NCBS recently wrapped up the NCBS RIKEN-BDR meeting. This meeting was spearheaded by Prof. Hiroshi Hamada, Senior Visiting Professor, NCBS & Ashoka Distinguished Visiting Fellow. The meeting helped foster scientific collaboration and greater appreciation for the research being done at both the centres. It further opened up new doors for more joint programs and scientific exchange. I talk to Prof. Hiroshi Hamada about his time at NCBS, his research, and his interest in furthering India-Japan scientific relations. 

1. What brought you to India and NCBS?

Step on a snake, it bites back. Step on a plant, it suffers in silence? Actually, no. Like animals, plants too have survival strategies to help them endure and recover from such accidents. In the plant world, being nibbled on by herbivores or damaged by harsh weather is routine.

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Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation are major threats to biodiversity across the globe. Extensive development is fragmenting habitats, resulting in small, isolated patches of natural habitat within a broader mosaic of altered landscapes.

Dr Krushnamegh Kunte, Associate Professor at the National Centre for Biological Science , Bengaluru has been awared with multiple fellowships.

He has been elected as a Fellow of the Linnean Society of  London and the Royal Entomological Society, London.

Dr Deepa Agashe, Associate Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, has been awarded the 2024 Mid-Career Excellence Award by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. This award is intended for outstanding members of the SMBE community who are in the midst of their research careers (8-15 years post-Ph.D.).