NCBS (affiliated to TIFR) is a premier biological research institute that focuses on fundamental, interdisciplinary research from the frontier areas of biology.
1/n The winds of change are blowing
@NCBS_Bangalore
!
Satyajit (Jitu) Mayor, passes the baton to our new director, LS Shashidhara. The NCBS community expresses its heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Mayor for his able stewardship of the institution as Dean 2008-13 & as director 2013-23.
n/n We are excited to welcome Prof. LS Shashidhara as our new director!
An accomplished developmental biologist with tremendous experience in institutional building, Shashi cares about science, outreach and policy in India & internationally. We look forward to working with him!
He calls himself an โaccidental biologistโ! And now he has won the Infosys prize in the Physical Sciences, 2023. Congratulations
@thattai
!
@NCBStheory
@InfosysPrize
What does it take to set up a research lab, one built on a collaborative spirit?
In this interview by
@NatureCellBio
, meet
@DimpleNotani
, a first-generation scientist who is a faculty at NCBS & is unravelling the secrets of
#gene
expression regulation!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Dr Uma Ramakrishnan (
@uramakri
) has been elected to the Indian National Science Academy (
@insa_academy
).
Read more about her research and what this award means to her:
TIFR is pleased to introduce a new
#PhD
program, the TIFR
#Interdisciplinary
Program in the Physics of Life (TIFR-PoL). To learn more about eligibility and application procedure, please visit .
Apply now!
As we bid adieu to Ms Vishalakshi S., we celebrate the legacy of hard work & commitment she leaves behind. She has been an invaluable part of our academic office for 32+ years!
We express our immense gratitude and wish her good health & happiness in her much-deserved retirement.
#Congratulations
! Dr Deepa Agashe was awarded the SERB Women Excellence Award by the President of India during
#NationalScienceDay
celebrations today. The award recognises the outstanding research achievements of young women scientists in frontier areas of science & engineering.
Congratulations to Dr. Mahesh Sankaran for being awarded with the Infosys Prize 2021 in Life Sciences in recognition of his examplary contributions to Community & Ecosystem Ecology.
This is the first time an
#InfosysPrize
has been awarded for work in the ecological sciences.
Celebrating the weekend with great news!
@kvijayraghavan
received the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the Swedish Ambassador yesterday.
Hearty congratulations to him!
The Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster is excited to present Science Cafe (an initiative under our outreach umbrella, Science & the City) where we host popular monthly science talks in cafes, bookstores, and other social spaces. Watch this space for more details on our first event!
Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy, founder of The Belaku Trust, donated a large parcel of forested land to NCBS for ecological research. This land, which is near the Western Ghats will be used to set up a field station for long-term studies on climate change & conservation research (1/6)
Whatโs better than starting the week with a celebration of
#science
? This week NCBS will be hosting the 'Annual Talks 2022 - Facets of Biology', showcasing the recent
#research
brewing in our campus! Stay tuned for some highlights over the next four days!
Join us in congratulating Prof. Uma Ramakrishnan
@uramakri
for receiving the Dr. Kalpana Chawla Young Women Scientist State
#award
& Prof. Upinder S Bhalla (
@bhalla_lab
) for receiving the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Senior Scientist State
#award
instituted by the Government of Karnataka!
More power to all the
#WomenAndGirlsInScience
, on this wonderful day that celebrates you. Here's a representation, though not exhaustive, of the amazing women whose contribution shapes our research invaluably! Our students, early career researchers, faculty, lab & facility staff.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Hiyaa Ghosh (
@hiyaa_ghosh
) for being inducted into the EMBO Global Investigator Network!
Her research focuses on understanding the regulation of neuroinflammation and homeostasis in the mammalian brain.
Read more:
In a country as diverse as
#India
,
#scicomm
in regional languages is important.
We are delighted to announce the 2nd iteration of the
#JigyasaProject
, a series of popular
#science
talks in Kannada, Hindi & Tamil.
Schedule:
Please spread the word!
Hearty congratulations to Uma Ramakrishnan (
@uramakri
) for being awarded the
@Society4ConBio
"Conservation Beacon Award",
For her extraordinary contributions to the conservation of the Indian subcontinentโs biodiversity through leadership, on-ground conservation & mentorship.
Last week, at
@ICCB2021
, we announced the winners of our 2021 Distinguished Service Awards!
These five conservationists from around the world have been honored for their contributions to the science and practice of biodiversity conservation:
Interested in pursuing an Integrated MSc-PhD (I-PhD) or PhD in biology from TIFR Institutes/
@DBT_inStem
?
Applications for JGEEBILS are now open! Apply now at .
The last date to apply is 31st October 2022, and the test will be held on December 11th 2022.
๐ข
@NCBS_Bangalore
has just signed an MoU with the Wildlife Conservation Society - India (
@WCSIndia
)!
We will work together on the MSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation programme (
@MSc_Wildlife
).
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An early kickstart to NCBS Annual talks 2024. Our scientists, students and invited speakers will be presenting their amazing research over the next 3 days.
The inaugural talk was given by Prof. Rajan Sankaranarayanan (
@ccmb_csir
, Hyderabad)
#annualtalksncbs2024
#Congratulations
! Prof Satyajit Mayor was conferred the highly distinguished Chevalier de lโOrdre national du Mรฉrite by the French Ambassador to India, Mr H.E. Emmanuel Lenain.
Read about Prof Mayor's support of Indo-French
#research
collaboration:
#Congratulations
to Prof. Gaiti Hasan on being awarded the prestigious Gutenberg Chair at the University of Strasbourg.
The chair is awarded annually
to promote international
#research
#collaborations
with scientists at the University of Strasbourg.
We submitted our Science & The City outreach initiative to
@Falling_Walls
Engage... and weโve been selected as one of 20 finalists presenting in
#Berlin
! AND we are the ONLY representatives from Asia.
Letโs break some walls!
The 14th edition of the Bangalore Microscopy Course is now open to receiving applications.
Last date for applying is 15 April 2024! For more details check the link
@CCAMP_Bangalore
@TIGS_India
@DBT_inStem
The Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster is proud to partner with Mandram to bring you The Jigyasa Project - Speaking Science in Mother Tongues: an evening of curated science talks in
#Kannada
and
#Tamil
. All are welcome. Do RT!
9th June | 3pm | Dasheri auditorium, NCBS
#sciencetalks
Sabrinathan Radhakrishnan's Lab at NCBS in collaboration with Aarhus University and Indian Institute of Science, has organized a Statisical Genomics workshop, with focus on basic statistics, cell transcriptomics and pathway and gene regulatory analysis.
We are saddened to hear about the demise of MS Swaminathan, known for his contributions towards advances in agricultural sciences and for being the driving force behind Indiaโs Green Revolution. Our condolences to his family and to those who knew him.
@mssrf
@Archives_NCBS
PRESS STATEMENT: Yesterday
@the_hindu
published an article titled: โCoronavirus : Wuhan institute's study on bats and bat hunters in Nagaland to be probedโ.
The article is erroneous on several counts and we have issued an official statement on the same:
#Congratulations
! Prof Upinder S Bhalla was awarded the Sastra-Obaid Siddiqi Award 2020 for his contributions to the Life Sciences. On National Science Day, he delivered a lecture to students at
@SastraUniv
: โMolecules, memory & math modelsโ!
Read more:
Meet our new faculty Dr. Amey Redkar, whose research focuses on genetic and cellular mechanisms of plant-microbial interactions. Click the link to know more about his work at NCBS
@RedkarAmey
Heartiest congratulations to
@kvijayraghavan
, ex secretary
@DBTIndia
on his appointment as the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
From all of us at NCBS we wish you every success, Vijay.
Congratulations!
@VatsalaT
Prof. Vatsala Thirumalai receives the AC TECH Distinguished Alumni Award 2023 in recognition of her outstanding contributions to neuroscience research and her commitment to science outreach.
Click link for more details
[1/3] Congratulations to Dr Vinaya Sahasrabuddhe for successfully defending her thesis. Sheโs the first PhD candidate to graduate from
@Hiyaalab
(
@Hiyaa_ghosh
).
@Vinaya____
studied microglia-a type of cell in the brain that has the ability to act like an immune cell when needed.
A great kickstart to the week long workshop on 'Genomics for Molecular Ecology', organised by
@uramakri
Lab and funded by
@serbonline
. Participants will have hands-on-experience of molecular techniques, generating & analysing genomic data to study wildlife.
Dr. Vatsala Thirumalai presents her talk, โElectric impulses in the human body,โ in Tamil! At todayโs Jigyasa Project. Science Talks in Tamil and Kannada at the Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster.
Congratulations to our first year PhD/Integrated PhD Program students (GS22) for completing their first lab rotation! Here is a glimpse of their first poster presentation for the
@BLiSC_India
community.
It was an exciting day, full of stimulating scientific discussions!
This beautiful Warli Art by NCBS PhD student Aditya Kamat depicts Methylated Cada2 as the central conductor of the Tarpa dance (adaptive response) and the elements of the adaptive response repairing DNA with aberrant methylation.
Click here to read:
The NCBS Annual Talks is an event where the campus comes together. It is four days of talks, poster sessions and many informal interactions.
Watch this thread for what campus members think about this yearโs theme:
#circleoflife
#NCBS
#AnnualTalks2020
The 11th Annual Science Journalism Workshop conducted by
@anilananth
is a great place to start your journey in science writing.
Workshop dates: 17 March- 30 March 2024
Last date to apply: 19 Feb 2024
For more details check
8/n Most importantly, Jitu has been an amazing role model, an inspiring scientist, mentor, and colleague. A brilliant, kind, insightful and gentle person whom everyone in the NCBS community relied on!
Thank you for your leadership and your service to the campus!
Thank you
@CSIRIND
for the 2020 SSB award in Biological Sciences! I feel honored and overwhelmed by all the wishes pouring in! Thanks to everyone who has sent messages and tweeted about this! This is beyond belief! 1/n
Last day to Apply: 1 November 2023
Interested in pursuing an Integrated MSc-PhD (I-PhD) or
#PhD
in
#biology
from TIFR institutes and
@DBT
-inStem?
Applications for JGEEBILS are now open!
To apply go to univ.
The test will be held on 10 December 2023.
We had the honor of hosting Prof Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Plack Society, Germany.
@maxplanckpress
@mpgpresident
Prof Cramer is a structural biologist, who was a part of the
@NobelPrize
winning team which determined the crystal structure of RNA Pol II.(1/3)
Ph.D. candidates presented their
#research
findings through posters on
#campus
today, providing an effective platform for engaging with fellow scientists and peers to exchange ideas and insights.
#phdlife
#academia
A short thread on a recent publication from
@HiyaaLab
, in Translational Psychiatry. The study shows that the dendritic structure & electrical properties of adult neurons in healthy brains depend on proactive regulation by the gene Tcf4, a high risk allele for
#Schizophrenia
.
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Dr. Vatsala Thirumalai from
@NCBS_Bangalore
explains how presenting a
#sciencetalk
in Tamil at The Jigyasa Project today has meant a difference in the way she approaches scientific concepts.
#tamil
#Scientists
NCBS completes 30 years since it opened its campus. To mark this eventful day,
@Archives_NCBS
is organizing a campus
#walk
, followed by a talk. If you are on campus and are interested in its
#history
, do join us.
Presenting NCBS and
@DBT_inStem
's Advanced Biology Lecture Series with the theme "Funneling into Biology," focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to biological questions. Undergraduate and Masters students are encouraged to apply. More details:
Come 16th December, we have the singular Uma Ramakrishnan of
#NCBS
speaking at our monthly
#BLiScScienceCafe
. This month weโre in
#Whitefield
,
#Bangalore
at Tivity.
Check our Facebook events page for more details.
BLOCK THE DATE & see you there!
Introducing Physics of Life, an interdisciplinary PhD program by
@TIFRScience
for students with a background in engineering/physics/mathematics/chemistry and interested in biology research at premier research labs in NCBS and
@ictstifr
.
Check link
Sree has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Distinguished Student Program Award from the Forum on International Physics of the American Physical Society! This recognition supports Sree's travel to APS's annual Meeting in Minneapolis, USA, to showcase his research. Congrats!
We're excited to share that Shashi Thutupalli (
@stpalli
) has been invited to the editorial board of The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics, as an Associate Editor.
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#Internship
The NCBS Communications Office is looking for an intern to assist them with their social media and public engagement programs. Fresh graduates enthusiastic about
#scicomm
and with experience of creating social media content are encouraged to apply.
Come start your PhD journey at NCBS! You can apply based on your performance in GATE or other national exams.ย
For details, check the linkย
Those interested, write toย phd
@ncbs
.res.inย for instructions to apply.
Last date: 31 March 2024
In Oct 2022, the
@archives_ncbs
launched its MS Swaminathan collection of over 48,000 archival objects, including research notes, correspondence, photographs, administrative documents relating to his various places of work. Scan the QR code to explore.
@mssrf
Confused if a career in science is for you? Looking for the right guidance? Aware about the challenges, but not solutions?
Then join us for a QnA session with our women scientists!
๐๏ธ Feb 11, 6 pm
Register now!
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
NCBS is happy to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Abhishek Bhattacharya!
@Abhi_Bhattac
joins us from
@Columbia
and
plans to continue his exciting work on electrical synapses in his own lab.
Learn more:
#annualtalksncbs2024
ended with the same gusto it began, with the announcement of best poster awards, funded by Siddharth Gopalkrishnan Endowment.
The winners: Shivansh Singhal, Sreepadmanabh M and Nabhonil Chatterji.
What makes the black
#tigers
of Simlipal black?
Vinay Sagar's
#PhD
research focussed on identifying the genetic mutation that gives many tigers in Simlipal their broad black stripes.
Congratulations Vinay!
Read more about his study here
Last Friday, our campus was buzzing with curious questions & wonderstruck eyes. After all, it was NCBS Moth Day!
Targeted at children, this annual student-organised event is about sharing the secrets of the world of moths & other insects.
Here are some memories we created!
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Delighted to announce the Indian National Science Academy (
@insa_academy
) award lecture by Prof.
@GaitiHasan
SAVE THE DATE: 14 June 2019 (Friday)
TIME: 4 pm
VENUE:: Centre for Neuroscience (CNS), IISc, Ground floor seminar room
MAP:
#lecture
#Drosophila
Prof. Sowdhamini celebrates 25 years of research at NCBS! From decoding protein folds to exploring medicinal plants, she shares her invaluable experience and insights from her academic journey.
#interview
NCBS is happy to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Swadhin Chandra Jana!
@c_swadhin
joins us from
@IGCiencia
and
is setting up the Organelle Biology Laboratory at NCBS.
Read more here:
MERRIFIELD AWARD LECTURE
Professor Padmanabhan Balaram, Indian Institute of Science, concluded the first day with his award lecture
"Constraining Peptide Conformations: Finding Aib and Beyond."
#APS2022