Comic: Prerna uses physics to understand the biological membranes

The Interpreter of the Infinitesimal

September 13th 2018

Coming Back to the Fold with Mahalakshmi

A photo-essay describing the tools and techniques used by a biophysicist to understand how the membrane proteins fold

September 6th 2018

VR Lalithambika, on Launching Humans into Space

Mission Director Dr. V.R. Lalithambika doesn’t make much of the fanfare surrounding the mission to launch humans to space by 2022. I got the rare chance to sit down with her, accompanied by ISRO’s head of public relations.

September 4th 2018

Podcast: In conversation with Aparna Mukherjee

Aparna Mukherjee shares her research on developing novel methods to diagnose and treat paediatric tuberculosis

August 30th 2018

Sucharita’s Guide to Preventing Diabetes

A clinical physiologist hopes her lifestyle intervention program can help prediabetics, athletes and elderly people.

August 24th 2018

Suparna searches for forgotten foods

A researcher from Gurgaon is documenting living knowledge about traditional foods.

August 16th 2018

COMIC: Pinky studies the science of ‘taste’

A neurobiologist is trying to understand how organisms use taste to make feeding decisions.

August 9th 2018

Bushra’s biomarkers for prostate cancer

A researcher at IIT-Kanpur is looking for early biomarkers to treat prostate cancer

August 2nd 2018

Aparna works on making healthcare accessible

Aparna Rao, a researcher at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Bhubaneswar, is looking for new answers to counter the irreversible effects of glaucoma.

July 20th 2018

Comic: On the tiger trail with Uma

Uma Ramakrishnan, a researcher from NCBS works on tiger conservation in India.

July 12th 2018

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