Outreach programs in science
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jamal Ara Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-046
Content Description
Archival papers relating to the life and work of the ornithologist, Jamal Ara, including correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, field diaries, notebooks, drafts of articles and final copies. Material ranging from 1940s to 1980s, almost all in the form of paper. Some material in Urdu. The collection is divided into six series. For details of sub-series in each, please see Collection Organization or the container list. Of particular interest is Series 2 (Notes and drafts), which...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Found in:
Archives at NCBS
Obaid Siddiqi Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-001
Abstract
Obaid Siddiqi (1932-2013) was the co-founder and first Centre Director of the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore. Siddiqi worked extensively on genetic neurobiology of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. He found a set of temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants that exhibit defects in electrical activity of nerves and muscles, which led to a deeper understanding of ionic mechanisms involved in nerve conduction and synaptic transmission. His pioneering work on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1939 - 2013
Found in:
Archives at NCBS
Prachi Mehta, 2023-05-25, 2023-06-24
File
Identifier: OH-003-41
