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Saptaparna Pal, Amity University Kolkata Vertebrate muscles and tendons must interact to facilitate muscle contraction and body movements. These are derived from distinct embryonic origins. The robust muscle-tendon junctions (MTJS) form to be able to withstand contraction forces and the reason behind this is still not understood. The classical view of distinct identities for the […]
Supriyo Mukherjee, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya The word “mold” is well known in the culinary vocabulary which sounds like the opposite of delicious. However, for fermented food-lovers, mold worship is a novel character quirk. Aspergillus oryzae – or koji is been called for centuries in Japan that enjoys one of the most storied and versatile relationships with humans. In […]
Madhavi Bhatia, NIPER Guwahati Proteins play a very important role in various types of biological processes that occur in organisms. Protein dynamics are involved in the catalytic function of enzymes, the interaction of protein complexes or signal integration in regulatory proteins. While performing these functions the conformation state of the protein is very important. In […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone When famous psychologist Carl Jung said, “Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients”, he was indeed correct. A doctor is a person who serves much more than his/her profession demands. He places his patients’ life ahead of his own, does endless overtime hours, takes endless calls during his rest […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Fungi and bats serve crucial ecological functions in many environments. Bats may help to increase the amount of airborne fungus in subterranean habitats, which can cause infections and allergies in mammals. The greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) belongs to the group of European animals having frequent direct human interactions. […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian A research led by Helmholtz Zentrum München has revealed that a membrane-remodeling protein known as Vesicle-inducing protein in plastids 1 (VIPP1) plays a significant role in biogenesis and nurturing of thylakoid membranes, which helps in photosynthesis in plants. It also bolsters plants to fight against environmental stress. Humans are found to release […]
Richa Prakash, Central University of Punjab Introduction With the development in science and technology, we got a basic idea of the nutritional needs of human beings leading to the minimization of malnutrition and health conditions resulting from nutritional deficiency. This led to an approach known as “one-size-fits-all”, and also platforms like MyPlate and Food Guide […]
Esha Mukherjee, Amity University Noida Monocultures now dominate arable land, with enormous swaths of land dedicated to a single, high-yielding elite variety. However, planting only one type of crop on the arable ground has its drawbacks: these regions are easy prey for fungal and insect pests, posing a threat to agriculture. Farmers must utilize resistant […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College. It has been more than half a century that the Coronaviruses (CoVs) have been rampantly spreading across the globe. This has led to the current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, which extends a momentum to be able to characterize the largely expressed protein, the Nucleocapsid (N) protein. This N protein is […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated very frequently over time that resulted in genetic variation of circulating viral strains throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Viral mutations can enhance virulence as well as transmissibility in humans. It affects the antigen and serology tests due to the inherent design differences of each […]
