We facilitate biological specimen archiving, research on #taxonomy, #ecology, #biogeography and engage in science outreach programmes
NCBS Campus, Bangalore
Joined January 2019
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Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
Climb a mountain and the world changes around you. So do the moths.
But @pritha126 found a twist: even as the species composition changes, their overall traits remain the same.
🔗 bit.ly/4g2cNzA
🖋️ @eagermeagre
@MFS_NCBS
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
Our collaborative paper is now out!
This work grew from conversations at NCBS earlier this year — highlighting how collections can shape the future of biodiversity science in India
@Jahnavijoshi2 @uramakri @Devapriya_Chat @crazy_chipkali @vijaybarve
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Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
#Internship
📢We are excited to announce the call for the NCBS Winter Research Program!
🥼This 8-10 week research internship program offers students a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research at NCBS.
Apply now!
forms.gle/etVPa2Sj47RNh4zs9
Deadline: 15th November 2025
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
📢 This Open Day, our exhibits will also be in Kannada!
🤩Bring your friends and family and join us at NCBS to explore all the amazing science happening on our campus!
📆Friday, 12 September 2025
📍NCBS, Bengaluru (maps.app.goo.gl/XEHjfducVgnS… )
⌚2 PM- 5 PM
🆓Free entry for all!
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
#DeadlineExtended
#Workshop: Small Mammals Big Insights: Ecology , Evolution and Conservation
📆 19-21 November 2025
📍 NCBS, Bengaluru
🔗lnkd.in/gxS_S_wB
Extended Deadline: 7 September 2025
✉️ For enquiries, contact: [email protected]
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
📢In our new paper, we found that diurnal moths have larger hearing organs! And it is not allometric to their body size!
Using 3D micro CT imaging, we asked how different predation pressure shape the morphology of
ultrasound receiving organs
Read more: peerj.com/articles/19834/
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
#OpenDay2025!
📢 We are back with NCBS Open Day!! 🤩
Join us for an afternoon of exciting science, hands-on activities, and curious conversations.
Free and open to all – no registration needed.
🗓️ Friday 12th September 2025
🕑2–5 PM
📍Venue: NCBS, Bengaluru
See you there!
We are organising this workshop on small mammals! Hurry up and apply soon ! It is one of a kind learning opportunity!
#Workshop
Small Mammals Big Insights: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
📆 19-21 November 2025
📍 NCBS, Bengaluru
🔗docs.google.com/forms/d/1qgo…
Registration Deadline: 30 August 2025
✉️ For enquiries, contact: [email protected]
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
#CampusVisit
Grade 9 students from Ekya Schools, BTM layout, Bengaluru, visited our campus recently and had an engaging session with researchers at the Research Collections Facility 🦋🪲🐝
@MFS_NCBS
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
We are recruiting. Please spread the word and send some enthusiastic colleagues our way! I have an incredible team but we need more hands at the deck.
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Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
We are excited to host a 3 day workshop on Conservation catalyst programme 2024 by @WWFINDIA at NCBS field station at Pachmarhi.
@NCBS_Bangalore @MFS_NCBS
#satpuratigerreserve #workshops
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
#Archives Public Lecture Series #64!
Tue August 13, 2024. 5 PM
KS Krishnan: A Life in its Myriad Hues
Dipankar Vasu Malik
Lecture Hall – 1 (Haapus), NCBS
bit.ly/apls-krishnan
#physics #newcollection #launch
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
Insect herbivores are one of the biggest enemies of rice plants. When insects attack, rice respond in several ways to deal with the damage.
Dr. @shivaprasad_pv & team, aimed at identifying the molecular secrets of wound response in rice.🌾
Read here: bit.ly/4cdIf8G
A recently held hands on Workshop on Taxonomy of Insects and Identifications at Research Collection Facility at NCBS.
The participants were from various states, including teachers, amateurs, students, researchers and postdocs. It was a great interacting with all of you.
Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
Are you interested to start a journey in exciting NMR research and manage a cutting-edge NMR facility at Bangalore?
If you are, please apply within 15th April in the link below.
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Research Collections Facility at NCBS retweeted
Celebrating #NationalMothWeek, resident moth-ers from @MFS_NCBS & Sane Lab set up a light trap & screen on campus. Here are two of the moths found on a non-rainy night, the Spoladea recurvalis–Beet Webworm Moth & Pygospila tyres–Spotted Grass Moth.
@Moth_Week @pritha126 @viv1ram
National Science day at the Pachmarhi field station. @NCBS_Bangalore @savita_chib
Scott Edwards @HarvardOEB "Natural history collections are like old wine, we realize their importance as time goes by". #CircleofLife #NCBS #AnnualTalks2020
Head to the @inStem_India Atrium for the German #Energiewende travelling exhibition, and visit #LabCulture too!
Energiewende is on from 18th-23rd November, 2019, but you can catch the research showcased in #LabCulture till January!
What is the #Energiewende exhibition? It draws out the challenges of #RenewableEnergy & showcases the solutions Germany is working towards. It will also focus on how renewable energy is #affordable & economically #sustainable even for developing nations!
ALT Poster for Energiewende exhibition
We had a massive group of about 400 students from Euro School, North Bangalore visit #LabCulture : tracing the making of a collective this week. Their questions and enthusiasm for biology were great to behold!
Glimpses of their visit to the exhibition.
#SciArt @inStem_India
