We are #hiring! Position: Junior Research Fellow in Mrinal Srivastava's lab @TIFRH_buzz Details available below. Last date to apply: Jan 25, 2026

Applications for the Visiting Students Research Programme (VSRP) are now open! Details of the programme and application procedure available here: www.tifrh.res.in/academics/vs... Last date to apply: Jan 31, 2026

Position: Postdoctoral/Project Research Scientist (in an interdisciplinary collaborative ICMR funded project led by Prof. Monika Vig & team) Please send your CV, brief cover letter detailing prior experience, statement of interest & contact info of 2-3 refs to [email protected]

Congratulations to Vipin Agarwal (faculty @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social) on being elected to the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR) Council (for the years 2026 to 2029).

(1/n) 'SMCB 2025' begins today with Biman Bagchi’s (IISc Bangalore) talk on glass transition dynamics, followed by talks on machine-learned interatomic potentials (Guillame Stirnemann, Sorbonne Univ), & spatiotemporal dynamics in microbial communities (Pushpita Ghosh, IISER TVM).

TIFR Hyderabad is set to host the second in-person meeting of the "Statistical Mechanics in Chemistry and Biology (SMCB – 2025)" conference during Dec 17–19, 2025. For registration details and more updates scan QR code above or visit the conference website: sites.google.com/view/smcb-20...

(1/2) 'Saving the Dark for Fireflies: Storytelling for Conservation' Sriram Murali took us on an adventure into the dark forests of Anamalai, illuminated by millions of fireflies he has tracked, observed, studied, and is now on a mission to protect. #SawaalJawaab sessions

Congratulations to Subhra R Pattanayak (T N Narayanan's lab) on receiving a poster presentation award at the International Meeting of the Battery Research Society held in Bengaluru (Dec 6-9, 2025).

We are delighted to welcome Sreenath K. Manikandan, who joins TIFR Hyderabad as the newest faculty member. He will be studying the nature of time and clocks in quantum theory and the quantum mechanics of cooling and high-precision tests of gravity in the quantum regime.

(1/n) "In 2023 at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, as the sun went down, the birds went to roost and the bees started buzzing, the fireflies, perched on the leaves, began flashing with slow pulses. Their light frequency and intensity kept increasing after every break...(contd.)

Join us for a Sawaal-Jawaab session at Aaromale tomorrow (Nov 29, 4 PM)! Sriram Murali (National Geographic Explorer and Fireflies Specialist) will be sharing his field experiences in the jungle, especially rare firefly behaviours. Entry free. All are welcome!

Sriram Murali & Anusha Shankar initiated a thoughtful conversation on a rarely discussed yet crucial issue- sustainable lighting, and how rethinking the way we use light can protect not just us, but birds, fireflies, and countless other light-sensitive species.

Public talk at TIFR Hyderabad: 'Saving the night for us, birds, and fireflies: Why must we light wisely?' Sriram Murali & Anusha Shankar Nov 27, 2025 (Thurs), 4 PM Mode: Hybrid (meeting link on poster) This talk is a part of the nationwide campaign 'Young Birders' Month'.

This weekend (Nov 29; Saturday), join us for a Sawaal-Jawaab session at Aaromale! Sriram Murali (National Geographic Explorer and Fireflies Specialist) will be sharing his field experiences in the jungle, especially rare firefly behaviours.

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!

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

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

(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.

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...

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

(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.

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,..

The TIFR Hyderabad campus is not only abuzz with students but with some stunning #flora and #fauna as well. Harsha Kumar (postdoctoral fellow, WildEcoPhys Lab) spotted this elegant inhabitant on campus: a caterpillar that later bloomed into a majestic oleander hawk moth.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

(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.

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.

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...

(1/2) The next Sawaal-Jawaab is here! At the turn of the 19th century, a massive effort began worldwide to develop industrial scale methods for nitrogen capture to synthesise fertilisers. And then came a chemical reaction that changed the course of history.

We are #hiring! Applications are invited for the position of a Junior Research Fellow in the field of high sensitivity electron spin resonance spectroscopy using superconducting circuits. This position is available in Vishal Ranjan's lab. Last date to apply: July 31, 2025

We are delighted to welcome our newest faculty member, Sahana Holla (‪@sahanaholla.bsky.social‬). She is investigating the biological significance of 3D genome organization during development & disease, with an interdisciplinary approach combining genomics, proteomics, and advanced imaging.

We are delighted to welcome Aniruddha Panda, who joins TIFR Hyderabad as one of the newest faculty members. With native mass spectrometry, lipidomics, proteomics & metabolomics, he is exploring how cellular biochemistry governs signalling & how its disruption leads to disease.

Inauguration of the 'National Analytical Facility for Nutrition and Metabolism Research': Established under the ambit of TIFR/ARUMDA, a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary research unit dedicated to cutting-edge research in metabolism, nutrition, & aging: www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

Notice: The due date for submission of online applications for the eight posts mentioned in Advt. No. 2025/02 is extended till June 20, 2025: recruitment.tifrh.res.in/applicants/

We are #Hiring! Position: #Postdoctoral fellow Research Area: Tumor immunity and mitochondrial function in progression of #cancer Details about the project, eligibility criteria, and application procedure is given below! Apply by June 30, 2025.

We are hiring! Position: Scientific Officer (D) Scan the QR code below or visit recruitment.tifrh.res.in/applicants/A... (S. No. 3) for eligibility criteria and other details. Interested and eligible candidates may apply by June 13, 2025.

Are you interested in research development and grants management? We invite applications for the post of a Project Scientific Officer (C) to support the institute’s research ecosystem through grant management, data coordination & strategic resource generation. Apply by Jun 13!

(1/2) Dire wolves may not have made a comeback but Sawaal-Jawaab has! We had a full house last Saturday at Aaromale where Manish Jaiswal explored the fundamental concepts of gene editing, related ethical challenges, the promises and risks.

Vishal Ranjan's lab is working towards developing quantum memories. These memory banks for quantum computers are analogous to the RAM in classical computers. This year, the lab is actively looking for PhD students. Apply via Mode II of TIFRH Admissions by Jun 8: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/