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When a hobby became a movement
What started as a pastime has become a flagship program in J&K state's Department of Education. Meet the man behind the movement, Manzoor Javaid.
Through the lens: using photography to tell science stories
Harini Barath
The Biodiversity Act and why you should be aware of it
Manupriya
Annual meeting of the Indian Academy of Neuroscience: A report
Leslee Lazar
Sharpen your communication skills with ‘Young Scientist Series’
Reeteka Sud
Agastya International Foundation invites collaborations from Biologists
Pranavi Dasari
Conversations Older →
The Himalayan glaciers and their vulnerabilities: an interview with Anil Kulkarni
Anil Kulkarni, currently a distinguished visiting faculty at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change at the Indian Institute of Science, is one of the foremost experts on glaciers in India. He speaks to Anusha Krishnan about the threats of retreating glaciers, glacial lakes, and recent advances in glacier research in the Himalayas.
10 women, 10 questions: Gagandeep Kang
On international women's day, IndiaBioscience chatted with Gagandeep Kang about her experiences as a women researcher.
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Women in Science, Event & YIM
In conversation with Minhaj Sirajuddin
Harini Barath
Posted on in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Career Development, Funding, Awards
On being a ‘PhD student parent’: interview with Anand Osuri
Hari Sridhar
In conversation with Suman Govil
IndiaBioscience
Ten women, ten questions: Harini Nagendra
Vrushal Pendharkar
On evolutionary biology, and a passion for science: Interview with Amitabh Joshi
Anjali Vaidya
Education Older →
Can we incorporate peer review in science classrooms?
The strict criteria that apply to doing science, can they be made part of learning science? How can science students be taught the process of critical assessment and feedback?
Teachers weigh in…
Second article in our series of interviews with undergraduate teachers across India
UG Teachers’ workshop on Research-Based Pedagogical Tools: a participant's perspective
Manohar GM
Inquiry and Integration in Education (Course report)
Saurabh Mahajan & Reeteka Sud
“Make problem-solving an integral part of UG classrooms”
Reeteka Sud
Experiences in using the scientific method as a structure to teach Biology
Swati Patankar
Jigsaw classroom: using student differences to bolster student learning
Reeteka Sud
Exploring Science Older →
Embracing the debate
A group of scientists—past and present members of Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit of JNCASR—get vocal about a conceptual debate in evolutionary biology.
Curiosity, crystals, cockroaches
Behind the now-popular story of cockroach milk are ten years' of efforts by researchers to decode the structure of heterogeneous protein micro-crystals taken from the roaches' guts—a technologically difficult exercise that has never been done before.
Posted on in Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics & Research
Biomaterials research in India: from tissue regeneration to drug targeting technology
Anjali Vaidya
Open Source Synthetic Biology for (Not Just) Undergraduates
Chaitanya Athale
Posted on in Biotechnology, Personal Experience, Undergraduate, Event
Celebrating a hundred years of bacteriophages
Anusha Krishnan
Discoveries and disputes: the beginnings of bacteriophage research
Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee
Ghosts of architects past on the Indian Institute of Science campus
Anjali Vaidya
Opinion Older →
Interview: Shubha Tole talks about tracks only women scientists navigate
Interview of Shubha Tole from TIFR, Mumbai, on the social and subconscious biases in society against female scientists and some approaches to tackling these challenges.
Posted on in Women in Science, Personal Experience & Mentorship
Originality in scientific writing: Avoiding the slippery slope of plagiarism
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Brachistochrone: A metaphor for life and science
In an interesting and entertaining talk today at YIM 2017, Aravind Rengan, an assistant professor at IIT Hyderabad, talked about his research. Below are excerpts from an subsequent interview with IndiaBioscience.
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Nanotechnology, Personal Experience, YIM & Research
YIM 2017- What do the organisers say?
Deepa Subramanyam, Praveen Vemula, Smita Jain, Sudha Rajamani and Sumit Biswas- the organisers of YIM 2017 share their YIM story
Posted on in Other, Career Development, Personal Experience & YIM
Highlights from the second Young Investigators' Meeting in Cambridge, UK
Abhijit Das & Tanweer Hussain
Posted on in Other, Life Sciences, Career Development, Event, YIM
Foldscope events in India: the Northeast photoblog
Nandini Rajamani
Posted on in Microbiology, Ecology, Cell Biology, Teaching, Outreach, Event
From the Young Investigators' Meeting 2016: YI shorts
Harini Barath
Posted on in YIM, Advice, Job Search
From the Young Investigators' Meeting 2016: PDF Shorts
Harini Barath
From the Young Investigators' Meeting 2016: Director shorts
Harini Barath
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On being a ‘PhD student parent’: interview with Anand Osuri
Unconscious bias in academia: an interview with Mahzarin Banaji
On research misconduct: an interview with Vidyanand Nanjundiah
On the ethics of choosing a research question: competing labs and open science
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Is India ready to boost its postdoctoral training?
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