For undergraduates in India, writing to scientists for potential research internships and never receiving a response or acknowledgment is a common experience. Divya writes about the harmful consequences of this and some ways to mitigate the same.
j.mp/2He2J8u
We are very happy to announce "Means to a Beginning", a free eBooklet that collates funding opportunities available for pursuing PhD and postdoctoral research in life sciences (1/n)
Download your free copy here - bit.ly/grantsbooklet_2020
#FundaySunday
Durga Mahor, a PDF at @IISER_BERHAMPUR, a mother, researcher, and art lover has drawn the mitochondria with 3D outliner and mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondria is the powerhouse of cells. This illustration is inspired by the #Warli art form.
#SciART, #Mitochondria
Understanding #bacterial cell wall expansion offers new antibiotic targets🔬
A recent study led by Manjula Reddy at @ccmb_csir@nilanjan_som reveals that fatty acid availability plays a crucial role in regulating peptidoglycan synthesis, shedding light on new avenues for #antibiotic development 💡🦠
Written by @SomdattaKarak
👉 indiabioscience.org/news/202…
We are thrilled to announce Aprotim Mazumdar, @KaushikLab, Meghna Krishnadas, Rohit Naniwadekar & @vvrobin+their teams as the 1st IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants #IOG Awardees. Congratulations, we eagerly await the outreach efforts.
Stay tuned here to hear more from the awardees.
IndiaBioscience is pleased to announce #YIM2021, a life science networking meeting for young investigators and postdocs.#YIM2021 will be completely online and feature panel discussions, mentor talks, breakout sessions & more 📅 17-19 March 2021👉Apply now! indiabioscience.org/meetings…
On this International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we are extremely happy to launch 'Spoorthi': a resource booklet to celebrate Indian women in science. Please download your free copy here - j.mp/2E4GhdR#WomenInScience#WomenInSTEM#WomenInScienceDay
📚🚀Check out our latest publication "Dhvani: A Compilation of Resources for Science Outreach in India." 🇮🇳
🔗Download your free copy here: bit.ly/Dhvani_book
IndiaBioscience is pleased to announce #YIM2022, a networking & mentorship meeting for young investigators & postdocs in life sciences. The online YIM will include mentor talks,panel discussions ++🗓️3-5 May (YIM)& 9-12 May (PDF Satellite Meeting)
Apply now!bit.ly/YIM2022
After being part of IndiaBioscience for over half a decade, Executive Director Smita Jain (@SmitaJainIISc) bids farewell to the organisation this month.
The wait is over! Drumroll, please!!🥁
🌟Awardees🌟 for 3rd IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants #IOG has been declared!! Congratulations, we eagerly await the outreach efforts.
We thank everyone who applied. Keep up your passion for science outreach.
⚡️WE HAVE A NEW LEADER!
We are immensely proud to announce that our new Executive Director is our very own @ShantalaHD, formerly the Associate Director of IndiaBioscience. We look forward to scaling new heights and exploring new ventures under her able leadership.🚀
GIVEAWAY ALERT! 📚 🎉
We're back with a #giveaway to celebrate our love for #IRIWI book! You get to win a hardcopy! 🎉
Rules to enter:
1) Follow us! 🌟
2) 🔄 RT & ❤️ Like this tweet.
3) 🏷️ Tag 2 friends (Make sure they're following us!)
Bonus points:🗣️ Share your special IRWI moment with us! Did it shape your #career or inspire a professional change? We want to know! 👩💼🚀
ALT Hands holding a hard copy of 'I Realised I Wasn't Interested...' book.
The wait is over! Drumroll, please!!🥁
🌟Awardees🌟 for 2nd IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants #IOG have been declared!! Congratulations, we eagerly await your outreach efforts. We thank everyone who applied. Keep up your passion for science outreach.
@DBTIndia @TNQTechnologies
🥁 DRUMROLL 🥁
The 16th Young Investigators' Meeting is coming to central India in March 2024.🌟
And applications for #YIM2024 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh is now officially OPEN!
📅 Save the date: March 11-15, 2024
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/YIM2024
@DurgaMahor1 is a PDF at @IISER_BERHAMPUR. She describes herself as a mother, researcher & art lover.
In this illustrated protein translation, she has made a #ribosome by mandala art, where codons are represented via The #Warli traditional Indian art. @CSIR_IMTECH#FundaySunday
A group of undergraduate students from @iitmadras created The Language Project, which offers free video lectures in biology in 26 different languages. Here is the story of their incredible journey. @iGEM_IITM#scicomm#educationj.mp/2IdZVXq
@gauribinayak is a chemical ecologist who wiretapped plant-insect conversations in her Ph.D. at @IISERPune. She made this cross-section of a Casuarina Equisetifolia stem resembling Mandala art, a tree that carried generations of Onam swings on her college campus.
#FundaySunday
Excited to introduce our newest team member, Arushi Batra! 🎉
@Arushi_Batra28 joins us as the Program Manager for our Digital Initiatives vertical. We can't wait to see her contributions to the IndiaBioscience team! Welcome, Arushi.
#MeetTheTeam#WeareIndiaBioscience
#DEI in science is a journey, not a destination. 🚀
To celebrate the uniqueness of DEI in India's scientific landscape, we present to you this poster by @IndiaBioscience.
Want to display this DEI poster in your lab? 🧪👇
#DEIIndiaScience
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Introducing 'PhD cafe': A virtual seminar series for PhD researchers in India 🎓🧬
We’re thrilled to host ~60 pre-selected PhD researchers (close to graduation) to present their groundbreaking work to experts and the wider community. 🌟
👉 bit.ly/PhDCafe
After a wonderful tenure at IndiaBioscience, @ShantalaHD hands over the baton to Karishma S Kaushik (@_KarishmaK), who is starting as the new Executive Director at IndiaBioscience! 🎉
Science careers are diverse, changing and expanding. So what does the experience of an evolving #career path look like, and how does one build new skills, while leveraging existing ones?
Hint: New #publication from IndiaBioscience 📖
👉 Free Download: buff.ly/43ZghtC
📢 We are thrilled to announce the “4th IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants” to support #young#investigators for #outreach initiatives for broad societal benefits in #lifesciences 🇮🇳
🚀Application start: 15 June 2023
🎯Deadline: 14 July 2023
👉 buff.ly/3ML7X9w
As part of our International Grants Awareness Program (#iGAP), we bring to you curated resources of International #funding opportunities for the Indian life science community.
Do follow this thread for #funding schemes with open calls 🧵 👇
📢#YIM#RYIM alumni📢
Announcing the launch of IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants
#ApplyNow to the 1st cycle on #digital outreach & #SciComm efforts for broad societal benefits in #lifesciences
⏲️Apply by 30 July 2020
💰5 awards of up to INR 1 lakh
🔗bit.ly/1stIOG
🔊The first episode of our new #indiabiospeaks#podcast🎙️series, 'In Conversation with a Mentor,' featuring LS Shashidhara from @AshokaUniv, is releasing on 08/07/2021.
Stay tuned & check out the teaser below -
#LifeSciences
Get insights on tackling interdisciplinary problems by collaboration. Gautam Menon & Sandhya Koushika have described here what drove a theoretical physicist and a neurobiologist to collaborate and what they each gained from it (2018)
bit.ly/2UGMyHx#ThrowBackThursday
Are you a postdoctoral fellow on the verge of an independent research career? We invite you to apply for PDF Meeting 2021, a 4-day virtual networking meet that will allow you to interact directly with institutional representatives from India. More details: indiabioscience.org/meetings…
Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (@VaishAnanth) is an @EMBO Young Investigator and @India_Alliance Intermediate Fellow. In this #JOYI article, she writes about her experience as a DST-INSPIRE faculty fellow, and later Assistant Professor at @iiscbangalore j.mp/2qbLpZt
Introducing 'Create-it!': A science-art competition by IndiaBioscience 🤩
🎨 How to Participate:
Step 1: Create a science-inspired artwork.
Step 2: Share your masterpiece with us & submit your entry.
Step 3: Stay tuned as we announce the winners!
👉 bit.ly/ibscreate-it
🌞 Good morning, conference attendees! 🎉 The big day is here, and our registration desk is ready to welcome you with smiles, badges and much more. Get ready for an inspiring day of learning and networking! 🤝 #npds2023#Networking#LearningTogether
🥁 DRUMROLL 🥁
The 17th Young Investigators' Meeting is coming to north India in March 2025.
🌟 Applications for #YIM2025 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, are now officially OPEN!
📅 Save the date: 3-7 March 2025
👉 Apply now: bit.ly/YIM2025
‘Starting out as a Young Investigator is lonely’, heard this line before?
Well, it does not have to be so. 😁
@IndiaBioscience presents YI 101: A peer guide for early-career faculty in the life sciences in India. 🇮🇳
👉 Download the e-book here: bit.ly/YI101
@IndiaBioscience is delighted to announce the 4th IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants awardees 🎉
Congratulations to all the awardees 🤝
We thank everyone who applied for this grant. Keep up your passion for science outreach 🇮🇳
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What are the benefits & difficulties of doing a #postdoc in India?
What are the funding opportunities available in India for #PDFs?
How is the recruitment for PDFs working in India?
We have a lot of Qs in mind & so do you. Let's discuss them with our guest PDFs at #RadioPDF.
#FundaySunday
This beautiful #embroidery about DNA replication is by @PitkeSharvari who is pursuing an integrated course in Biotechnology at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), @UnivOfPune.
In the fourth article of our JOYI 2022 series, @cbm2577 spoke about the different challenges she faced on her journey as a young investigator, lessons and navigational skills learned.
@CgdBHU, @bhuproindiabioscience.org/columns/…
In our next #JOYI article, @MayuriRege writes about how she teaches her undergraduate students to fail successfully, a necessary skill in the arsenal of any scientist. @DBTIndia@IndiaDSTj.mp/2RXwcqb
Researchers from the @iiscbangalore have built organs on chips to simulate cancer metastasis.
They examined how cancer cells respond under conditions of ageing and diabetes, finding that stress enhanced metastatic potential.
@RamrayB
We are excited to announce our newest resource - a short guide for researchers planning to transition from academia to industry. The eBooklet can be downloaded for free from our website: indiabioscience.org/publicat… (1/3)
🎉IndiaBioscience is thrilled to announce the Regional Young Investigators’ Meeting Grants (RYIM) Awardees for 2023-2024! 🎉
RYIMs will be held in Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir), Pilani (Rajasthan), Pune (Maharashtra), Hyderabad (Telangana), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Kolkata (West Bengal) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) 🤝🇮🇳🤝
#RYIM
#YIM2023, a #networking & #mentorship meeting for young investigators & postdocs in life sciences is coming soon! This time it's IN PERSON!
💥Mentor talks,
💥Panel discussions,
💥Breakout sessions,
💥Networking
🗓️13-17 Feb 2023
Apply now! bit.ly/YIM2023@AhdUniv
#IndiaBiostreams announces a new #webinar for PhDs and Postdocs on #mentalhealth in Indian academia. Join us for a moderated stakeholder dialogue towards making conscious and progressive changes at the individual and systemic levels: bit.ly/ibs-mentalhealth1
🗓️ Sep 11, 2020 | 4PM
Are you a new writer planning to venture into science journalism? Are you excited by science outreach and communication?IndiaBioscience is offering a short internship program to train prospective science writers. More details here - j.mp/2IAoDkY#scicomm
📺We are happy to announce our next webinar on #mentalhealth & Indian academia, this time focusing on early/mid-career faculty. Join us for a moderated dialogue on making conscious & progressive changes at the individual/systemic level.
🗓️ Oct 9 🕓 4PM
indiabioscience.org/meetings…
We are excited to announce the EMBO IndiaBioscience Online Seminars in partnership with @EMBO- to bring #skillbuilding#workshops for the Indian life science community to the digital space. We have an announcement coming tomorrow. Any guesses?
"True leadership is about looking at the larger picture...It is not just working towards the vision but letting the team become a part of the vision" says @DBTIndia secretary @RenuSwarup in this interview about the importance of #leadership in science j.mp/2SmkNP4
As part of our International Grants Awareness Program (#iGAP), we bring curated resources of International funding opportunities for the Indian life science community. @DBTIndia
Follow this thread for #funding schemes with open calls. 👇
If you are an Indian scientist with an exciting research idea related to #COVID19, here are a couple of grants that might help (Deadline 30 March). The first of this is the COVID-19 Research Consortium by @DBTIndia and @BIRAC_2012j.mp/2UJ4ZHX
Congratulations to Manjula Reddy, Chief Scientist @ccmb_csir and YIM 2014 organiser, for being awarded the @InfosysPrize 2019 in Life Sciences for her pioneering work on bacterial cell walls.
#FundaySunday@SumitSen616 is a researcher at #TIFRMumbai. His work, named ‘The Birth Element’, illustrates the role of water in the progress of evolution. The first spark of life happened in water, which led to form the first cell and later on to complex life forms.
#sciart
We are at @iiserbhopal for day 2 of #YIM2024. 🤩
Today, we are also honored to have @kvijayraghavan with us to interact with YIs and PDFs present at the meeting.👥
🚨Calling all science writers!🚨
@IndiaBioscience is back with the *second edition* of our science #writing competition, Write On—2024 ✍️✨
Got a passion for words and #science? This is your chance to shine! 🌟
Stay tuned, more details dropping soon.
👀🔍
Sharing a frame, sharing the spirit with Jane Goodall!
You can watch the insightful lecture by the legendary ethologist here:
bit.ly/StreamIUBS3JaneGoodal…
"Together we can, together we will"
@JaneGoodallInst@IUBS_bio
If you are reading this, then you are on social media. @KaushikLab & @sne_kad discussed here the various ways researchers/science professionals can leverage social media to influence scientific discourse and policy (published in 2019).
#ThrowbackThursdaybit.ly/3r4Nstn
We’re excited to announce the release of our latest collection of 4 biomolecules—F-ATPase, RuBisCo, RAG-1/2, and GFP - now available as interactive flip book versions 🥳 📖
These flip books are designed to serve as fun and educational flash cards, perfect for teaching and learning about these essential biomolecules. We’ve also made PDF versions available for download, so you can have them on hand anytime 😍 🤩
We hope you enjoy exploring these resources as much as we enjoyed creating them!
Team behind these infographics - @Arushi_Batra28 and @AgastyaSingh 😁
👉 buff.ly/46oaVT6
LS Shashidhara, newly elected president of the International Union of Biological Sciences & our board member, discusses the need for scientists to collaborate on a global level to address today's pressing problems @ISC@IISERPune@AshokaUniv@DBTIndiaj.mp/31tlny2
We are excited to introduce our new team member, @rohinimd25 🎉
Rohini joins us as the Associate Director of @IndiaBioscience. We can't wait to see her contributions to the IndiaBioscience team! Welcome, Rohini.
#MeetTheTeam#IndiaBioscience
1/3 Our life scientists’ database is growing🎉
We have about 720+ life scientists, thanks to all the contributors who chose to be a part of this national database.
Click here for more details - indiabioscience.org/projects…@DBTIndia@IndiaDST
Engage | Collaborate | Grow
Our hearty congratulations to Ron Vale, IndiaBioscience board member and professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology @UCSF for receiving the prestigious @GairdnerAwards for his work on kinesin motors! j.mp/2uIXgwE
We begin Day 1 of #YIM2021 with a welcome address by Karishma Kaushik, one of the organisers of the meeting, who encourages the participants to make the most of the networking opportunities at the meeting. /thread
We were at IISER Bhopal! 🏨
Wonderful interactions with PhD researchers and faculty.
At IndiaBioscience, we never miss an opportunity to interface directly with our stakeholders!
👩🔬👨🔬🧪
After productive days of brainstorming sessions at #YIM2024, we all gathered for a lively gala dinner night.🌟
YIs, PDFs, institutional representatives, mentors, speakers, and the IndiaBioscience team came together to dance it off! 🤩
#science#conference
✨Hurray! ✨ We have shortlisted exciting scientific talks from PhD researchers across India!
Scientific sessions: 🔬 PhD Cafe will showcase the incredible experimental biology research being done by close to 50 PhD researchers in India across one week of science and networking!
Do you #teach#biology at undergrad or higher levels? Are you passionate about #HigherEducation in India? Do you explore creative ways to enable #learning?
If you said YES to any, we invite you to write for us. Send your pitch to education@indiabioscience.org.
Registrations are open for #YIM2024 🤩
If you are newly setting up your lab in 🇮🇳 or looking for #mentorship and #networking opportunities to come back to 🇮🇳, this meeting is for you!
📍 Bhopal, MP
📆 March 11-15, 2024
👩💻 Apply before Nov 1, 2023
buff.ly/46j36VU
GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🥳
We're back with a #giveaway to celebrate our love for the ‘YI 101’ book! You get to win a hardcopy!
Rules to enter:
1) Follow us! 😌
2) RT & Like this tweet. 🩷
3) Tag 2 #YIs (Make sure they're following us!) 🔖
Bonus points: Share part of the #book you resonate with most! Did this peer guide help you understand the broader landscape of embarking on independent life science #research in India? We want to know!
We bring to you a 5-day online workshop on 'Writing About Science for Non-Scientific Audiences' in collaboration with @IndiaBioscience starting from 7th Dec 2020. This workshop will help people interested in popular science writing.
@IISERPune#scicomm#online#workshop
#Applications are now open for #YIM2020 (Mahabalipuram, 14-18 Feb 2020). Register soon for a scintillating meeting filled with exciting science as well as discussions on mentorship, lab management, funding, outreach and much more. More details here - indiabioscience.org/meetings…
IndiaBioscience is excited to announce the 5th IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants! 🇮🇳 🤩
🚀Application opened on 14 June 2024
🎯Deadline: 15 July 2024
For more details and eligibility 👇
bit.ly/IOG5_2024@DBTIndia@India_Alliance@NCBS_Bangalore#IOG
#YIM2020 continues with the launch of "Disha: A Career Resource Book for Life Science and Biotechnology Students". Authored by @DrSumanGovil, former senior adviser at @DBTIndia, this book provides comprehensive guidance on navigating the landscape of science careers in India.
📢 We are excited to announce the release of the report on PhD Cafe! 🔬
✨With links to re-watch the sessions, this #PhD cafe report is an overview of the programme with feedback from speakers, mentors and the life science community.
Share your thoughts! 🤩