Features

Wastewater epidemiology – The Bengaluru Story

Wastewater epidemiology is an approach where the wastewater generated by humans is analysed for biological and chemical markers to screen...

Moment of Truth: Safer Food Needed to Prevent the Apocalypse of Antibiotic Resistance in India

By Dr. Jyoti Joshi Head-South Asia, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) In India today, we can find different varieties...

Factsheet on Protein Therapeutics

A Unique Facility for Mosquito Research in the Country

Ever since the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) began in 2017, studying the lives, habitats, biology, and behavior...

Reweaving the Tapestry of Life: Biodiversity in a Fast-Changing Planet

By Dr. Meghna Krishnadas, Ecologist Senior Scientist, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR–CCMB) The Earth is...

Venkata Sresty Tavva talks about new approaches in plant genetics research and their significance in improving food security

Dr. Venkata Sresty Tavva is the Group Leader of the Plant Genetics group at TIGS. In a career that spans...

Biofilms: Beauties to See, Beasts to Treat

By Dr. Karishma S. Kaushik, MBBS, MD, PhD Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India The beauty of biofilms Do you recall studying microbes...

The Making of CSIR-IGIB’s FELUDA

By Dr. Poorti Kathpalia, Science Communicator, with contributions from Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty and Dr. Souvik Maiti, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and...

Factsheet on Gene Editing

Factsheet on Gene Editing

Harvinder Khera wins Awsar Award for Popular Science Story

Harvinder Khera, Research Scientist at TIGS, won an Awsar Best Story Award, under the Postdoctoral Fellow category. Awsar (Augmenting Writing...