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1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_3.pdf
AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_4.pdf
AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_5.pdf
AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_6.pdf
AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".
1960s 70s Stahl and OS awards - ceremonial.bmp
In the late 1960s, Frank Stahl (right), a renowned biologist, came for a workshop to TIFR. Here, he participates (in ceremonial attire, a one-time event) in an awards function for those who attended a course in phage genetics.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 8.jpg
Frank Stahl (centre), a renowned American biologist, visiting TIFR for a workshop in the late 1960s. He is flanked by M.S. Shaila (left) and S.M. Joshi.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU_1.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU_1.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1970s OS with Brenner - Fr Babu.tif
Sydney Brenner (left) on one of his visits to TIFR's molecular biology unit in the 1970s. These would be life-long collaborations, all the way up to his future visits to Bangalore.
1976 Mahabaleshwar - Shobhona Satpal.pdf
Shobhona Sharma (second from left), a former TIFR student and current TIFR faculty, and other participants at the Mahabaleshwar Seminar, The seminars have been held continuously since the first ones in 1975, offering a space for students and teachers…
1980s TIFR MBU - Lab Space - Delegation Visit.tif
Obaid Siddiqi (first from left) leading a German delegation visit through the labs of the TIFR molecular biology unit in the late 1980s.
1989 Aug - CNR Rao to V Singh - TIFR IISc space approval for NCBS.tif
The new crew moving to Bangalore needed to set up temporary labs to start working while they went through bureaucratic hurdles to procure land and build a new campus. In 1989, TIFR’s radio astronomy group led by Govind Swarup moved out of their…
1993-94 Annual Report 146 - Close interaction.tif
The TIFR annual reports summarize the nature of work in each area of research. NCBS had its own separate section (besides the Molecular Biology Unit) in the years after its formation. The opening paragraph over those few years, like in this image,…
1997 Porter Committee Report - MBU NCBS divide 4.tif
The Molecular Biology Unit had a thin staff in the early 1990s and faced an uncertain future after the formation of NCBS, with many suggesting that it should be shut down. The 1997 Porter Committee Report, a TIFR-wide review, praised the work of the…
1998 OS Shobhona MMJ Watson.tiff
James Watson (right) visiting TIFR and in a conversation with MM Johri (left), Shobhona Sharma (second from left) and Obaid Siddiqi.
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 1.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 2.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 3.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 4.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
Carlson_A Welcome to Drosophila Olfaction_1.pdf
By the early 1980s, the molecular biology unit led by Obaid Siddiqi had gained worldwide reputation for their work on olfaction in Drosophila. The unit became a space for young scientists from around the world to come and learn. One of them, John…
glasgow freinds higher res.jpg
Obaid Siddiqi (first row, right) with fellow students at Glasgow, during his PhD years, c 1957-1960
Obaid Siddiqi with close fly colleagues Cold Spring harbour.jpg
A broad section of the Drosophila community at a meeting at Cold Spring Harbour in 1987. Seen among others are Utpal Banerjee (top row, sixth from right), Seymour Benzer (second row, second from left), Martin Heisenberg (top row, second from right)…
1960 Garen to OS - Post Doc offer.tif
Alan Garen's invitation to Obaid Siddiqi in 1960 for post-doctoral work in his new lab at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
1962 Aug D-2004-00596-26(1 of 1) HB to Nehru on OS.pdf
Homi Bhabha writing to Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1962 about the hiring of Obaid Siddiqi and the global perception of administering Indian science
1962 Feb D-2004-00596-1(1 of 1) Ponte to Szilard.pdf
Guido Pontecorvo's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in February 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 HB to OS - TIFR Offer First Correspondence.tif
The first direct correspondence between Homi Bhabha and Obaid Siddiqi, after Bhabha received a letter from Leo Szilard, with recommendations for Siddiqi from Alan Garen and Guido Pontecorvo. Bhabha indirectly offers Siddiqi a position. March 12,…
1962 Jul 18 D-2004-00596-18(1 of 1) Margolin to HB - ref.pdf
Paul Margolin's response to Homi Bhabha's reference request for Obaid Siddiqi.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 7 D-2004-00596-15(1 of 1) HB to margolin - ref query.pdf
Homi Bhabha requesting Paul Margolin for a recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi. Concerned that Siddiqi will have start a new unit by himself, Bhabha asks Margolin specifically, whether Siddiqi "has an original mind and can initiate new lines of…
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-2(1 - 2) Garen to Szilard to HB.pdf
Alan Garen's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in March 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-2(1 - 2) Garen to Szilard to HB.pdf
Alan Garen's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in March 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1966 Jan HB speech ICSU - Szilard Hill OS biophysics.jpg
Excerpt from Homi Bhabha's speech in January 1966, at the International Council of Science. Bhabha mentions the hiring of Obaid Siddiqi and makes the connection to AV Hill's suggestion that he should look into biophysics in the future.
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1980s Vijay Mani.jpg
K VijayRaghavan and Mani Ramaswami, two early hires for NCBS, at Caltech in the late 1980s. (Ramaswami would later not join NCBS but remains a long-term collaborator with the students and faculty at the Centre)
1985_Obaid letter to BJ.TIFF
In 1985, BJ Rao (now faculty at TIFR) asked Obaid Siddiqi about prospects of scientific work in India as he contemplated a return. In this pragmatic and measured reply, Siddiqi advises that "no matter where you go, to a great extent, you will have to…
1988-10-19 Fr. O.Siddiqi To Jayant Udgaonkar.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's letter to Jayant Udgaonkar (October 1988), prior to an official appointment letter, explaining the nature of the new Bangalore centre.
1992 Jan Panicker member of STC - OS note.tif
Mitradas Panicker was also appointed to the steering committee of new institute that he was being hired at, the two events happening within a few months of each other.
1993-04-26 PMC 2 Minutes - Faculty search area.tif
In a project management committee meeting in April 1993, the group decides the areas of research in which they are going to look for faculty, in what they called the first phase of hiring.
1994 Jitu to OS - NCBS Offer.tif
Satyajit Mayor's letter to Obaid Siddiqi, prior to being hired at NCBS.
1995 NCBS at IISc days - 1.tif
The early faculty and staff at one of the committee meetings, when NCBS was at the TIFR Centre, IISc, c. 1995.
1995 NCBS at IISc days - 2.tif
Early faculty, including Sudhir Krishna (centre) and Mitradas Panicker (right) at the TIFR Centre (IISc) canteen, c 1995
1995 NCBS at IISc days - 3.tif
Satyajit Mayor's group with visiting scientists at the TIFR Centre (IISc) canteen, c 1995
1997 Jan NCBS Director Position - OS to Vijay hand-over.tif
K VijayRaghavan takes over from Obaid Siddiqi as the director of NCBS in 1997.