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Clinician ResearcherFlexibility and adaptability in research leadership with Dr. Vikram ParalkarDr. Paralkar is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. His clinical focus is on myeloid malignancies. His laboratory studies how transcription factors and chromatin proteins regulate coding gene transcription and ribosome biogenesis in normal and leukemic hematopoiesis.In this enlightening episode, Dr. Paralkar explores the unique challenges and opportunities faced by aspiring physician-scientists.Key Points Discussed:The importance of embracing flexibility and adaptability in a scientific career.Understanding the hidden complexities behind research papers and the significance of negative results.Balancing clinical training and research during fellowship and the need to define...2023-10-0933 min
Articulate ExperienceHigher PowerOn this episode of Articulate Experience—four writers discuss the role of God in how they think, and live. Now in his 80s, the poet Billy Collins isn’t waiting for the afterlife to find joy— his heaven is here on earth. John Darnielle left Catholicism more than two decades ago, but the Church’s shortcomings haven’t short-changed his faith. Though Vikram Paralkar maintains a cultural connection to Hinduism, he looks to existentialist philosophers and modern scientists to shape his understanding of the universe. Carmen Machado was raised in what she describes...2023-02-2451 min
Naan Curry with Sadaf and ArchitMirchi: It’s Getting Chilli, It's Getting HotIn this episode, our 2Gs, the Gourmands & Geeks, Sadaf and Archit talk about an ingredient that defines Indian cooking in the 21st century: Mirchi. Just because the vegetable vendor hands some for free (just like dhaniya) doesn't mean it's not interesting. They talk:-Vasco De Gama and the Portuguese connection with chillies-The evolutionary psychology of why Mirchi makes us feel the heat-Why we love spicy food even though it hurts and burns us.-The difference between chilli and Pepper-The medicinal properties of Mirchi-How we measure the hotness level of chillies and the hottest chilli of IndiaSo sit back and order...2021-06-021h 02
Free CookiesNOCTURNAL COOKIES with VIKRAM PARALKARA conversation that includes “cosmic nihilism” has always gotten someplace good, and Kate & Kathryn go there and dive deep with Vikram Paralkar, author of NIGHT THEATER and oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania, whose novel imagines the afterlife as a bureaucracy and touches upon themes of morality and “mattering.”Enjoying the show and want occasional bonus content? Please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/freecookies2020-08-2000 min
Volumen - Mariana CollanteVolumen. Episodio 23 “Severina” de Rodrigo Rey Rosa y “Las aflicciones” de Vikram ParalkarEn esta emisión “Severina” de Rodrigo Rey Rosa (IG @editorial _alfaguara TW @Alfaguara_ar) y “Las aflicciones” de Vikram Paralkar (IG @labestiaequilatera_editorial TW @labestiae)
Voz y realización @mariancollante2020-06-2409 min
Currently ReadingSeason 2, Episode 42: Some Deeper Book Themes + When Characters Are RealToday, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading around the house, inside and outside, and a bookish article that brings vindication for a strong opinion Current Reads: books that give us the chance to think a new way Deep Dive: when book characters are real to you: crushes, friends, enemies, and family Book Presses: fiction novels that spark conversation and/or break your heart As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to...2020-05-2539 min
LIFEFORCENight TheaterDr. Vikram Paralkar, physical-scientist-author, discuses his 2020 novel, NIGHT THEATER, a fantastical story set in s small rural medical clinic in India, about a surgeon’s ethical dilemmas in bringing back a dead family to life, exploring the fraught space between life and death, and our very human yearning for what has been lost.
“Is it possible to have meaning and Is it possible to be of use to another human being in moments of radical uncertainty and ambiguity? I hope the answer is yes.”
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Books Are My PeopleBooks Are My People - Episode #19On this episode I discuss The Holdout by Graham Moore, Things in Jars by Jess Kidd and other great books!Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS, iTunes, or SpotifyBooks Discussed:The Holdout by Graham MooreThings in Jars by Jess KiddThe Man in My Basement by Walter MosleyA Terrible Country by Keith GessenNight Theater by Vikram ParalkarOther things Mentioned: Gucci Osteria Mossimo Buttera @mossimobottera?Universal Films to release movies early...2020-03-2319 min
The Avid Reader ShowNight Theater Vikram ParalkarGood Afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Vikram Paralkar author of Night Theater, his second novel the first was Afflictions. Night Theater was published in January by Catapault.Vikram is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. He treats patients with leukemia and researches the disease and the nature and manner in which normal cells develop and how and why they sometimes turn cancerous. And how a specific type of RNA regulates genes.Night Theater is my kind of book. Vikram and I share the same love...2020-02-2750 min
The Avid Reader Show1Q1A Night Theater Vikram ParalkarGood Afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Vikram Paralkar author of Night Theater, his second novel the first was Afflictions. Night Theater was published in January by Catapault.Vikram is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. He treats patients with leukemia and researches the disease and the nature and manner in which normal cells develop and how and why they sometimes turn cancerous. And how a specific type of RNA regulates genes.Night Theater is my kind of book. Vikram and I share the same love...2020-02-2701 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 96 - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Readalong and Booktopia 2020Episode Ninety Six Show Notes KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine– Currently Reading –The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe (CW)From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home – Tembi Locke (EF)The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel – Grady Hendrix (CW) release date April 7, 2020A Good Marriage: A Novel – Kimberly McCreight (EF) release date May 5, 2020– Just Read –Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know – Malcolm Gladwell (EF) (audio)The Sun Down Motel – Simone St. James (CW) Maybe...2020-02-181h 33
Expand Your Mind With Our Engaging Free AudiobookNight Theater: A Novel Audiobook by Vikram ParalkarListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 407051
Title: Night Theater: A Novel
Author: Vikram Paralkar
Narrator: Raj Ghatak
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:33:06
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-20
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Paranormal
Summary:
A surgeon flees a scandal in the city and accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics out of pocket, squashes roaches, and chafes at the interventions of the corrupt officer who oversees his work. But his outlook on life changes one night when a teacher, his pregnant wife, and...2020-01-145h 33
Discover The Spellbinding Full Audiobook Now, Story Seekers!Night Theatre by Vikram ParalkarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365218to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Night Theatre
Author: Vikram Paralkar
Narrator: Raj Ghatak
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Release date: February 21, 2019
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
A surgeon working in a dilapidated clinic in the hinterland is visited in the dead of night by a family - a man, his pregnant wife and their eight-year-old son. Victims of a senseless attack, they reveal to the surgeon wounds that they could not possibly have survived. The surgeon is then issued a preposterous task: to mend the wounds of the dead before sunrise so that the...2019-02-215h 32
Let Your Ears Embark on a Adventure with Free AudiobookNight Theatre Audiobook by Vikram ParalkarListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 365218
Title: Night Theatre
Author: Vikram Paralkar
Narrator: Raj Ghatak
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:32:31
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-19
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense
Summary:
A surgeon working in a dilapidated clinic in the hinterland is visited in the dead of night by a family - a man, his pregnant wife and their eight-year-old son. Victims of a senseless attack, they reveal to the surgeon wounds that they could not possibly have survived. The surgeon is then issued a preposterous task: to mend the wounds...2019-02-215h 32
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseNight Theatre by Vikram ParalkarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Theatre Author: Vikram Paralkar Narrator: Raj Ghatak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 21, 2019 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: A surgeon working in a dilapidated clinic in the hinterland is visited in the dead of night by a family - a man, his pregnant wife and their eight-year-old son. Victims of a senseless attack, they reveal to the surgeon wounds that they could not possibly have survived. The surgeon is then issued a preposterous task: to mend the wounds of the dead before sunrise so that...2019-02-2103 minDownload Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseNight Theatre by Vikram ParalkarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365218to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Night Theatre
Author: Vikram Paralkar
Narrator: Raj Ghatak
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Release date: February 21, 2019
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
A surgeon working in a dilapidated clinic in the hinterland is visited in the dead of night by a family - a man, his pregnant wife and their eight-year-old son. Victims of a senseless attack, they reveal to the surgeon wounds that they could not possibly have survived. The surgeon is then issued a preposterous task: to mend the wounds of the dead before sunrise so that the...2019-02-215h 32