Author: Nila Pazhayam

Genetics PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill studying meiosis | she/her | Hyderabad, India

Blog / What’s In A Name? That Which We Call Coca-Cola

March 25, 2024April 8, 2024 / Nila Pazhayam /

Coca-Cola: a misnomer?

Blog / How Society And Our Brains Keep Us Drunk

October 19, 2023October 23, 2023 / Nila Pazhayam /

Some answers to the question of why we drink, from the perspectives of our brains to larger trends in society.

Blog / The Why and The Where of Meiotic Crossovers

July 21, 2022 / Nila Pazhayam /

Why do chromosome cross over during meiosis and where do chromosomes cross over during meiosis?

Blog / Five Medical Memoirs That I Could Not Put Down

March 10, 2022 / Nila Pazhayam /

Five medical memoirs to get you into medical writing.

Blog / Lilian V Morgan: A Spotlight

July 30, 2021April 8, 2024 / Nila Pazhayam / 1

A spotlight on Lilian Vaughan Morgan, who was more than just the wife of Thomas Hunt Morgan.

Blog / Do All Facts Need To Be Published?

March 18, 2021 / Nila Pazhayam /

The world of science is filled with inequalities and biases of many different kinds. In India – where I’m from – this exclusion begins at a very young age due…

Blog / Gene Drive: The What, How, Why, and Whether We Should

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 / Nila Pazhayam /

Taking genome modifications to the population level – how it may help, and how it may hurt.