Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercially important bottom dwelling finfishes and shellfish of the Vembanad Lake, India.

This paper characterize microplastics (MPs) in the heavily urbanized, brackish water Vembanad Lake (India), focussing on some commercially important bottom-feeding fishes and shellfish (Arius maculatus, Etroplus suratensis, E. maculatus and Villorita sp.).

Response of macrozoobenthic communities to summer monsoon upwelling and related hypoxia in the south eastern Arabian Sea shelf.

Coastal upwelling in the south eastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) leads to oxygen depletion over the continental shelf during the summer monsoon season (June-September), with latitudinal gradients in intensity. Based on two surveys in the onset (June) and peak (August) phases of the summer monsoon, the present study evaluates the response of macrozoobenthic communities (size >500 μm) to upwelling and consequent hypoxia (dissolved oxygen <0.2 ml/l) in the central sector of the SEAS shelf (10-12°N, 30-200 m).

Time-dependent alterations in mRNA, protein and microRNA during in vitro adipogenesis.

Adipogenesis is a complex biological process involving synchronised interplay of different nuclear receptors. Aberration in the process leads to obesity and associated disorders. Addressing the complexity of molecular mechanisms, we worked on characterising the changes in NR1C3/PPARγ-, NR1H3/LXRα- and NCoAs/SRCs-associated microRNA, genes and proteins during different time points of adipogenesis.