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mmjohri_seaweed-tifr-shores-1969_RESEARCH-PROCESS
Man Mohan Johri, retired faculty member from TIFR: Picking up seaweed off the shores of TIFR for his early research in the late 1960s.
ranjith_lab-kitchen-media-numbers_RESEARCH-PROCESS
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: The scale of work in the lab kitchen, by the numbers.
shannon_negative-result_RESEARCH-PROCESS
Shannon Olsson, faculty member at NCBS: On the importance of publishing negative results
jayant_areas-sketch-1992_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On the September 1992 sketch looking at the different areas of research for NCBS
upi_hire-computing-ravi_RESEARCH-COLLAB
Upinder Bhalla, faculty member at NCBS: On early computational work with Ravi Iyengar in systems neurobiology, on Iyengar's persistence in pushing Bhalla along to publish field-altering research: a bistable biochemical feedback loop that could aid in…
jitu_ncbs-research-information-organism_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: On a projected area of research, to bridge the scales of biology through an intricate understanding of information flow in organisms.
OS_neurobiology-shift_RESEARCH-INFLECTION
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: On his shift to neurobiology in the early 1970s.
ajith_Msc-wildlife-start_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Ajith Kumar, NCBS faculty member and co-ordinator of MSc programme in Wildlife Biology: On the origins of the MSc programme in Wildlife Biology at NCBS
gaiti_1989—solo-paper-env_EDUCATION-MENTOR_RESEARCH-COLLB
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On her work in the 1980s, publishing a series of single author papers in the late 1980s, and the research environment at TIFR.
gaiti_early-MBU-1983-89-behavior-genetics_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On the work around behaviour and genetics at TIFR in the 1980s
jitu_madan-theory_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: On cementing the relationship between cell biology and theoretical work, with a decade-plus collaboration.
OS_IARI-hailstorm_RESEARCH-INFLECTION
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: Memories of a hail storm that destroyed his research at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in the 1950s, prompting a move to Glasgow for his PhD
OS_science-choosing_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: The naming of NCBS groups, hierarchy within a lab and the way the names sometimes reflect the background work of the lead individual.
sanjay_science-paper-military_RESEARCH-INFLECTION
Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Reflecting on the various lives of a research paper, including the interest from the military on his group's research at UC Berkeley.
sowdhamini_neuroscience-1994_RESEARCH-SHIFT
R Sowdhamini, faculty member at NCBS: On a delay in her hiring due to an NCBS faculty search in the mid 1990s for neuroscience researchers.
uma_ecology-start-Msc_RESEARCH-SHIFT
Uma Ramakrishnan, faculty member at NCBS: On the start of an MSc programme in wildlife biology and her hiring as one of the first faculty members in ecology and evolution
aditi_funda-translation_RESEARCH-TOGGLE
Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On her memories of the research climate when she was a graduate student in the early 2000s, and the connects between fundamental and translational research.
villoo_NCBS-start-avesthagen_RESEARCH-TOGGLE
Villoo Patell, early post doctoral researcher at NCBS and entrepreneur: Reflections on starting a company in NCBS in the mid to late 1990s, and the research environment at the time.
Sudhir_Funda-applied-not-obaidophile_RESEARCH-TOGGLE
Sudhir Krishna, faculty member at NCBS: Reflections on fundamental and applied research and the distinctions from one early philosophy of Obaid Siddiqi.
taslim_C-CAMP-benefit_RESEARCH-TOGGLE
Taslimarif Saiyed, former NCBS student and current director, C-CAMP: On the benefits of C-CAMP in the learning trajectory of a student at NCBS.
shannon_basic-applied-no-diff_RESEARCH-TOGGLE
Shannon Olsson, faculty member at NCBS: On an education where she hardly ever saw the distinction between fundamental and applied research.
mohan_vibration-breeding_RESEARCH-TOOL
H Mohan, in charge of the animal house at NCBS: Tales from the process of science - the effect of vibration and construction on lab animals.
panic_fluorescence-stem-cell_RESEARCH-QUERY-TOOL
Mitradas Panicker, faculty member at NCBS: The back story to his group's 2014 work on endogenous blue fluoroscence markers in induced pluripotent stem cells and mouse epiblast stem cells,…
jitu_zeiss-scope-2cam-rocksteady_RESEARCH-TOOLS
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: On his group's work with industry partners in customising and developing tools for basic research questions, which then become standard products in the field.
mathew_central-question-holy-grail_RESEARCH-QUERY-TOOL
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: On the drive that having a central question in research offers in one's scientific career.
rnsingh_kusum-cutting-slices-1980s_RESEARCH-TOOLS
RN Singh, early faculty member at TIFR, and Kusum Singh, his partner: Early microtome work and the technical skill behind manually cutting slices.
deepti_CRISPR_RESEARCH-TOOL-QUERY
Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS: On introducing CRISPR as a research tool on the NCBS campus.
Madhumala_Smell-explain_RESEARCH-QUERY
KS Madhumala, post doctoral researcher at NCBS: Explaining the broader questions that drive her research and the field of olfactory behaviour.
upi_tinkering_RESEARCH-QUERY-TOOL
Upinder Bhalla, faculty member at NCBS: Perspective on growing up tinkering with electronics and his life-long brush with tinkering as part of the scientific method.
Mathew_sinX-biochemistry_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: Thoughts on the biochemistry course that he and Jayant Udgaonkar have taught at NCBS almost since the beginning of the Centre.
balaram_teaching-1970s-today_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
P Balaram, professor and ex-director, IISc: On joining as a teacher at IISc in the 1970s and views on the practice of teaching.
saurabh_why-phd-teach_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Saurabh Mahajan, current PhD student at NCBS: Thoughts on why he is doing a PhD and the need for a more rigorous education in teaching.
shashi_PhD-future_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
L Shashidhara, early post-doctoral researcher at NCBS, faculty at IISER: On future trajectories for students after they do their PhD and the need to wrestle with this problem in a more cohesive manner.
rath_college-PG-decoupling_GROWTH-STUDENT_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: On a nationwide decoupling between college and post-graduate education/research.
Mukund_Students-research_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Mukund Thattai, a 'Young Investigator' NCBS hire and current faculty member: His perspective on what could or should be the broader purpose of NCBS and its research.
aditi_courses_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On her experiences with coursework as a graduate student in the early 2000s
deepti_school-college-ncbs_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE_RIPPLE-TOLL
Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS and former student: On the move from Delhi University to NCBS for graduate work and a feeling of being overwhelmed.
gaiti_1970s-TIFR-summer_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE_PEOPLE-ORIGIN
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On a summer spent at TIFR in the 1970s, and the process of being initiated into research.
jayant_coursework-start-TIFR-NCBS_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On the need for coursework and his push to build an academic programme (with MK Mathew) at NCBS
krishnamurthy_staff-retrain-temp_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
H Krishnamurthy, scientific officer and head of imaging/cytometry, NCBS: On pushing his technical staff to enter into degree programs while working.
mathew_expt-ephysiology-rig_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: On selection of students, and, for instance, finding people suitable for particulars of working with an electrophysiology rig.
Sudhir_Medicine-research-crack_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Sudhir Krishna, faculty member at NCBS: The education model in India and the cracks between research and medicine.
swarup_IISER-edu-engg_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: On the need to integrate engineering and science education for students, and the potential of the IISER model.
swarup_laddoo-query_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: The thought process behind selecting students in TIFR interviews.
taslim_C-CAMP-benefit_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Taslimarif Saiyed, former NCBS student and current director, C-CAMP: On the benefits of C-CAMP in the learning trajectory of a student at NCBS.
upi_OS-meet-bio-hate_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Upinder Bhalla, faculty member at NCBS: A childhood encounter with Obaid Siddiqi, and an early dislike for biology.
Mukund_Ethics_RIPPLE-FRICTION
Mukund Thattai, a 'Young Investigator' NCBS hire and current faculty member: On teaching an ethics course at NCBS, and on one of the biggest issues facing Indian science
vidita_ksk-vr-effect_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: The influence of KS Krishnan and Veronica Rodrigues when she joined as a young faculty member at TIFR
Madhumala_VR-labnote-hire_EDUCATION-MENTOR
KS Madhumala, post doctoral researcher at NCBS: Reflections on maintaining lab notes and why she felt she got hired as a student.
taslim_OS-pencil-hold_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Taslimarif Saiyed, former NCBS student and current director, C-CAMP: Memories of being a student in Obaid Siddiqi's lab and the art of holding a pencil.