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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 […]
December 29, 2019

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.
December 6, 2019

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 […]
October 24, 2019

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 […]
October 14, 2019

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 […]
September 27, 2019

Modified transfer RNAs—cellular DJs for tuning metabolites

Every living cell is no less than a party, with a team of highly trained Disc jockeys (DJs). When major events such as cell division or nutrient droughts happen, these molecular DJs create just the right mix of metabolites and proteins to ensure a seamless transition from one state to another. So, who are these […]
July 30, 2019

Study reveals metabolic constraints that control how groups of cells specialise and become interdependent

The question of how life arose on earth has always intrigued us. In particular, the question of how unicellular organisms transition into multicellular forms of life, has inspired the work of several scientists across the globe. Multicellular systems have hallmark features like division of labour and spatial organisation of cells. But how do genetically identical […]
July 10, 2019

Ketan Thorat receives Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2019

Ketan Thorat is the recipient of the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2019. The award, presented by Vice President Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, was for the anti-pesticide dermal gel technology developed in collaboration with Praveen Kumar Vemula at Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine. He is a member of Praveen Vemula’s lab at inStem. The BIRAC India-SRISTI (Society […]
July 8, 2019