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Golu celebration!
Our lab turned festive at Vatsala’s place, celebrating Golu with a feast of yummy food, quirky games, and a chorus of ethnic songs that...
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Sep 28, 20251 min read


Lab participated in NCBS Open Day 2025
In order to make sure the science we do reaches the general public around us, NCBS annually conducts an 'Open Day'. Labs, NCBS services...
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Sep 17, 20251 min read


Newly minted Ph.D from our lab, Dr. Shivangi Verma!
Shivangi joined us as a graduate student in 2018, and looked at olivo-cerebellar synaptic pruning across development in zebrafish larvae,...
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Sep 12, 20251 min read


Webinar on Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
Prof. Vatsala and other panelists provide a comprehensive overview of HFSP fellowships. All your questions answered in this webinar...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Check out two latest preprints from the lab
Rapid acquisition of internal models of stimulus patterns by Purkinje cells enables faster behavioral responses is all about expectation...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Fishfolk gets together
Alumni and current members of the lab get together to congratulate Dr. Vatsala for receiving the presitigious 2020 Shanti Swarup...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


The_Hindu's column on "Zebrafish reveal how to run faster"
Zebrafish reveal how to run faster
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Our work on speed control featured in Deccan Herald
Tiny fish lights up potential paralysis cure
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


How Animals Control the Speed of Their Movements?
Our recent study on speed control is now pubished in Current Biology. Read more to find out what makes animals move faster or slower :...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Lab’s first Ph.D Thesis submitted!
Wednesday 27 July 2016 Mohini submits her thesis, “Purkinje neurons in action: From single cells to ensembles”. Hip hip hooray!!!
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Lena’s Paper is now online!
Tuesday 19 July 2016 Congratulations to Lena for getting her first paper out! It can be accessed here.
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Annual Talks @ NCBS!
Thursday 14 January 2016 Shaista presenting her poster to Shivaprasad NCBS is entering its 25th year and what better way to kick it off...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


New study published in eLife!
Tuesday 29 September 2015 Mohini’s work is now online at elife! In this study we show that Purkinje neurons are bistable in vivo and that...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Manjunath’s Wedding!
Wednesday 10 June 2015 The Lab was present in full strength at Manjunath and Reena’s wedding reception at Devanahalli. Enjoyed a...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Lab’s first paper published!
Wednesday 24 April 2013 The very first research article from the Neural Circuits lab is accepted at Frontiers in Neural Circuits! Hooray!...
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Lab Lunch at the Fat Buddha
Thursday 10 January 2013 Well worth the long wait!
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


The Move
Saturday 2 June 2012 Our lab moves to the Southern Lab Complex. Nice new digs!
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


Lab dinner with Prof. Eve Marder at the Royal Senate
Thursday 5 January 2012 An unforgettable evening!
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Feb 7, 20251 min read


When it all began...
Our space before all the excitement started!
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Feb 7, 20251 min read
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