National Centre for Biological Sciences

22/05/2012

Applications invited for the 2nd Science Journalism Course at NCBS. For more details, visit http://news.ncbs.res.in/story/second-science-journalism-course-ncbs

The workshop's main objective is to impart to students the basic skills necessary for communicating science to the lay person via the written word.

23/04/2012

A paper by Martincorena, Seshasayee and Luscombe in Nature, 22nd April 2012: "Evidence of non-random mutation rates suggests an evolutionary risk management strategy."

http://news.ncbs.res.in/story/matter-priorities

Different genes mutate at different rates, in the bacterium E. coli. Photo credit: EMBL/ I. Martincorena. Graphic: Aathira Perinchery.

27/01/2012

http://news.ncbs.res.in/story/romesh-wadhwani-it-billionaire-and-philanthropist-tops-funding-support-instem%E2%80%99s-shanta-wadhwan

inStem's Shanta Wadhwani Centre, in memory of Romesh Wadhwani's late mother, will benefit from generous funds from the Wadhwani Foundation (http://wadhwani-foundation.org) with the likelihood that demonstrated excellence by the centre in the coming five years will elicit continued support. Along wit...

03/01/2012

You can access videos of talks from 2nd January 2011, and completed talks on 3rd January 2011, conducted as part of the "Genes to Olfaction: 60 Years in Science" program at http://ncbs.res.in/Genes-to-Olfaction-Videos

02/01/2012

We are streaming live videos of the talks being conducted today and tomorrow. Completed lectures are also available on our website, which can be viewed both on You Tube and the NCBS server. Do visit http://news.ncbs.res.in/story/video-streaming-talks-during-genes-olfaction-60-years-science for more details.

Talks during the 2-day program, "Genes to Olfaction: 60 years in Science" beginning on 2nd January 2012 will be videostreamed in real time on the NCBS website. These videos can be viewed by both internal (NCBS) and external users. The detailed schedule of the program - speakers, topics and times - i...

30/12/2011

The NCBS News Site: http://news.ncbs.res.in/story/inheritance-culture-celebrating-obaid-siddiqi-80-and-his-founding-tifrs-national-centre-biolog

In a chaotic world spinning towards an 'interesting' future, many are self-absorbed in deciphering ways to ensur that our personal endeavors and ambitions meet with success. Intellectual depth and scholarship can give way to Lemming-like dynamics where the herd decides the direction for our personal...