Lia and the Mega-living Robot
It was a chilly autumn evening. Lia was lying in the hospital bed, fighting a fever and infection. It was her fifth visit to the hospital in a month. Dr.…
Research Highlights of January 2023
A roundup of research articles published in the previous month (16 December 2022 – 15 January 2023) at the institute: Research Spotlight : Search for a regulatory non-coding RNA There seem…
Research Highlights of December 2022
CRISPR-Cas9 mediated editing in a dermatophyte via NHEJ repair Dermatophytes are the fungi, which invade the outer layer of skin and are responsible for athlete’s foot, ringworm, and jock itch…
Research Highlights of November 2022
Research Spotlight Story of phosphorylation and inflammation in PD Neuroinflammation usually accompanies neurodegeneration. Inflammatory processes are known to be initiated by eicosanoids. Phospholipase A2 generates eicosanoids by breaking down membrane…
Research Highlights of October 2022
Cancer progression is accompanied by various genetic and epigenetic changes that decide the fate of the cancer patient. Various LncRNAs are also known to be dysregulated in cancer. MALAT-1, metastasis-associated…
Wandering Educators
On the 15th of July 2022 IGIB’s outreach team reached a school in the deep rural interior of the biggest state in India, Uttar Pradesh. Our aim was to ignite…
Research Highlights of August 2022
Photo credit: Jeyashri Rengaraju A roundup of research articles published in the last month (16 July – 15 August 2022) at the institute: From being asymptomatic to needing a ventilator…
UV transilluminator
The UV transilluminator sees PhD emotions Transpire every day near it Unparalleled is the level of anticipation I have witnessed from where I sit PhD students have shown to trainees…
The circle of PhD life
Cover picture credit: Mercy Rophina Today I slept during a colloquium Nothing unusual just someone I don’t know trying to best explain their work Work, they did over many years,…
Not ‘just’ oral health
We all know that maintaining oral health is essential, but can anyone really answer why or how is it important? Do you wonder how tooth sensitivity has become so prevalent? …
Who am I ?
Cover picture credit: Sangita Paul The encoded code that I am born with, The trials that came when I was a kid, The defining moments that showed me love and…