Conference on Evolutionary and Integrative Biology (CEIB 2017)
Anoop VK, PhD student presented his work on the ‘genetic diversity and phylogeography of the Western Ghats hillstream loach genus Mesonoemacheilus’ at the Conference on Evolutionary and Integrative Biology at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune. read more →
National Seminar on Mainstreaming Biodiversity
Dr. Rajeev Raghavan delivered a talk on ‘Fishes of Western Ghats: diversity, threats and conservation’ at the National Seminar on Mainstreaming Biodiversity organized by the Department of Zoology, Maharajas College, Ernakulam read more →
Visitors from Natural History Museum and University of Kelaniya
Dr. Ralf Britz from the Natural History Museum (London) and Hiranya Sudasinghe from the University of Kelaniya (Sri Lanka) are visiting to undertake collaborative work on the taxonomy of several group of freshwater fishes of India and Sri Lanka. read more →
New paper from PhD student
Anoop VK published the first paper from his PhD thesis in Zootaxa discussing the taxonomic identity of three species of zodiac loaches. VK Anoop, N Dahanukar, A Ali & R Raghavan (2017) Taxonomy of the zodiac loaches, Mesonoemacheilus triangularis, M. tambaraparniensis and M. periyarensis endemic to the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4341.. read more →
Biogeography India Meeting
PhD student VK Anoop attended the Biogeography India meeting held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru from 26th to 28th September 2017. He also received a travel grant and bursary from the organizers. read more →
Student Conference on Conservation Science
PhD students Anoop, Unmesh, Akshaya, Shalu, Ramvilas, Arya and Shilpa attended the 8th Student Conference on Conservation Science held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from 21st to 24th September 2017. read more →
Barcoding the world’s snakeheads
Rajeev Raghavan co authored a paper in PLoS One, the most comprehensive barcoding effort on snakehead fishes till date. read more →
Meeting with Amanda Vincent
PhD students Shalu Kannan and Ramvilas Ghosh caught up with Amanda Vincent, Director of Project Seahorse and Professor at the Fisheries Center, University of British Columbia during her Indian trip to discuss about their work on seahorses and sea fans of the Indian waters. read more →
