Articles from Shivranjani C Moharir
Current position:
PhD student at CCMB (Hyderabad)
Research Interest:
Autophagy and Neurodegeneration
Some of the deep-sea fish species skin absorbs about 99.95 % of light, hence Ultra black fish. In this news article, we have outlined the mechanism behind the secrets of ultra-black skin.
Scientists, for the first time, have found a protein named ‘hemolithin’ in meteorite Acfer 086. Hemolithin consists of iron and lithium attached to poly-glycine chain. Is this an indication of existence of primitive life outside earth?
d157mOptn is a novel isoform of mouse optineurin which is impaired in autophagy, unlike its full length counterpart. It is possible that d157mOptn can regulate the autophagic function of full length optineurin and might have some significance in diseased condition.