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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).
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
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…
1994-1995 NCBS Annual Report - Research Structure.tif
The research structure at NCBS in February 1995
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.
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.
2000 July - STC Minutes - Physics in Biology.tif
Meeting minutes from the NCBS Steering Committee to look at the introduction of physics in biology. July 2000.
2000 July - STC Minutes - Research Area Restructure.tif
Meeting minutes from the NCBS Steering Committee to look at a restructuring of research areas at NCBS. The areas have always revolved around the people at the Centre at a given time. July 2000.
2001 OS to DRDO Proposal - 1.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's proposal to the DRDO for a project on "molecular biology of chemical senses in insects". It was a time when military around the world was taking interest in such research. DARPA, the US military research wing, approached universities…
2001 OS to DRDO Proposal - 2.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's proposal to the DRDO for a project on "molecular biology of chemical senses in insects". It was a time when military around the world was taking interest in such research. DARPA, the US military research wing, approached universities…
2014-15 Dissertation Filed sites all.jpg
Field sites across India for the MSc Wildlife program. The program started in 2003 with an aim of teaching and conducting "evidence-based conservation" in India. Soon after, NCBS hired faculty in the ecology and evolution areas of research.
2015 wildlife lakshwadeep work.jpg
Aditi Pophale at work in the Lakshadweep Archipelago in 2015. The MSc Wildlife program started in 2003 with an aim of teaching and conducting "evidence-based conservation" in India. Soon after, NCBS hired faculty in the ecology and evolution areas of…
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.
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…
1983-84 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 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…
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."
1995 animal house at TIFR-IISc.tif
The animal houses of NCBS: The first one at the TIFR Centre, IISc, c 1996.
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.
2000 vivarium 1 at ncbs.jpg
The animal houses of NCBS: The completed vivarium in 2000.
2000s process - filling up tip boxes.jpg
Ishier Raote, an NCBS student in the early 2000s, filling up tips prior to an experiment. Tips are plastic disposable tips for micropippettes, a critical daily use instrument for any experiment that needs tiny volumes pippetted. In the early days,…
2000s Process_Source-RDO_Ecology_Bee_1.pdf
Axel Brockmann's equipment on NCBS campus for his research on honeybees and the mechanism of behaviour. The campus has become an outdoor test site for research over the last 15 years.
2000s Process_Source-RDO_Ecology_Squirrel.pdf
The campus has become an outdoor test site for research over the last 15 years, bringing with it an understanding of and connection to the natural world.
2014_J-Neurogenetics_KSK_Obit_1_1.pdf
In this obituary for KS Krishnan, who passed away in 2014, his former students elegantly describe his research techniques and his ability to improvise and innovate.
2014_J-Neurogenetics_KSK_Obit_1_2.pdf
In this obituary for KS Krishnan, who passed away in 2014, his former students elegantly describe his research techniques and his ability to improvise and innovate.
2014_J-Neurogenetics_KSK_Obit_1_3.pdf
In this obituary for KS Krishnan, who passed away in 2014, his former students elegantly describe his research techniques and his ability to improvise and innovate.
Madhu lab notebook.JPG
The lab notebook of KS Madhumala, a post doctoral researcher at NCBS. Madhumala was a student of Veronica Rodrigues and feels she may have been taken on as a research fellow before her PhD at NCBS partly because of how she kept notes in her book.
OS Lab - Hand drawn graphs.JPG
Obaid Siddiqi avoided computer-generated graphs as far as possible and expected his students to do the same. He would force them to draw curves by hand to get a feel of the trend in a particular experiment.
Swetha.JPG
Swetha Bhashyam, an MSc Wildlife student, studying the winter feeding ecology of the stump-tailed macaque in the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam. (2015-16)