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Dr Sufyan Ashhad joins as a faculty at NCBS
Breathing is a part of every second of our lives, yet we don't think much about it. -
Prof Gita Chadha appointed Obaid Siddiqi Chair in NCBS Bengaluru
The National Centre for Biological Sciences said Prof Gita Chadha brings an intersectional feminist perspective to discussions in the study of science in India.
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Prof Gita Chadha appointed as Obaid Siddiqi Chair
The Obaid Siddiqi Chair has been set up at the intersection of the practice of science, its history and culture and is awarded to eminent scholars whose work spans these disciplines. Named after Obaid Siddiqi, the founder of the Molecular Biology Unit at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and whose vision led to the development of NCBS, the Chair is supported by TNQ Technologies.
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Shifting the Balance
How mutation spectra reversals increase the odds of evolutionary success
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Bengaluru scientists help find new kind of molecular motor
Cells possess a remarkable ability to organize their interiors using minuscule protein machines known as molecular motors, which generate directed motion. Most molecular motors rely on a common form of chemical energy, ATP, to function.
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Alternative fuel for string-shaped motors in cells
Researchers from Bangalore and Dresden discover a unique two-component molecular motor that uses a kind of renewable chemical energy to pull vesicles toward membrane-bound organelles. -
50 years of Project Tiger: PM set to release new census on April 9
“Tigers are majestic and charismatic carnivores. Besides, around 70% of the world’s tigers live in India. It is hence India’s responsibility to the world to conserve them,” said Uma Ramakrishnan is an Indian molecular ecologist and professor at National Centre for Biological Sciences.
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India needs strategy for conserving landscapes humans, wildlife share: Study
India needs a biodiversity strategy that includes conserving landscapes that humans and wildlife share since only 15% of the country’s top conservation priority areas are covered under the protected area network, a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Sustainability has recommended.