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European judgment declares human embryonic stem cells are not patentable
Sangeeta UdgaonkarFriday, December 16th, 2011(Photo: Follow the Money - The Politics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Russo E, PLoS Biology Vol. 3/7/2005, e234...
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The Inheritance of Culture: Celebrating Obaid Siddiqi at 80 and his Founding...
K. VijayRaghavanFriday, December 30th, 2011In a chaotic world spinning towards an 'interesting' future, many are self-absorbed in deciphering ways to ensure that our personal endeavors and ambitions...
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Historian Upinder Singh talks about violence and religion in ancient India on...
Aathira PerincheryWednesday, February 22nd, 2012Upinder Singh, professor at the University of Delhi's Department of History, was at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) on 15th February...
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Marie Curie Celebrated: Culture and Science
Exhibition, 'Women in Science' Discussion, Film and Scientific meeting Soumya JamesGeoff HydeMonday, August 6th, 2012As part of the Institut Curie and NCBS scientific meetings this week, NCBS is...
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A New Innings, A New Skipper
Geoff HydeSwetha SureshFriday, February 1st, 2013Padma Shri Prof. VijayRaghavan's appointment as the new Secretary of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has met with a unanimous cheer from the...
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A Conversation With Bert Hölldobler
Yadugiri V. T.Tuesday, April 9th, 2013Anyone who is not already convinced that the world of ants conceals many amazing surprises would quickly become a convert by just listening to Bert Hölldobler, or...
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In conversation with Sir John Savill
Jigyasa JyotikaThursday, April 25th, 2013In solidarity with biologist Sydney Brenner, a 2002 Nobel prize awardee in Physiology or Medicine, who believes that the experimental animal of the 21st century...
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In conversation with Kevin Moses
Jigyasa JyotikaWednesday, June 26th, 2013Research funding is a limited resource, even for the largest of global science foundations, and is typically awarded, after much deliberation, to the best...
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Catalyst of a Culture of Creativity
K. VijayRaghavanFriday, July 26th, 2013Obaid Siddiqi1932- 2013Catalyst of a Culture of CreativityObaid Siddiqi, once a young star of molecular biology and later a pioneer in neurogenetics was an...
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Nobel Laureate Venkatraman 'Venki' Ramakrishnan speaks at NCBS
Lecture part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Agricultural Sciences Aathira PerincheryThursday, January 2nd, 2014The new year at the National Centre for Biological Sciences...
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Renowned neuroscientist Huda Zoghbi visits NCBS
Aathira PerincheryMonday, January 27th, 2014Eminent neuroscientist Huda Zoghbi visited the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) today. On campus, she interacted with students, post-doctoral...
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K VijayRaghavan elected to US National Academy of Sciences
Thursday, May 1st, 2014K. VijayRaghavan, a Distinguished Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences and also the current Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India,...
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Professor K.S. Krishnan passes away
Sunday, May 25th, 2014K.S. Krishnan (b.19-6-1946), Professor Emeritus at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) passed away on 24th May...
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K VijayRaghavan remembers Krishnan
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014Krishnan joined the Molecular Biology Unit at TIFR in Colaba first as a Visiting Fellow ( Postdoc) and then was 'absorbed', as the term goes, as a Fellow. He had earlier joined...
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Dr. Krishnan's wild side
Umesh SrinivasanFriday, May 30th, 2014When the Southern Labs Complex was built, I immediately 'moved' to the colonnade with all my possessions (coffee mug included), and my days suddenly became much...
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NCBS remembers Krishnan
Friday, June 6th, 2014Professor K.S. Krishnan, friend and inspiration to generations of students and youthful scientists, passed away following a sudden heart attack on Saturday 24 May 2014 at his home...
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"Microbe hunter" Ian Lipkin speaks on science and Hollywood
Wednesday, June 18th, 2014The campus recently hosted a talk with a difference by renowned virologist W. Ian Lipkin. In his Public Lecture titled "Bad Bugs on the Big Screen: Science fiction and fact in...
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Dundee-India partnership to create Drug Discovery Unit in Bangalore
Thursday, August 28th, 2014 A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the institutes on our campus and The University of Dundee today to cement their active programme of scientific collaboration...
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An interview with Mukund Thattai
Anjali VaidyaFriday, October 17th, 2014Can you describe some highlights from your current research for me?We study the evolution of eukaryotic cells. There are two kinds of cells on the planet:...
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Public Lecture by Prof. Vish Vishwanath
Aparna U Banerjee Wednesday, November 5th, 2014Recently, NCBS hosted a talk by a researcher who is asking a very different set of questions about illness, health and their relationship to something...
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