Hyderabad blues

Nature India launched its regional coverage of Indian cities today with Hyderabad. This is the first in our series of regional spotlights where we plan to pick up a city or a cluster of cities from time to time and highlight its science and scientists. We will go across the country, choosing one city after the other, in our bid to dig out the best of research from laboratories, report trends in the research-driven industry and profile our unsung scientists. Do feel free to feedback on the coverage. Also, suggestions for our next stop are welcome. Tell us why you think we should come to your city and what we should cover there. Watch out as we travel the length and breadth of India in the pursuit of science!

Bioinformatics survey

A few science bloggers working on computational biology are trying to get a general picture of the field through a survey. It is anonymous and all information will be made public for anyone to analyse. A few hundred people have filled up the survey thus far. The surveyors say there are far too many entries from USA/Europe. Nature India is trying to help promote the survey to reach people in bioinformatics in India. The survey will last until the end of the month and can be found here. Do join in with your responses.