Vanankam, Humans of OISS! Welcome, Anantha @ananthb3lyp, a postdoctoral researcher at the Molecular Biology Lab, hailing from India with a Ph.D. at Cambridge, UK, a Master's from Japan, and elegantly trained as a Kendo martial artist, Ananth has a plethora of stories to share with anyone he meets.
“I was born and raised in Madras - a coastal city in the southeast of India. Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, I couldn't help but notice the excitement around the human genome project. So I knew from a very young age that I would be pursuing a career in Molecular Biology. So far, my academic journey has taken me across many fascinating places, including Okinawa, Nagoya, Cambridge, and Oxford. During this journey, I was fortunate to get the opportunity to learn Japanese, train in Kendo, play lots of village cricket and also dabble in writing fiction.
I moved to Yale as a postdoc in early 2020. At Yale, I am trying to understand the structures of large RNA molecules in our cells using biochemistry and structural biology approaches. Besides my interest in geopolitics and magic realism, I am also passionate about writing letters. The pandemic has taught me that there is much more to life outside of work, so I am excited to find my balance to lead a fulfilling academic life.”
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