Wastewater surveillance advocated for COVID tracking
More municipal corporations across the country are now willing to participate in the wastewater surveillance of identifying COVID prevalence in...
22Aug
10Aug
Dumped plastic containers lead to mosquito abundance on the Lakshadweep islands
Human-made artificial habitats such as dumped plastic containers on the Lakshadweep islands are leading to a profusion of Aedes...
02Aug
Monkeypox is not COVID, but need to keep a watch, says top scientist
Monkeypox is not COVID kind of virus so there is no need for any alarm over the cases surfacing in...
28Jul
Wastewater surveillance reveals infection dynamics
Dr. Farah Ishtiaq, Principal scientist at Tata Institute for Genetics and Society writes for The Hindu on how wastewater surveillance...
24Jul
Booster doses, Covid-appropriate behaviour key to check virus spread
Administering booster doses and following Covid-appropriate behaviour are important to not let the virus have a free run, said Rakesh...
24Jul
Monkeypox Scare Gets Real In India: Are We Prepared? | Left, Right & Centre Interview with NDTV
All about Monkeypox, What, Why and How? Watch Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Director TIGS, Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Professor, CMC Vellore and Dr....
20Jul
Wastewater analysis can help predict virus breakout faster
The Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) in Bengaluru is standardising a set of protocols (guidelines) that can be...
01Jul
Hybrid immunity will end pandemic
Are vaccines safe? Is booster dose required? Does COVID19 vaccine affect children? In this article Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Director TIGS responded...
30Jun
The gene whispers
TIGS got featured in a newsroom article on the Tata group website. Director, Dr Rakesh Mishra, Director, articulates our mission:...
07Jun
As COVID-19 cases increase, demand for ramping up genome sequencing rises
Director of Tata Institute of Genetics and Society (TIGS) Dr. Rakesh Mishra called for increasing genome sequencing, despite the "severity...