About

YIM2023

The annual Young Investigators’ Meeting (YIM) brings together exceptional young and senior scientists, heads of institutes, and representatives from funding agencies for 3 days of discussions and interactions focusing on science and careers in a broad range of disciplines of biology. The program features illuminating talks by renowned scientists, posters, and panel discussions that focus on a wide variety of topics including choosing the right research problem, collaborative research, personnel management, funding opportunities and mentorship. Senior scientists describe their journeys, providing inspirational and amusing anecdotes about their experiences with establishing scientific careers.

YIM 2023 will provide an opportunity for the participants to get a flavour of all the different components of the traditional YIM. Eminent researchers from India and abroad have been invited as mentors and speakers; their talks would be a mixture of science and career experiences. There will be a couple of special talks on topics relevant to everyone in science. Other than these talks, there will be a series of panel discussions covering a wide range of topics: sustainable solutions for the Indian ecosystem, mentoring, lab and grant management, funding, science outreach and communication, public health challenges, and much more. All the participants will also present their work in the form of posters during the meeting. There will be plenty of time for informal networking during the course of three days. 

Since its inception in 2009, the YIM has established its brand in the life-science fraternity. The meeting has created a vibrant atmosphere for exchanging of ideas for improving science in India and catalysing friendships and collaborations between young Indian scientists. We also pair postdocs (PDFs) and Young Investigators (YIs) to promote new connections and facilitate a first-hand account of setting up labs in India.

At the end of the YIM, there will be a one and a half-day Satellite Meeting that enables our invited PDFs to learn about jobs in India and meet Directors/Vice-Chancellors of institutes and universities from across India. Although YIM makes an effort to facilitate job searches for Post-Doctoral fellows (PDFs), it is not a job fair and the bulk of the meeting revolves around doing science in India and the mentoring of young investigators and post-doctoral fellows.

Please write to us at yim2023[at]indiabioscience[dot]org for queries.