Sachin Bhaskar

Botanist🌱| Plant Ecologist🪴| Floral traits🪻| Pollination 🌺🐝🪰🐞🦋🐦🐿️| PhD @BEELab_IISERTVM

The closer you are to nature, the nicer you become.

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

A nice read! Congratulations @saaaakeeeet

[Saket Shrotri @saaaakeeeet]

Have you ever wondered why flowers of the same species can look so different?

In Curcuma caulina, a wild ginger from Western Ghats, India, we found that color is only part of the story. These morphs also differ in nectar, pollinator visits, and seed production.
Paper now online!

[BEE Lab IISER-TVM @BEElab_iisertvm]

🟡 🔵 🌺 🐝

We show that Apis dorsata spontaneously prefers blue, and short-wavelength flowers dominate the floral community

Published in @J_Exp_Biol

@somanathan_hema @Sudeep_Eco_R1
@nemophile_s @bio_iisertvm

https://t.co/HfElB6Fc13

[School of Biology, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram @bio_iisertvm]

The School of Biology at @tvmiiser is proud to host the next edition of Frontiers Symposium in Biology, 13–15 February 2026. With an outstanding lineup of speakers, we are looking forward to three days of exciting science and engaging discussions.

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

💯

[Manjari Jain @minivets]

Fantastic news! So richly deserved.
Prof. Hema @somanathan_hema @BEElab_iisertvm is an exceptionally talented and rigorous scientist, a nurturing mentor & an empowering & enabling friend. Indian science & #Academia is richer with people like her.
#WomenInScience
@mothersinsci

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

Excited to be at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2025.

Presenting a part of my PhD that looks at Nectar robbery.

Not all flower visitors are pollinators

Poster: A4.83

16th Dec 2025
Lennox Suite
18:00-19:30 (GMT)

@BritishEcolSoc @bio_iisertvm @somanathan_hema

[Poonam Thakur @poonam_thakur6]

Pleased to share our new publication in @bioprotocolbyte, where we describe a detailed method for generating the progressive #Mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Congratulations to @Santhosh_subs for his first publication. https://t.co/hby5RNHJMq

[Poonam Thakur @poonam_thakur6]

@Santhosh_subs, gave a fantastic talk showcasing our lab's work on a SynFib model at #IAN2025. Volume of audience clap showed what a 👌 job he did. Proud mentor moment.

[National Centre for Biological Sciences @NCBS_Bangalore]

#PhDone! 🎓Congratulations Dr Gauri!🎉
@gauri_gharpure from Dr @Scientistinpink & Prof @uramakri 's lab successfully defended her thesis!
🧵👇Scroll to learn about her work on how rapid environmental changes affect plant-pollinator interactions in the Himalayas ⛰️
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[Dr. Manvi Sharma @manvigsharma]

We are looking for motivated people to join our lab. JRF position open under Himalayan Carnivore project funded by #ANRF. Apply before July 25th! Please repost.

[Annals of Botany @annbot]

♻️🆓: Pollination syndromes and the origins of floral traits
https://t.co/PCrEgAmYJ4

[ICCON 2025 @iccon_india]

#ICCON2025 First Plenary Speaker Dr. Hema Somanathan (IISER-TVM) dives into how bees see, learn & forage, all essential to maintain biodiversity & food security. From colour vision to nocturnal bees, her lab uncovers how these pollinators navigate complex cues to thrive 🐝#Bees #Ecology #Pollinators #ICCON2025 @somanathan_hema
@BEElab_iisertvm

@moefcc @wii_india @ntca_india @IBCA_official @vrtiwari1 @SACONCoimbatore @rameshpandeyifs @SPYadavIFS @GobindsagarBha1 @wildwithwolves @jwls_in @V_kolipakam @CentralIfs

[Andrea Wulf @andrea_wulf]

Today, 166 years ago Alexander von Humboldt died (he was 89 years). He changed the way we think about nature (describing it as a web of life) & predicted climate change. Can't believe it's been 10 years since I published 'Invention of Nature'. It's change my life. In so many ways

[Kelsey J.R.P. Byers @plantpollinator]

Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that this matters for bee choice!

https://t.co/KzmcYouXTS

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

We're pleased to announce the shortlist for this year's Southwood Prize! 🏆

Each year, we award the Southwood Prize to the best paper in the journal by an early career author 📚

See the full list below 👇
https://t.co/kZ3ofWUAn7

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

https://t.co/jJHcAdU5AQ

As scientists, writing is our chief activity. Very nicely written!

[Ashish Nerlekar @ashish_nerlekar]

🔥🌾New Pub🌾🦬 in @Botanical_! We show that the flammability–palatability trade‐offs that operate in Africa also explain correlated suites of traits in 337 native #Texas #grasses.
open access: https://t.co/AqePL5y8LE
color pallette adapted from a very Texan movie!

[Meghna @MeghnaSrishti]

@theATBC has opened calls for the annual Seed and Sodhi grants for graduate students. This is a nice opportunity to kickstart your research or supplement ongoing work.
Details to apply found here:
https://t.co/fjmq7IoZtR

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

@Santhosh_subs @poonam_thakur6 @Shreshth1000 @DevuBKumar1 Many congratulations to the team.

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

@shubhampsoni @frog_tracker @VU_LT @biobiiana @VetmeduniVienna Many many congratulations @shubhampsoni wishing all good your way!

[Sachin Bhaskar @nemophile_s]

Cool work @tarunyumnam

[Tarunkishwor Yumnam ꯇꯔꯨꯟ ꯌꯨꯝꯅꯥꯝ @tarunyumnam]

The final chapter of my PhD is online now. We adopted comparative approach to understand the evolutionary significance of characters that gives butterflies a false head (1/n)
https://t.co/FB1XH4Tb5U