Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Every sexually reproducing organism has some autosomes and sex chromosomes. The sex chromosomes determine the sex of the organism. In the pair of sex chromosomes, one chromosome comes from the father while the other chromosome comes from the mother. While the number of autosomes remains the same, […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Animals are constantly required to make crucial behavioural choices to survive in the ever-changing environment. A significant amount of these decisions is binary. For instance, on discovering a food source, the organism can choose to pursue it or ignore it. However, environmental conditions and internal drives […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology For examining the activity of aging control genes, scientists fed Drosophila (fruit fly) with antibiotics. Activities of most of the aging control genes get changed, and surprisingly, these antibiotics extended the lives of the flies. Drosophila’s life increased by six days after being fed antibiotics. 70% of the […]
Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani The cyclic interaction between myosin and actin gives striated muscle its force-generating characteristics. The indirect flying muscles (IFM) of Drosophila are developed for rapid oscillatory movements. The correlation between the WYR domain of flightin and myosin was delineated by researchers at the University of Vermont, who discovered the ultrastructural […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Researchers from Russia and Switzerland have examined nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. The group figured out how to deliver the safe biodegradable nanocoating with antimicrobial, against intelligent and self-cleaning properties in a financially savvy and eco-accommodating way. They collaborated for an interdisciplinary examination project […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Who soared the empty skies 360 million years ago? Not the Pterosaurs. Not the Birds. Definitely not the Bats. They were the Insects. They flew before anything else did. The origin of wings among these tiny arthropods was however an enigma, it bugged the Scientists for over a Century. There […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Genes and the neural network together regulate animal sleep. The importance of quality and restful sleep has been dealt with innumerable times before. It was more than 2000 years ago that Greek physician Hippocrates wrote, “Disease exists if either sleep or watchfulness be excessive.” However, our sleep and sleeping habits […]
