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• From grassroots innovation to ocean frontiers: My path to marine biotechnology

  

  Neelam Kungwani is an Assistant Professor at the Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. In this seventh article of the Journey Of Young Investigator (JOYI) 2024 series, she shares her unconventional path from research to innovation and academia, highlighting the challenges of establishing a research laboratory in marine biotechnology without post-doctoral experience outside India.

  Posted on Aug 30, 2024 in Other, Women in Science, Personal Experience & Young Investigators

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• Musings to beginnings of the Metabolites Lab

  

  Nithya Kutty is an Assistant Professor at the MIT World Peace University, Pune. In this sixth article of the Journey Of Young Investigator (JOYI) 2024 series, she shares her unique academic journey, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of setting up a research lab from scratch while balancing personal and professional responsibilities.

  Posted on Aug 19, 2024 in Other, Personal Experience, YIM & Young Investigators

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• How I turned rejection into an opportunity through the EMBO Travel Grant

  

  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.

  Posted on Aug 05, 2024 in Other, Networking, Funding & Personal Experience

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• The JOY of growing every day by taking small steps

  

  Gaurav Sharma is an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, Telangana. In this fifth article of the Journey Of Young Investigator (JOYI) 2024 series, he shares his journey and challenges of transitioning from DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow to a young scientist committed to advancing research in India.

  Posted on Jul 22, 2024 in Science Communication, Science, Personal Experience, YIM & Young Investigators

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• Young researchers: Charting a path to independent research with the Rowland Fellowship

  

  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.
  

  Posted on Jul 01, 2024 in Career Development, Personal Experience & Advice

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• Project WHEAT-DR: Securing the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship

  

  In this twelfth article, as part of community voices for the international Grants Awareness Program (iGAP), Debabrata Dutta shares his success story and the experience with securing the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) by Horizon Europe for his project WHEAT-Doctor at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK.

  Posted on Jun 03, 2024 in Science, Career Development, Funding & Personal Experience

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• Learning bioreactor design using a frugal science approach

  

  A laboratory can be a great place for experiential learning. However, using set protocols and kits can deprive students of this opportunity and make them disengaged learners. In this article, Tejaswini Panchpor, an educator from Dr Vishwanath Karad’s MIT World Peace University, Pune shares a frugal science approach to provide experiential learning to students and stimulate their creativity.

  Posted on Apr 22, 2024 in Biotechnology, Microbiology, Education, Teaching & Undergraduate

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