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Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
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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…
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Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On the actual name for NCBS, and his memories of changing the name to make it less of a mouthful.
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Sudhanshu Jha, ex director of TIFR: On his memories of conversations with Obaid Siddiqi in TIFR's West Canteen in the 1970s. And reliving the talks on needing a space for biology
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Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: On his projections for the potential to leverage being in India for future areas of research for NCBS.
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Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: On his move from IISc to TIFR, and reflections on the newly proposed (c 1981) IISc-TIFR joint centre for biology.
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Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: Reflections on the culture at NCBS today, comparisons to the climate at TIFR earlier.
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Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: A perspective on what makes biology unique and different from other sciences and finding ways to bridge the work across disciplines.
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Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: Memories of conversations with S Ramaseshan, then director of IISc, to set up a separate centre for biology at IISc (c 1978).
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PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: On the difficulties in the mid 1990s of communicating to the outside world that there is a new NCBS.
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Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: Assessing the effect of NCBS breaking away from TIFR and building a brand for itself.
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Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: On the blinders one has on while working within a model system in biology.
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A selection of quotes on the scientific process from past and current faculty at TIFR and NCBS.
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Shannon Olsson, faculty member at NCBS: On applying to NCBS, with no connection to India or its local research environment.
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Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: On his ability to do risky, more adventurous science in India compared to other parts of the world. He reflects on his experience from publishing a paper on stress in the amygdala in the late 1990s despite…
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Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: The formation of the NCBS logo and building an identity for the Centre.
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BV Sreekantan, former director of TIFR: The 1985 negotiations with the Planning Commission to set up national centres under TIFR to justify the scope of proposed programmes, including NCBS and GMRT.
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MS Swaminathan, member of Planning Commission in 1980: Reflecting on a 1960s proposal for a National Biological Laboratory, and seeing the TIFR-IISc joint biology centre proposal while in the Planning Commission in 1980.
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Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: The distinction between NCBS and NCRA in how they view their autonomy from TIFR as shown in the naming.
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K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: On the outsider's perception of TIFR that he saw while at Caltech.
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K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: An encounter with Guido Pontecorvo and thoughts on the scientific method.
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K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: Remarks on the reasons for the push in the early 1980s for an indepent centre for biology
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Veronica Rodrigues joined TIFR for a PhD in the late 1970s after moving from Dublin, Ireland. Here, she reflects on her time as a student at TIFR and the lasting impressions of the space.