Big congratulations to Prof. Sudip Mandal, Prof. Lolitika Mandal , and their team for their latest publication in the Journal of Cell Biology! IISER Mohali

We made it to the cover of Journal of Cell Biology!!!

ROS triggers blood progenitor differentiation in the lymph gland of Drosophila larvae. We asked how the bulk of ROS enriched Progenitors shield themselves from differentiation signal...thanks to PLOS Genetics and funders DBT/WT India Alliance SERB IISER Mohali

Moo Deng doesn’t have a preferred orientation #cryoEM

New nature A mechanism for why durable weight loss is so difficult: epigenetic memory of fat cells nature.com/articles/s4158… Ferdinand von Meyenn Laura Hinte

Help choose JCB’s cover of the year! 🔬 Explore 12 breathtaking images submitted by our talented authors and vote for your favorite. 🗓️ Voting closes on Friday, December 20! Have your say in celebrating the beauty of science 👉 hubs.la/Q02Z-YN70 #CellBio2024

Thank you Journal of Cell Biology Rockefeller U. Press for featuring our work in THE YEAR IN CELL BIOLOGY annual collection 2024. Truly grateful for this honor 😇🥰 Thanks team Sudip Lolitika Mandal Dheeraj Kumar Gunjan Chauhan Adarsh Choudhary. This would not have been possible without all of you 🥂🥂

We are excited that the work of our colleague Dr. Sabyasachi Rakshit and his group on the biophysical model of hearing loss with aging appears in Nature Communications Nature Communications Congratulations Sabyasachi Rakshit! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Over-exercising induces irreversible liver fibrosis (who knew?) by inducing the secretion of damaging vesicles from muscles called “lactate bodies” Cell Metabolism

Coolest lab noticeboard 🪰

Finally our artificial microorganisms that can rotate and translate by themselves are out!! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements. delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a-n…

Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

This is Thomas Seyfried. He’s a professor of biology, who’s studied cancer for 30+ years. His message? Cancer isn’t bad genes or bad luck—it’s damaged mitochondria. This flips everything you’ve been told about how to treat & prevent cancer: 🧵

🧬 A mutated form of Cadherin-23 may hold clues to progressive hearing loss. 🔍 New research from IISER Mohali shows how this inner ear protein fails to unfold properly, disrupting sound transmission. 🔗 Read more: go.nature.com/42xASqR #NatureIndia

Happy Golgi day

Progress in medicine is incremental but relentless Here are this week's highlights: 🧵

Ghosh, Prasad et al. IISER Kolkata elucidate the role of ecdysone signaling in orchestrating the removal of nurse cells by transforming the epithelial follicle cells to a phagocytic fate during late #Drosophila #oogenesis. hubs.la/Q03pvtf90 #Development #CellDeath

India needs more journalist like her ❤️

Indians have changed the whole meaning of library. In India, a hall with chairs and tables is called a library 😭