by Shannon – On Friday, November 16, 2018, our Bangalore Life Science Cluster, which includes NCBS, inStem, and C-Camp, entertained roughly 1000 visitors to our campus for “Science Day“. Each lab and faculty presented an exhibit to highlight the type of research we are doing, and perhaps teach a bit about biology in the process. The NICE Group participated in three exhibits, as you can see below. As an evaluation, we also worked with the Communications Team to create a small exhibit where students wrote a word they learned or were excited about from the day. Judging by the words they chose, I think our day was a huge success and I congratulate the hundreds of volunteers who made this very fun and informative day possible – what a great way to show the public what we do!
A FEW WORDS OF OUR HUNDREDS OF WORDS OF THE DAY:

Thinking of words….
EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS:

Anshika showing how microplastics are produced

Anshika’s favorite part of the day: Explaining her research to toddlers!

Which trash is recyclable?

Deepa explaining the unique odor detection capabilities of each member of the animal kingdom

Aditi explaining how blends are processed in the brain with our Olfactory bulb / Antennal Lobe Replicator

Srishti having the students guess the odor