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Women in the Wild: Untold stories of wildlife conservation
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the book ‘WOMEN IN THE WILD: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists’, which shines a light on so
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PROF SANDEEP KRISHNA AND PROF P.V. SHIVAPRASAD ELECTED AS INSA FELLOW AND DR ARJUN SRIVATHSA AS INSA ASSOCIATE FELLOW
The National Centre for Biological Sciences congratulates Prof. Sandeep Krishna and Prof. P.V. Shivaprasad on being elected as INSA fellow and Dr.
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Dr Amey Redkar joins as a faculty at NCBS
The National Centre for Biological Sciences is delighted to have Amey Redkar, the newest faculty member join the Centre. Amey’s research focuses on genetic and cellular mechanisms of plant-microbial interactions, specifically dissecting molecular dialogues between plant roots and microbes that drive the disease outcomes. -
NCBS Signs MoU with Research & Training Organizations of MoEFCC to Collaborate on Conservation Research and Education Programs
The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Research & Training Organizations of Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC), GoI- Indian Council of Forestry and Research and Education (ICFRE), Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGFNA), Central Academy for State Forestry Service (CASFOS) and Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), as a step towards building partnership for research and education on biodiversity and conservation.
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Dr Sufyan Ashhad joins as a faculty at NCBS
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Prof Gita Chadha appointed as Obaid Siddiqi Chair
The Obaid Siddiqi Chair has been set up at the intersection of the practice of science, its history and culture and is awarded to eminent scholars whose work spans these disciplines. Named after Obaid Siddiqi, the founder of the Molecular Biology Unit at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and whose vision led to the development of NCBS, the Chair is supported by TNQ Technologies.
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Prof LS Shashidhara takes over as the new director of TIFR-NCBS
The winds of change are blowing at TIFR-NCBS. Today, on 21st February 2023, Satyajit (Jitu) Mayor passes the baton to our new director, LS Shashidhara. The NCBS community expresses its heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Mayor, under whose leadership the size and diversity of science at NCBS have grown multifold!
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Dr Vinothkumar K Ragunath gets selected as a member to join the EMBO Global Investigator Network
National Centre for Biological Sciences congratulates Vinothkumar Kutti Ragunath for being selected as a member to join the EMBO Global Investigator Network !
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Prof P V Shivaprasad is elected to the National Academy of Sciences, India!
Congratulations!
Shivaprasad is a plant biologist and faculty at TIFR-NCBS. He is interested in understanding epigenetic modifications that result in gene silencing involving small RNAs in plants. His lab is involved in generating newer tools for crop improvement via a multi-disciplinary approach.
We congratulate Prof. P V Shivaprasad for getting elected to the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)!
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