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1974 Oct 1 D-2004-01860 OS to TIFR 5-yr-plan neurobiology.tif
Responding to a request by the Dean of the Physics Faculty (Molecular Biology was in the Physics faculty), Obaid Siddiqi states a need for Rs. 10 lakhs to pursue the group's plans to intensify research in neurobiology. The note is written soon after…
1974 Oct 1 D-2004-01860 OS to TIFR 5-yr-plan neurobiology.tif
Responding to a request by the Dean of the Physics Faculty (Molecular Biology was in the Physics faculty), Obaid Siddiqi states a need for 10 lakhs to pursue the group's plans to intensify research in neurobiology. The note is written soon after his…
1974 Oct 1 D-2004-01860 OS to TIFR 5-yr-plan neurobiology.tif
Responding to a request by the Dean of the Physics Faculty (Molecular Biology was in the Physics faculty), Obaid Siddiqi states a need for Rs. 10 lakhs to pursue the group's plans to intensify research in neurobiology. The note is written soon after…
1975 neuroBio course - TIFR - group pic.jpg
Participants at a neurobiology course at TIFR in 1975, including KS Krishnan (bottom row, right), RN Singh (top row, fourth from right), P Babu (middle row, left) and John Nicholls (middle row, second from left).
1975 Nov 28 D-2004-01232 (10- 1-1) BARC to Sreekantan - MR Das reco.tif
1975 letter from the director of the biomedical group at BARC to BV Sreekantan, then director of TIFR, recommending the virology work of MR Das at the time.
1975 VR to OS PhD request letter.jpg
After reading a paper by Vijay Sarathy and Obaid Siddiqi on bacterial recombination, Veronica Rodrigues, who was studying in Dublin, Ireland, sends a letter to Obaid Siddiqi expressing her interest in joining for a PhD. She would later build simple…
1975 VR to OS PhD request letter.jpg
After reading a paper by Vijay Sarathy and Obaid Siddiqi on bacterial recombination, Veronica Rodrigues, who was studying in Dublin, Ireland, sends a letter to Obaid Siddiqi expressing her interest in joining for a PhD. She would later build simple…
1976 Apr 30 D-2004-01232-(15-01) Sreekantan to govt - virology $.tif
BV Sreekantan, then director of TIFR, writes to the Atomic Energy Commission, request more funds for MR Das' virology programme in the molecular biology unit at TIFR. The funds for molecular biology in the five year plan at the time had been…
1976 Apr 30 D-2004-01232-(15-02) Sreekantan to govt - virology $.tif
BV Sreekantan, then director of TIFR, writes to the Atomic Energy Commission, request more funds for MR Das' virology programme in the molecular biology unit at TIFR. The funds for molecular biology in the five year plan at the time had been…
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…
1976 Mahabaleshwar - Shobhona Satpal.pdf
Some images from gatherings at the Mahabaleshwar Seminars. The seminars have been held continuously since the first ones in 1975, offering a space for students and teachers from across the world to learn from each other. In the last image, Shobhona…
1976 Mahabaleshwar - Shobhona Satpal.pdf
Some images from gatherings at the Mahabaleshwar Seminars. The seminars have been held continuously since the first ones in 1975, offering a space for students and teachers from across the world to learn from each other. In the last image, Shobhona…
1976 Mahabaleshwar - Shobhona Satpal.pdf
Some images from gatherings at the Mahabaleshwar Seminars. The seminars have been held continuously since the first ones in 1975, offering a space for students and teachers from across the world to learn from each other. In the last image, Shobhona…
1976 Mahabaleshwar - Shobhona Satpal.pdf
Some images from gatherings at the Mahabaleshwar Seminars. The seminars have been held continuously since the first ones in 1975, offering a space for students and teachers from across the world to learn from each other. In the last image, Shobhona…
1976 Mar 4 D-2004-01232-(13-01) MR Das to Sreekantan - 1.tif
Extract from a March 1976 letter, MR Das to BV Sreekantan. Das, a faculty member in the molecular biology unit at TIFR, is seeking more funds for his programme.
1976 TIFR application VR.jpg
The registration sheet for Veronica Rodrigues at TIFR, filled at the time she was a research scholar at the institute.
1976 TIFR application VR.jpg
The registration sheet for Veronica Rodrigues at TIFR, filled at the time she was a research scholar at the institute.
1978 Apr 10 D-2004-01235-10 MRDas to Sreekantan hand - 2a.tif
An extract from a letter to BV Sreekantan from MR Das on April 10, 1978, where he expresses that his scientific priorities were not aligned with those of the molecular biology unit at TIFR
1978 Poster_Mahabaleshwar_Lecture.jpg
The Mahabaleshwar Seminars in Modern Biology were started after an informal discussion between Obaid Siddiqi and John Barnabas in 1974. In 1975, the first seminar titled ‘Genetics and Evolution’ was held in a chapel at the Green Hill Campus at…
1978 Poster_Mahabaleshwar_Lecture.jpg
The Mahabaleshwar Seminars in Modern Biology were started after an informal discussion between Obaid Siddiqi and John Barnabas in 1974. In 1975, the first seminar titled ‘Genetics and Evolution’ was held in a chapel at the Green Hill Campus at…
1979 - 1991 OS Ideas for Expts Note Book - 1.tif
Cover of Obaid Siddiqi's experimental ideas notebook, with notes from across three decades.
1979 - 1991 OS Ideas for Expts Note Book - 8.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's experimental ideas notebook. In this extract from 1991, Siddiqi's plans for a different kind of fly maze are seen.
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_1.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_3.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_4.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980s 1990s - Inebriometer - left image with woman in blue.tif
In the late 1980s, KS Krishnan, a faculty member at TIFR, developed an ingenious inebriometer in order to better understand response to anesthetics. Here, a student is working on the inebriometer, which is essentially a fractionation system for…
1980s 1990s - Inebriometer - left image with woman in blue.tif
In the late 1980s, KS Krishnan, a faculty member at TIFR, developed an ingenious inebriometer in order to better understand response to anesthetics. Here, a student is working on the inebriometer, which is essentially a fractionation system for…
1980s TIFR MBU - Lab Space - Delegation Visit.tif
A German delegation visiting the molecular biology unit of TIFR in the late 1980s. Seen in the photo are Obaid Siddiqi (left) and K VijayRaghavan (third from left). International collaborations would become vital for the group to connect with the…
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.
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)
1981 Ajith macaque fieldwork braille - 5a.jpg
Ajith Kumar's field notes from 1982-83, written on Braille paper (sourced from a church in the US, since resources were limited, and it was good non-blotting paper). The notes are for studies on how four species of tree living mammals co-exist and…
1981 TIFR Council Meeting - Dec - NCBS idea - 2.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi wrote a proposal for a new biology centre as part of TIFR’s 1980-1985 Five Year Plan, based on S. Ramaseshan’s invitation to set it up at IISc. But even though it was approved by the government, the IISc plan lost steam. This…
1981 TIFR Council Meeting - Dec - NCBS idea - 2.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi wrote a proposal for a new biology centre as part of TIFR’s 1980-1985 Five Year Plan, based on S. Ramaseshan’s invitation to set it up at IISc. But even though it was approved by the government, the IISc plan lost steam. This…
1981 TIFR Council Meeting - Dec - NCBS idea - 3.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi wrote a proposal for a new biology centre as part of TIFR’s 1980-1985 Five Year Plan, based on S. Ramaseshan’s invitation to set it up at IISc. But even though it was approved by the government, the IISc plan lost steam. This…
1981 TIFR Council Meeting - Dec - NCBS idea - 3.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi wrote a proposal for a new biology centre as part of TIFR’s 1980-1985 Five Year Plan, based on S. Ramaseshan’s invitation to set it up at IISc. But even though it was approved by the government, the IISc plan lost steam. This…
1983 AIR Broadcast - OS - Darwinism.tif
An extract from Obaid Siddiqi's All India Radio broadcast on Darwinism. 1983.
1983 AIR Broadcast - OS - Gene Cloning.tif
An extract from Obaid Siddiqi's All India Radio broadcast on gene cloning. 1983.
1983 Caltech Neurogenetics Lecture - 1.tif
The molecular biology unit at TIFR had become renowned for its Drosophila neurobiology and neurogenetics work by the early 1980s. Seen here are Obaid Siddiqi's lecture notes while on a sabbatical at Caltech, including sketches of the simple and…
1983 November - TIFR Council Meet - 85-90 Proposal - 2.pdf
The TIFR Council lauds the initiative to set up a new biology centre. They also express their hope that the new centre will be a national resource of sorts, and also wonder about the future of research areas at the TIFR molecular biology unit. TIFR…
1983 November - TIFR Council Meet - 85-90 Proposal - 3.pdf
The TIFR Council lauds the initiative to set up a new biology centre. They also express their hope that the new centre will be a national resource of sorts, and also wonder about the future of research areas at the TIFR molecular biology unit. TIFR…
1983-84 TIFR Report - electron micrograph image_p51 - RN Singh.tif
Electron micrograph showing cross section of one of the 10 pairs of sensory organs in the pharynx of Drosphila larva. The slicing work was carried out by Kusum Singh, who worked on a pro-bono basis with her husband, RN Singh.
1984 Annual Report - TIFR - monoclonal antibodies eqpt.tif
Hybridoma Laboratory: Generation of monoclonal antibodies as probes of neural cell functions in Drosophila. 1984, Molecular Biology Unit, TIFR.
1984 FRS Holliday To OS - 1.tif
Letter from Robin Holliday to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on his nomination to be a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. Holliday opines that the award "would do good" for Siddiqi's group.
1984 FRS Holliday To OS - 1.tif
Letter from Robin Holliday to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on his nomination to be a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. Holliday opines that the award "would do good" for Siddiqi's group.
1984 FRS Holliday To OS - 2.tif
Letter from Robin Holliday to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on his nomination to be a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. Holliday opines that the award "would do good" for Siddiqi's group.