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Prof. Uma Ramakrishnan from NCBS elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S)
Prof. Uma Ramakrishnan from the National Centre for Biological Scienes, Bengaluru has been elected as a Member of the American Academy of Arts of Sciences. (AAA&S)Prof. Uma's work in the areas of wildlife biology, population genetics, conservation etc is well known globally and she has contributed to both basic sciences and its applications in wildlife conservation. She is also active in framing policies for wildlife conservation, and has a passion for teaching and science popularisation. -
Dr Vijay Chandru, visiting professor at NCBS elected as fellow of AAAS
Dr Vijay Chandru, a visiting professor at NCBS has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr Vijay, a former Professor at IISc, is also the co-founder of Strand Life Sciences, Executive Advisor of AI and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK-IISc) and a visiting scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Vijay is the 15th Indian to be elected in 150 years of AAAS’s history.
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Private Land for Long-term Ecological Monitoring and Research
A large tract of uncultivated land near Western Ghats has been made available to the National Centre for Biological Sciences for Ecology and Biodiversity Research
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Exploring the feminist perspectives in science & society with Prof. Gita Chadha
“Why so few women in science?” - is the question that united Prof Gita Chadha, Obaid Siddiqi Chair at NCBS, with the workshop attendees who were teachers of engineering, design and education. The half day workshop, titled "Nature and Culture of Science: Feminist Perspectives" on February 2nd, 2024.
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NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES DISCOVERED
Bengaluru, 15 January 2024: Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS- TIFR), Bengaluru, in collaboration with researchers from Indian Foundation for Butterflies Trust, Bengaluru, have identified a new butterfly species, the Conjoined Silverline (Cigaritis conjucta), from the Western Ghats (a biodiversity hotspot) in Karnataka. Prof. Krushnamegh Kunte, along with PhD scholars Ujwala Pawar and Viraj Nawge from NCBS, contributed to this discovery, recently documented in the journal Zootaxa.
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AC TECH’S DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD 2023 FOR PROF. VATSALA THIRUMALAI
Prof. Vatsala Thirumalai was honoured with the Distinguished Alumni Award 2023 by Alagappa College of Technology (AC TECH), Anna University, Chennai. She is one among the only two women alumni to receive this award.
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NCBS Scientist Mukund Thattai Awarded INFOSYS PRIZE 2023 in Physical Sciences
We take immense pride in announcing that Prof. Mukund Thattai has been awarded the Infosys Prize 2023 in Physical Sciences, in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to evolutionary cell biology. This recognition stems from his research, which has significantly advanced our understanding of one of biology's central mysteries: the emergence of complex cells.
