Tube-dwelling diatoms from Iceland 🇮🇸. I cannot express how much love I have for them. They form these thin but very long tubes and move back and forth inside by the thousands. Tubes protect them from diatom grazers and lift them from the substrate surface so they get more light.

Adlafia kociolekii sp. nov. (#Bacillariophyceae): a new naviculoid diatom from the Eastern Himalayas, #India #Taxonomy #NewSpecies mapress.com/pt/article/vie…

Gomphonema rajaguruii sp. nov., a new diatom (#Bacillariophyceae) species from the Western Ghats, #India #Taxonomy #NewSpecies mapress.com/pt/article/vie…

𝙂𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙞 sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) species from the Western Ghats, India. Research work supported by SERB Agharkar Research Institute Full Paper: biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/arti…

Happy mother's day.

Sediments decode #climate and #environmental changes on Kaas Plateau around 8664 years BP. Dr Jitendra Singh Rajesh Gokhale Agharkar Research Institute 🔗dst.gov.in/sediments-deco…

Sediments revealing climate and environmental changes on the Kaas Plateau captured around 8000 years BP! 🌍 Findings published in Elsevier @ELSenviron Quaternary Science Advances - work led by Mital Thacker and team from Agharkar Research Institute NCESS, MoES

I am privileged to be a section editor of Phytotaxa updates, and Here's my first assignment as an editor. Paper describing a new species of #diatom from #BalticSea

🌊🌿 Just concluded a transformative 2-day workshop on freshwater biodiversity as part of our Scientific Social Responsibility program of SERB exciting discussions, new insights, and collaborative efforts to safeguard our #freshwater #ecosystems. 🌍🔬

The wonderful Diatoms of India team with Prashant K Dhakephalkar Agharkar Research Institute

It might be my 1000th sample preparation, but the excitement along with the nervousness is the same.🔬👨‍🔬

"🎓"🎉 Huge congrats to Mital Thacker for defending your PhD! 🌟 Your perseverance and brilliance shine through. Here's to your remarkable achievement and the bright future ahead on #diatoms #paleolimnology #Climate #biodiversity #PhD

Immense pleasure to present a brief of my work through a short 5-minute presentation in राष्ट्रीय संयुक्त राजभाषा वैज्ञानिक संगोष्ठी- 2024. An enriching experience of using the language Hindi. Thank you Agharkar Research Institute Karthick Balasubramanian for giving me this opportunity.

Loved sharing my science journey with the curious 6th graders at Millennium School, Pune ! #STEM #InspiringYoungMinds

Glimpses of Workshop on "Surface Water Quality Monitoring" Agharkar Research Institute 1/4 We are thrilled to share the successful conclusion of the workshop on "Surface Water Quality Monitoring" held from 22-24 Jan 2025 at Agharkar Research Institute. The program united Master's and PhD

Indoplatessa gen. nov.—a new monoraphid diatom genus based on Platessa arborea (#Achnanthidiaceae, Bacillariophyceae) phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

Our team, in collaboration with HCL Foundation, is assessing the ecological status of wetlands in the Greater Noida region using #diatoms. Field visits, sampling, and analysis are underway to understand their current health and biodiversity. #WetlandRestoration #UrbanWetlands

"Thrilled to share our first marine diatom species described from our lab! 🌊 Identifying it was a real challenge—it took quite a while to even place it at the genus level. Grateful to our amazing team and the reviewers for making this possible!"

Congratulations to Vigneshwaran Anbukkarasu on submitting his PhD thesis! His work on #diatoms across the Western Ghats identified key determinants of their distribution and developed indices for water quality monitoring. A big step forward for #freshwater ecology and #biomonitoring in India.