Delshad Kalantary has adopted a Kiwi DIY attitude and built a light-therapy box she hopes one day could help with memory loss. PhD student Delshad Kalantary. Photo: Billy Wong Painstakingly building a state-of-the-art scientific machine was far from Delshad Kalantary’s vision of a career in neuroscience when she was younger.However, her dream of helping… Continue reading Brain box: doctoral student Delshad Kalantary’s goal to help with memory loss
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Professor Mahzarin Rustum Banaji will receive a 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has awarded the 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences to Mahzarin R. Banaji, the 2010–2011 APS President and an APS William James Fellow and APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow, for her work in furthering the understanding of implicit social cognition. “Her research has helped establish and quantify… Continue reading Professor Mahzarin Rustum Banaji will receive a 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences.
Mahtab Bamji —Multiple prestigious awards winning nutritionist who loves social work
Her walk is sprightly, her voice comes through as firm, but is caring and her commitment and contribution to nutrition studies and the health of the downtrodden is solid. Meet, Dr Mahtab Sohrab Bamji, former Director-Grade Scientist of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, bestowed with the Living Legend of the International Union of… Continue reading Mahtab Bamji —Multiple prestigious awards winning nutritionist who loves social work
Technology creation ‘must reflect our diverse society if its to serve us all’: Lord Karan Bilimoria
CBI President Lord Karan Bilimoria will underscore the need for technology development to be truly representative of society if it is to deliver tangible benefits for ethnic communities, at the launch of the new CBI BAME in Tech Group. Lord Bilimoria will say with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in America, and… Continue reading Technology creation ‘must reflect our diverse society if its to serve us all’: Lord Karan Bilimoria
Nergis Mavalvala named MIT School of Science dean
Astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new dean of MIT’s School of Science, effective Sept. 1. She will succeed Michael Sipser, who will return to the faculty as the Donner Professor of Mathematics, after six years of service. Mavalvala, the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, is renowned for her pioneering work in… Continue reading Nergis Mavalvala named MIT School of Science dean
The Story of Jamsetji Tata’s Forgotten Farm and How It Revived the Mysore Silk Industry
In 1868, a 29-year-old man from a small town in Gujarat started a trading firm in Bombay with ₹ 21,000. The man was Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata and the occasion marked the beginning of what would grow into one of India’s largest conglomerates, TATA group of companies. Article by Sanchari Pal | The Better India J.… Continue reading The Story of Jamsetji Tata’s Forgotten Farm and How It Revived the Mysore Silk Industry
Avesthagen Releases The First Complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome
Avesthagen releases “The First complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome: Implications of mitochondrial signatures in an endogamous, non-smoking population” – The study unravels mitochondrial signatures linked to persian origin, longevity and associated health conditions Avesthagen Limited, with support from the Foundation for a Smoke Free World, New York, USA is developing a systems biology-based approach for… Continue reading Avesthagen Releases The First Complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome
