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Current Science, Vol 104, No 12 (2013), Pagination: 1591-1592

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This journal will have a new Editor, beginning July 2013. R. Srinivasan, a distinguished geologist and currently associate editor, will assume editorial responsibility. The journal also has a new set of associate editors. E. Arunan, a chemist, and S. K. Satheesh, an atmospheric scientist, join N. V. Joshi on the team. Chandrika Ramesh, who oversees manuscript processing and M. S. Venugopal, who shoulders responsibility for production will be the executive editors.

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• M. Vijayan: A Life Among Men, Women and Molecules. Memoirs of an Indian Scientist

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P. Balaram ¹

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 118, No 12 (2020), Pagination: 1997-1998

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A reviewer should necessarily declare any conflict of interest. I shall begin by doing so. As a personal friend and longterm colleague of the author, I should not be reviewing this book. Nevertheless, when asked by the Editor, I could not resist doing so, as it would give me an opportunity to reflect on a life in science in India over nearly five decades, a period in which I had a ringside view.

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• Satish Dhawan: The Transformation of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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P. Balaram ¹

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 064, IN

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Current Science, Vol 119, No 9 (2020), Pagination: 1427-1432

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• The Murky Origins of The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Causative Agent of The Covid-19 Pandemic

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 120, No 11 (2021), Pagination: 1663-1666

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• The Murky Origins of The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, The Causative Agent of The Covid-19 Pandemic

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 120, No 12 (2021), Pagination: 1817-1817

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• Natural and Unnatural History of The Coronavirus: The Uncertain Path to The Pandemic

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 120, No 12 (2021), Pagination: 1820-1826

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There is currently an ongoing debate on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hypothesis that the virus emerged as a result of natural zoonotic transfer has been controversially questioned, on the basis of unusual sequence signatures in the spike protein and the absence of evidence for an intermediate animal host. This article briefly surveys the background to coronavirus research and addresses the development of the methods of gain of function research, which have been suggested to be a potential public health threat in the event of laboratory leakage.

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Coronavirus, Gain of Function Research, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Protein Sequences.

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• Gopinath Kartha and the Birth of Chemical Crystallography in India

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560 065 and Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, IN

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Current Science, Vol 121, No 3 (2021), Pagination: 441-447

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• Bijoor Sanjiva Rao, morellin and early natural products chemistry in India

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, India, IN

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Current Science, Vol 121, No 8 (2021), Pagination: 1126-1129

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• Indian Chemistry’s Camelot: Looking Back at The Glory Days of IIT Kanpur

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 121, No 10 (2021), Pagination: 1370-1373

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• G. Madhavan (1947–2022)

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 064, IN

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Current Science, Vol 122, No 7 (2022), Pagination: 860-861

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• M. Vijayan (1941–2022)

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 122, No 9 (2022), Pagination: 1097-1099

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• Sivaraj Ramaseshan: A Birth Centenary Remembrance of an Editor

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1 National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560 065, IN

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Current Science, Vol 125, No 7 (2023), Pagination: 795-796

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