An illuminating thread, from a ringside view, on how Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman changed DNA sequencing.

Raphael Rodriguez and I wrote a historical note on Next Generation Sequencing by Synthesis. We were both postdocs in Shankar’s lab during the time it was being developed at Solexa... 🧵 1/n nature.com/articles/s4158…

My article in Indian Express may be of interest.

Wellcome appoints Dr John-Arne Røttingen as Chief Executive Officer to lead its £16bn strategy to back science and build a healthier future Wellcome wellcome.org/news/wellcome-…

New paper Structure from Cytoskeleton Lab by Mamata et al.,
We purify an essential ciliary protein and show its role in doublet microtubule formation using #cryoEM
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occasion of the 75 years of IISc's aerospace program, IISc's office of communication published this short booklet on this great man. Take a read:
connect.iisc.ac.in/wp-content/upl…

The Indian who surely deserved and should have got an Nobel Prize,but didn't. A fine exposition here of his contributions.

Two new members in saree at National Academy of Medicine induction.👌👌

With the brilliant G Kang who was elected as an international member of the academy this year.

It is hard to believe that I have never met her in person!

Congratulations Dr. Kang!

Spatial transcriptomics in adult flies! I feel rejuvenated by finding localised mRNAs in gigantic flight muscles, 20 years after studying bicoid mRNA in oocytes. Fantastic collaboration with Stein Aerts Jasper Janssens Pierre Mangeol & co-thank you all!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Over 30,000 birdwatchers and dozens of institutions have worked to compile the latest State of India’s Birds report, available to download . Watch the 9 m , superbly executed clip below for a summary. Impressive what citizen science and dedicated leadership can do.

The State of India's Birds film has been released! We guarantee that watching it will be worth 9 min of your time :-)

Do take a look:
youtube.com/watch?v=KS70fV…

We DBT-NII are celebrating our 37th Foundation Day. Join us for the Foundation Day Lecture by Prof Nikhil Tandon AIIMS, New Delhi

🎙️Managing Non-Communicable Diseases: Harmonizing Technology with Task-Sharing

⏲️11 AM, 6 October
🏢NII Auditorium
📺bit.ly/3ZHLX5u

M.S. Swaminathan, the man who fed India economist.com/asia/2023/10/0…

Hello Everyone! Join us for a special lecture to commemorate the Birth Centenary of Prof. S Ramaseshan by Prof. Rajaram Nityananda on 10 October, 2023 @ 5:00 PM.
Live: bit.ly/3Bu55YS

Details in the Poster.

DSTIndia Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India Dr Jitendra Singh Abhay Karandikar…

While the neighboring countries of India and Pakistan were at war, a few like-minded individuals were working on growing a new variety of wheat seeds that was going to bring about a revolution. 1/22

30 years ago - September 30, 1993... The '1993 Latur Earthquake' struck at 3:56 am local time. Measuring 6.2 magnitude, it primarily affected the districts of Latur and Dharashiv in Maharashtra.

The destruction caused was massive - nearly 10,000 people died and another 30,000…

M.S. Swaminathan, eminent agricultural scientist, passes away - The Hindu

What can anyone say except thank you for your unwavering building of the nation. A grateful nation will always remember you well. RIP thehindu.com/sci-tech/agric…