Studying Animal Vision in a Naturalistic Environment
04 Mar 2022 under Highlights
Researchers led by SP Arun at the Center for Neuroscience have developed a novel lab environment mimicking a natural setting to study cognition in freely moving monkeys. The setup consists, among other things, of a naturalistic group housing chamber and a behaviour room where the monkeys could perform tasks on a touchscreen workstation. The monkeys […]
Seeing the World through the Eyes of a Computer
21 Dec 2021 under Features
Soma Biswas’ lab develops algorithms to extract meaningful information from images and videos During her Master’s degree at IIT Kanpur, Soma realised for the first time that she enjoyed research, problem solving and independent thinking. At the same time, she also mentored undergraduates as a Teaching Assistant and discovered her love for mentoring and working […]
Novel Insights into Formation and Structure Of Haemoglobin in Sickle Cell Anaemia
21 Dec 2021 under Highlights
In sickle cell anaemia, the shape of red blood cells gets distorted due to the aggregation of mutant haemoglobin into fibrils inside the cells when the concentration of oxygen in the blood is low, and the haemoglobin molecule becomes tensed. A new study by Dibyajyoti Maity and Debnath Pal at the Department of Computational and […]