Over thousands of people took the Ice Bucket Challenge, a sensation in the summer of 2014. Nominated participants were filmed dumping buckets of ice-cold water on their heads and they in turn, challenged their friends to do the same. Challenged participants had 24 hours to comply or refuse and thus forfeit a charitable financial donation.

The NCBS study, to be conducted in collaboration with the InStem and the NIMHANS, will also focus on mental illnesses, especially bipolar disorders, among youth

         The year 2017 came to a close with the Basser Center for BRCA naming Prof.

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.

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.

Butterflyfish change their behaviour to adapt to coral death caused by climate change

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.

1,500-sq-ft archives space to open up at old lab of Prof Obaid Siddiqi at the NCBS

This is the first major and systematic research study of mechanisms of mental health disorders in India, scientists involved in the project claim.

“As you understand the fundamentals of brain function, you can better recognise signs of dysfunction.