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Congratulations to Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman on winning the 2017 Basser Global Prize
The year 2017 came to a close with the Basser Center for BRCA naming Prof.
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Congratulations to Prof. Utpal Banerjee & Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado - elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018
The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates, recognizing their notable and enduring achievements in original research on May 1, 2018.
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Less than 3 milliseconds: How pesticides can be made to stick to plants
The scientists say the results can have far-reaching consequences, not just for pesticide use in the country, but also for different kinds of industrial coating applications.
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Damaged reefs turn butterflyfish into flexible eaters
Butterflyfish change their behaviour to adapt to coral death caused by climate change
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NCBS team wins award from American Society of Naturalists
A team of evolutionary biologists from city-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) have been awarded the 2018 Presidential Award from the American Society of Naturalists (ASN). This is the first time researchers in Asia have been presented with the award. The award is given to an outstanding research article published in the society’s journal, The American Naturalist.
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The History of Biology in India will Soon Get its Own Space
1,500-sq-ft archives space to open up at old lab of Prof Obaid Siddiqi at the NCBS
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Three Bengaluru institutions announce largest joint mental health study in India
This is the first major and systematic research study of mechanisms of mental health disorders in India, scientists involved in the project claim.
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Mind Game: Understanding brain power
“As you understand the fundamentals of brain function, you can better recognise signs of dysfunction.
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Five species of cicadas identified from Aarey Colony
Researchers, including Kiran Marathe from NCBS, identify five species of cicada insects from Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai
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Nothing “alternative” about careers beyond academia
An increasing number of PhDs now question the wisdom of jumping headlong into a postdoc (the autopilot postdoc). For most, this dilemma is a result of fewer tenured positions, remunerations (or the lack of thereof), and the fear of irrelevancy to society at large due to a constricted research focus.