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Reflections on the PhD Prospectus
More than just a milestone to check off.
 • Smrithi Sunil
From Blobs to Atoms: The Long Journey of Cryo-Electron Microscopy
How physics, chemistry, and computation came together to bring biology into focus.
 • Smrithi Sunil
Making the Electron Microscope
In a little over a century, the electron microscope evolved from a tool barely capable of resolving virus particles into one able to capture atomic…
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Some ideas to engineer discovery
Notes on research rotations, curiosity vs. platform science, and rethinking the structures around discovery.
 • Smrithi Sunil
Sawdust and synapses
A brief digression into my woodworking.
 • Smrithi Sunil
How do we diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease?
And why an early diagnosis is important, but still lacking.
 • Smrithi Sunil
Zooming into biological structure
Building a mosaic of tools to see across spatial scales.
 • Smrithi Sunil
Scientific Impact, Seventy Years Later
A historical essay on the life, legacy, and resurgence of Irving Langmuir’s Nobel-winning work.
 • Smrithi Sunil
A Brief History of GFP
How a chance discovery in bioluminescent jellyfish led to one of the most transformative tools in modern biology: green fluorescent protein.
Published on Asimov Press • 
Engineering Discovery
Engineering Discovery
I write about science and the process of discovery.

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