Science
Harini and Seema, on the value of being optimistic ecologists
Harini and Seema talk to us about their experiences while writing their latest book.
June 3rd 2019
Highlights of my first year as an independent researcher
While talking about moving back to India and starting an independent lab, this physician-scientist quips, “I am happy to have survived!”
May 20th 2019
Finding my foothold in academia
Anindita writes about her long-drawn struggle to get a permanent faculty position at IISER Kolkata.
April 23rd 2019
Building detectors at CERN—a Q&A with Archana Sharma
Mrinal Shah interviews physicist Archana Sharma, who has built detectors used at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN about her life in science
April 1st 2019
A Manifesto for Indian Women in Science by a Woman in Science
Prabhavathy Devan offers suggestions to make postdocs in India, women-friendly.
March 11th 2019
Maithreyi moulds cells into tissues
A researcher from TIFR, Mumbai talks about her journey from a medical student to a biological researcher.
February 25th 2019
Sandhya’s gusto for guts and affirmative action
A researcher at IISc talks about how she lobbied to modify the tenure policies for new mothers at her institute, her pathbreaking research on ‘familial diarrhoeal disease’ and the importance of partnering with clinicians.
September 28th 2018
Podcast: In conversation with Suhita Nadkarni
Suhita talks about her formative years in neuroscience research at the Salk Institute, establishing her own lab and forming a unique neuroscience collective in India
September 20th 2018
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