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The balancing act in membrane turnover: an enzyme that links endocytosis to membrane recycling

Anusha Krishnan

Friday, December 2nd, 2016

Blink. When you wake up, the first thing you do is open your eyes and see.

NCBS Research

Flying senses: How insects find objects in a big, big world

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New species of Pika discovered in the Sikkim Himalayas

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How did the modern eukaryotic cell acquire its transport system?

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The inside of a present day plant or animal cell quite closely resembles a busy city. Like an urban metropolis with different districts interlinked by a traffic network, a cell has distinct compartments connected to each other by a dynamic transport system.
A tail of gene expression

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Imagine trying to fly a kite without a tail. It swoops and loops and wiggles and finally crashes down into the ground. A kite without a tail is unstable, but add a tail at the right place, and your kite will fly steady.
A brain circuit to push past nutritional stress

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It is past lunch time and your stomach is growling with hunger. Your last meal was a coffee and cookie this morning. Regardless, you have to power through; you have to finish that project before you can take a break and a missed meal is not going to stop you from working.

Campus Life

NCBS Science Day Delights All

Aditya Padinjat

Friday, November 18th, 2016

The first edition of NCBS Science Day took place on Saturday, 12th November 2016. Over 600 kids from schools all around the state of Karnataka came to the campus and learnt about how science can be applied in every-day life. The event was a beautiful depiction of how people from all walks of life can convene to celebrate one passion; in this case, science.

Dolna – The crèche

Anusha Krishnan

Friday, July 29th, 2016

"Grrrrrrrrrr," says a chorus of young voices, followed by a burst of laughter. On the screen is a smiling man cheerily reading out a story about a lonely bear who loses his growl and finds it again. The children are from the on-campus crèche Dolna, and the man on the screen is Rob Biddulph, an award-winning children's story book writer from the UK.

NCBS faculty members awarded Max Planck-DST partner group awards

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The National Centre for Biological Sciences is pleased to announce that faculty member Radhika Venkatesan has been awarded a Max Planck-DST Partner group award!
Interview with Prof. Inder Verma

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Eve Marder, scientific advisor for NCBS, wins the 2016 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience

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The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) congratulates its scientific board member, Eve Marder, on being one of the recipients of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for 2016.
Launching the NCBS Archives

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The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) completes 25 years this October!

To commemorate the occasion, NCBS has created an institutional archive. The NCBS Archives will work closely with the TIFR Archives to become a vital resource centre for historical research on NCBS. The Archives also aims to serve as a hub for dialogue on the history of research in the biological sciences in India.
Infosys Foundation provides corpus support to the Bangalore Life Science Cluster to promote global connectivity in scientific research

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