to the recent poll—which shows how engaged and enthusiastic this community is. Seeing this response, I felt that instead of sending scattered messages in the group, we need a structured, accessible, and valuable platform. So, I have decided to create a Biotech Newsletter that will provide: Latest updates and breakthroughs in biotechnology Useful protocols and practical lab notes I have collected over the years E-books and study resources from my personal library Opportunities for members to share their own articles, notes, or research material Free access to all students, early-career researchers, and professionals who want to learn and grow My goal is to build a supportive, collaborative communi...

  कृषिप्रधान भारताला अन्नधान्य उत्पादनात स्वयंभू बनवणारे हरितक्रांतीचे जनक डॉ.स्वामिनाथन यांना भारतरत्न पुरस्कार मिळाला याचा आनंद आहेच.असे अनेक रत्न या भारतभूमीत होऊन गेले आहेत.काळाच्या ओघात ते विस्मृतीत गेले असले तरी अशा प्रसंगी त्यांचा आठव होतो.डॉ.स्वामिनाथन यांनी ज्यांच्या पासून कृषीक्रांतीची प्रेरणा घेतली असे ते जगाला शेती शिकवणारे डॉ.पांडुरंग खानखोजे.मला वाटते ते देखील भारतरत्नाचे आधिकारी आहेत. मेक्सिकन कृषी क्रांतीचे जनक असणारे डॉ खानखोजे यांचा एक शेतमजुर ते मेक्सिकन कृषीक्रांतीचे जनक हा प्रवास विस्मयकारक आणि थक्क करणारा आहे. महान कृषी संशोधक   महाराष्ट्र राज्य हे भारताच्या सांस्कृतिक , शैक्षणिक आणि सामाजिक विकासाचे केंद्र राहिलेले आहे , या मातीने कित्येक क्रांतिकारक घडवले आहेत , पण या मातीत रुजून थेट अमेरिकेत कृषी क्रांती घडवून आणणाऱ्या डॉ पांडुरंग खानखोजे यांचे कार्य म्हणूनच कृषी इतिहासात क्रांतिकारक म्हणून अमर झाले आहे. पांडुरंग खानखोजे यांच्या बद्दल फार कमी लोकांना माहिती आहे , मात्र लॅटिन अमेरिका आणि मेक्सिकोत यांना देवत्व प्राप्त झाले आहे. नुकताच मेक्सिकोतील ...

                              Generally, People who are applying for internships/short or long term research project or degree from foreign university much aware of the job of SOP and LOR; SOP is a short essay or paragraph. An SOP (statement of purpose) talks about the previous experience – National and international exposure research aptitude and academic qualifications included – and it must say why you think you’re fit for a course. It must capture your zeal and enthusiasm to get enrolled. Here, I will share with you my way of writing an SOP as requested by some undergrad students who were unclear about SOP writing 1. Write about that turning point. ❤️ - everyone has a spark or point in life when they might have decided to take up science as a career. Love or passion for pursuing science 2. WHY you really need this opportunity ❓️- make it clear about the areas that you want to get trained in specific, su...

Though the year was overall challenging and not productive as it is for many of us, here I have listed some highs and lows of my year to give me a clear vision forward in 2021 🌼 with hope 🙌 Professional 👩‍🔬 🌼Highs🌼 📍Published my first- first author paper in Jan 2020 - learnt the process of scientific publishing first hand as a corresponding author. And then COVID happened and messed up all the plan😅 📍Submitted a manuscript and it is under review now 🙌 📍Clear GATE 2020 With score 640 and 550 Rank 📍 Participated in BHU- Organised Agriculture Science Congress Research competition and won best poster award amoung more then 100 delegates🎊 📍Participated in many online conference did not won anythings 🌼 📍 Shared my experience in applying to internships and SOP writing with few students from India via one-one sessions, reviewing applications etc. 📍 Write DBT-JRF, CSIR JRF exam in October and November and score well but didn't qualified 📍 Joined Unacademy Plus platform an...

Time for a different type of HERD IMMUNITY!🐄 Last week it was reported that a biopharmaceutical company in the US are using genetically modified cows to produce antibodies that could help us to fight COVID-19. I was intrigued when I saw the headline so had to do some more digging. As coronavirus marches around the globe, a sleepy town on the rugged Maine coast has become an unlikely nucleus in researchers’ efforts to combat the disease, known as COVID-19. The Jackson Laboratory, a is rushing to produce stocks of a transgenic animal that scientists hope will help them to understand the virus. . So what makes cows so special? Cows make good antibody factories, and not just because they have more blood than smaller animals engineered to synthesize human versions of the proteins. Their blood can also contain twice as many antibodies per millilitre as human blood Well, they actually produce a load of antibodies. Because they have more blood than humans but they can also produce twice as ma...

मी आठवीत असतानाची गोष्ट असेल. आमच्या batch मधून 4 विद्यार्थी NTSE mains साठी सिलेक्ट झालो होतो. (ही राष्ट्रीय पातळीवरील परीक्षा असून दहावी शिक्षण पूर्ण होईपर्यंत केंद्र सरकारची स्कॉलरशिप मिळते.) त्या तीन जणांमध्ये मी ही होतो. आमची वेगळी शिकवणी असायचो. त्यावेळी गणित शिकवणारे जे सर होते ते मला मागील दोन वर्षांपासून ओळखत होते. त्यामुळे त्यांना माझ्या स्वभावाची कल्पना होती.  गणित..कध्धी म्हणजे कध्धीच आवडलं नाही मला! म्हणजे मार्क कमी मिळायचेच पेपरात भोपळे मिळायचे असं काही नाही बरं का.. पण गणित म्हटलं की कंटाळाच यायचा.. अगदी पाचवी-सहावीत असल्यापासूनच... माझे काही मित्र अगदी हिरीरीने अल्जेब्रा / भूमितीतली प्रमेय सोडवत बसलेले असायचे, आणि माझं लक्ष गणिताच्या तासाला कायम वर्गाच्या बाहेर खिडकीतून दिसणाऱ्या रस्त्यावर, झाडांवर, पक्ष्यांवर  असायचं!! या रुक्षपणात इतकं रंगून जाण्यासारखं काय आहे? हे कोडं मला कधीच उलगडलं नाही...पण शाळा कॉलेज युनिव्हर्सिटी वगैरेंना माझी कधीच दया आली नाही..!! आणि वर्गमुळं, घनमुळं, परिमिती, त्रिज्या, चक्रवाढ व्याज अशा भीतीदायक शब्दांची आक्रमणं माझ्या कोमल मनाला घा...

Dear Bestfriend, I was waiting for the right time from many days to tell you this but now I’m taking out all my courage to confess this. People said that best friends are friendzoned  people I do not agree with it Our friendship never started with love. But now I think I’m falling for you. Yes, I love you. I’ve loved you since the first time you cared about me in my bad days. I love you since the time we started making fun of each other. Surprised? Yeah you should be. I love the way you care for me. I love you for your support in my right things and scoldings in the wrong. I love the way you do idiotic stuffs with me. I love the way you take off time for me from your busy schedule. You know what’s hard?  Keep smiling face and making fun of you when you tell me about your Crush.  Now imagine how I felt when you told me about the guy you were dating. But it was not much hard for me earlier but it becomes challenging for me too.  I managed that thing by writing my feeli...

UPASC- 2020 Receiving best poster award                            In the picture, I am with, Capt. Vikas Gupta, Dr I.N. Mukherjees, Dr P.K Singh,  Professor IAS BHU, &  Dr Trilochan Mahapatra, well-known biotechnologist and Plant Breeder and DG of ICAR, Delhi                      5 th UTTAR PRADESH AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE CONGRESS 2020   (UPASC-20) is UPCAR and Agricultural Research Council of India organised symposium (happened month of February, late post, because I just got the time to share). The symposium was supported by five major agriculture institute in India which includes NABARD, International Potato Research Center, IARI, New Delhi, UPCAR, IAS BHU, Looking back, I feel like I have improved my presentation skills over time since I joined Masters. Before comi...

Heyyy हृषीकेश, तुला माहीत आहे तु मला सगळ्यात ज्यास्त का आवडतोस ? कारण तुझ Dedication कुठल्याही भावना,संबंध, आणि प्रसंग त्यात तुझं अगदी भान हरपून करणं मला प्रचंड आवडत. आज बरेच दिवस नाही नाही तर कित्येक दिवस झाले असतील ना आपल्याला निवांत बोलून? असो. आज थोडं बोलूयात. आयुष्याची 22वर्ष. ही सुरुवातीची 22 वर्ष तू चांगल्या गोष्टी शिकण्यात घालवलीस. तुला  अभ्यासात हुशार बनायचं होतं, स्पर्धांमध्ये यश मिळवायचं होतं आणि एवढंच नाही तर तुला माणसं जिंकनही शिकायचं होतं. पण आता एक लक्षात येतंय का तुझ्या? तू खुश आहेस का यात? या बावीस वर्षात बऱ्याच वेळा तू हा खेळ पूर्णपणे चुकीचा खेळालास अरे. मुळात या खेळात तू कोण बनणार हे शोधण्यापेक्षा जास्त तू कोण आहेस हे शोधण्यातच जास्त लक्ष द्यायला हवं होतंस तू. असो. भूतकाळात रमणारा तू नाहीस. म्हणून आता थोडं भविष्याबद्दल बोलूयात. आता तुझे विचार हळूहळू प्रगल्भ होत चाललेत. पण प्रत्येकाच्या आयुष्यात येतात तसे कठीण पॅच तुझ्या आयुष्यातही आले, आणि पुढेही येणार, अनेक विचार एकाच वेळी तुझ्या डोक्यात थैमान घालत बसतील. तू यातून बाहेर पडूच शकणार नाहीस असंही जाणवेल. आयुष्य खडतर...

Stereochemistry an Introduction I'm made to realise that I'm not clear enough or good at something, I try to make myself clear with it. It happened , I am preparing for my exam during my preparation for Exam , The question was asked about Stereoisomer but, unfortunately, I was not very clear with the molecular reason behind it.(but, still I managed to answer the question as I know the theoretical information from my notes, but, knowing the molecular mechanism behind each concept clearly is very important, isn't it?). But, nothing is wrong in it, I made myself clear with it now. That's good, right? So, let me share with you some basic principle and an introduction with Streochemistry and how it affects molecular structure, Biochemistry and Metabolism so here we go Just like with any other field of science, chemistry is not two dimensional. To get an accurate chemical analysis, the three-dimensional spatial arrangements of the atoms (and ions) in the molec...

Tuberculosis & COVID-19 Pandemic Corona-viruses are a large family of viruses that usually cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses, like the common cold, in people. There are hundreds of corona-viruses, most of which circulate among animals including pigs, camels, bats, and cats. Sometimes those viruses jump to humans—called a spillover event—and can cause disease. After a Pandemic outbreak from china, The disease is now called COVID-19 .  The virus has caused a widespread outbreak of disease similar to SARS throughout China, with exported cases occurring in 183 other countries, including India.  Ultrastructure of  COVID-19 But, you need not suffer from this evil COVID-19, else we can say, you will not get affected with COVID-19 at all if you had vaccinated with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) (Vaccine for Tuberculosis) Yes! Sam Behar, and his colleague at the Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts...

Fail? ? ?  "Oh,  on, you should not say like this" Is this what you are feeling, after looking at this title? If so, don't worry, I'm not meaning this in a negative way as you think. Everyone in life has ups and downs. What about this field of Biotechnology? It's not preferred by many students.  Yes, I agree, it is not like the IT field, you can't find a perfect job after completing just your under-graduation, even if you find a job, that won't pay you much. So, obviously, people will go for areas which would give them a bagful of money. "You think, Biotechnology is worthless then? you say, you won't get paid?", is this your next question? If so, I'm not saying that. Biotechnology, here, you can achieve heights only after years of enthusiasm and work in your laboratory. It's not the matter of earning money. This field is for people who want to achieve or discover something which is in your own body, in plants around you  in animals an...

Let it is any disease, ranging from a fever (which is the symptom of many diseases) to HIV, COVID-19, diagnosis at an early stage is very important for giving specific treatment. Whenever I go to a doctor, he asks me things like stomach pain, fever, body pain, headache, running nose, throat pain, etc., then, he checks pulse, then he uses his stethoscope, he then gives all the possible antibiotics! Yes, really, this happens in most cases. Then, if my problem is not fixing up in a week, he'll ask me to take a blood test, this, that, and, all! Nothing wrong in  this, because he can't ask everyone coming to him to take a blood test at the very first sitting, then, no one will visit him back saying he sucks out blood all the time! But, it is okay to have a blood test after a week, but, not after a month! Diagnosing a disease after it had reached a severe stage is comparatively less significant than diagnosing at an early stage. So, how to diagnose? Antigen-Antibody! ...