We are keenly interested in communicating our science as well as science in general, to a wider audience.
OUTREACH
We encourage interactions with schools, colleges and popular science forums, and over time we will aim to periodically put up short pieces describing interesting pieces of work using non-technical language on our website. Please see the list below to access written, audio and video content from the lab related to science popularization. These are mostly in English but also in Kannada. We particularly encourage attempting communication in other regional languages, it’s a great way to get more comfortable communicating science in your native spoken languages while also reaching out a to a large non English speaking audience in our country. You may also discover unexpected skills!
OUTREACH IN ENGLISH
Selected articles
https://thelifeofscience.com/2019/07/09/how-happy-is-the-scientific-workforce-in-india/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/dont-mourn-the-y-chromosome
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/recoding-life-38183
https://www.asianscientist.com/2013/09/features/the-magic-of-science-2013/
https://www.deccanherald.com/content/349268/what-means-98-pc-chimpanzee.html
More here:
https://laasyasamhita.contently.com/
Audio
Coming soon from Radio PDF, India Bioscience
Video
Hear Laasya bust three common myths about science and scientists – https://youtu.be/UFEJ8pxqCg4 (Scientifically speaking season 4) (23/8/2022)
OUTREACH IN KANNADA
Audio
A podcast about work (26th March 2020) – https://anchor.fm/kollegala/episodes/132-4-ebvf65
Video
Ask a Scientist about COVID (May and July 2020)
Session 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNhqyd5CMVg&t=3790s
Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mWBxV5Ds4&t=1554s
Talk about Model systems in Biology –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHvjxS-wN0 ( August 1st 2020)
Picture credits: Sashank Rao