Visit of Prof. Kazunori Yamahira

Professor Kazunori Yamahira of the Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Japan visited the lab to discuss about potential collaboration in the field of freshwater fish systematics and biogeography. read more →

Talk on Scientific Publishing

Rajeev Raghavan delivered a talk on ‘How to publish scientific papers in top journals?’ at the Agharkar Research Institute, Pune on 23rd December 2019. read more →

National Conference on Aquatic Ecosystems

Rajeev Raghavan and Arya Sidharthan represented the lab at the National Conference on Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation organized by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune on 20th and 21st of December 2019. Several collaborators of the lab including Sanjay Molur (Zoo, Coimbatore) and A Bijukumar (University of Kerala) also gave.. read more →

Talk on Western Ghats Fishes – National Conference on Aquatic Ecosystems

Dr. Rajeev Raghavan delivered an invited talk on the ‘conservation of fishes of the Western Ghats’ at the National Conference on Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation organized by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune on 20th and 21st of December 2019. read more →

Poster at the National Conference on Aquatic Ecosystems

PhD student Arya Sidharthan presented a poster based on her PhD work on the molecular ecology of hillstream loaches of the Western Ghats at the National Conference on Aquatic Ecosystems: Sustainability and Conservation organized by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune on 20th and 21st December 2019. read more →

Workshop on Communicating Conservation Research

Visiting PhD student, Sreesha Gadadharan participated in the ‘Workshop on Communicating Conservation Research’ at the Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad from 8th to 13th December 2019. read more →

Invited talk at the National Seminar on Animal Taxonomy

Rajeev Raghavan gave an invited talk on the history and trends of freshwater fish taxonomy in India at the National Seminar on Modern Practices in Animal Taxonomy organized by the Department of Zoology, Maharajas College, Kochi. read more →

DEST Taxonomy Course in Norway

Co-Supervised PhD student, Ramvilas Ghosh participated in the 10-day long DEST (Distributed European School of Taxonomy) course on ‘Basics of Taxonomy’ at Tollboden, Drobak, Norway from 28th October to 08th November 2019. read more →

Editorial board of Biodiversity and Conservation

Rajeev Raghavan has joined the editorial board of the leading international journal – Biodiversity and Conservation (Impact Factor: 3.14) published by Springer Nature. read more →