Check out the new paper from Sriram Varahan's group on #AMR and virulence strategies of the opportunistic bacterial pathogen Enterococcus faecalis.
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You must have heard of Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease. If these are the cause of the disease, can they be reduced? Somdatta Karak writes about it for The Hindu Science based on SRC Lab's recent ppr on synuclein dynamics, the key part of Lewy bodies.
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The new study led by K Thangaraj unveis the role of TEX13b gene on X-chromosome in male fertility. It also reminds us of the criss-cross nature of genes jumping between genders across generations. Imp for designing genetic disease screenings.
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Many congratulations to Amitabha Chattopadhyay Chattopadhyay Lab for taking up the Editor-in-Chief position of The Journal of Membrane Biology: link.springer.com/journal/232, a well-known and reputed journal in the area of membrane biophysics and membrane biology.
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What promises do the microphysiological systems hold in biology research? How can researchers interested in the tool network and collaborate with each other? Annapoorna P K (she/her) asks Scientist By The Side 👩🏾 and Goutami Nayak at Centre for Predictive Human Model Systems.
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'How are scientists creating a mammoth? Can we create a device that senses stress levels & sends a danger signal to a police station?' ask 9-10th graders from People's Progress Trust when introduced to DNA.
They need to already plan their careers. Annapoorna P K (she/her) gave them new ways.

There are now enough studies to validate that molecular biology tools can develop early warning systems for infectious diseases. The focus now needs to shift on developing affordable diagnostic kits for mass-scale usage.
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