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  • Can a brain scan early in stress predict eventual memory loss?

    Can a brain scan early in stress predict eventual memory loss?

    Research Explained
    26 July 2016

    New research now shows that even a brief period of stress can cause the hippocampus to start shrinking.

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  • Moving objects and flowing air: How bees position their antennae during flight

    Moving objects and flowing air: How bees position their antennae during flight

    Research Explained
    15 July 2016

    Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore propose that airflow measured by bee antennae could be critical for their ability to gauge flight speed. And to do this, they must be able to position their antennae correctly.

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  • The rise of the complex modern cell

    The rise of the complex modern cell

    Research Explained
    04 July 2016

    Complex modern cells - the ones that you and I are made up of - may be the result of a long-drawn courtship, rather than a hasty marriage between two types of structurally simple cells.

    Every modern eukaryotic cell is distinct from prokaryotic cells in two striking ways. One, eukaryotes possess mitochondria or 'powerhouses' that generate energy, and two, every eukaryotic cell is elaborately divided into dynamic compartments with distinct functions. The origin of these compartments has been a source of intense debate.

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  • Guarding the gatekeepers

    Guarding the gatekeepers

    Research Explained
    27 May 2016

    Latest research from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, gives us new insights into how Orai proteins are regulated. Researcher Bipan Kumar Deb from Gaiti Hasan's group has discovered that the protein Septin 7 guards Orai function by acting as a 'molecular brake' to Orai activation.

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  • Large wildlife important for carbon storage in tropical forests

    Large wildlife important for carbon storage in tropical forests

    Research Explained
    25 April 2016

    In a recent study in the journal Nature Communications, researchers find that large-seeded tree species which depend on big animals for seed dispersal, grow to greater sizes as adults and thus have higher carbon storage potential than species with smaller seeds in tropical forests worldwide.

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  • Reconstructing the cell surface in a test tube

    Reconstructing the cell surface in a test tube

    Research Explained
    23 March 2016

    Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore have managed to do exactly that - construct the cell surface from its constituent parts, namely, a mixture of lipids and proteins. This reconstruction creates a crucial tool researchers can use to test theories on cell surface dynamics.

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  • Spelling mutations and evolutionary advantages

    Spelling mutations and evolutionary advantages

    Research Explained
    18 March 2016

    Working on the bacterium Methylobacterium extorquens, the research group created several synonymous variants of a gene called fae. This gene codes for a metabolic enzyme essential for survival and growth in an environment where the only source of carbon comes from methanol or methylamine.

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  • Accelerating the application of stem cell technology in human disease

    Accelerating the application of stem cell technology in human disease

    Research Explained
    21 January 2016

    The campus recently announced the launch of a major new collaborative initiative centred around the use of stem cell technology in research, diagnostics and therapeutics at an event held at the Bangalore Life Science Cluster campus.

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  • Karl Deisseroth visits NCBS

    Karl Deisseroth visits NCBS

    Research Explained
    20 January 2016

    Karl Deisseroth, the D. H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University visited the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, while he was in the city as the featured speaker for the Cell Press-TNQ India Distinguished Lectureship Series 2016.

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  • NCBS Annual Talks 2016 – Photostory

    NCBS Annual Talks 2016 – Photostory

    Research Explained
    16 January 2016

    The National Centre for Biological Sciences held its much-awaited yearly event, the Annual Talks from 11th to 13th January this year.

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