Using maths to correct for natural selection in Mutation Accumulation experiments

Image from Deora et al., 2021

Illustration by Mohammad Shariq

What makes plants grow?

A network to monitor butterfly populations in India for science, education, community building, and biodiversity conservation 

As requested by the Director, TIFR, the TIFR Academic Ethics Committee (TAEC) conducted an enquiry of data manipulation in two recently published papers from the laboratory of an NCBS-TIFR faculty member. The TAEC conducted a thorough investigation, and studied various aspects related to these papers. After careful deliberations, the TAEC has reported its conclusions, which are now available at: https://www.tifr.res.in/TSN/article/Findings_of_the_TAEC.pdf.

A team of scientists have discovered the genetic cause of the odd coat colouration and patterning in Similipal’s black tigers.

Endosomal acidification inhibitors target SARS-CoV-2 entry and infection. Image by Chaitra Prabhakara; Design by Chaitra Prabhakara and Sowmya Jahnavi. 

This is a follow up to a press note released by NCBS on July 6th. We have received a number of requests for further clarifications.