Our campus has a new outreach program under the Science and the City initiative: the BLiSc Science Cafe (BLiSc = Bangalore Life Science Cluster). I will kick off this program with a talk at MyBoTree in Kormangala, Bangalore, this coming Sunday (11 am, June 24). Come hear about the exciting world of microbes that live... Continue Reading →
The next iteration of our ICTS School on Population Genetics and Evolution is scheduled from 5-17 March 2018. We will have a great set of teachers, with topics ranging from statistical genetics, demographic dynamics, epistatis, and life history evolution. We invite applications from advanced PhD students and postdocs (deadline 15 Nov 2017). Find more information... Continue Reading →
On 31 Aug 2017, NCBS will host a one-day competition for 3-minute talks in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. The event is jointly organized by multiple institutes in Bangalore to encourage cross-talk within local ecology circles. If you have an interesting story from your work, consider competing! You can find more details here.
I'm very happy to announce a day-long symposium on evolutionary biology on 7 Nov 2013, which I am organizing along with Krushnamegh Kunte at NCBS. The symposium is in honor of Alfred Russel Wallace, who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection along with Charles Darwin. Applications for research posters are due 15 Oct,... Continue Reading →
Applications due 13 October, 2013. The program includes a two-day preparatory crash course and a week-long school on population genetics with some of the best teachers on the subject from around the world. This will be followed by a two-day discussion meeting packed with exciting research talks. The school is open to students and postdocs:... Continue Reading →
Aswin Seshasayee, Sandeep Krishna and I are organizing a conference on Bacterial Expressions in October 2013, at NCBS. For more information, see the conference website
Where: Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) When: 25 April, starting at 3 pm Speakers: R. Nandini ("Female-biased sexual size dimorphism in flying squirrels: exploring possible causes") and Prof. Uma Shaanker ("Do ecological niche reflect adaptive landscape of species ?") A shuttle will leave from NCBS at 2.30 pm to take participants to... Continue Reading →
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