-Prerna Jha, NIT Durgapur Microbes Vs. Pathogens Organisms that are of microscopic dimensions are simply referred to as microbes. They are so individually so tiny that we often need the help of microscopes (laboratory devices with high power lenses) to see them with our naked eyes! But not all of them are harmful. Pathogens constitute […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Arthropods and their fossils Among the most diverse and species-rich groups of animals are arthropods, which include crustaceans, insects, scorpions, spiders, millipedes, and centipedes, just to name a few. Researchers have long hypothesized that the archetypal brain shared by all arthropods comes from fossils preserved to extremely […]
Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya Vidhyadhar No normal human walks off mid-conversation without saying goodbye, or it would just be impolite. Politeness calls for efforts to reduce the threat of action to an interlocutor’s face. Signals like waving to start or end a conversation or interaction is a behavior not seen outside of the human species […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Adaptive laboratory evolution has become a substantial tool for the development of microbial strains with enhanced genetically modified features. The long-term Escherichia coli evolution experiment is a good example. It has emphasized how evolution under adequate conditions can be utilized to understand adaptive processes. These experiments have helped to determine the possible evolutionary […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University A eukaryotic cell can divide in two ways- either by mitosis or by meiosis. Mitosis leads to the formation of daughter cells identical to parent cells. While meiosis leads to the generation of daughter cells that are different from the parent cells. These differences are brought about […]
Monika Raman, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore The ability to efficiently and dynamically modify the information contained in genomes would allow for tools to investigate cell biology and govern cell phenotypes effectively. Present DNA writing platforms that are recombineering-mediated DNA writing platforms in bacteria are only available for particular laboratory settings and are not available […]
Diya Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Have you ever experienced sudden fear on the sight of an eight-legged monster with fangs that’s crawling towards you? Yes I am talking about spiders. According to recent research, arachnophobia, or intense fear of spiders and spider webs can be a product of human evolution. Let us know how that […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata WHERE IT ALL BEGAN We have probably heard of “dark matter”, which is believed to make up more than a quarter of the universe. Although its presence is confirmed, scientists have not been able to detect it yet. Recently, elusive genetic matter has been detected in the genome. This biological […]
Supriyo Mukherjee, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya Scientific researches have unveiled a novel conformation of gigantic, extrachromosomal DNA in mud-dwelling archaea, as stated in a preprint posted on July 10, 2021, on bioRxiv. Extrachromosomal elements (ECE) comprise structures such as plasmids, megaplasmids, viruses, etc. which give rise to attributes like antibiotic resistance in bacteria. However, as reported in […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Microbial structures present on the bottom of the water body (stromatolites) provide obvious evidence of pre-Phanerozoic life. Since these structures are difficult to understand, scientists have struggled to decode their microscopic laminae and clots. The presence of trace fossils and a bilaterian body indicates the existence […]
