From India’s first controversial pig-to-human transplant in 1997 to today’s gene-edited breakthroughs, xenotransplantation is rapidly evolving. Yet, India’s regulatory framework remains fragmented. In this article, Rahul Pallipurath explores scientific advances, ethical concerns, and legal gaps, asking whether India is prepared for the arrival of animal-to-human organ transplants.
From a small town in Uttar Pradesh to leading interdisciplinary research, this Journey of a Young Investigator (JOYI) 2026 story follows Santosh Kumar Chaudhary, Distinguished Professor at UPES, Dehradun. His journey—spanning structural biology, chemical biology, and drug discovery—highlights how mentorship, persistence, and integrating disciplines can shape scientific careers and enable new directions in research.
A childhood fascination with the image of a scientist led Budhaditya Mukherjee, an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) and an EMBO Global Investigator Network (EMBO GIN) awardee, to a career studying one of the world’s most adaptable parasites, Leishmania. In this profile, he reflects on research, resilience, mentorship, genome plasticity, and how understanding pathogen evolution may help address drug resistance and chronic infections.
From biochemistry to shaping innovation ecosystems, this Resilience and Representation in Research article traces Shreya Malik’s journey across industry, research, and policy spaces. Now Program Head – Life Sciences at Wadhwani Innovation Network, Wadhwani Foundation, she reflects on mentorship, allyship, and alternative careers in building more inclusive scientific ecosystems.
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The Virtual Town Hall on the i3c BRIC-RCB PhD Programme featured Arvind K. Sahu, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Biotechnology.
This session covered the programme structure, research opportunities, and the application process, followed by a live Q&A.
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At the 18th Young Investigators' Meeting held in Pune from 2-6 March 2026, Marileen Dogterom speaks about her career journey through her talk titled, 'Building a Synthetic Cell (Community)'.
This talk was delivered as part of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Global Lecture Series (GLS).
About the speaker: Marileen Dogterom is a Professor in the Department of Bionanoscience at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in TU Delft and Medical Delta Professor at Leiden University. Read more about her here
At the 18th Young Investigators' Meeting held in Pune from 2-6 March 2026, Anna Barron from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore shares her career journey through her talk titled 'Energy, Inflammation and Curiosity: A journey through Brain Metabolism and Discovery'.
This talk was delivered as part of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Global Lecture Series (GLS).
About the speaker: Anna Barron is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology of Aging and Disease at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Read more about her here
This episode features Madhuri Dutta, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Commission Research at the George Institute for Global Health, India and leads research, management and capacity building initiatives. An Indian Research Management Initiative Fellow supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Wellcome Trust India Alliance, Madhuri is also a part of the Global CORE Unit and works with colleagues from other regional offices of the institute. She has contributed to several courses, workshops and training programmes in research skills for early career researchers. Madhuri is interested in creating institutional processes that facilitate quality research and an enabling research environment.
This podcast episode features Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature's magazine and research editorial teams.
Speaking with Sreshtha Mondal from IndiaBioscience, Magdalena provides the editorial and publisher's perspective on Nature's policy change from mid-June 2025. Hear her share details about how the decision came through after a period of trial, advice on how to make the best of this decision by reviewers, authors and communicators and a lot more.
This podcast episode features Deepti Jain, Professor and structural biologist at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India.
Speaking with Sreshtha Mondal from IndiaBioscience, Deepti provides an academic’s perspective on Nature's policy change. Hear her share details about the peer review process and its significance for scientific research, how structural biology, as a field, has been practising open research, and more.
JOYI: Journey of a Young Investigator
(2025 edition)
This collection celebrates the stories of young investigators in attendance at the Young Investigators Meeting (YIM) 2025 held in North India at Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
ATREE seeks highly motivated applicants to work in a multidisciplinary project that focuses on the restoration of a peri-urban lake in Bengaluru. Efforts to restore urban and peri-urban lakes are on the rise globally, yet many fail to achieve a …
Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant – FMT Manufacturing, Testing, and Analysis at Jivanu Therapeutics Pvt Ltd. Jivanu Therapeutics Pvt Ltd is looking for a detail-oriented Research Assistant to support the processing of stool samples, FMT capsule preparation, …
The Research Translation Accelerator programme by the Discovery to Innovation Accelerator (DIA) at C-CAMP, is a unique research translation programme where DIA encourages scientific innovators to transform societally relevant innovations in the Health Care, Agriculture, and Environment sectors into scalable …
The Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowships are designed to build long-term capacity to address global challenges and develop innovative solutions in key priority areas in both India and the U.S. We encourage proposals that are futuristic, innovative and technology focused. Selected scholars …
The aim of ‘Write On—2024’, a science writing competition by IndiaBioscience, is to encourage diverse popular science writing styles among the younger life science researchers and students in India. This booklet is a compilation of all the articles written by the winners of 'Write On—2024'.
You can view or download this booklet from here.
You can find the flip-book here.
Create-it!, the science-art competition 2024, was an exciting initiative by IndiaBioscience supported by HiMedia, which culminated in the creation of this inspiring e-compendium.
This e-compendium features a curated collection of the winning, popular choice, commendable and spotlight entries, offering a captivating glimpse into the diverse and innovative ways in which science and art can intersect.
You can view or download this booklet from here.
Academia-Industry Transitions, Volume - II is a collection of stories and perspectives on the switchover from academia to industry. With articles on a wide range of topics from professional transition stories to collaboration initiatives, this compendium is a comprehensive career resource book for industry aspirants in different phases of their career.
You can read or download this e-book here. You can find the flip-book here.
