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How Does Rice Treat its Wounds?
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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Large Herbivores losing genetic connectivity in Central India
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.
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Dr Krushnamegh Kunte elected as fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and the Royal Entomological Society (London).
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.
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Dr Deepa Agashe is the recipient of the 2024 Mid-Career Excellence Award by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
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.).
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Dr Savithri Preetha Nair appointed as the fourth Obaid Siddiqi Chair
The Obaid Siddiqi Chair in the History and Culture of Science at the Archives at NCBS is an effort to bridge the gap between Science, Social Science and Humanities, and foster a community of academics across disciplines.
