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Ankita Rathore, a research student, is studying how people perceive the rapidly emerging field of nanotechnology. In this opinion article, she shares some aspects of her ongoing research and her views on why it is essential to factor in public opinion before implementing new technologies for their benefit.
Students of science tend to learn about scientific breakthroughs through textbooks and scientific journals, with a focus on the end result – the main discovery. But most of the research work underlying a discovery begins with a hypothesis – a key element of the scientific process that is often neglected in a classroom. So what is a hypothesis and how to frame one? This article shares some key points.
This article was first published by Editage Insights, Cactus Communications.
Posted on in Molecular Biology, Education, Teaching, Undergraduate, Education
Posted on in Molecular Biology, Teaching, Undergraduate, Education
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University of Florida (Center for Precollegiate Education and Training) present a set of interesting experiments with sleepy Drosophila!
Great tool for teachers to discuss climate change and its impact on genetic variation.
In case, teachers can't obtain Drosophila lines to put to sleep - the resource has a dataset to allow analyses and learning.
Find the entire module here: Drowsy Drosophila
Module obtained with permission from Julie Bokor.
New to genetics? Here is an interactive game that lets you breed dragons! The game produced by the Concord Consortium is an exciting tool for students and teachers to get started with genetics. The beautiful graphics create an engaging experience.
Teachers - use this game in your classrooms for a fun experience! The genes used in this game have been picked from the real world genetics of model organisms!
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote research in synthetic biology. In this article, Gauri Saini talks about the iGEM Competition, which invites students working in the field of synthetic biology to showcase their projects.
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru has explored a new approach to treat mycobacterial infections, which are becoming increasingly drug-resistant. They found that a cocktail of mycobacteriophages – viruses that infect mycobacteria but not humans– were effective against slow- and fast-growing mycobacteria, in cultures. This has clinical significance in treating tuberculosis (caused by M.tuberculosis, a slow-growing mycobacterium), which is of concern, especially in developing countries. In this article, Edna George reports on this recent study by Rachit Agarwal’s team.
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Research
Posted on in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Research
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Cell Biology, Policy, Research
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story of the work and life of an eminent scientist.
The guest of this event is Vishva Dixit, Vice President of Early Discovery Research, Physiological Chemistry at Genentech.
FundaySunday is an initiative to publicize some fun science communications and take interesting/funny/self-descriptive science near our audiences. It could be science illustration/poem/song/dance/picture or anything that makes subjects in life sciences interesting.
The guest of this event is Mohit Kumar Jolly, Assistant Professor at BSSE, IISc Bangalore.
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story of the work and life of an eminent scientist.
The guest of the second event in the series is Ron Vale who is the Vice President of Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Executive Director of its Janelia Research Campus
In the last episode of season 1 of IndiaAsksWhy, Utsuka and Jigyasa talk about the origins of the smell of rain!🌦
They discover how microbes and the winds together lead to this lovely Aroma! 💨
👨🔬In the Ask A Scientist segment, they both talk to Samay Pande, who studies the evolution of bacteria to understand why organisms help each other! 🧪
Season 2 of 'In Conversation with a Mentor' kickstarts with Abhishek Goel, Co-founder, and CEO of Cactus Communications. Together with his brother Anurag Goel, Abhishek co-founded Cactus Communications in 2002, focusing on providing English editing services for researchers in Japan. It is an international enterprise with a head office in Mumbai and offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, and many other cities serving customers from over 173 countries.
Utsuka and Jigyasa, on their recent trip to the zoo🐯 wondered why tigers have stripes. 🤔 We’re sure you must have had that question, too! Listen to this episode as they explore why!🐅
👨🔬In the Ask A Scientist segment, they both talk to Mihir Trivedi, a wildlife biologist, to know the purpose of these stripes in the wild. He also talks about his life as a biologist in the wild!🐾
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Atria University is hiring for a combined, full-time position of a research assistant (bioinformatics) + teaching fellow (undergraduate biology). We are also open to hearing from applicants interested in only one of these roles. The research assistant will carry out …
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