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A national repository of specimen: Collections Facility
Reliable identification of newly discovered species is vital for field biologists. Access to a type specimen repository to submit stocks to, and an expert taxonomist/systematist to identify and classify them is important for comparative studies.
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Zooming in to the limits: Electron Microscopy Facility
Seeing is believing. But what happens when one deals with really tiny structures, invisible even to visible light?
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Reprogramming Life: Stem Cell Facility
“Facilitating Research” is a series put together by Dr Deepti Trivedi, Head of Research Facilities, to explore what it requires to run a research facility at Bangalore Life Science Cluster. She will be talking to the Facility In-Charges of different facilities over the next few months.
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Decoding the Genome - Next Generation Genomics Facility
Core facilities are an integral part of modern research. They provide not only unique resources and state-of-the-art capabilities but also technical expertise and experience so that a non-expert scientist can confidently perform specialized experiments and aim to move their research program in any new direction. Facilities serve as a nexus for collaborations, interdisciplinary research, and platforms for cost-effective innovation.
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Tracing the Contemporary History of Science in India at the Archives at NCBS
The Archives at NCBS, a space dedicated to the history of science in contemporary India, runs on the philosophy of enabling diverse stories. To further this endeavour, the Archives has received a grant from Arcadia for a project titled ‘Documenting the Contemporary History of Science in India.’
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THE ART OF SUBTERFUGE
HOW BUTTERFLY COMMUNITIES EVOLVE INTO A GAME OF WARNING AND DECEIPT!
Students from Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte's Biodiversity Lab have discovered some secrets of a long evolutionary game through which butterflies come to warn, fool and escape their predators using traits such as wing colour patterns and flight
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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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Yeast, vesicles and genome duplication – A model for understanding eukaryotic evolution
Researchers at NCBS gain key insights into the role of whole genome duplication in the evolution of the vesicle trafficking system
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New hypothesis for evolution of different species!
Rate of brain development and changes in neurochemicals can lead to the formation of new species.
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Sustaining the Stripes: An Adaptive Mindset for Future Prospect
The tiger, one of the most iconic species, has been a subject of constant attraction since time immemorial! In the last two decades, the tiger population has been rising at 6% per annum in many protected areas throughout India1 (Figure 1).