BRIC - CDFD

BRIC–CDFD successfully conducted a fire drill today to reinforce emergency preparedness and ensure the safety of everyone on campus. The drill focused on evacuation procedures, response coordination, and awareness of fire safety protocols.

#BRICCDFD #FireDrill #SafetyFirst #EmergencyPreparedness

Delighted to share that Ms. Bindi Goradia, PhD student under Dr. Sunil Kumar Manna (Laboratory of Immunology), has won the Best Poster Award at the Global Immunology Summit (GIS)–2026, held at BRIC–Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar.

#CDFD #BRIC #GlobalImmunologySummit2026

BRIC - Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) participated in the Hyderabad Literary Fest (HLF 2026).

#HLF2026 #CDFD #Scienceinthecity #Hyderabad

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'PknG Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Targets RGDI-1 to Regulate Rab7l1 GTPase Activity' from ACS Infectious Diseases is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice.

📖 Read the article: buff.ly/BO1T2WH

@bric-cdfd.bsky.social

BRIC-CDFD was privileged to host Dr. Harmit Singh Malik, a renowned evolutionary biologist and the INSA Overseas Chair 2025 for Molecular and Cellular Biology.
In a captivating lecture, Dr. Malik described "Molecular Arms Races," underlying host-virus interactions.
@harmitmalik.bsky.social

BRIC-CDFD in association with P. V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University (PVNRTVU) hosted Faculty Development Program for scientists from The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institutes on 2nd January, 2026

#SkillIndia #Genomics #ICAR #PVNRTVU

Both days saw enthusiastic participation of more than 200 students.

CDFD Staff Scientist, Dr. Varsha, delivered lectures under the Science Outreach Programme - Vigyanshala, at MJPTBCWR Degree College Hyderabad/Keesara on 8th Dec. and TGSWR Degree College Ghatkesar Campus on 9th Dec. 2025.

#scienceoutreach #sciencecommunication

CDFD is extremely proud that our Graduate student, Dr. Sandip Patra from Dr. Rupinder Kaur's Lab has been selected to join the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2026 in Singapore! Heartiest Congratulations!

#GYSS2026 #academicaccolades

New paper published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social from the lab of Dr. Subbareddy Maddika on essential regulators of Dynein function.

Read the paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@devanshigupta.bsky.social

#dyneinfunction #lish #lissencephaly

Our graduate student, Keshav Gupta from Dr. SubbaReddy Maddika's lab received the Best Poster Award at International Conference on Biological Communications in Disease and Development. Congratulations!
#academicaccolades #researchawards

Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD, from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, will be visiting CDFD, and will deliver an exciting talk on Friday on exosomes in Cancer.

#cancer #seminar

CDFD is elated to announce a Distinguished Lecture by Dr.
@harmitmalik.bsky.social , a noted Evolutionary Biologist, who has been selected as the INSA Overseas Chair 2025 for Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Do join us!

Dr. Narottam Acharya from BRIC-ILS Bhubaneswar, will be visiting CDFD, and will deliver an exciting talk on Friday on the possibility of having antifungal vaccines in the near future.

#antifungalvaccine #seminar

New research article from Dr. Ajay Kumar Mahoto's Lab on Genome-wide study in grain amaranth, identifying 70 NAC transcription factors, revealing their structural diversity and regulatory potential.

Read more: nature.com/articles/s41...

@springernature.com

#amaranth #transcriptionfactors

New Review published from Dr. Sangita Mukhopadhyay's Lab on microbial proteins as new-generation therapeutic agents.

Read the review here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#repurposing #biomedicalapplications #therapeutic #microbialproteins

New Review published from Dr. Rashna Bhandari's Lab in collaboration with Fiedler Lab on Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphatases.

Read the review here: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@febsletters.bsky.social
#ptm #pyrophosphorylation

New Review published from Diagnostics division headed by Dr. Ashwin Dalal, on the utility of Long-Read Genome Sequencing technology in Health and Disease.

Read the review here: karger.com/cgr/article-...

@kargerpublishers.bsky.social
#structuralvariants #raregeneticdisorders

CDFD Scientist and Head of Diagnostics Division, Dr. Ashwin Dalal, was awarded the Dr. I. C. VERMA Outstanding Researcher Award for 2025 at the IAMG-2025 conference, held at Symbiosis, Pune, from Dec. 4 to 7.
#award #outstandingresearcher

The Scientific Editor of 'Cell', Dr. Janhavi Kolhe, would be visiting CDFD on December 2nd and interact with our Scientists and Students. She will also deliver a talk titled 'Publishing with Cell: As Authors and Editors'.
@cellpress.bsky.social
#publishing #cell

Devanshi successfully defended her PhD Thesis recently. She has worked on identifying the new functional roles of LisH-domain proteins.

We have yet another Fresh Graduate! 🎉

Next up in our Series of celebrating the work of our PhD Graduates, is @devanshigupta.bsky.social from the Laboratory of Cell Death & Cell Survival - Dr. Maddika Subba Reddy's Lab.

#phdthesis #LisHdomain #lissencephaly

We are pleased to announce the next talk in our monthly seminar series, 'Discoveries… Innovations… Journeys'. This series highlights ground-breaking research and the inspiring stories behind scientific exploration.
#seminarseries #amr

Dr. Varsha, Scientist, BRIC-CDFD informed the students about BioE3 Youth Challenge initiative of Govt of India. The students from various schools also visited the Science Exhibition, Sophisticated Equipment Facility and Startup Incubator of CDFD.

CDFD had an Open Day as prelude of IISF Curtain Raiser today where Dr. Abhey Ram Bansal, Chief Scientist, CSIR-NGRI & VIBHA representative enlightened the students about the various aspects of the IISF 2025.
#IISF #OpenDay

Affinity purification in Arabidopsis identified all key subunits of the outer kinetochore KMN complex. Functional analyses revealed a striking conservation of its composition and organisation across kingdoms, underscoring its deep evolutionary origin.

New publication from Dr. @dipesh-lab.bsky.social in collaboration with Prof. @raphmercier.bsky.social from @mpipz.bsky.social in @commsbio.nature.com Journal on Kinetochore KMN complex.

Read the paper for more: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#Kinetochore #KMNcomplex #arabidopsis

It discusses multimerization of RabD2 protein that impacts the pathogenesis of the deadly pathogen E. histolytica.

New paper from Dr. @kuldeep-verma.bsky.social Lab @lid-cdfd.bsky.social at CDFD, in BMC Biology on a new paradigm in Rab biology.

@navyaka.bsky.social

Read for more: bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#RabGTPase #Selfassociation #Multivesicularbodies #Ubiquitination #Entamoebahistolytica