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Wildlife Week Celebrations
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CCMB-LaCONES celebrated the Wildlife Week with many competitions for young people. Through these, we try to raise conversations on wildlife around us.
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Our stories of wildlife from the field
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Stressed animals? What do we do about it?
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Animals get stressed just as we do. But we can measure their stress, find causes of their stress and work towards reducing their stress.
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The fragile fort of Vethal - changing scenes of Sindhudurg swamps
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Gayathri Sreedharan takes us to the swamps of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra - a kind that she had not expected in that part of the country. She tells us the tale of the discovery of the place and her journey as a researcher into the lives of people there.
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Maintaining genetic diversity in captive bred pygmy hogs
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While endangered animals are being bred in captivity, there are concerns on reduced genetic diversity among these bred animals. Low genetic diversity in any population is bad for its health. However, in the collaborative study between LaCONES-CCMB and Pygmy Hog Conservation Program, a team led by G Umapathy show choosing mating pairs with lowest kinship helps circumvent the problem.
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Isolated communities in Andaman islands aren't as lucky.
They face a higher COVID-19 risk.
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Isolated communities have lower genetic diversity. This also puts them at a disadvantage when fighting a disease, as a population. This extends to extinction of population as well. Recent studies from CCMB and Benaras Hindu University led by K Thangaraj and Gyaneshwer Chaubey suggest that indigenous populations of South Asia, such as the tribes of Andaman islands might have a higher burden of COVID-19. Hence, the isolated communities merit a more careful management of the pandemic.
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AdVetCon - to discuss advances in reproductive technologies for wildlife
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How to work with ancient DNA?
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Ancient DNA research is gaining ground globally, and has power to unravel many unsolved mysteries. But it is also time to establish ethical guidelines for all researchers across the world. In this study, 64 experts have come together from 31 countries and put down the following:
1. Abide by all regulations in the places where they work and from which the human remains originate,
2. Prepare a detailed plan prior to beginning any study,
3. Minimize damage to human remains,
4. Ensure data are made available following publication to allow critical re-examination of scientific findings, and
5. Engage with other stakeholders and ensure respect and sensitivity to stakeholder perspectives.
K Thangaraj, expert of ancient DNA research from CCMB has added key perspectives on work from India.
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Age of omics - see its power
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Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics - open up the possibilities of studying cells and individuals at a scale like never before. We brought together experts from across the world to discuss these cutting edge technologies at OMICS-2021.
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Santosh Kumar Kuncha, now postdoctoral fellow at Goethe University, Frankfurt for the INSA Young Scientist Award.
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Bharti Dharapuram for the third place in poster presentation at the Early Career Biogeography Conference, Amsterdam by the International Biogeography Society.
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GR Chandak for his selection as an INSA fellow.
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Amitabha Chattopadhyay for the award of CSIR Bhatnagar fellowship.
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CCMB Biologue - to meet experts across the globe
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Harnessing innate immunity in cancer therapy by Eric Vivier
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Last leg of COVID-19 - Let's follow appropriate behavior this festive season
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