coronavirusPolicy·10 Feb 2021Are our COVID 19 Policies Grounded in Quality Science?Sunaina RaoA recent research published in the journal Science, explores how COVID 19 science affected policy making in government agencies, think tanks and IGOs.
mindsetLife·20 Jan 2021Paving The Way to InnovationSunaina RaoHow interest in fields outside your established area of interest, can help in integrative thinking.
plantsLife·24 Dec 2020The 'Evergreen' Tradition of Christmas TreesSunaina RaoWhy Christmas trees stay green all year long and its relevance to the Christmas culture.
humansLife·10 Dec 2020Sexual Division of Labour May Be Less ‘Natural’ Than What We ThinkSunaina RaoMan the hunter and woman the gatherer? Well maybe not, in the more ancient human societies.
crisprLife·28 Nov 2020The CRISPR-Cas Story Sunaina RaoHow a serendipitous observation led us to edit the code of life.
plasticEarth·20 Oct 2020The Earth is Drowning in Plastic. Will Enzymes from this Plastic Eating Bacteria Provide New Hope?Sunaina RaoScientists show how re-engineering enzymes from a plastic eating bacteria, can provide us new avenues in plastic degradation.
vaccinesLife·26 Sep 2020Vaccines - What are They and How are They Made?Sunaina RaoA peep into the different kinds of vaccines and how they work.
immunesystemLife·01 Sep 2020How Does The Immune System Work? (Part 2)Sunaina RaoThe war rages on – The adaptive immune system.
immunesystemLife·30 Jul 2020How Does The Immune System Work? (Part 1)Sunaina RaoThe fascinating story of the warriors in our body - The innate immune system.
cellmobilityLife·05 Jun 2020How Does a Cell Move? Sunaina RaoActin microfilaments in the movements of neutrophils.
coronavirusLife·19 May 2020How does soap kill the Corona Virus particle?Sunaina RaoA simple soap bar can instantly crumble the entire framework of the Corona Virus particle, rendering it inactive. But how does it do this?
cellsLife·20 Apr 2020What would spill out if you burst a cell open?Sunaina RaoImagine you pulled out a single cell from your body and burst it open. What do you think would spill out of it?
cancerLife·21 Mar 2020The adventurous journey of a cancer cellSunaina RaoThe long tiring journey of a cancer cell from its site of origin to a distant metastatic organ.
virusesLife·26 Feb 2020When your cells go viralSunaina Rao and Devadas VivekHow viruses can take over your cells and dictate them to do their bidding!
cellsLife·09 Feb 2020The Story of The CellSunaina RaoFrom a primitive packet of molecules to complex multicellular plants and animals, the history of the cell spans billions of years.
cancerApplied·13 Jan 2020Nanoparticles in the Delivery of Chemotherapeutic DrugsSunaina RaoNano-particles behave very much like heavy duty trucks with a GPS tracker.
cancerLife·06 Jan 2020Can Tissue Fibrosis Influence Metastasis?Sunaina RaoThe role of fibrosis in cancer progression.
cellsLife·03 Dec 2019The Antennas, Doors and Bridges of The CellSunaina RaoReceptors and transport channels
oxygenLife·29 Nov 2019Oxygen sensing in our cellsSunaina RaoThe 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine was awarded to the discovery of how cells sense oxygen. Here is a brief summary of the research.
nucleusLife·21 Nov 2019The hustle inside the nucleusSunaina RaoThe nucleus really is a jungle of busy, hustling biomolecules and here I represent a minuscule of what really goes on in there.
cancerLife·20 Nov 2019When the soil comes calling for the seedSunaina RaoThe pre-metastatic niche in cancer progression.
cancerLife·20 Nov 2019Tumour Cells in CirculationSunaina RaoFrom one tissue to another, via the blood vessels.
cellLife·20 Nov 2019Microtubules - The Highways of The CellSunaina RaoThe cell is a highly intricate structure containing a milieu of membrane bound organelles and complex biomolecules and yes, they contain highways too!
plasmamembraneLife·20 Nov 2019Evolution of The Plasma Membrane ModelsSunaina RaoA brief history of how our understanding of the cell/plasma membrane evolved.