YIM 2025 will be held between 3-7 March 2025 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Meetings
PhD cafe: A virtual seminar series for PhD researchers in India
'PhD cafe' is a one-of-a-kind seminar series for PhD researchers in the life sciences across India; the series will host ~60 pre-selected PhD researchers (in advanced stages of their PhD and close to graduation) to present their work to experts and the wider community in various fields of experimental biology.
The sessions are structured based on fields of work, with five days of virtual sessions and online interactions. The sessions will provide PhD researchers an opportunity to present their research work to the community, as well as seek inputs, feedback, and suggestions from senior scientific colleagues on different aspects of their work. At the end of their presentation, the PhD researcher would have had a pre-defense sort of experience, with scientific as well as professional inputs to advance their careers.
Supported by the Company of Biologists, this online series will showcase experimental biology-related work being done by PhD researchers in India; with potential immediate and long-term gains for the broader life science ecosystem in India.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Visakhapatnam 2024-2025
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimised towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.
Moving to Open Access and Open Science
The journals published by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Press are Open Access (OA). IndiaBioscience's iGAP in partnership with EMBO presents a webinar on EMBO Press- Open Access.
She Inspires!
IndiaBioscience and Rukhmabai Initiatives announce a joint pilot community program, She Inspires!
She Inspires! aims to empower women in science to inspire the next generation, by providing a platform and small fund for them to engage with their communities.
The program seeks to identify and support women science professionals who are passionate about engaging with school children in their community through in-person talks.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting Grants 2024-2025
Facilitating local communities for collaboration and change
YIM 2024 was held between 11-15 March 2024 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Pune 2023-2024
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Hyderabad 2023-2024
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.
BIG QUESTIONS, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES: Scientific Talk #5
IndiaBioscience, along with Saurabh Pradhan, IMBA, Vienna, Austria and Deepa Subramanyam, NCCS, Pune, have come together to co-host ‘Big Questions, Innovative Approaches’ a series of science talks for PhD researchers, Postdoctoral Fellows and early-career researchers in India.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Pilani 2023-2024
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.
Webinar: Developing scientific temper in students with lessons from nature.
This webinar aims to delve into the idea of scientific temper and its importance in education and explore how teachers can teach scientific temper to college biology students.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Kolkata 2023-2024
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Bhubaneswar 2023-2024
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that promote networking in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panellists and resource personnel.
BIG QUESTIONS, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES: Scientific Talk #4
IndiaBioscience, along with Saurabh Pradhan, IMBA, Vienna, Austria and Deepa Subramanyam, NCCS, Pune, have come together to co-host ‘Big Questions, Innovative Approaches’ a series of science talks for PhD researchers, Postdoctoral Fellows and early-career researchers in India.
Let's chat about teaching graduate biology
IndiaBioscience invites biology educators from colleges and universities of India for a virtual meet to celebrate its latest compendium TEACHING GRADUATE BIOLOGY VOL-II
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Srinagar 2023-2024
Regional YIMs aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavours that will promote the ethos of YIMs in local scientific communities and foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panelists and resource personnel.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting - Lucknow 2023-2024
Regional Young Investigators’ Meetings (RYIM) aim to build local networks of scientists and science professionals with an aim to promote regional collaborations and change. The RYIMs are intended to be Young Investigator (YI) driven endeavors that will not only promote the ethos of YIMs in local scientific communities but also foster collaborative leadership among YIs in the region.
Importantly, RYIMs are expected to be ‘no-garland’ events, optimized towards a supportive and collaborative environment for the participants, resource personnel and organisers. RYIMs will ensure diversity and representation across gender and other demographics for participants, speakers, panelists and resource personnel.
BIG QUESTIONS, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES: Scientific Talk #3
IndiaBioscience, along with Saurabh Pradhan, IMBA, Vienna, Austria and Deepa Subramanyam, NCCS, Pune, have come together to co-host ‘Big Questions, Innovative Approaches’ a series of science talks for PhD researchers, Postdoctoral Fellows and early-career researchers in India.
Crafting your Career (CYC) Workshop at NCBS, Bangalore
IndiaBioscience and NCBS present a hands-on Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop for Masters students and PhD researchers to be held at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.
BIG QUESTIONS, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES: Scientific Talk #2
IndiaBioscience, along with Saurabh Pradhan, IMBA, Vienna, Austria and Deepa Subramanyam, NCCS, Pune, have come together to co-host ‘Big Questions, Innovative Approaches’ a series of science talks for PhD researchers, Postdoctoral Fellows and early-career researchers in India.
BIG QUESTIONS, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES: Scientific Talk #1
IndiaBioscience, along with Saurabh Pradhan, IMBA, Vienna, Austria and Deepa Subramanyam, NCCS, Pune, have come together to co-host ‘Big Questions, Innovative Approaches’ a series of science talks for PhD researchers, Postdoctoral Fellows and early-career researchers in India.
Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting Grants 2023-2024
Facilitating local communities for collaboration and change
YIM 2023 was held between 13-17 February 2023 in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.
IN CONVERSATION with IGNITE | Event #6
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story to the work and life of an eminent scientist.
In the 4th webinar of the IUBS Centenary Lecture series, Yvon Le Maho, an ecophysiologist, will talk about the new technologies used to investigate Antarctic penguins without disturbing their habitats.
IN CONVERSATION with IGNITE | Event #5
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story to the work and life of an eminent scientist.
IN CONVERSATION with IGNITE | Event #4
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story to the work and life of an eminent scientist.
WriteRight series in Research Communication (2022)
Editage and IndiaBioscience have joined efforts to conduct a series of skill-building training sessions in written communications for PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows in the life sciences in India under the umbrella of “WriteRight series in Research Communication”
IndiaBiostreams presents: Explore 'Bioethics' in the Indian context
In this webinar, sociologist Saveetha Meganathan will showcase the value of bioethics to the practice of science in India, drawing real life examples from her work in the public health realm in the country. We strongly encourage science enthusiasts, students and educators (at undergraduate level and above), and research scientists to join the webinar.
IN CONVERSATION with IGNITE | Event #3
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story to the work and life of an eminent scientist.
Research assessment frameworks in India: Assessing the role of preprints
Preprints are increasingly used, but we know that their use varies widely across geographical regions (Abdill et al.). The countries where the use of preprints is most widespread overlap with those where funding organizations and institutions have signaled support for preprints for the dissemination of research works.
FundaySunday feat. Mohit K Jolly
FundaySunday is an initiative to publicize some fun science communications and take interesting/funny/self-descriptive science near our audiences. Anyone could submit their work here. It could be science illustration/poem/song/dance/picture or anything that makes subjects in life sciences interesting.
YIM 2022 will be held online between 4 to 6 May 2022.
PDF Satellite meeting will be held between 9 to 12 May 2022.
Timing: 4:30-8:30 PM IST
IN CONVERSATION with IGNITE | Event #2
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story to the work and life of an eminent scientist.
IN CONVERSATION with IGNITE | Event #1
Ignite Life Science Foundation, Cactus Communications, and IndiaBioscience have come together to co-host this live online event. In a relaxed and conversational format, the interlocutor for each session will uncover the background story to the work and life of an eminent scientist.
IndiaBiostreams: Digital education through the lens of NEP 2020
This webinar will explore and discuss initiatives and strategies pertaining to digital education recommended in the NEP 2020. The webinar will be most useful for educators teaching at the undergraduate and higher levels.
Date: 17 February 2022
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM IST
Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop for Department of Biotechnology-Senior Research Fellows (DBT SRF-3rd & 4th year) | 04 Feb 2022
This "Crafting your Career" workshop is a training opportunity for Ph.D. students designed to provide the requisite knowledge, tools, and techniques to equip and empower science graduates to navigate and craft their career paths.
Workshop Date & Time:
Friday, February 04, 2022, 01.00 PM - 06.00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop for Master’s students (3rd/4th Semester) of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (28 Jan 2022)
This "Crafting your Career" workshop is a training opportunity for M.Sc. students designed to provide the requisite knowledge, tools, and techniques to equip and empower science graduates to navigate and craft their career paths.
Workshop Date & Time:
Friday, January 28, 2022, 01.00 PM - 06.00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop for Master’s (3rd Semester) students supported by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (09 Dec 2021)
This "Crafting your Career" workshop is a training opportunity for M.Sc. students designed to provide the requisite knowledge, tools, and techniques to equip and empower science graduates to navigate and craft their career paths.
Workshop Date & Time:
Thursday, December 09, 2021, 12.30 PM - 5.45 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)Crafting Your Career (CYC) workshop for Department of Biotechnology-Senior Research Fellows (DBT SRF-3rd & 4th year)_(30 Nov 2021)
This "Crafting your Career" workshop is a training opportunity for Ph.D. students designed to provide the requisite knowledge, tools, and techniques to equip and empower science graduates to navigate and craft their career paths.
Workshop Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 12.30 PM - 5.45 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)
On the occasion of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, (25 November), and within the context of the Sustainable Development Goal N. 5 on “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, the Working Group on Gender Equality of the International Union of Biological Sciences is launching the Webinar Series: “The Gender Gaps and the Biological Sciences”.
The first webinar will provide information on the series within the context of the activities of the IUBS Gender Equality Working Group.
Pre-conference workshop | National ‘CRISPR/Cas: From Biology to Technology’ conference
In partnership with SRM University AP, Mangalagiri, and IBAB, Bengaluru, IndiaBioscience is conducting a pre-conference skill-building workshop before the National ‘CRISPR/Cas: From Biology to Technology’ conference.
This virtual workshop will consist of two parts: 1. Communicating Science to the Public and 2. Crafting your career in Science. Read below for more details.
Workshop Date:Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Journey to Industry
This webinar is organized for the students of Tezpur University (TU) to cover the Industry-Academia transition. This webinar will cover how to create a cover letter for jobs, the application process, the do’s & dont’s, etc. Invited experienced mentors from the industry will join the webinar to motivate and interact with the students.
Date: 18 Oct 2021, 3:00 - 4:30 PM IST
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on the Importance of Networking
A panel discussion for undergraduate educators
PDF Meeting 2021 will be held between 18-21 May 2021 virtually.
YIM 2021 will be held between 17-19 March 2021 virtually.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Crafting your Career - Session 6
The sixth webinar in our new series on "Crafting your Career" in science.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Crafting your Career - Session 5
The fifth webinar in our new series on "Crafting your Career" in science.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Crafting your Career - Session 4
The fourth webinar in our new series on "Crafting your Career" in science.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Crafting your Career - Session 3
The third webinar in our new series on "Crafting your Career" in science.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Mental Health for Early and Mid-Career Faculty
The second webinar in our new series on "Mental Health in Indian Science"
EMBO | IndiaBioscience Grant Writing Workshop for Young Investigators
EMBO and IndiaBioscience have joined efforts to bring to the scientific community in India online seminars to update and practice soft skills, which include communication, grant writing, publishing and scientific integrity under the umbrella of EMBO | IndiaBioscience Online Seminars.
EMBO | IndiaBioscience Grant Writing Workshop for Young Investigators
EMBO and IndiaBioscience have joined efforts to bring to the scientific community in India online seminars to update and practice soft skills, which include communication, grant writing, publishing and scientific integrity under the umbrella of EMBO | IndiaBioscience Online Seminars.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Mental Health - for PhD students and Postdocs
The first webinar in our new series on "Mental Health in Indian Science"
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Crafting your Career - Session 2
The second webinar in our new series on "Crafting your Career" in science.
IndiaBiostreams: Webinar on Crafting your Career - Session 1
The first webinar in our new series on "Crafting your Career" in science.
EMBO | IndiaBioscience Grant Writing Workshop
EMBO and IndiaBioscience have joined efforts to bring to the scientific community in India online seminars to update and practice soft skills, which include communication, grant writing, publishing and scientific integrity under the umbrella of EMBO | IndiaBioscience Online Seminars.
IndiaBiostreams: DBT's Initiatives on Waste to Value
The sixth of the monthly webinar series from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on DBT’s Initiatives on Waste to Value
YIM 2020 will be held between 14-18 February 2020 in Mahabalipuram.
IndiaBiostreams: Promoting Translational & Industrial Research
The fifth of the monthly webinar series from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on Promoting Translational & Industrial Research
IndiaBiostreams: Science, Technology & Innovation Policies in India: A Flashback
This webinar is the second of the 'Science Policy 101' series from the Science Policy Forum (SPF)
Reflecting the tremendous success of pan-India Young Investigators’ Meetings, the fourth “Regional YIM” will be held in Jodhpur.
IndiaBiostreams: DBT's Competitive Grant System
The fourth of the monthly webinar series from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on DBT's competitive grant system.
IndiaBiostreams: Understanding the Science Policy Ecosystem in India
Join the first of the webinar series on "Science Policy 101", from the Science Policy Forum - a collaborative platform established by IndiaBioscience, and DST-Centre for Policy Research, Bangalore.
Crafting your Career (CYC) 2019 - Kolkata
Presidency University, Kolkata and IndiaBioscience present a hands-on workshop for selected participants and an open session featuring career talks by distinguished science professionals.
Indian Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
This is a public event meant to increase the visibility of Indian women scientists and raise awareness about Wikipedia as a knowledge-sharing tool.
IndiaBiostreams: Nurturing Future Science Leaders
The third of the monthly webinar series from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on "Nurturing Future Science Leaders” - Opportunities for Young Investigators
Reflecting the tremendous success of pan-India Young Investigators’ Meetings, the third “Regional YIM” will be held in Delhi.
YIM 2019 was held between 6-10 March 2019 in Guwahati.
Reflecting the tremendous success of pan-India Young Investigators’ Meetings, the second “Regional YIM” will be held in Kolkata.
Workshop on Careers in Science by Regional Centre For Biotechnology and IndiaBioscience
Regional Centre For Biotechnology and IndiaBioscience are organizing a seminar on careers in Life Sciences where accomplished science professionals will share their journey. This will be followed by a “Crafting your Career” workshop conducted by IndiaBioscience for selected PhD and MSc students.
Workshop for Women in Science Administration and Management
IndiaBioscience in association with CoESME-IISER Pune and British Council, is organising the Workshop for Women in Science Administration and Management.
Workshop for Women in Science Journalism
IndiaBioscience in association with CoESME-IISER Pune and British Council, is organising the Workshop for Women in Science Journalism.
2nd National Post Doc Symposium 2018
Showcase your science (chalk talk/poster/oral presentations)
Match your interests with your mentors for networking
Know about tools/skills/opportunities for career development
Career day (5th Oct) : Sessions with leading entrepreneurs, HR from Biotech companies, experts from SciComm and Journalism and IPR.
Reflecting the tremendous success of pan-India Young Investigators’ Meetings, the first “Regional YIM” will be held in Hyderabad.
YSN 2017 will be held between 24 - 25 April 2017 in the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Barcelona, Spain.
Indian Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
IndiaBioScience will be organising a series of public events to raise the profile of women scientists on one of the most-popular online encyclopaedias - Wikipedia. At these events, participants will be encouraged to create and complete profiles of Indian Women in Science.
India EMBO Launch Series
Teaching as if Learning mattered: Talk & workshop by Teri Balser
The challenges we face globally are manifold and complex, and we will need a new sort of student to address them. But where will such a student come from? How can we as educators motivate our learners and prepare them to face the rapidly changing social, economic, environmental and political climate? This interactive talk by Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair and Curtin Faculty of Science and Engineering Dean of Teaching and Learning explored these questions and more.
DWIH Proposal Writing and Grant Management workshop
A two-day workshop to sharpen grant writing skills was organised in partnership with the Max Planck Society (MPG) and Freie Universität Berlin India offices in Bangalore on the 21-22 November, 2015.
Opportunities session at ASCB 2013
At the American Society for Cell Biology conference at Philadelphia, USA in December 2014 IndiaBioScience organized two events to promote Science and Opportunities in India. The first was a stall at the International Fair, where IndiaBioScience interacted with delegates explaining the state of science in India. Over the course of the evening session, over 150 persons visited the stall. The second session was a dedicated one with a panel of five speakers, with time for interactions following the talks of the speakers.
Eligibility
Webinar
The webinar is a training session open to ALL senior PhDs and postdocs working in the area of life sciences in India. Only prior registration is required to participate in this session.
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Full Workshop
- Late-stage PhD students (Year 4 and beyond) and Postdoctoral Fellows who are conducting research in the life sciences in India may apply for the workshop
- Applicants MUST be nominated by a YIM alumni or EMBO YI or GI*
- Please note, there is no age bar for applicants
- Applicants who are not selected to attend the full workshop can still attend the webinar (however, registration is required and the link for registration will be announced at a later date.)
*YIM- national Young Investigators' Meeting conducted by IndiaBioscience | EMBO YI- recipient of EMBO Young Investigator Program award | EMBO GI- recipient of EMBO Global Investigator Network award
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