RCB congratulates Dr Prashant Pawar on being conferred the Prof. S. K. Sopory Young Scientist Award by the Indian Society of Plant Physiology at the International Conference on Plant Physiology, held from 15–18 December 2025. This prestigious recognition acknowledges his significant contributions to the field of plant physiology and reflects RCB’s continued commitment to excellence in scientific research.
We are proud to share that Dr. Jyoti Tanwar, INSPIRE Faculty Fellow at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, has been awarded Runner-Up (Emerging Talent – Biological Sciences) at the Merck Young Scientist Award 2025.This recognition highlights her promising contributions to biological sciences and reflects the spirit of excellence and innovation at RCB.
Dr Motiani talks about an intriguing work his group published in The EMBO Journal-
In this study we reported the design and evaluation of an aspirin conjugated cholic acid-derivative which act as a potent antimicrobial agent. The engineered amphiphile exhibits broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens by disrupting bacterial membranes through interactions with lipoteichoic acid and lipopolysaccharide. It demonstrates bactericidal effects that induces reactive oxygen species generation, lead the lysis of cells and able to eradicate mono- and polymicrobial biofilms.
Ataxin-3 is implicated in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), the most dominantly inherited form of ataxia. While normal individuals have polyQ stretch of ~ 20-40 glutamine residues, MJD-affected individuals have polyQ lengths up to 80 glutamine residues, caused by aberrant CAG repetition in the ATXN3 gene.
