I am very happy to say that for the next 5 years (beginning January 2018), a large part of our work will be generously funded by a Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship Award. As part of the grant, I have an open postdoctoral position for a microbiologist or an entomologist who is interested in... Continue Reading →
Laasya and Parth win poster award
Congratulations to Laasya and Parth for winning a poster award at the 2018 NCBS Annual talks! The poster described how mistranslation seems to influence the bacterial stress response, focusing on initiator tRNA mutants.
New paper: Experimental evolution of insect immune memory
Our new paper describing Imroze and Arun's massive experiment with thousands of infected beetles was recently published online. Within about 10 generations of exposure to Bacillus thuringiensis, flour beetles evolved divergent immune responses: either improved but generalized immune resistance, or specific immune priming (memory). We think that the divergent response is driven by the frequency... Continue Reading →
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