National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A study by Dr Pratibha Sanjenbam and team from Dr Deepa Agashe’s lab at NCBS found that the red flour beetle’s microbiome can shift dramatically over time—even between populations kept under nearly identical conditions. 🔗 bit.ly/4dglMLp 🖋 Christeen Paulson 110
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruRohini Nilekani Center for Brain and Mind - NCBS @cbmncbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026📢 @cbmncbs.bsky.social announces CALM-Brain workshop of the Neuroscience Research Symposium-2026 of #manotsavaindia CALM-Brain workshop | December 02, 2026 @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social Details - www.ncbs.res.in/cbm/calm-bra... @tifr.res.in @padinjatr.bsky.social 003
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruRohini Nilekani Center for Brain and Mind - NCBS @cbmncbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Update : Abstract submission extended till October 10, 2026. Neuroscience Research Symposium of #manotsava - 2026, organsied @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social Details - www.ncbs.res.in/cbm/neurosci... @padinjatr.bsky.socialncbs.res.inNeuroscience Research Symposium - 2026 | CBMThe Neuroscience Research Symposium - 2026 will be held at National Centre for Biological Sciences - TIFR, Bangalore, on December 3 - 4, 2026. It is part of Manotsava, the National Mental Health festival in its third edition. 001
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#PublicationAlert! How do proteins work together to organise our DNA? A new study maps the structures of several large complexes involved in regulating gene expression via HDAC1. @shruthilab.bsky.social and @kartikmajila.bsky.social from her lab contributed to the study. 🔗https://bit.ly/4yaiv8u 110
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Rice domestication changed more than the crop’s appearance. 🌾 A new study by @steffiraju.bsky.social and team from Prof. P.V. Shivaprasad’s lab at NCBS reveals how copper, miRNAs and OsSPL9 work together to influence rice growth and seed development. 🔗 bit.ly/46jNymf 🖋Christeen Paulson 031
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026New research by Aravind Madhu and team from Prof PV Shivaprasad's lab, shows that H2A.X helps regulate root growth, flowering, leaf colour, tillering and seed production by controlling how DNA is packaged and which genes are switched on. Read more: bit.ly/4zvfAbS 🖋Christeen Paulson 000
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 21/08/2026A recent study by Dr Ananya from Prof R Sowdhamini's lab, in collaboration with ICAR-NISST, compares two rice varieties with contrasting responses to iron deficiency. Read the full Research Explained story: bit.ly/3Uw88ND 010
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 19/06/2026A recent study by Dr Faseela Elangoli Ebrahimkutty from @sabarinathan.bsky.social’s lab, reveals how CTCF–cohesin binding sites can become hotspots of replication stress, DNA damage and mutations in cancer. Read more: bit.ly/4vn1Rl9 🖋️ Christeen Paulson 011
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Climb a mountain and the world changes around you. So do the moths. But Dr Pritha Dey found a twist: even as the species composition changes, their overall traits remain the same. Read more: bit.ly/4g2cNzA 🖋 Dr Manal Shakeel 020
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruMOOSE Neuro Simulator @moosesim.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Extended deadline by a week! 26th April 2026, 23:59 IST Limited spots! #opensource #neurosimulator #neuroscience #compneuro #workshop #handson #kolkata #openscience #ncbs #chinta 011
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruShruthi Viswanath @shruthilab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Introducing AF-Pipeline, open-source Python package for extracting confident structures, interfaces from AlphaFold predictions isblab.github.io/af_pipeline/... GitHub: github.com/isblab/af_pi.... By @omkargolatkar.bsky.social, initial idea @kartikmajila.bsky.social, test help @muskaanjl.bsky.social. 053
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruMukund Thattai @thattai.bsky.social · 15/04/2026How did eukaryotic cells get their Golgi, endosomes, lysosomes and other endomembrane compartments? We show that endomembrane evolution depends on long periods of neutral molecular exploration, punctuated by sudden leaps. New preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 14924
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 13/04/2026#PhDone! 🎓 Congratulations Dr Sukanta! 🎉 Sukanta Behera from Prof @rpadinjat.bsky.social 's lab successfully defended his thesis! 👇🧵Scroll to learn about his work on neurodevelopmental defects in a Drosophila model of Lowe Syndrome. (1/4) 330
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Parkinson’s may begin long before symptoms appear. A study by Mrudula Dileep, Anamika Sharma and team from Prof Gaiti Hasan's lab shows how two small cellular defects can combine to trigger early oxidative stress in neurons 🔗https://bit.ly/48sWHuf 🖋️ Christeen Paulson 042
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 10/04/2026#AwardHighlight 🏆 🎉 Congratulations to Shubham from Dr Meghna Krishnadas's lab on winning the Harvard Ashton Award for Student Research by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University! @shubham2305.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @arnoldarboretum.bsky.social 000
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026#Newsletter 📢The 4th edition of Transcript- our quarterly newsletter featuring stories of discoveries, ideas & the people at @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social is out now! 📄Read here: www.ncbs.res.in/sites/defaul... 📩Subscribe to get the newsletter in your inbox bit.ly/4kEQxvh 010
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026#Workshop 3rd Workshop on Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis Using Open-Source Tools 📆 June 22 to 23, 2026 📍 @NCBS_Bangalore 👇Check out the poster below for more details 🔗Register Now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Registration Deadline: 15 April 2026 001
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026#Workshop Temporal Population Genomics Workshop 📆 9-12 May, 2026 📍 NCBS, Bengaluru 🔗 Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Application Deadline: 19 April 2026 000
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruMOOSE Neuro Simulator @moosesim.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Another milestone : Release v4.2.0 "Kalakand" is out! Major update - significant improvements to neuron morphology handling, model loading, Python interface & build system github.com/MooseNeuro/m... #release #opensource #compneuro #pypi #github #neuro @kavlifoundation.org @ncbsbangalore.bsky.socialgithub.comRelease v4.2.0 – Kalakand · MooseNeuro/moose-coreBreaking Changes Some legacy and unused Python utility modules have been removed. If your scripts import from moose.recording, moose.constants, or moose.method_utils, you will need to update them.... 032
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruRohini Nilekani Center for Brain and Mind - NCBS @cbmncbs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Welcome ! Pretty Garg Ph.D Research Fellow Rohini Nilekani Center for Brain and Mind @tifr.res.in @padinjatr.bsky.social 012
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruMOOSE Neuro Simulator @moosesim.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Announcing a 1-day immersive hands-on workshop with MOOSE and its GUI Jardesigner. Date: 23/05/'26 Deadline: 21/04/'26, 23:59 IST Registration link and details: www.mooseneuro.org/workshops/on... @kavlifoundation.org @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social #compneuro #neuroscience #opensource #workshop 021
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 01/04/2026#CallForApplications We will soon be accepting applications for the interdisciplinary Physics of Life graduate program at NCBS/ICTS. Eligibility: Students from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering from GATE, JAM, JEST streams for 2026 🌐: pol.ncbs.res.in 021
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruRohini Nilekani Center for Brain and Mind - NCBS @cbmncbs.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Welcome ! Vaisaly R. Nath, Ph.D Career Development Fellow Rohini Nilekani Center for Brain and Mind @tifr.res.in @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @padinjatr.bsky.social 012
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 30/03/2026#AwardHighlight 🏆 🌟Congratulations to Dr Krushnamegh Kunte on being honoured with the 'Vasundhara Sathi Sanman' by the Maharashtra Times and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. See the Maharashtra Times editorial: maharashtratimes.com/editorial/sa... @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social 020
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Latest feature in @thehindu.com on @stpalli.bsky.social's latest work where they revisit "Jeewanu", an early, forgotten idea by Krishna Bahadur and S. Ranganayaki, with their study offering insights into how simple chemistry can organise into life-like systems. www.thehindu.com/society/jeew...thehindu.comThe Indian scientist couple history forgot — and the new study bringing their ‘Jeewanu’ back to lifeA groundbreaking experiment revives interest in forgotten scientists Krishna Bahadur and S. Ranganayaki, exploring life's origins through innovative protocell research. 010
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 26/03/2026#PhDone! 🎓Congratulations Dr Aishwarya! 🎉 Aishwarya V. from Prof @rpadinjat.bsky.social's lab successfully defended her thesis! 🧵👇Scroll down to learn about her work on elucidating the role of PIP4K enzyme on cell size. (1/4) 110
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 26/03/2026#PhDone! Congratulations Dr Sree Subha Ramaswamy! 🎓 Sree Subha from Prof Sanjay Sane's lab successfully defended her thesis! 🎉 👇🧵Scroll to learn more about her work on understanding how termites use chemicals to communicate while building mounds. (1/4) 110
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 26/03/2026#TeacherTrainingWorkshop Using Hydra in Teaching and Research for PU/UG/PG faculty 📅 28-30 April 2026 📍 NCBS, Bengaluru 🔗 Application link: forms.gle/5BCFS7gWsdb9... Application Deadline: 9 April, 2026 000
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruMOOSE Neuro Simulator @moosesim.bsky.social · 25/03/2026We successfully conducted "Meet MOOSE"!! Computational neuroscience --> MOOSE ---> Jardesigner (GUI) Community-driven | beginner-friendly | Concept-driven | live demonstrations| interactive discussions. #Opensource #compneuro #communitydriven #neuroscience #OpenScience #webinar 021
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 24/03/2026#AwardHighlight 🏆 🌟Congratulations to @sreepadmanabh.bsky.social on winning the Graduate Research Excellence Award by the Forum on Graduate Student Affairs, American Physical Society for attending the APS Global Physics Summit 2026 in Denver, USA @tapomoy89.bsky.social 040
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 23/03/2026#ResearchExplained A recent NCBS study by Dr. Ron George Philip and team from Prof. @rpadinjat.bsky.social's finds that mitochondria may not function as they should in certain cell types lacking OCRL, the gene whose mutations cause Lowe syndrome 🔗 bit.ly/4sy2o24 🖋️ Christeen Paulson 030
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruAnubhav Prakash @prakash-patterns.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The first time the camera was on me not my slides. Coincidentally, We both suggest that dynamic interactions among cells shapes diverse epithelial organisations from an initial similar state. Great support from @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social and Ashoka University. 031
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 17/03/2026#ResearchExplained Forest edges are a different environment from the forest interior. Peddiraju B and team from Dr Meghna Krishnadas' lab at NCBS studied how drought at forest edges affects which tree seedlings survive in fragmented tropical forests 🔗 bit.ly/47xTdGm 000
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 13/03/2026#Researchexplained @avikkumarpal.bsky.social and team from @shivaprasadpv.bsky.social's lab reveal a hidden regulatory layer in rice seed tissue: when a gene-silencing machinery fails, certain gene expression goes off track, affecting grain development and quality 🔗 bit.ly/40tKCRi 🖋️ Christeen 053
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruSandhya Koushika @wormlockholmes.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Cilia maintenance occurs despite dynamic ciliary composition & ciliary tubulin. Conditional PCM knockdowns after cilia formation leads to cilia defects that is reversible on restoring PCM components. Swadhin Jana @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social #OBMT26 021
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 13/03/2026#Researchexplained @avikkumarpal.bsky.social and team from @shivaprasadpv.bsky.social's lab reveal a hidden regulatory layer in rice seed tissue: when a gene-silencing machinery fails, certain gene expression goes off track, affecting grain development and quality 🔗 bit.ly/40tKCRi 🖋️ Christeen 053
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 12/03/2026#LatestReview by Kartik Majila, Omkar Golatkar and @shruthilab.bsky.social on Integrative modeling with AlphaFold. 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959440X26000217?dgcid=author#abs0015 @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social 000
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 23/02/2026#PublicTalk Prof Daniel Bolnick will be giving a talk titled "How Can Evolutionary Biology Help Public Health and Medicine?" 📆 Friday, 06 March 2026 ⌚ 4:00 PM 📍 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru Open to All! 👇 Check out the poster for more details 033
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Happening This Friday! "How can Evolutionary Biology Help Public Health and Medicine?" by Prof Daniel Bolnick This #PublicTalk is Open to all! Do Join! @deepaagashe.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social 010
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 03/03/2026#AwardHighlight 🥇Congratulations to Swarnadip Ghosh from Dr Soumyashree Das's lab on winning the Best Poster Award at the Vascular Biology Symposium 2026! @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social 010
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 03/03/2026#AwardHighlight 🌟Congratulations to Sreepadmanabh from @tapomoy89.bsky.social'lab on receiving the Future Investigator Travel award by @apsdsoft.bsky.social to support a talk at the Global Physics Summit 2026! @apsphysics.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @sreepadmanabh.bsky.social 010
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026#ApplicationsOpen 13th Undergraduate Lecture Series Theme: Dynamical Biology- how processes operate at different scales 📆 Sundays, 03 May - 28 June 2026 📍 NCBS, Bengaluru 🔗Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ⌛Deadline: 23 March 2026 @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social 022
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026#ApplicationsOpen 13th Undergraduate Lecture Series Theme: Dynamical Biology- how processes operate at different scales 📆 Sundays, 03 May - 28 June 2026 📍 NCBS, Bengaluru 🔗Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ⌛Deadline: 23 March 2026 031
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026#LatestStudy by Charuhansini and team from @stpalli.bsky.social's lab shows yeast can rapidly evolve freeze–thaw tolerance via a quiescence-like shift, boosting survival from ~2% to ~70%, providing new insights into microbial survival under extreme conditions. 🔗 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...elifesciences.org 000
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#LatestStudy Through some of the first field experiments in high-altitude Himalayas, Gauri Gharpure & team from Dr Shannon Olson's lab, show contrasting impact of elevation & temperature on the physiology of generalist pollinating hoverfly Eristalis tenax. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comSurviving in the mountains: temperature and elevation have contrasting physiological effects and no effect on morphology of the hoverfly Eristalis tenax in the Himalayas - Journal of Comparative Physi...Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Insect populations are experiencing a global decline due to a variety of human-linked environmental changes. Among these changes, how insects’ physiology... 011
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruDimple Notani @dimplenotani.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Glad to share our latest work that came out recently. We dive into the mechanisms of how Transcription Factors (TFs) like the nuclear receptor, ERα navigate the genome to find their targets. 3209
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruDimple Notani @dimplenotani.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Exited to share Current Opinion review on how chromatin hubs involving multiple enhancers and promoters are formed, and their potential roles in gene regulation: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 03211
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#LatestStudy by Faseela from @sabarinathan.bsky.social @dimplenotani.bsky.social's lab shows CTCF/cohesin co-binding during replication triggers DNA damage; in DNA damage response(DDR)-defective tumors this may drive genomic instability. 🔗https://bit.ly/4kTKBPL @tifr.res.in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 012
Reposted by National Centre for Biological Sciences, BengaluruDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Transitions in development – an interview with Soumyashree Das We caught up with Soumyashree from @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social to talk about her research on vascular development and regeneration, and her experience establishing a new lab under pandemic conditions: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... 042