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Faculty at DBS, Mumbai BJ Rao: DNA repair, Stress Biology, Plant Metabolism | Gotam K Jarori: Structure activity relationships in proteins | Himanshu Sinha: Functional genomics of complex traits | Krishanu Ray: Motor proteins in transport & cellular morphogenesis | Maithreyi Narasimha: Cellular re-organisation | Mahendra Sonawane: Epidermal morphogenesis | Mithilesh Mishra: Regulation of Cell division | Roop Mallik: Biophysics of molecular motor complexes | Sandhya Koushika: Cargo transport in neurons | Sreelaja Nair: Maternal control of vertebrate development | Shobhona Sharma: Biology of the malarial parasite | Shubha Tole: Genetics and signalling in the developing brain | Ullas S Kolthur: Sirtuins, Metabolism and Ageing | Vidita Vaidya: Neurobiology of stress and depression. The Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) is located in the picturesque campus of TIFR Mumbai. It hosts 14 faculty members and over 90 students, including MSc, PhD and integrated PhD students, and Postdoctoral Fellows. Research areas probe processes from bacteria to humans at length scales ranging from molecular through cellular to organismal, using multidisciplinary approaches. State of the art Facilities include a cutting edge imaging facility housing confocal & electron microscopes, and a high power optical trap. Other molecular biology facilities include a mass spec and microarray machines. It also has a fully equipped animal house and fish facility. Recent Discoveries Histone deacetylase 4 implicated in perturbed emotional states Nano lipid carriers impair malarial parasite in infected red blood cells Myosin Vb regulates epidermal tissue homeostasis MUMBAI Tata Institute of Fundamental Research National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bangalore https://www.ncbs.res.in/ Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) Mumbai http://www.tifr.res.in/~dbs/

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Faculty at NCBS, Bangalore Jayant B. Udgaonkar, Protein folding M. K. Mathew, Transmembrane ion channels R. Sowdhamini, Computational protein science Aswin SN Seshasayee, Bacterial gene regulation P. V. Shivaprasad, Plant epigenetics Ranabir Das, Ubiquitin system Arati Ramesh, Bacterial gene regulation Mitradas M. Panicker, Mental illness Upinder S. Bhalla, Olfaction and memory Sumantra Chattarji, Learning and memory Sanjay P Sane, Insect flight Gaiti Hasan, Cellular and systemic physiology Vatsala Thirumalai, Neurobiology of movement M Venkadesan, Morphology and control Axel Brockmann, Mechanisms of behaviour Shannon Olsson, Chemical ecology Sudhir Krishna, Human cervical cancer Apurva Sarin, Decisions in the immune system Satyajit Mayor, Mechanisms of endocytosis Raghu Padinjat, Phosphoinositide signalling V Sundaramurthy, Host pathogen interaction K. VijayRaghavan, Animal locomotion Uma Ramakrishnan, Biodiversity Krushnamegh Kunte, Evolution of wing patterns Mani Ramaswami (Adjunct), Neural plasticity Mukund Thattai, Computational cell biology Madan Rao, Physics of active evolving systems Shachi Gosavi, Computational protein dynamics Sandeep Krishna, Games in biological systems Mahesh Sankaran, Savanna ecology Deepa Agashe, Evolutionary ecology The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) is located in Bangalore. It hosts 31 faculty members and over 150 students, including Masters, PhD and integrated PhD students, and Postdoctoral Fellows. The Bangalore Bio-Cluster of which NCBS is a part, brings together fundamental research, translational studies and technology development. NCBS offers state of the art Facilities for modern biology. These include infrastructure in the areas of biological spectroscopy, nucleic acid biochemistry, cellular neurobiology, human and population genetics, cellular networks and cell biology. A well established animal care unit, and transgenic fly facility are also available. Research areas lie in the frontiers of biology, ranging from single molecule studies to ecology and evolution. Collaboration at every level is encouraged. Biochemistry, Biophysics and Bioinformatics Genetics and Development Cellular organisation and Signalling Neurobiology Theory and Modelling of Biological Systems Ecology and Evolution Recent Discoveries Neural basis of fear; new insights into post- traumatic stress disorder Specific neuronal circuits modulate wing coordination during flight Thermodynamic characterization of prion protein unfolding BANGALORE