Congratulations to Laasya for getting the (very competitive) fellowship! The award will support her work on the potential adaptive consequences of altered initiator tRNA levels in bacteria. We're excited about the project and can't wait to see what Laasya discovers!
Congratulations, Arun!
A few months ago Arun turned in his Master's thesis to Bangalore University. At long last, he's received his Master's degree and has done really well. For his thesis project, Arun quantified the competitive ability of different Tribolium castaneum populations as well as their ability to resist bacterial pathogens. Arun continues to work on these... Continue Reading →
DST INSPIRE Faculty Award
Work on tRNA genes and synonymous codons in our lab will be supported by the Department of Science and Technology's INSPIRE Faculty award for the next five years.
DST Young Scientist grant for Imroze
Imroze was awarded a Young Scientist grant from DST, which will fund his work on the evolution of adaptive immune function in Tribolium beetles. Congratulations, Imroze!
Congratulations to Ashwin and Swastika
Ashwin and Swastika recently finished their Master's theses from VIT (Vellore) and TERI University (New Delhi), after spending a semester in our lab working on their final thesis projects. Ashwin compared cultivable gut bacteria across nine species of dragonflies, documenting tremendous gut bacterial diversity in the group with very little overlap between conspecifics from different... Continue Reading →
