TIFR Hyderabad
@tifrhyderabad.bsky.social
A premier research institute addressing captivating questions in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Materials Sciences.
The TIFR Hyderabad Science Fair is almost here!
It's all hands on deck as we are gearing up for the institute's largest outreach event of the year! From Lasers to Birds, Microscopy to the good ol' Oobleck, we're putting together a celebration of science!
It's all hands on deck as we are gearing up for the institute's largest outreach event of the year! From Lasers to Birds, Microscopy to the good ol' Oobleck, we're putting together a celebration of science!
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The TIFR Hyderabad Science Fair is almost here!
It's all hands on deck as we are gearing up for the institute's largest outreach event of the year! From Lasers to Birds, Microscopy to the good ol' Oobleck, we're putting together a celebration of science!
It's all hands on deck as we are gearing up for the institute's largest outreach event of the year! From Lasers to Birds, Microscopy to the good ol' Oobleck, we're putting together a celebration of science!
Midterm PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions at TIFR Hyderabad: Positions open in Vishal Ranjan's lab (www.tifrh.res.in/~vranjan/; Subject Board of Physics)
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Midterm PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions at TIFR Hyderabad: Positions open in Vishal Ranjan's lab (www.tifrh.res.in/~vranjan/; Subject Board of Physics)
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
Midterm PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions at TIFR Hyderabad: Positions open in Vipin Agarwal's lab (www.tifrh.res.in/~vipin/)
Subject Board of Chemistry
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
Subject Board of Chemistry
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Midterm PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions at TIFR Hyderabad: Positions open in Vipin Agarwal's lab (www.tifrh.res.in/~vipin/)
Subject Board of Chemistry
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
Subject Board of Chemistry
Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/
Last date to apply: November 30, 2025
(1/n) Talks, posters and in-depth scientific discussions marked the beginning of the two day in-house symposium in TIFR Hyderabad, providing ample opportunities for institute members to discuss latest developments in their research and share ideas.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
(1/n) Talks, posters and in-depth scientific discussions marked the beginning of the two day in-house symposium in TIFR Hyderabad, providing ample opportunities for institute members to discuss latest developments in their research and share ideas.
(1/n) Today, TIFR Hyderabad members gathered to remember and reflect upon Homi Bhabha’s contributions to science and the ideals on which TIFR was built.
Mustansir Barma spoke about how Bhabha's vision shaped the scientific landscape of independent India, leaving an enduring legacy.
Mustansir Barma spoke about how Bhabha's vision shaped the scientific landscape of independent India, leaving an enduring legacy.
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
(1/n) Today, TIFR Hyderabad members gathered to remember and reflect upon Homi Bhabha’s contributions to science and the ideals on which TIFR was built.
Mustansir Barma spoke about how Bhabha's vision shaped the scientific landscape of independent India, leaving an enduring legacy.
Mustansir Barma spoke about how Bhabha's vision shaped the scientific landscape of independent India, leaving an enduring legacy.
Congratulations to Marwa (graduate student, Aprotim Mazumder's lab, TIFRH) on receiving a poster award at the 15th Bangalore Microscopy Course, held in NCBS Bangalore.
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Congratulations to Marwa (graduate student, Aprotim Mazumder's lab, TIFRH) on receiving a poster award at the 15th Bangalore Microscopy Course, held in NCBS Bangalore.
Gentle Reminder: PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions
The last date to complete registration is Oct 26, 2025 (11 PM)!
Why TIFR Hyderabad?
Strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, sophisticated research facilities, flexible coursework and more!
Apply here: www.tifr.res.in/academics/gs...
The last date to complete registration is Oct 26, 2025 (11 PM)!
Why TIFR Hyderabad?
Strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, sophisticated research facilities, flexible coursework and more!
Apply here: www.tifr.res.in/academics/gs...
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gentle Reminder: PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions
The last date to complete registration is Oct 26, 2025 (11 PM)!
Why TIFR Hyderabad?
Strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, sophisticated research facilities, flexible coursework and more!
Apply here: www.tifr.res.in/academics/gs...
The last date to complete registration is Oct 26, 2025 (11 PM)!
Why TIFR Hyderabad?
Strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, sophisticated research facilities, flexible coursework and more!
Apply here: www.tifr.res.in/academics/gs...
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In a significant move to deepen collaborative science, Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS) has established joint postdoctoral research programs with two premier national institutions: the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) and @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social
#postdocprogram
#postdocprogram
September 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In a significant move to deepen collaborative science, Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS) has established joint postdoctoral research programs with two premier national institutions: the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) and @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social
#postdocprogram
#postdocprogram
(1/n) The 2025 edition of the ICFO-TIFRH Frontiers Research School begins today!
🗓️ Sep 24-26, 2025
📌 @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social campus
The 3-day programme features tutorials, talks, & poster sessions covering a range of topics in Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics.
🗓️ Sep 24-26, 2025
📌 @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social campus
The 3-day programme features tutorials, talks, & poster sessions covering a range of topics in Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
(1/n) The 2025 edition of the ICFO-TIFRH Frontiers Research School begins today!
🗓️ Sep 24-26, 2025
📌 @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social campus
The 3-day programme features tutorials, talks, & poster sessions covering a range of topics in Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics.
🗓️ Sep 24-26, 2025
📌 @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social campus
The 3-day programme features tutorials, talks, & poster sessions covering a range of topics in Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics.
Congratulations to Mohammad Sahil (PhD student, Jagannath Mondal's research group) on receiving the first prize of the Dr. K V Rao Scientific Society Awards for Life Sciences (2024-25).
September 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Congratulations to Mohammad Sahil (PhD student, Jagannath Mondal's research group) on receiving the first prize of the Dr. K V Rao Scientific Society Awards for Life Sciences (2024-25).
(1/n) Lab tours at TIFR Hyderabad:
Students pursuing MSc in Chemistry from Vivekananda College, Chennai, visited TIFRH last week. They learnt about the ongoing research on peptide chemistry (production and analysis of D-proteins and their therapeutic significance), radicals and diradicaloids,..
Students pursuing MSc in Chemistry from Vivekananda College, Chennai, visited TIFRH last week. They learnt about the ongoing research on peptide chemistry (production and analysis of D-proteins and their therapeutic significance), radicals and diradicaloids,..
September 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
(1/n) Lab tours at TIFR Hyderabad:
Students pursuing MSc in Chemistry from Vivekananda College, Chennai, visited TIFRH last week. They learnt about the ongoing research on peptide chemistry (production and analysis of D-proteins and their therapeutic significance), radicals and diradicaloids,..
Students pursuing MSc in Chemistry from Vivekananda College, Chennai, visited TIFRH last week. They learnt about the ongoing research on peptide chemistry (production and analysis of D-proteins and their therapeutic significance), radicals and diradicaloids,..
Disorder, misfolding, and aggregation!
Here is an article that explains Wasim Abdul's (former graduate student, Jagannath Mondal's research group at TIFR Hyderabad) investigations on how different microenviroments could affect alpha-synclein aggregation.
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
Here is an article that explains Wasim Abdul's (former graduate student, Jagannath Mondal's research group at TIFR Hyderabad) investigations on how different microenviroments could affect alpha-synclein aggregation.
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
August 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Disorder, misfolding, and aggregation!
Here is an article that explains Wasim Abdul's (former graduate student, Jagannath Mondal's research group at TIFR Hyderabad) investigations on how different microenviroments could affect alpha-synclein aggregation.
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
Here is an article that explains Wasim Abdul's (former graduate student, Jagannath Mondal's research group at TIFR Hyderabad) investigations on how different microenviroments could affect alpha-synclein aggregation.
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
As a part of school-centric outreach activities, Saptarnab Ganguly (grad student at TIFR Hyderabad) spent a morning talking to students at the nearby Manthan School explaining how food is metabolised by the body and what could be the consequences if this process is perturbed!
August 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
As a part of school-centric outreach activities, Saptarnab Ganguly (grad student at TIFR Hyderabad) spent a morning talking to students at the nearby Manthan School explaining how food is metabolised by the body and what could be the consequences if this process is perturbed!
'How does something so seemingly inconsequential as a curvature of a gap, at the microscopic scale, end up dictating how cells move to heal a wound?'
Here's an article about how Simran Rawal (Tamal Das's lab) & colleagues probed cell responses to wound curvatures:
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
Here's an article about how Simran Rawal (Tamal Das's lab) & colleagues probed cell responses to wound curvatures:
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
August 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
'How does something so seemingly inconsequential as a curvature of a gap, at the microscopic scale, end up dictating how cells move to heal a wound?'
Here's an article about how Simran Rawal (Tamal Das's lab) & colleagues probed cell responses to wound curvatures:
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
Here's an article about how Simran Rawal (Tamal Das's lab) & colleagues probed cell responses to wound curvatures:
www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...
Fresh off the press: Simran Rawal (Graduate student, Tamal Das's lab, TIFR Hyd) & colleagues find out how organelles inside epithelial cells (lining a wound) reorganise themselves & opt for specific known migratory modes in response to different curvatures of wounds.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Edge curvature drives endoplasmic reticulum reorganization and dictates epithelial migration mode - Nature Cell Biology
Rawal et al. combine intracellular cartography and biophysical modelling to reveal how edge curvature governs endoplasmic reticulum (ER) morphology, showing that curvature-dependent ER reorganization ...
www.nature.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fresh off the press: Simran Rawal (Graduate student, Tamal Das's lab, TIFR Hyd) & colleagues find out how organelles inside epithelial cells (lining a wound) reorganise themselves & opt for specific known migratory modes in response to different curvatures of wounds.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to GVS Devakinandan (Graduate student, Adish Dani's lab - TIFR Hyderabad) on successfully defending his thesis titled ‘Molecular Dissection of Vomeronasal Neurons: Discovery of Novel Genes and Differential Endoplasmic Reticulum Environment’.
Read about his work here.
Read about his work here.
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Congratulations to GVS Devakinandan (Graduate student, Adish Dani's lab - TIFR Hyderabad) on successfully defending his thesis titled ‘Molecular Dissection of Vomeronasal Neurons: Discovery of Novel Genes and Differential Endoplasmic Reticulum Environment’.
Read about his work here.
Read about his work here.
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Applications are open for the @ICFOnians-@TIFRH_buzz Research Frontiers School: Hot Topics in #Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics!
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
July 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Applications are open for the @ICFOnians-@TIFRH_buzz Research Frontiers School: Hot Topics in #Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics!
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
Congratulations to Bhanu Chauhan, graduate student at TIFRH, on receiving a full travel grant to present his work on the development of state-of-the-art mid-infrared sources at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 in Munich. Bhanu happens to be one of 18 students selected globally for this award.
July 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congratulations to Bhanu Chauhan, graduate student at TIFRH, on receiving a full travel grant to present his work on the development of state-of-the-art mid-infrared sources at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 in Munich. Bhanu happens to be one of 18 students selected globally for this award.
We are #hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow in a cutting-edge research project under the National Quantum Mission (@nqmdst), led by Vishal Ranjan (faculty @TIFRH_buzz).
Last date to apply: July 31, 2025
Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow in a cutting-edge research project under the National Quantum Mission (@nqmdst), led by Vishal Ranjan (faculty @TIFRH_buzz).
Last date to apply: July 31, 2025
July 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We are #hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow in a cutting-edge research project under the National Quantum Mission (@nqmdst), led by Vishal Ranjan (faculty @TIFRH_buzz).
Last date to apply: July 31, 2025
Applications are invited for the position of Junior Research Fellow in a cutting-edge research project under the National Quantum Mission (@nqmdst), led by Vishal Ranjan (faculty @TIFRH_buzz).
Last date to apply: July 31, 2025
(1/2) We are thrilled to share that our faculty member, Anusha Shankar, has been awarded the Maxwell-Hanrahan Foundation Award in Field Biology! She is exploring how animals adapt to environmental variability, particularly those capable of lowering their body temperature and...
July 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
(1/2) We are thrilled to share that our faculty member, Anusha Shankar, has been awarded the Maxwell-Hanrahan Foundation Award in Field Biology! She is exploring how animals adapt to environmental variability, particularly those capable of lowering their body temperature and...
Congratulations to Nihar Khandave (graduate student, Pramodh Vallurupalli's lab) on successfully defending his thesis titled ‘Extending CEST NMR experiments to study protein conformational dynamics occurring over the ~10^(-4) to ~10^0 seconds timescale’.
Read more about his work here.
Read more about his work here.
July 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Congratulations to Nihar Khandave (graduate student, Pramodh Vallurupalli's lab) on successfully defending his thesis titled ‘Extending CEST NMR experiments to study protein conformational dynamics occurring over the ~10^(-4) to ~10^0 seconds timescale’.
Read more about his work here.
Read more about his work here.
TIFR Hyderabad students got a behind-the-scenes look at the editorial process from Subhabrata Mukhopadhyay, Deputy Editor-Wiley. He spoke about how editorial decisions are made, what typically leads to desk rejections, & how researchers can write with clarity and structure.
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
TIFR Hyderabad students got a behind-the-scenes look at the editorial process from Subhabrata Mukhopadhyay, Deputy Editor-Wiley. He spoke about how editorial decisions are made, what typically leads to desk rejections, & how researchers can write with clarity and structure.
(1/n) Science, trials-and-errors, wars, and bird poop: this Sawaal-Jawaab session by Pranav Shirhatti packed in enough material fit for a smash hit Netflix web series.
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
(1/n) Science, trials-and-errors, wars, and bird poop: this Sawaal-Jawaab session by Pranav Shirhatti packed in enough material fit for a smash hit Netflix web series.
Applications are open for the @ICFOnians-@TIFRH_buzz Research Frontiers School: Hot Topics in #Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics!
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
July 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Applications are open for the @ICFOnians-@TIFRH_buzz Research Frontiers School: Hot Topics in #Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics!
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...
🗓️24-26 Sept, 2025
📌TIFR Hyderabad, India
Register here: 8cenz4ov6wn.typeform.com/to/x4yIW6U1?...
Apply by July 25, 2025
Website: www.icfo.eu/event/4007/i...