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Jane Goodall's 'Famous Last Words' revealed. Here's what she said. Jane Goodall, who died Oct. 1, said she would want to be remembered as "somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times."

"Even if this is the end of humanity as we know it, let's fight to the very end. Let's let the children know, you know, that there is hope if they get together. And even if it becomes impossible for anybody, it's better to fight to the end than just to give up and say, 'Okay.'

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APPLICATIONS are NOW OPEN
Jan 2026 PhD intake at the Department of Biology @IISERPune

Submission Deadline: 5pm - OCT 23, 2025.

For details, check the link below

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Glorious Day at IISER, Pune today.

Friday Feynman …

Ramachandra Guha: Ten reasons why Gandhi is still relevant Thoughts ahead of the Mahatma’s 75th death anniversary.

"So long after his death, does Gandhi still matter? Should he matter? In this column from 2023, Ram Guha offers ten weighty reasons why Gandhi, his life, and his ideas still matter in the third decade of the 21st century." @scrollin
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JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE illustrates how one woman’s passion for wildlife and unshakable drive have persevered and set an example for future generations. Jane Goodall: 1934 - 2025 Explore the World… Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic

RIP JG. We owe it her and many others like her that we take better care of this planet.

Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National Geographic

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The joy of spending the morning at a book sale yesterday was looking for my partner-in-crime, who had decided we had done enough walking and looking for the morning, and decided to find a cozy spot.

Press Release: Euclid Flagship Simulations – Euclid Consortium A space mission to map the Dark Universe

The largest synthetic galaxy catalogue ever built includes 3.4 billion galaxies with 400 modelled properties available for the scientific community. It precedes the largest 3D map of the Universe.
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‘Why is it that nobody can reproduce anybody else’s findings?’ Pharmacologist Csaba Szabo discusses his upcoming book, <i>Unreliable</i>

A much-needed discussion.
Unreliable, which will be available in March, is a disturbing but compelling exploration of the causes of irreproducibility—from hypercompetition and honest errors, to statistical shenanigans and outright fraud.
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How smelly shoes in India inspired Ig Nobel prize-winning study Two Indian researchers have designed a shoe rack that banishes foul odours - and have won a fun science prize.

Kytococcus sedentarius.....
"How smelly shoes inspired India's Ig Nobel prize-winning study"
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State of India’s Environment In Figures 2025.
No state crosses 70 out of 100 in environmental performance as untreated sewage and river pollution remain key challenges; top-ranked Andhra Pradesh scores only 68.38
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Congratulations to @Tush96rkhane on being awarded the DBT-CTEP travel support grant for attending #MBIMPG2025 @MBIsg. We are thrilled by his progress and future plans. Way to go Tushar !
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Lodha Foundation and IISER Pune Partner to Nurture Scientific Talent Among School Students Lodha Foundation and IISER Pune Partner to Nurture Scientific Talent Among School Students

Lodha Foundation has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune to launch a multi-year programme under its Lodha Genius initiative, aimed at identifying and nurturing high-potential students from grades 6 to 12.

Interesting read...
"Putting a lid on it: The N-terminal helix of Arf1 inhibits switching via uniform stabilization"
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How Teacher Evaluations Broke the University “We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”

Insightful read...
"Teacher evaluations were born from a reasonable idea: Professors should get feedback to improve their instruction. Academics, particularly at national universities, are hired primarily on the strength of their published research, not their teaching prowess." buff.ly/y9rhRrR

The creativity didn't end with the science in the #Bioconclave2025 at @iiserpune. The merchandise was clearly worth having. Thanks again to the design team.

How Teacher Evaluations Broke the University “We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”

Insightful read...
"Teacher evaluations were born from a reasonable idea: Professors should get feedback to improve their instruction. Academics, particularly at national universities, are hired primarily on the strength of their published research, not their teaching prowess." buff.ly/y9rhRrR

The creativity didn't end with the science in the #Bioconclave2025 at @iiserpune. The merchandise was clearly worth having. Thanks again to the design team.

PILS-Nir1 is a sensitive phosphatidic acid biosensor that reveals mechanisms of lipid production | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press Weckerly et al. report a novel biosensor, PILS-Nir1, that detects phosphatidic acid in live cells, revealing the lipid’s dynamics with improved sensitivity

Interesting read...
PILS-Nir1 displayed greater sensitivity to organelle-generated PA than Spo20-based probes, enabling visualization of modest PA production by PLD downstream of muscarinic receptors—previously undetectable with existing biosensors.
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Mirza Ghalib in his world and ours.
By Dr. Amit Basole
Professor of economics and the head of the Centre for Sustainable Employment, APU.
SEP 18 - 11am - Seminar Room 34 (Main Building - @IISERPune)

ASM Issues Joint Statement Calling For Secretary Kennedy Resignation The American Society for Microbiology joined national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations to call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Protecting public health is our responsibility as physicians, scientists and patient advocates. It is also the responsibility of our elected officials, and we call for their support at this critical moment to protect the health of the nation.

Thanks to @asm.org and colleagues for stadning up for public health. Call Congress today and demand Kennedy's resignation
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Mirza Ghalib in his world and ours.
By Dr. Amit Basole
Professor of economics and the head of the Centre for Sustainable Employment, APU.
SEP 18 - 11am - Seminar Room 34 (Main Building - @IISERPune)

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87 He was only 37 when he made a discovery that challenged the existing tenets of biology and led to an understanding of retroviruses and viruses, including H.I.V.,

"Dr. Baltimore was only 37 when he made his Nobel-winning discovery, upending the central dogma, which stated that information in cells flowed in only one direction — from DNA to RNA to the synthesis of proteins." @NYTImes
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SPICMACAY@IISERPune hosts Dr. Rekha Raju, Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar awardee, for a Mohiniyattam performance.

Date: Friday, 12 September 2025
Time: 7:00 PM onwards
Venue: C. V. Raman Auditorium, IISER.Pune

OPEN to ALL

Not the clearest of skies in Pune for this #lunareclipse but hoping to be able to keep an eye on the progress of the same.

How the Space shuttle helped women break Nasa's glass ceiling In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space Shuttle programme chipped away at one of Nasa's blind spots.

Interesting read. @bbcworld
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A detailed evaluation of "ECM-mediated regulation of organelles and their function" as an upcoming book chapter helped bring together some of what we knew and some of what we learnt in writing this. Should be out soon.

Day 2 begins at #Bioconclave2025 at IISER, Pune.

How an Ultra-Rare Disease Accelerates Aging
Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old. @newyorker

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Interesting read….

Here, we identify an M-interacting host protein, ARF1, as a proviral factor that bolsters the propagation of SARS-CoV-2. By its N-terminal helix, ARF1 interacts with M and facilitates M’s ERGIC accumulation and thus M-driven virion production.