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Our work on population genomics of Asiatic elephants is finally out (with a few errors in the title page). We find that there are potentially five populations of Asiatic elephants in India. We find a signature of serial colonization by elephants from north to south. 1/n

You're doing a masters degree in life sciences and you want to contribute to Indian wildlife and conservation. Career in academia isn't the only option. Perhaps a conversation with an Indian forest officer will help you understand new avenues and how you can contribute to Indian

🧵1/5: Excited to share our new open access paper in Journal of Biogeography! We explored the systematics and historical biogeography of scincine lizards (Subfamily Scincinae) to understand what shaped their global distribution. Maitreya Sil | মৈত্রেয় শীল Kanishka Ukuwela Matt Brandley

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2025 started great it seems. Our manuscript of sequencing whole genomes of mammals from blood sucking insects is out. We show that blood sucking insects can be a great way of sampling certain mammals from population genomic investigations. (1/n) doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

Symposium alert! Do join us at Behaviour 2025 If you are interested DM or mail us. You can also mention your interest while submitting your abstract for the conference. Please check the conference website for deadlines. Organizers Diptarup Nandi Viraj Torsekar | विराज तोरसेकर Rittik Deb

This summer , I am looking forward to taking at least one PhD candidate at biogeosys.in. If you are interested in Macroevolution, phylo-genetics/genomics, biogeography, population genetics and reptiles (especially skinks) feel free to get in touch with me or any of my

New paper in nature led by Patrice Pottier! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? | nature.com/articles/s4158… | See thread🧵

My two cents on evolution, academia and everything in between.

Feeling really proud to announce that Souradeep Dutta my first phd student won Explorer's Club Grant 2025 (his 3rd international grant). He will use this to explore the Ensiferan community of Eastern India. NISER SBS, NISER

I am looking forward to taking at least one PhD student to join us in the BioGeoSys lab (biogeosys.in). The online portal for application opens from tomorrow till the 30th of April. (niser.ac.in/storage/notice…). Interested candidates, please get in touch with me if you

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(2/4) We (me, Madhura Agashe and Avrajjal Ghosh ) explored this question from an evolutionary perspective in our recent publication.

(3/4) We find that these pits likely act as "Key Innovation" and help these snakes to exploit the arboreal environment and warm-blooded prey (like rodents, birds). The paper got published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

(4/4) It is freely available from this link- royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… This paper is really special to me as I have always wanted to do some research on snakes and this is my first snake paper 😊😊❤️ The amazing snake photos are by Damien Esqueree.

New publication on heat-sensing pits in pythons and boas!

Very happy to share our work on diversification dynamics in peninsular India is out in Ecology Letters. Thank you DBT/WT India Alliance for the support! CCMB

ISEB (EvolutionIndia) comes to Odisha this year! Excited to announce that Maitreya Sil | মৈত্রেয় শীল and I are hosting a one-day pre-conference workshop on phylogenetics. If you're attending #ISEB2025, don’t miss it—limited seats! Apply soon! Please RT and spread the word for people who may