Everyone who knows me knows that I am a Movement Junkie! I love moving and watching people move. Once, my friend, Aparna, picked me up from the airport. She spotted me amidst a crowd and said, “That’s her–the one who’s always moving!” In sports I tend to...
Here is my STEM-Talk interview (on the Fall Equinox, yay!). In it, I discuss TOFI (no, not Tofu! Not Tophi either!)
As a child I thought that I would be Leonardo da Vinci when I grew up. Not that I would aspire to his fame and greatness–I merely thought it was a job, like being an engineer, a teacher, an accountant. Classify clouds, watch the eddies dance in streams, invent weaponry and mechanical...
When I was asked about what my logo would be my immediate response was an Ouroboros. This is an ancient symbol of a snake devouring its own tail and represents the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Snakes hold personal significance to me. They are symbols of creativity, fertility and...
To understand metabolic health we should start with metabolism. What is it, where does it occur, and how does it impact your health? Join Dr. Vyvyane Loh in this inaugural episode of vlmd rounds as she discusses metabolism.
Photograph by © Gulnara NiazMedical terminology uses poiesis as a suffix to denote the making or formation of tissues/cells in the body (e.g. hematopoiesis) In Art, poiesis is the creative act, Heidegger’s emergence from the void, that threshold trembling into form. Plato vs. Aristotle:...
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