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TIFR is a research institute & Deemed University for Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science & Science Education, under the Dept of Atomic Energy, Govt of India.

Website https://main.tifr.res.in/ | Science Communication https://tifr.res.in/scicomm
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A digital cartoon book, 'Tuning Mental Frameworks' by TIFR faculty, Deepa Chari & Vandana Nanal, was recently released.

It explores themes of gender bias, imposter syndrome & implicit bias, encouraging reflection & dialogue on creating equitable, inclusive spaces in science.

#Booksky #TIFRScience
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Why do mathematicians care about knots, symmetry, and curved universes?

Join Prof. Martin Bridson (@ox.ac.uk ) at TIFR as he unravels how these ideas connect geometry, topology, and the very nature of “hard” problems.

🗓 Nov 12, 2025 | 🕔 5 PM |📍Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR, Mumbai
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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#AwardAlert TIFR faculty have been honored with the #RashtriyaVigyanPuraskar, India’s highest recognition for excellence in science & innovation.
🔹Jayant Narlikar (Vigyan Ratna, posthumously)
🔹Mahan Mj (Vigyan Shri)
🔹Deepa Agashe & Sabyasachi Mukherjee (Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar)
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Today marks the 116th birth anniversary of Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, who was born #OnThisDay in 1909. A visionary physicist, institution-builder, and founding director of TIFR, he laid the foundations of modern scientific research in India.

#HomiBhabha #FoundersDay #TIFRScience
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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#AwardAlert Congratulations to Amol Dighe (TIFR, Mumbai), Anish Ghosh (TIFR, Mumbai), Rama Govindarajan (ICTS-TIFR) & Mahesh Sankaran (@ncbsbangalore.bsky.social) for being awarded the J.C. Bose Grant by @ANRFIndia for their outstanding research contributions.

#TIFRScience #JCBoseGrant
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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TIFR joins the #AIforMath Initiative, supported by Google DeepMind & Google.org, alongside Imperial, IHES, IAS & Simons Institute.

At TIFR, Hariharan Narayanan & Piyush Srivastava coordinate efforts to explore how AI can extend mathematical reasoning & discovery.

More: blog.google/technology/g...
Accelerating discovery with the AI for Math Initiative
The AI for Math Initiative brings together five of the world's most prestigious research institutions.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Join Abhishek Sinha for a TIFR Founder’s Day scientific lecture, exploring how robots (and humans) can learn to make quick, optimal decisions in unpredictable environments where the rules keep changing!

📅 Oct 30 | 🕑 2:15 PM
📍 Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR, Mumbai
October 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Anusha Shankar (@tifrhyderabad.bsky.social) delivered a Popular Lecture at @TIFRScience on the occasion of Founder's Day, exploring how tiny birds master light & energy to thrive in changing environments.

This year marks Dr. Homi J. Bhabha’s 116th birth anniversary (October 30).

#FoundersDay
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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#PhDdefense Congratulations to Amal Mathew (@amalmathewkkt.bsky.social) on successfully defending his PhD at TIFR, Mumbai, under the guidance of Sandhya P. Koushika (@wormlockholmes.bsky.social), uncovering how neurons sort & transport molecular cargo with precision.

#TIFRScience #Neuroscience
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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#AwardAlert Prof. Anish Ghosh & Prof. Mythily Ramaswamy from #TIFRScience have been elected as INSA Fellows for 2026.

Their pioneering work in number theory, dynamics & control theory continues to advance mathematical sciences.

More: tifr.res.in/~scicomm/awa...
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Getting Closure: Previously unidentified transient cell population mediates epithelial fusion during organ development

📷 Karsha N. Tamilkumar, Harsha Purushothama & Raj K. Ladher
@tifr.res.in in & on cover @biologyopen.bsky.social

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October 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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#4MOST at @eso.org’s VISTA (Chile) has achieved first light!

Dr. Shadab Alam (@tifr.res.in) co-leads Infrastructure Working Group 4, developing sophisticated software that helps separate real cosmic signals from observational artifacts, ensuring the data truly reflects our universe.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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The transcription factor LHX2 suppresses astrocyte proliferation in the postnatal mammalian cerebral cortex

Read this #LifelongDevSI #OA Research Report by Archana Iyer, Shubha Tole and colleagues @tifr.res.in:

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Figure 2 - Differential proliferation of upper layer (UL) and deep layer (DL) astrocytes; panels B (left) and C (right). Left: At P5, KI67 immunostaining shows increased proliferation of Ai9+ cells in the control UL (10%±1.61) versus the control DL (3%±1.2, **P=0.0054). Right: This is further increased in the mutant UL (17%±1.52, **P=0.002) but not in the mutant DL (3%±1.07, P=0.8).
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🇮🇳 Our final Global Meeting will take place in Mumbai from 10-14 November on Geometry and Dynamics and kindly hosted by our friends at @tifr.res.in

For more details 👇
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CGD2025
The School of Mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai is excited to host a conference on Geometry & Dynamics from November 10 to 14, 2025. The week-long program will…
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October 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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We're looking forward to the 6th D.P. Memorial Lecture today at TIFR, Mumbai.

Catch the livestream here: youtube.com/live/WzoaaVe...
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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What lies beyond the Standard Model?
Join Prof. Matthias Neubert (@mainzuniversity.bsky.social) for the 6th D.P. Roy Memorial Lecture — “Landscapes of Fundamental Physics”.

🗓 Oct 13, 2025 | 🕔 5 PM | 📍 TIFR, Mumbai

More details: theory.tifr.res.in/DPRML

#TIFRScience #PublicLecture #Physics
October 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Apply to TIFR’s Graduate School 2026 for our MSc, PhD, and Integrated MSc–PhD programs.

We invite eligible candidates to join our vibrant academic community & contribute to cutting-edge fundamental science research across disciplines.

Know more: www.tifr.res.in/academics/gs...
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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#AwardAlert Sourav Chatterjee from the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at TIFR, Mumbai, has been selected as the recipient of the Prof. Peraiah Foundation Lecture 2025, in recognition of his contributions to Theoretical Astrophysics in India.
#TIFRScience #ScienceInIndia
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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#iqfpaper Nitric Oxide Oxygenation Reaction in Water at Room Temperature inside a Cage. Published in JACS

Collaboration with #departmentofchemicalsciencesiiserkolkata #IiserTirupati @tifr.res.in #icmm_csic #iitjodhpur #MaxPlanckInstituteforChemicalEnergyConversion

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September 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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🗣️Photoredox Transformations in Water using Host-Guest Charge Transfer Chemistry
🤝Seminar by Jyotishman Dasgupta ( @tifr.res.in)
📆October, 6 - 11AM
🔗More info: www.icmm.csic.es/en/seminar-p...
September 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The ear's organ of Corti as a model system of how developmental instructions coordinate across spatial scales so that tissues are sculpted reproducibly

📷 @prakash-patterns.bsky.social et al @tifr.res.in in @plosbiology.org

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September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A 19-page article in the National Geographic that covers the work of @uramakri.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @tifr.res.in on black tigers, mutation load and corridors for tiger migration.

Important story and impactful work.
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The curious case of the tigers who changed their stripes
A century ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from geneti...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Glimpses from the recently held theatre showcase by Nilanjan P. Choudhury & team organised by @cbmncbs.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social

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The Trial of Abdus Salam
YouTube video by RNP Centre for Brain and Mind (CBM)_NCBS
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September 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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In this #JournalClub 🚨 Bansal and Mazumder discuss a study that investigated the interplay between three-dimensional genome structure and mutational load in cancer.
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3D chromatin architecture as a predictor of somatic mutations in cancer genomes - Nature Reviews Cancer
In this Journal Club, Bansal and Mazumder discuss a study that investigated the interplay between three-dimensional genome structure and mutational load in cancer.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We can adapt and cope with the stress. But prolonged stress can affect the brain, changing how one feels, think, and even remember. This Sunday, Prof. Vidita Vaidya (@viditavaidya.bsky.social) shall discuss how chronic stress can set the stage for decline in brain functions.

#neuroskyence
September 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM