Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Is our solar system an oddball or just one of many? Join us for the 3rd M.S. Vardya Memorial Lecture by Alessandro Morbidelli, who will dive into how diverse planetary systems really are and what that says about ours. 🗓️ March 12, 2026 | 🕔 5 PM 📍 TIFR, Mumbai #PublicLecture

On #InternationalWomensDay today, TIFR Gender Harmony Committee hosted Harish Sadani (@saharsh267) of @mavamumbai for a talk on “Engaging Men for a Gender-Equal Society.” A stirring play “Soch, Samajh aur Samvaad” by student members of #MAVA wrapped up the event.

If you've ever been told your questions are too big, too slow, or too uncertain, you're not alone. This Women's Day, we bring to you thoughts from five Infosys Prize laureates. Scientists who sat with hard problems, stayed in the uncertainty, and kept going anyway. #WomensDay #WomenInScience #InfosysPrize #InfosysScienceFoundation

This Women's Day, Deepa Chari & Vandana Nanal unpack what imposter syndrome & implicit bias feels like for women in academia, the key theme of recently published book 'Tuning Mental Frameworks,' which they co-authored. The ebook is available for free in English, Hindi & Marathi.

#ApplicationsOpen 13th Undergraduate Lecture Series Theme: Dynamical Biology- how processes operate at different scales 📆 Sundays, 03 May - 28 June 2026 📍 NCBS, Bengaluru 🔗Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… ⌛Deadline: 23 March 2026 @NCBS_Bangalore @DBT_inStem

In a #LatestStudy, T.N. Sujith, @ArchanaArikkath and team from @shivaprasad_pv's lab, using whole genome approaches and stress assays, show the role of novel miRNA-aquaporin module in domestication of rice. 🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100… @NCBS_Bangalore @TIFRScience @DAEIndia

How do ideas from geometry and physics converge in the same mathematical problem? In this conversation, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Infosys Prize 2025 Laureate in Mathematical Sciences, speaks about his work in dynamical systems. He studies how systems evolve over time and why similar patterns appear across areas as varied as geometry, complex analysis and statistical physics. His research looks at reversible and irreversible systems and develops new approaches to understanding how these seemingly separate areas relate to one another. He also shares how ideas from physics unexpectedly opened new directions in his research, how intuition develops by studying many examples, and why rigorous proof remains at the heart of mathematics. Watch the full conversation to learn more about the ideas driving this work in dynamical systems. @SabyaM86 @TIFRScience #infosysprize #sabyasachimukherjee #mathematics #dynamicalsystems #complexanalysis #geometry #statisticalphysics #indianmathematicians youtube.com/watch?v=7hQctb…

From black holes & quantum gravity to cool chem, glass bubbles & cryogenic nanopositioners, #NSD2026 at TIFR was a whirlwind of engaging SciTalks, SciShows & lab tours. Atish Dabholkar's public talk on 'Scientific Temper in the Age of Unreason' served as an enlightening finale.

A team from @TIFRScience Outreach will be at #GMRT for the National Science Day festivities tomorrow. We hope you find a slice of NSD #theTIFRway in Pune tomorrow! #TIFRScience #NationalScienceDay

See you on Feb 28! #NationalScienceDay26 📍TIFR, Mumbai

My first talk at a bar!!! Are you interested in the brain? If yes come by to an "Intellect on Ice" talk in a bar. Rules and their violation in health and disease. 🗓 1 March 2026 ⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM 📍 Raasta, Khar, Mumbai Register 🔗brydge-people.com/experiences/Mu…

Paper alert! In this new paper we show the involvement of an aquaporin-miR169 module in rice domestication. Super work from Sujith, ably completed by @ArchanaArikkath. Many thanks to @NCBS_Bangalore @TIFRScience for facilities and funds pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41670742/

#LatestStudy led by @AvikKumarPal1 from Prof. @shivaprasad_pv's lab highlights the critical role of OsCLSY4 in seed development and provides a foundation for engineering improved grain traits in rice. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a… @NCBS_Bangalore @DAEIndia @TIFRScience

Thrilled to be a part of the "Future Leaders in Physical Chemistry" Special Issue inThe Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters! Check out our detailed technical overview of tabletop soft X-ray sources for time-resolved absorption spectroscopy and its applications! @TIFRScience

Aspiring to build a career in physics research? Vigyan Vidushi 2026 (Physics) offers an opportunity to women students in 1st yr M.Sc 4 yr B.S/ B.Sc/int.B.Sc-M.Sc (phy) to enrol for summer school. Visit vv.hbcse.tifr.res.in Deadline: 12/3/2026.

Applications are now open for the 2026 cohort of Vigyan Vidushi #VVMath organised by the School of Mathematics, TIFR, Mumbai. #VVMath is a TIFR advanced summer school for women in mathematics. More details at the program link: tifr.link/math-vv-2026

thank you Suhrit Ghosh @iacskolkata and @TanushriBa48098 for bringing this collaboration to us. @KomalThawrani showed triplets form with different yields. @Ayan_Nation1st and Arun did the computations! congratulations to all 😀@TIFRScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Ahead of tomorrow’s public lecture by art historian Naman Ahuja at @tifrscience, Oindrila Raychaudhuri offers a glimpse into the importance of Piprahwa's relics & the questions the talk will unpack. 🗓️ Feb 20, 2026 📍 TIFR, Mumbai | 🕓 5:30 PM Free & open to all. #ArtHistory

Does a protein's fate depend on where—and with what—it's tagged? New @JPhysChem study from TIFR's Dept of Chem Sci shows that site-specific ubiquitination alters protein stability via structural changes & SUMO1 behaves differently at the same site. More: tifr.link/4ezcos

The many languages of bacteria to communicate with different bacteria & viruses mediating an arms race, biofilm & more. Brilliant talk by Bonnie Bassler in the @TNQLectures series at @TIFRScience. Vibrant QnA moderated by @amitesh1anand