Ananya Jana next on nuclear evidence for the evolutionary history of blackbucks. She uses phylogenetic tools to understand evolutionary relationships between different taxa of antelope. #cesihs19

Movie time! "Jumper's delight, designer's paradise" by Shatarupa and Subhasmita. Who is jumping? Herpagnathus saltator ants! There ants decorate the outside of their nests. These ants are also famous because they are jumping ants! #cesihs19

Mihir Sule next up, Deciphering the Sousa spp taxonomic complex across populations along the coast of India. #cesihs19

Kesang speaks about species distribution modeling for endemic & rare species of western ghats. What is species distribution modeling? It's a technique that helps predict where species are likely to be found based on few known presence locations. #cesihs19

Movie time: The minefield: a minidocumentary on antlions by Shuaib and Avik. Antlion larvae make pitfall traps to capture prey like ants. #cesihs19

Arkamitra Mitra next up, sharing her work on fungal diversity within ant shelters of the endemic ant-plant Humboldtia. This is a plant that has a mutualistic relationship with an ant, which in turn has a mutualistic relation with a fungus! What a system! #cesihs19

Final day proceedings started by Nikita Sharma, who is sharing her research on understanding spatial organization of food on the nest of Ropalidia marginata. #cesihs19

Last but not the least, Jitesh presents his work on inferring rules of interactions in fish. He used data from real fish swarms and mathematical models to understand the mechanisms of collective movement. #cesihs19

With the screening of Hugo's & Mihir's movie on tandem running, we end this year's symposium. Great thanks to the organising team, and to all of those who followed along. #cesihs19

We're getting started with the Open Day and visitors are pouring in! If you are in IISc Bangalore visit us at CES, IISc. We are on the third floor of the Biological Sciences building Biological Sci, IISc.

The game room has four games and they are very popular! Bird calls, frog calls, 'Who's that snake?' and the very elaborate, Rise and fall of civilizations. Come over to CES to try some of these!

The photography exhibition has been popular among kids and adults alike, at the Open Day!

You can sign up for an evening tree walk and nature walk at our Registration Desk at CES. The next Tree walk and Nature walk starts at 4 pm! If you are at the IISc Bangalore Open Day don't miss the chance to explore trees and fauna on our campus.

The morning documentary screening session was jam-packed! The next session starts now at 2:30 pm. Do stop by if you are at the IISc Bangalore Open Day.

Jose and Jalmesh from Dr. Sumanta Bagchi's lab play a game about predator-prey interaction in a risk (predation)/reward (food quality) landscape.

A very cool exhibit from Dr. Maria Thaker's lab. Frog models, parental care behaviour, colour change in rock agamas. They displayed a wide range of research from their lab! ಶೇಷಾದ್ರಿ ಕೆ ಎಸ್| Seshadri K S, Dhanya Bharath

Snake skin exhibit and introduction to identifying snakes at the Open Day.

Introducing venoms, do's and don'ts of snake bites and some very interesting demos from the Evolutionary Venomics Lab lab.

Shilpa from Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar's lab talks to visitors about wasps and their social behaviour.