A whopping twenty thousand people registered to participate in the Science Leadership Workshop held last June. The virtual event paved the way for aspiring science leaders across various fields of science to glean insights and avail an internship from a panel of prominent science leaders from India and abroad. Trishala shares a few takeaways from the week-long event.
Timely intervention is critical to curbing the spread of vector-borne diseases like malaria. A team of researchers from Mangaluru, Karnataka, has shown that information technology tools such as their Malaria Control System can be powerful allies in anti-malaria programs. Here is a report on how digitisation helped Mangaluru chalk its success story against malaria.
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Enam Reyaz, a student at the Jamia Hamdard Institute of Molecular Medicine (JH-IMM), recounts her physical and emotional roller-coaster of experience embracing pregnancy and motherhood while pursuing a PhD degree; what helped her challenge the taboos and what more can be done by research institutions to support expectant mothers.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) funding programme is an opportunity for researchers to acquire new skills through international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships' call for proposals is currently open until October 2021. Here, Jaishree Subrahmaniam, who has been awarded a Fellowship in 2020, shares 10 pointers for the application process with Bhawana George.
Posted on in Conservation Biology, Teaching, Personal Experience, Undergraduate
IndiaBioscience brings to you the International Grants Awareness Program (iGAP) which aims to improve the success rate for Indian applications at international funding opportunities - for some of which India even contributes towards. Here we explore the DAAD’s binational doctoral degree or sandwich scholarship.
In this first episode of the podcast series 'In Conversation with a Mentor', we talk to L S Shashidhara from Ashoka University. He specializes in Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolutionary Biology.
Here Shashi talks about his career path starting from college, his trials and tribulations as a mentor, his failures, and how he overcame them.
This is the twelfth “informational interview” in the season on Crafting your Career in science. Here IndiaBioscience chats with Zeba Khatri, a Managing Editor at Cactus Communications. In this conversation, she discusses on her journey as a scientific editor and insights into the field- a professional space where she has donned multiple hats.
Enjoy this talk by Dr. Jane Goodall (Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN messenger of peace) on her research at Gombe, moderated by Dr. Lucilla Spini (Fondazione Circolo Fratelli Rosselli, Firenze, Italy).
Join the Panel Discussion 'Research Assessment: What is DORA?' of day 3 at the Young Investigators' Meeting 2021.
Join the talk 'Academic Communication Beyond Publications' by Shane Rydquist from Cactus Communications at the Young Investigators' Meeting 2021.
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