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2023

November

  • Nivetha Murugesan presents her PhD pre-synopsis talk titled: Evolution of coat colour and patterns in palm squirrels: An integrative approach.

October

July

  • Eight lab members present talks, speed talks, and posters at the 59th Annual Conference of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation at Coimbatore between 02-06 July 2023. More here.
  • Harsha Kumar presents his PhD pre-synopsis talk titled: Evolution and adaptive significance of burrowing in Lagomorphs.

June

  • Nandini gives a talk synthesising our work at colour and camouflage in palm squirrels at the Understanding Behaviour conference, IISER Kolkata between 27-30 June 2023.

March

February

  • Harsha Kumar wins the Best Poster Presentation award at the 4th Annual Conference of ISEB. Poster title: Evolution of lifestyle and associated behavioural traits in Lagomorphs, by Harsha Kumar, Senan D'Souza, Nandini Rajamani.
  • Harsha, Nivetha and Swati present talks and posters at the 4th Annual Conference of ISEB at Ahmedabad University between 9-11 February 2023.
  • Harsha Jagadeesh wins 3rd position at Talk Your Thesis(#TYT2023) event at India Science Fest 2023. Talk title: "It's a Squirrel Thing".

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    Indian Giant Squirrel from Kodaikanal field site, Tamil Nadu © Jude D
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    Observing Ladakh pikas at the Tsokar field site in Ladakh. © Nandini Rajamani