When a rice leaf is torn or bitten, the plant doesn’t just sit still. It launches a series of rapid molecular alarms.

We are delighted to share that Dr. Anjana Badrinarayanan, faculty member at NCBS–TIFR, has been awarded the Infosys Prize 2025 in Life Sciences.

The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), both centres of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), have signed an agreement to jointly establish a Centre for Artificial Learning and Intelligence for Biological Research and Education (CALIBRE).

Dr Deepa Agashe, Associate Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR), Bengaluru, is the recipient of the Rashtriya Vigyan Yuva Puraskar 2025, conferred by the Government of India.

Link to the Announcement: https://awards.gov.in/

Link to Dr Deepa Agashe's lab webpage: https://adaptationlab.in/

Bacteria have evolved many clever ways to take over human cells during infection.

Four graduate students from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, won the Best Poster Award at the 9th Asia Chromatin Meet, held from 9-11 October at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune.

1. Nija George (Dr Sabarinathan Radhakrishnan's lab)

2. Surya Sarathi Das (Dr Sabarinathan Radhakrishnan's lab)

Dr Mousumi Baruah, post-doctoral researcher from Dr Pratik Kumar's lab at the National Centre for Biological Sciences(NCBS), Bengaluru, had been awarded the National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India

When Project Tiger was launched in 1973, efforts to carve out safe havens for tigers took on a new urgency.

Sikkim Express: Nosang explores collaboration with NCBS Bengaluru for Sikkim’s butterfly experts