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IBAB is featured in BioTecNika! It is always heartening to see our institute mentioned alongside other top biotech labs in India. Especially given that our strength lies in interdisciplinarity, i.e., integrating computational methods seamlessly with genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, structural biology and related subjects.

Ranu Deka, Phd student working with Prof. Sanjay Ghosh, has won the first prize for presenting her thesis work at the “5th International Conference on Future Prospects of Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications” held on 13-14th December 2024, organised by Department of Biotechnology, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Congratulations!

It is with a heavy heart that the IBAB family bids farewell to its first employee, Prof. Gayatri Saberwal. For 24 years, Prof. Gayatri served IBAB with “fierce loyalty” and steered it to become the pre-eminent institute that it is today, many a time from behind the scenes… Speaking at Prof. Gayatri’s retirement party on Nov 27, 2024, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw aptly said that the hallways of IBAB will appear emptier now that Prof. Gayatri is leaving the institute. We wish Prof. Gayatri all the best for her next innings in the science policy domain and thank her for her invaluable contributions to building IBAB from the ground up. DhanyavaadagaLu!

From Nov 28-30, 2024, four Bengaluru institutes, IBAB, MIRM-MAHE, SJNAHS and TDU, successfully conducted the Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting (RYIM) Bengaluru, with the theme “Accelerating Indian Science through Private Investments”. The meeting kicked off with a Crafting Your Career workshop on Nov 28, moderated by Dr. Karishma Kaushik of IndiaBioscience and Prof. Shruthi S. Vembar of IBAB, with 55+ participants. On Nov 29, eminent speakers and mentors from public and private organisations across India drove discussions on the topic “Bridging the gap between Indian academia and private investment”. On Nov 30, discussions centered on the topic “Biomedical translational research: Questions to execution roadmap”. Overall, RYIM Bengaluru was a whopping success, thanks to the active interactions amongst the 60+ participants, 30+ speakers/mentors, 20 volunteers and five organisers. Financial support from IndiaBioscience, Cactus Communications and other partners is duly acknowledged!