Anindita Bhadra, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Education, and Research (IISER) Kolkata, leads a lab focused on the behavioural ecology of dogs. In this ‘10 Women, 10 Questions’ interview, Bhadra discusses her career transitions—from shifting between different model systems to navigating from PhD to faculty member.

Dhananjay Huilgol, a Senior Research Associate at Duke University, United States of America (USA), studied the progenitor basis of neuronal diversification in the mammalian brain during his postdoctoral training. In this article, he shares his story of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant.

Akriti Sondhi is a contemporary artist currently working on a bio-art project called ‘soft-earth’. She is also a commercial and fine art photographer and explores alternative photography methods. In this interview, she reflects on her experience of working with living organisms as an artistic medium and the intersection of science and art.

Bharat Bhusan Patnaik is as an Associate Professor at the PG Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha. In 2024, he received the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Travel Grant for his presentation at the EMBO workshop: Establishing state-of-the-art mollusc genomics held at the University of Namur, Belgium. In this article, he shares his story of a failure that turned into a successful EMBO Travel Grant.

Purnati Khuntia is a postdoctoral fellow at Tamal Das’ lab, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Hyderabad. Her research focuses on hair follicle morphogenesis in mouse skin epithelium. She has recently been awarded the 2024 Rowland Fellowship by the Rowland Institute at Harvard. In this article, she shares her story of securing the Rowland Fellowship.