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Energy Budgeting in the Brain: Protein Synthesis Takes the Lion’s Share
The adult human brain is an amazing organ that forms the primary part of the central nervous system along with the spinal cord and nerves that run throughout our body. Apart from controlling all functions of our body, the brain also interprets information from the outside world through the five senses, often all at one […]
inStem Neuroscientists’ Finding of Inherited Mutations in S6 Kinase 1 from Parents can Change Autism Severity
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or Autism as it is commonly called, is a major cause of developmental delay that is usually diagnosed in children between 6 months to 5 years age. The condition mainly shows up as an impairment of language, social interaction and non-verbal behaviour, not the least compulsive interests that a child insists […]
Building capacity in stem cell research
Under the aegis of the multi-institutional Accelerator program for Discovery in Brain disorders using Stem cells (ADBS), the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) conducted a 10-day laboratory workshop on Reprogramming human somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSc) from 15 -24 January 2020. The workshop is part of a sustained […]
Our new Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance fellowship awardees
inStem researchers Drs. Anusree Mahanta and Baskar Bakthavachalu are recent awardees of the Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance early career fellowship and Intermediate fellowship respectively. Anusree is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Tina Mukherjee’s laboratory in the Regulation of Cell Fate (RCF) theme at inStem. During the fellowship, Anusree will investigate the physiological role of […]
Breakthrough: Fighting ‘superbugs’ using skin as shield
Read more about the collaboration between Dr Colin Jamora’s lab, Unilever, and other researchers on Antimicrobial peptides-AMPs. The research paper can be found here.
An outreach event for college students at inStem, Bengaluru
Recognizing the importance of engaging beyond our laboratories and to create awareness about our research in discovery-based and translational research, the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) held an outreach event geared toward college students on 23rd October 2019. Through this event we sought to engage with students about the research in […]
An Outreach Event for School Students at inStem, Bengaluru
Recognising the importance of engaging beyond our laboratories and to stimulate interest in advances in discovery-based and translational research, the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) held an outreach event geared towards school children on October 11, 2019. Through this event, we sought to engage with students about the research in inStem’s […]
4th edition of Smart India Hackathon (SIH) – 2020
Smart India Hackathon 2020 Smart India Hackathon 2020 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving. The last edition of the hackathon saw over 5 million+ students from various engineering […]
