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Seven Beans, Two Centuries, One Narrow Gene Pool
Our arabica is quietly retreating and our shade is thinning. The rescue has been hiding in our own breeding history, and in forests we are still cutting down.
Claude Science: One Workbench, Not a Dozen Tabs
Anthropic's answer to fragmented research tools: one workbench for analysis, compute, and reproducible results.
When the Cell Ignores Its Own Genetic Code
Cells routinely build proteins the genome never specified — and the "wrong" versions are often more stable than the originals.
Life Sciences
Life Sciences Research
The Worm That Makes Medicine
Scientists used CRISPR to turn a hookworm into a living drug factory - one that makes a human antibody inside its host, from a single dose.
Visualising multi-omics data for publication: standards and common errors
Best practices for presenting transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics results in figures that meet journal requirements.
Reproducible data analysis in R: a practical primer for life science researchers
Setting up project structure, version control, and documentation for fully reproducible biological data analysis.
Genomics & Biotech
Genomics & Biotechnology
Which "AI Scientist" Should You Actually Use? A Field Guide for the Perplexed Researcher
A holiday genome analysis that would once have taken 31 scientists nine months now runs in 30 minutes. The tools are here. The hard part is choosing - and trusting - them.
Seven Beans, Two Centuries, One Narrow Gene Pool
Our arabica is quietly retreating and our shade is thinning. The rescue has been hiding in our own breeding history, and in forests we are still cutting down.
When the Cell Ignores Its Own Genetic Code
Cells routinely build proteins the genome never specified - and the "wrong" versions are often more stable than the originals.
Dark Proteome, Revealed: How Microproteins and Peptideins Are Rewriting the Human Protein Catalogue
A landmark Nature study maps 1,785 microproteins from non-canonical ORFs — and asks us to rethink what a protein-coding gene actually is.
16,000 Ancient Genomes: The Data That Proved Human Evolution Never Took a Break
The largest-ever ancient DNA study confirmed evolution’s relentless pace, but it forces a reckoning on sloppy polygenic score reporting and the massive geographical gaps still missing from the record.
Molecular Ghosts in the Mud: How Ancient Soil DNA Is Resurrecting the Earth’s Lost Worlds
The soil beneath an ancient cave or lakebed is not just dirt. It is a complete biological archive - plants, animals, microbes, and humans, all preserved in the same molecular record.
AlphaGenome: The AI That Learned to Read the Language of Life
How Google DeepMind's newest genomic intelligence is deciphering the 98% of DNA that biology has struggled to interpret for decades — and what it means for researchers in crop science, biotechnology,
Writing Life from Scratch
What Evo2 Tells Us About AI’s Role in Synthetic Biology
Interpreting RNA-Seq differential expression results: pitfalls and best practice
A guide to correctly interpreting the outputs of standard RNA-Seq differential expression pipelines — from DESeq2 outputs to biological conclusion.
Agriculture
Agriculture & Food Systems
The Microbiome Our Crops Lost — and the Science of Getting It Back
Rewilding is credible. The trade-offs are real, documented, and under-reported. The field needs to report both with equal rigour.
Arabidopsis thaliana: The Tiny Plant That Teaches Us About Food Security And Climate Action
How a Backyard Weed Became the Blueprint for Resilient Crops, Climate Science, and Human Health
When Plants Talk: Decoding Nature’s Secret System for Growth and Defence
How new discoveries about plant cell-wall communication could redefine crop resilience, biological control, and sustainable farming.
Statistical analysis of multi-environment crop trials: design and interpretation
Choosing the right model for field trial data — mixed models, GxE interaction, and stability analysis for agricultural researchers.
Microbiome analysis in soil and plant systems: a workflow overview
End-to-end pipeline for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing — from raw reads to ecological interpretation for crop and soil science.
Health Research
Health Research
The End of Animal Testing? How iPSCs, AI, and "Clinical Trials in a Dish" Are Rewriting Drug Discovery
A Stanford-led review maps the future of pharmaceutical development — and it barely needs a lab mouse
Systematic review with AI assistance: a practical guide for health researchers
Integrating AI-powered literature tools into a rigorous systematic review workflow without compromising methodological standards.
Biostatistics for clinical researchers: choosing the right test
A structured framework for selecting appropriate statistical tests across common clinical and epidemiological study designs.
Visualising health data: principles for clinical publications
Design guidelines for Kaplan-Meier curves, forest plots, and other figures common in clinical and health research publications.
Academia
Academic & Research Institutions
Writing a research grant proposal with AI: what works and what to avoid
Practical guidance on using AI tools responsibly in grant writing — from drafting specific aims to synthesising the literature review.
Industry R&D
Industry R&D Teams
Communicating R&D findings to non-scientific stakeholders
How to translate complex experimental results into clear, credible reports for leadership, investors, and regulatory audiences.
Data documentation for regulatory-ready R&D projects
Building reproducible, audit-friendly analytical workflows that meet documentation standards for regulatory submissions and IP records.
Policy
Science & Research Policy
Views on science and research policy — drawn from published articles and ongoing engagement with the policy landscape in Indian and global research.
India's Publishing Problem Is Not the Paywall. It Is What We Count.
India's scholarly publishing crisis stems not from paywalls but from how research is evaluated — a habit of measurement that hands publishers their pricing power.
Bacillus subtilis is Kerala's K-Microbe: Scientific Vision or Political Symbolism?
Kerala declared Bacillus subtilis as its state microbe — but does this designation represent genuine scientific commitment or remain political symbolism?
India's Pesticides Management Bill: Progress, Protection, and Policy Blind Spots
India is modernising pesticide regulation — but faster approvals and cleaner databases are not enough. The new bill needs a regulatory philosophy that puts scientific independence and safety above administrative convenience.
Nematology in Transition: Integrating Disciplines, Technologies, and Futures
Delivered as the Dr. G.I. D'Souza Memorial Lecture, this piece argues nematology must evolve through expanded methodologies and technological advancement to address the discipline's magnified modern challenges.
India's Seeds Bill 2025: How the Bill Undermines Farmers, Biodiversity, and Public Research
The Draft Seeds Bill 2025, presented as agricultural modernisation, threatens India's seed sovereignty by prioritising corporate efficiency over farmer protections — while creating regulatory conflicts with biodiversity and farmers' rights laws.
Beyond the Breach: Rebuilding Trust in India's Agricultural Digital Infrastructure
India's ICAR data breach represents more than technical failure — it reflects systemic negligence and poor accountability in managing the country's agricultural digital infrastructure.
Wriggling Toward Wellness: Helminths and the Future of Metabolic Disease Treatment
Some of the most promising leads for metabolic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes come not from pharmaceuticals but from helminths — parasites that may hold the key to addressing chronic inflammation.
Citation data are now open, but that's far from enough
Crossref has made citation data for over 60 million articles openly available — a welcome step. But India's research infrastructure and policy environment still lag behind the ambitions of STIP 2020.
Research infrastructure and the gap between policy ambition and ground reality in India
An examination of how national science and technology policies translate — or fail to translate — into meaningful change at the institutional level.
Preprint culture and its implications for peer review in Indian research
How the global shift toward preprints is reshaping scientific communication and what it means for research ecosystems in lower-income settings.
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Network Pharmacology for Ayurvedic Formulations — A Step-by-Step AI Guide
NETWORK PHARMACOLOGY FOR AYURVEDIC FORMULATIONS: A Step-by-Step AI GuideBy Sabrina Elsa Eapen & Santhosh J. EapenDAVnSCI.COM LLP | 2026From classical formulation to publication-ready manuscript — with AI at every ste…
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Navigating NCBI Databases with AI Assistance: A Practical Handbook for Researchers
A practical, workflow-driven handbook for life sciences researchers who want to navigate NCBI databases (PubMed, GenBank, BLAST, Gene, GEO, SRA, ClinVar) faster and smarter using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, an…
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Introducing Google Docs + Gemini: A Practical Handbook for Researchers
A comprehensive 10-chapter practical handbook for researchers and academic professionals on using Google Docs + Gemini AI for life sciences, agriculture, biotechnology, and bioinformatics research workflows.What's inside…
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Accelerating Research with NotebookLM: A Strategic Handbook (2nd Edition, 2026)
🇮🇳 INDIAN CUSTOMERS — buy here instead: [INSTAMOJO LINK]₹500 including GST. This listing is for international buyers.In 2026 the UGC revised its norms on AI in PhD research. The permitted list is three items long: tran…
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The Researcher’s ChatGPT Handbook
Discover how to turn ChatGPT into your most powerful research ally. Designed for doctoral students, postdocs, and academic professionals, this practical guide walks you through hands-on workflows, prompting techniques, a…
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