Biology@Azim Premji University

We @BioTicks are delighted for faculty member Dr. Monika Kaushik @monikakaushik05 who will be hosting a panel on "Opportunities and Challenges of Monitoring Birds in Urban Spaces" as the moderator during the symposium.

Check out our wonderful lineup of speakers for the two days of the Bird Monitoring in India symposium: birdmonitoring.in/schedule/.

Get ready for two days of interesting talks, panel discussions, and a plenary session about monitoring birds in urban areas.

Apply now! azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/un… @azimpremjiuniv @BioTicks @kripadotg @nandita_j @sravUpp @shashwatdc @rajagopalcv @pcvmlk

Rethinking science and mathematics pedagogy in Indian higher education: currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/128/09… Check out this new publication from @azimpremjiuniv science faculty members. @DivsBu @sravUpp @shashwatdc @HariniNagendra @BioTicks @nandita_j @CurrSci @kripadotg @sudheeshvenkat

Gearing up to give a talk India #EMBO satellite meeting on #CircadianClocks tomorrow @jncasr looking forward to meeting old colleagues & new Thanks to the organisers for this opportunity - @SheebaVasu @shaon_chak

We are inviting applications for #biology group academic associates at ⁦@azimpremjiuniv⁩ #Bhopal. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/academic-…

@atree_org @sahanaghosh8 @MongabayIndia @LahkarBibhuti @aaranyak @TezpurUniv @JorhatRfri @UnivofDelhi @Khuroo_Kashmir KV Sankaran’s tip to the new generations of invasion biologists - You are young, don’t limit yourselves to old questions, ask new questions! #ifib2025

@atree_org @sahanaghosh8 @MongabayIndia @LahkarBibhuti @aaranyak The first of the ⚡️talks is almost complete. Young researchers from @TezpurUniv @JorhatRfri @UnivofDelhi speak about the impact of IAS on soil, impact of canopy density on IAS spread, and influence of elevation gradients. @Khuroo_Kashmir and other experts offer then feedback.

@atree_org @sahanaghosh8 @MongabayIndia How were grasslands successfully restored in Manas Wildlife Sanctuary? @LahkarBibhuti traces the journey of @aaranyak in controlling the invasion of plants. Manual uprooting of Chromolaena, girdling of Bombax ceiba, working with local villagers & building partnerships. #ifib2025

@atree_org P. juliflora was intro’d to Banni, Kutch, in 1961 to check soil salinity but it rapidly took over 50% of the grasslands. Today it has a complicated r’ship with local communities. @sahanaghosh8 wrote for @MongabayIndia about Ankila Hiremath’s work here: india.mongabay.com/2021/08/large-…

@atree_org 🐗"Lantana takeover has made the forest a more dangerous space for dependent communities - there is a higher chance encounters of wildlife now, so ppl cannot access to sacred groves, younger generations dont venture as much, traditional knowledge being lost..."

@atree_org Ankila Hiremath has been visiting BR Hills, Karnataka, since the 1990s and she has seen the change firsthand. This data depicting the spread of lantana in BR Hills, Karnataka, really brings home the scale of the problem #IFIB2025

Ankila Hiremath from @atree_org adds in a new dimension to the discussions so far - impacts not just on biodiversity but also on ecosystem services & human wellbeing. #IFIB2025

@achyutbanerjee @IPBES @IWSTBangalore 👥Lively & incisive audience debates on the need for making data open access (esp for scientists), categorising a species as 'alien', getting permissions from officials to study controlled fires, etc. "Without science, we cannot move forward" - Aseem Shrivastava #IFIB2025

@achyutbanerjee @IPBES 🪵So what do we do with all the eradicated lantana, prosopis biomass? Aseem Shrivastava mentions how @IWSTBangalore has been using these to develop products such as particle boards, acoustic panels, wood polymer composites, reconstituted wood, etc.

@achyutbanerjee @IPBES 🔥After discussing various case studies from the region, he talks about exploring and carefully experimenting with cost-effective nature-based solutions such as controlled fires and herbivore exclusion. #IFIB2025

@achyutbanerjee @IPBES 🦋Shocking visuals of the spread of the top 3 invasive plants in Madhya Pradesh. Aseem Shrivastava also opens up about having to confront the fact that these species are devastating for the ecology, despite being attractive to his fave insect group - butterflies. #IFIB2025

@achyutbanerjee @IPBES Current PCCF (Madhya Pradesh) Aseem Shrivastava is here to offer the local perspectives. A striking image of sambar deer engulfed by parthenium & an elephant hidden by lantana🥹

@achyutbanerjee @IPBES ☕️time @ #ifib2025