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1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1_5.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1967 Benzer PNAS Drosophila behavior - first benzer paper_1.pdf
One of the first Drosophila behaviour papers published in PNAS in 1967, from Seymour Benzer's lab at Caltech, "Behavioral mutants of Drosophila isolated by countercurrent distribution".
1969 Benzer to OS - Neurobiology shift.tif
Seymour Benzer's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in 1969, inviting him to Caltech and saying that he was glad Siddiqi was "becoming serious about switching to neurobiology".
1970s CSHL Neurobio course - group photo.jpg
Some of the members of the neurobiology community in the 1970s, at Cold Spring Harbour Labs.
1970s Profile - Bhavsar.jpg
PN Bhavsar was one of the first scientific officers to join the molecular biology unit at TIFR in the 1960s. Bhavsar was witness to a variety of shifts in the research areas, and continued to study up to a Masters degree in his microbial genetics…
1970s TIFR MBU Veronica - Fly Maze.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues taking measurements with her in-house fly maze design. She and other researchers worked with the TIFR glass blowing facility to make Y-shaped tubes, a simple yet powerful device to test olfactory response in Drosophila, c 1979.
1971_Benzer_JAMA_Gene_to_behavior_1.pdf
An extract from Seymour Benzer's 1971 essay on going "From the Gene to Behavior", published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
1972 Nov 28 D-2004-01230-107(1 - 2) MR Das to MGK Virus work letter.pdf
Feedback for the work of MR Das, a faculty member at TIFR's Molecular Biology Unit in the 1970s, on his breast cancer research
1974 Oct 1 D-2004-01860 OS to TIFR 5-yr-plan neurobiology.tif
Responding to a request by the Dean of the Physics Faculty (Molecular Biology was in the Physics faculty), Obaid Siddiqi states a need for Rs. 10 lakhs to pursue the group's plans to intensify research in neurobiology. The note is written soon after…
1975 neuroBio course - TIFR - group pic.jpg
Participants at a neurobiology course at TIFR in 1975, including KS Krishnan (bottom row, right), RN Singh (top row, fourth from right), P Babu (middle row, left) and John Nicholls (middle row, second from left).
1979 - 1991 OS Ideas for Expts Note Book - 1.tif
Cover of Obaid Siddiqi's experimental ideas notebook, with notes from across three decades.
1979 - 1991 OS Ideas for Expts Note Book - 8.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's experimental ideas notebook. In this extract from 1991, Siddiqi's plans for a different kind of fly maze are seen.
1980s 1990s - Inebriometer - left image with woman in blue.tif
In the late 1980s, KS Krishnan, a faculty member at TIFR, developed an ingenious inebriometer in order to better understand response to anesthetics. Here, a student is working on the inebriometer, which is essentially a fractionation system for…
1981 Ajith macaque fieldwork braille - 5a.jpg
Ajith Kumar's field notes from 1982-83, written on Braille paper (sourced from a church in the US, since resources were limited, and it was good non-blotting paper). The notes are for studies on how four species of tree living mammals co-exist and…
1983 Caltech Neurogenetics Lecture - 1.tif
The molecular biology unit at TIFR had become renowned for its Drosophila neurobiology and neurogenetics work by the early 1980s. Seen here are Obaid Siddiqi's lecture notes while on a sabbatical at Caltech, including sketches of the simple and…
1983-84 TIFR Report - electron micrograph image_p51 - RN Singh.tif
Electron micrograph showing cross section of one of the 10 pairs of sensory organs in the pharynx of Drosphila larva. The slicing work was carried out by Kusum Singh, who worked on a pro-bono basis with her husband, RN Singh.
1984 Annual Report - TIFR - monoclonal antibodies eqpt.tif
Hybridoma Laboratory: Generation of monoclonal antibodies as probes of neural cell functions in Drosophila. 1984, Molecular Biology Unit, TIFR.
1984 IAS Jubilee Speech - Perception of Chemicals R0 - 1.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's 1984 speech on 'Perception of Chemicals', at the Indian Academy of Sciences. This is the first draft of the speech text. A revised version is shown in the last image, and is perhaps indicative of the thought process behind…
1984 IAS Jubilee Speech - Perception of Chemicals R0 - 2.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's 1984 speech on 'Perception of Chemicals', at the Indian Academy of Sciences. This is the first draft of the speech text. A revised version is shown in the last image, and is perhaps indicative of the thought process behind…
1984 IAS Jubilee Speech - Perception of Chemicals R1 - 1.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's 1984 speech on 'Perception of Chemicals', at the Indian Academy of Sciences. This is the revised version of the speech text shown in the previous images, and is perhaps indicative of the thought process behind communicating…
1990 Jul 5 D-2004-01236 - 14 Gotz to Vijay OS excellent.tif
In a July 1990 letter, KG Gotz of the Max Planck Institute apologises for using "excellent" in his recommendation for an Obaid Siddiqi project, and acknowledges the international reputation of the senior Drosophila researchers of the TIFR molecular…
1990 NCBS Proposal – Objectives_1.pdf
The 1990 version of the NCBS proposal, laying out the research objectives of the institute
1990 NCBS Proposal – Objectives_2.pdf
The 1990 version of the NCBS proposal, laying out the research objectives of the institute
1991 Mar TMS (Note on facilities).tif
As the NCBS crew was preparing to set up at the TIFR Centre in early 1991, TM Sahadevan and the other staff at the IISc campus were arranging the necessary equipment, including a temporary fly facility, autoclave, microscopy lab, and basic computing.
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Area Dwg - 6.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members. Areas covered at the…
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Area Dwg - 6.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members, as seen in the…
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Areas - 1.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members, as seen in the…
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Areas - 2.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members, as seen in the…
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Areas - 3.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members, as seen in the…
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Areas - 4.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members, as seen in the…
1992 Sep - STC Minutes - NCBS Areas - 5.jpg
In late 1992, the faculty got together to evaluate the future areas of research at NCBS, and build a research programme across all scales of biology. The sketch is drawn by Obaid Siddiqi, with input from all the faculty members, as seen in the…
1993-06-26 VR to Champa - discipline email.tif
Veronica Rodrigues email to Champakali Ayyub in 1993. Rodrigues stresses the need to publish, saying that "It is good discipline to complete a job and let the world see it completed."
1994 April - STC Minutes - Equipment Purchase List 94-95.tif
List of equipment to be procured during the 1994-94 period for NCBS at the TIFR Centre, IISc.
1994 April - STC Minutes - Equipment Purchase List 95-96.tif
List of equipment to be procured during the 1995-96 period for NCBS at the TIFR Centre, IISc.
1994-1995 NCBS Annual Report - Research Structure.tif
The research structure at NCBS in February 1995
1995 - NCBS at IISc - lab setup 3.JPG
Ramachandran, a student of Jayant Udgaonkar, at the FPLC chromatography system for separating proteins
1995 animal house at TIFR-IISc.tif
The animal houses of NCBS: The first one at the TIFR Centre, IISc, c 1996.
1995 Rabbit cages in the pre fab animal house.jpg
Rabbit cages in the pre-fab animal house, part of the NCBS TIFR centre campus at IISc, mid 1990s. A full fledged animal house came up by the late 1990s on the current NCBS campus
1997 TIFR Porter Committee Report - OS Notes - 1.tif
In 1997, TIFR had an external review of its work. This Porter Committee noted that placing molecular biology in the physics and chemical physics group is historic "and somewhat demeaning" to the field. Also seen are Obaid Siddiqi's handwritten…
1997 TIFR Porter Committee Report - OS Notes - 2.tif
In 1997, TIFR had an external review of its work. This Porter Committee recommended that the researchers at TIFR and NCBS should pursue theoretical biology. Also seen are Obaid Siddiqi's handwritten annotations.
1998 animal house at NCBS.jpg
The animal houses of NCBS: The temporary one at NCBS soon after the completion of the main campus. c 1998.
1998 Mayor - GPI anchored protein paper - Nature.jpg
1998 work by Satyajit Mayor and Rajat Varma, showing the organization of proteins at the cell surface, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v394/n6695/full/394798a0.html
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_1.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_2.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_3.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_4.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_5.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_6.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_7.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.
1999 MoU 1999 - Wildlife program_8.pdf
Memorandum of Understanding between Centre for Wildlife Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies and NCBS, to start an MSc programme in Wildlife Biology. December 1999. The programme kicked off in 2003.