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Harini Barath
	Collaborating with crowds 14/06/2014
People from all walks of life are contributing to science. They volunteer to join forces with researchers to help in collecting vital scientific data, analyzing large volumes of data and answering important scientific questions. This trend is gaining popularity in India, with several new initiatives being launched to drum up public involvement in scientific endeavors. >>

Ron Vale
	Is India Ready to Boost its Post-Doctoral Training? 28/04/2014
India faces a dilemma in its scientific training program in the biological sciences. India’s “best” trainees are expected to study abroad for their postdoctoral training. However, India also needs to develop its own scientific training program, from undergraduate, graduate, postdoc and then all the way to professional employment. The most obvious and gaping hole in this pipeline is postdoctoral training. Currently, Indian research laboratories are populated mostly by masters and graduate students, and few laboratories have postdoctoral fellows. This blog explores how India might shift the current status quo to encourage more scientists to do their postdoctoral work in India. >>

Arnab Chakraborty
	Live at the 6th. YIM2014 : Hyd, IN. 11/02/2014
Read the live blog feed from YIM 2014 in Hotel Sitara, Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. Aditi Bhattacharya (NYU), Deepti Chandraprakash, Nandini Rajamani Robin, Arnab Chakraborty, and the team blog about key event as they happen. You can also find us on Facebook (http://fb.me/indiabioscience), Google+ (http://tinyurl.com/IBSgPlus) and Twitter (@IndiaBioScience). Use #YIM2014 in your tweets and posts! >>

Ron Vale
	Enjoy the ride 27/01/2014
My family and I board the Kanyakumari Express at Bangalore destined for Kochi. The journey to Kochi was memorable, interactive. Going through scientific training and then getting a job is a lot like this train ride. It takes a while to complete, is sometimes bumpy, and often unpredictable. But it is interesting and interactive, especially if you are open to such possibilities. >>

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Modeling helps to understand the failure of Hepatitis C treatments

More than half the patients affected by Hepatitis C for interferon don’t respond to treatment with interferon. Harini Barath reports on a modeling study that helps explain the treatment failure and also provides clues to improve the success rate of the treatment.

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What the Rodent Brain Can Teach Us About Associative Learning

To understand the neural mechanisms underlying associative learning scientists took a peek into the brains of rodents that were repeatedly exposed to two stimuli separated in time, a tone and a puff of air. What did they learn? Karthik Ramaswamy reports…