Key epigenetic and signaling factors in the formation and maintenance of the blood-brain barrier.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) controls the movement of molecules into and out of the central nervous system (CNS). Since a functional BBB forms by mouse embryonic day E15.5, we reasoned that gene cohorts expressed in CNS endothelial cells (EC) at E13.

On three new species of the earthworm genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from south-western India.

Three new earthworm species of the genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900, namely D. jatinderi Narayanan, sp. nov.

Novel Efficient Genome-Wide STR Panels for the Conservation of the Endemic Catfishes of Western Ghats: Critically Endangered Hemibagrus punctatus Jerdon (1849) and Vulnerable Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther, 1864).

The IUCN classifies two-endemic fishes of the Western Ghats in Peninsular India: Nilgiri mystus Hemibagrus punctatus is critically endangered, and Yellow catfish Horabagrus brachysoma is vulnerable. These are threatened by habitat degradation, excess fishing, and dam construction. ICAR-NBFGR, the premier research organisation in India for fish conservation, aims to conserve these two species through captive propagation, stock identification, and stock-specific ranching programs.

A synergetic effect of light and anion: near-infrared colorimetric monitoring of nitric oxide (NO) release from fluoride/cyanide anions and a water responsive ruthenium nitrosyl complex.

Near-infrared (NIR) spectral-responsive multitasking chemical systems are always advantageous in biological and environmental systems. Although ruthenium complexes are highly attractive compounds for many applications, studies on NIR optical responsive sensors are very limited because of their synthetic difficulties. The sensing of fluoride and cyanide ions using ruthenium nitrosyl complexes is not known.