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10 Leaders, 10 Questions: Shahid Jameel
Shreya Ghosh
Shahid Jameel, Chief Executive Officer of The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, has been active in science policy and administration for over two decades. He headed the Virology group at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, for 25 years. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and the BM Birla Science Prize in Biology. In this interview, he speaks to IndiaBioscience about his thoughts on leadership.
Posted on Aug 26, 2019 in Advice & Leadership
Strengthen biology research and education to address 21st century problems
Shreya Ghosh
LS Shashidhara is currently a Distinguished Professor of Biology at Ashoka University and is on lien from IISER Pune. He was recently elected the President of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). In this interview with IndiaBioscience, he discusses IUBS’s activities and the need for scientists to collaborate on a global level to address the pressing problems of the day.
Posted on Aug 07, 2019 in Policy, Teaching & Networking and Collaboration

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Course-based undergraduate research experience: students become scientists
Yashika Kapoor
Undergraduate research experience has the potential to suit the needs of learners. A recent study analyses the attitudinal outcomes of college students taking up bench and digital research. Termed Course-based Research Experience or CURE, this pedagogical approach takes the student through a journey of discovery-via-inquiry.
Posted on Aug 29, 2019 in Teaching, Undergraduate & Research
Talk with teachers: contemporary teaching will have to rely on teacher networks
Aditi Jain
M.M. Chaturvedi, senior faculty at the Delhi University shares his opinion on Draft National Education Policy 2019. He has been involved in the development of Cluster Innovation Centre. He talks about the role that teacher networks could play in contemporary education.
Posted on Aug 14, 2019 in Teaching, Personal Experience & Undergraduate

Exploring Science Older →

Magnetic Nanomotors: “nano-voyagers” inside cells
Divya Sriram
In this next article in our series on interdisciplinarity, we explore how a physicist and biologist duo (Ambarish Ghosh, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Deepak Saini, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, IISc, Bangalore) combined their expertise to create a nanomotor system that can be precisely and accurately manoeuvred inside biological cells.
Posted on Nov 09, 2018 in Biophysics, Research & Interdisciplinarity
How do we actually “pay” attention?
Reeteka Sud
In a recently published study, Sridharan et al. developed a model that explains why it is that when superior colliculus in the brain goes offline, that the ability to use incoming sensory information to make behavioural decisions is severely compromised.
Posted on Jul 25, 2017 in Neuroscience

Indian Scenario Older →

Café Oikos: Ecology & conservation straight from the horse’s mouth
Anisha Jayadevan
Café Oikos, a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit initiative, is the brainchild of engineer-turned-ecologists Anisha Jayadevan and Shishir Rao. It is a free and open public event regularly held at Bengaluru bookstores or cafés wherein people from all walks of life can come to learn about ecology and conservation research directly from active scientists. In this article, Anisha writes about how Café Oikos came to be, and what it aims to achieve.
Posted on Sep 13, 2019 in Ecology, Conservation Biology & Science communication
INSA’s new book examines Indian science’s ethical problems
Manupriya
The Indian National Science Academy recently published a book with detailed analysis and recommendations on ethical practices for doing science in India. With contributions from eighteen different authors, the book delves into multiple areas of concern and enumerates ethical guidelines for researchers and policymakers at several different levels. The book is freely available to download on INSA's website.
Posted on Aug 02, 2019 in Policy & Ethics

Journey of a YI Older →

Bedside to benchside and back
Charanya Ramachandran
Charanya Ramachandran is a Scientist at the Sudhakar and Sreekanth Ravi Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. In this invited article, she writes about her journey from the clinic to the laboratory and back, and some important lessons learned along the way.
Posted on May 13, 2019 in Health & Medicine, Advice, Research & Young Investigators
A zigzag trail to a career in Science
Ambadas Rode
Ambadas Rode is an Assistant Professor at the Regional Center for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad. In this invited article, he talks about the many turns he took in his career path to reach his current position.
Posted on May 01, 2019 in Career Development, Personal Experience & Young Investigators

Opinion Older →

Why does science communication excite me?
Kollegala Sharma
Kollegala Sharma has been a science communicator for over forty years. His most recent venture is Janasuddi, a weekly podcast about science in Kannada, which is circulated amongst thousands of people. In this invited article, he writes about how his early experiences and interests led him to science communication and what keeps him going.
Posted on Jun 19, 2019 in Personal Experience & Science communication
Communicating science is communicating excitement
Narmadha Devi
Narmadha Devi writes about mathematics for children in the Tamil student’s daily – ‘Pattam’, a product of Dinamalar groups. In this article, she discusses the importance of presenting science to children in an interesting, attractive and rational manner in order to build scientific temper for the future.
Posted on May 31, 2019 in Science communication

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Regional Young Investigator Meeting reaches the nation’s capital
Aditi Jain
During the 10th Young Investigators' Meeting (YIM), a need was felt for stronger local networks within the Indian scientific fraternity. Following the success of Regional Young Investigators' Meetings in Kolkata and Hyderabad, the third Regional YIM was held in Delhi NCR. The meeting followed the motto - "Unite, collaborate for a better tomorrow" and gathered scientific minds from throughout the National Capital Region.
Posted on Aug 28, 2019 in YIM, Young Investigators & Networking and Collaboration
Regional YIM Kolkata 2019: Some highlights
Smarajit Polley
Following the success of national Young Investigators' Meetings (YIMs) and the first Regional YIM in Hyderabad, the scientific community of Kolkata gathered in Presidency University on 5-6 February, 2019, with the motto: "Together today for a better tomorrow" for the first Kolkata chapter of Regional YIMs.
Posted on Aug 14, 2019 in YIM, Young Investigators & Networking and Collaboration

PhD Cafe Older →

From Challenges to Lessons
Zill-e-Anam
Zill e Anam is a PhD student at the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University. In this next article in our PhD Cafe series, she discusses some of the speed-breakers in her journey, solutions that helped her, and what she learned from each episode.
Posted on Sep 16, 2019 in Career Development, Personal Experience & Advice
Juggling science and life: The trapeze that kept me swinging
Shobha Anilkumar
Starting her career as a nursery school teacher, Shobha Anilkumar went on to earn first an MSc and then a PhD degree while working full time and bringing up two young children. In this next article in our PhD Cafe series, Shobha writes about her journey and the highs and lows along the way.
Posted on Aug 12, 2019 in Women in Science & Personal Experience

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