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From Discovery to Impact: Building Bridges Across Disciplines
What does it take to move an idea beyond the laboratory? The keynote was followed by an interactive discussion with Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale and invited speakers, moderated by Dr Pushkar Sharma and Dr Gopalan Sampathkumar.
The conversation explored how scientific discovery can move beyond the laboratory through stronger connections with industry, start-ups, policy and society.
It reinforced an important question for science: How do we build the partnerships and pathways that turn knowledge into solutions?
#NIIFoundationDaySymposium2026 #BiologyBeyondBoundaries
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🧬 Programme Updated!
NII Foundation Day Symposium 2026: Celebrating Biology Beyond Boundaries
📅 5 October 2026
📍 G.P. Talwar Auditorium, BRIC–NII
⭐ Keynote Address by Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale, Director General, BRIC & Secretary, DBT followed by an interactive discussion, “From Discovery to Impact: Building bridges across disciplines”, with Dr Gokhale and invited speakers, exploring the directions and possibilities of frontier biology.
Featuring scientists from across India:
@iiscbangalore @NCBS_Bangalore @IISERPune @IISER_BERHAMPUR @NIPGRsocial @RGCB_Trivandrum @IIITDelhi @DBT_NCCS_Pune
🔗 Find the updated program here: bit.ly/NIISymposium
🎥 Watch the symposium live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/_Hx-4Znhqfw…
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BRIC–National Institute of Immunology joins the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 Campaign on the theme “Swachhata Mein Sahbhag: Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat.”
Together, we reaffirm our commitment to cleanliness, responsible practices and collective action for a cleaner, healthier India.
#SwachhataHiSeva #SwachhataHiSeva2026 #SHS2026
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Program announced!
Join us for the NII Foundation Day Symposium 2026: Celebrating Biology Beyond Boundaries
📅 5 October 2026
📍 G.P. Talwar Auditorium, BRIC–NII
⭐ Keynote Address: Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale, Director General, BRIC & Secretary, DBT
Followed by an interactive discussion “From Discovery to Impact: Building bridges across disciplines” with Dr Gokhale and invited speakers, exploring the directions and possibilities of frontier biology.
Featuring scientists from across India:
@iiscbangalore @NCBS_Bangalore @IISERPune @IISER_BERHAMPUR @NIPGRsocial @RGCB_Trivandrum @IIITDelhi @DBT_NCCS_Pune
🔗 Find the full program here:
bit.ly/NIISymposium
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Celebrate BRIC-NII’s 40th #FoundationDay with us! 🎊
We are delighted to welcome Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, Chancellor, PHFI Institute of Public Health Sciences, for the Foundation Day Lecture on
“Progress of Immunology: Path from Person to Planet”
Join us as we explore the remarkable journey of immunology and its evolving impact on human health and healthcare.
📅 6 October 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM
📍GP Talwar Auditorium, BRIC-NII, New Delhi
Be part of this milestone as we celebrate 40 years of NII and look ahead to the future of biology and health.
@DBTIndia @BricDbt @DrJitendraSingh @rajesh_gokhale @thePHFI @PHFIIPHS_DU
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The programme for the NII Foundation Day Symposium 2026 is taking shape!
On 5 October, Celebrating Biology Beyond Boundaries will bring together scientists working across genomics, ageing, neuroscience, venomics, biomarker discovery, immunity, cell biology and more.
Meet our speakers and explore the programme.
Many frontiers. One celebration of biology.
📍 BRIC–NII, New Delhi
Registration 🔗forms.gle/LuSEcPeJ4xLUFZDF8
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BRIC–National Institute of Immunology invites you to its Foundation Day Symposium 2026
"Celebrating Biology Beyond Boundaries"
📅 5 October 2026
📍 BRIC–NII, New Delhi
Bringing together researchers from diverse fields to explore new perspectives, emerging frontiers and the many connections that shape modern biology.
Register and join us for a day of science, ideas and meaningful conversations.
Celebrating our 40th Foundation Day. Exploring new frontiers. Looking beyond boundaries.
Registrations: forms.gle/tDXnk8229KRSNCca9
@DBTIndia @BricDbt @DrJitendraSingh @rajesh_gokhale @DBT_NCCS_Pune @RGCB_Trivandrum @IIITDelhi @NCBS_Bangalore @iiscbangalore @IISERPune @IISER_BERHAMPUR
Between presentations and conversations, participants at the HFSP Frontier Workshop are exploring how fossils, AI, robotics and computational science can advance our understanding of evolution.
#HFSP #HFSPFrontierWorkshop #Evolution #AI #sts 🧪
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#InTheNews
DBT/WT India Alliance-supported research by Pushkar Sharma, featured in The Times of India, identifies a key protein essential for malaria parasite multiplication.
Read here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
The best all round cricketer ever Sir Garry 🙏. Even though he had stopped playing, grew up listening to stories of his talent heroics-365 no, 6 sixes in an over. Sobers was every cricketer's hero 🙏
VIDEO | Former India cricketer Farokh Engineer remembers the brilliance of Sir Garfield Sobers after the West Indies legend's demise, having played from the same era against Sobers during the 1960s and early 1970s.
"I don't think any other, certainly not an Indian Test cricketer, has been associated so closely with him because we started around the same time. He was a bit senior to me."
"When I first started playing for the All India Universities against the West Indies, I scored one of my fastest centuries against him. He was the first to come and shake my hand when I got my hundred at Chepauk against Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith, Sobers and Gibbs. But it was Sobers who eventually got me out."
"He and I had a very close relationship."
"He was the best in everything. He could catch better than anyone. He could bowl quick, he could swing the ball better than anyone, and of course, he could bat. I wouldn't say better than everyone, because there have been several great batsmen from the West Indies and around the world, like Rohan Kanhai, Graham Pollock from South Africa, Barry Richards, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar."
"There have been many great batsmen, but certainly none like Gary Sobers and his determination. When he scored that big double century in Melbourne, I was the non-striker for quite a while. All I could say was, "Great shot, Serbi. Keep it up, Serbi."
(Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)
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Rest in peace, Sir Garry. There will never, ever be another like you.
It is with a incredibly heavy heart that I hear the news of the passing of the greatest of them all, Sir Garfield Sobers. For anyone who loves this beautiful game, Sir Garry wasn’t just a cricketer; he was the ultimate standard of what a cricketer could be.
When we talk about all-rounders today, we often look at players who can balance two disciplines. But Sir Garry? He was a master of five. He could bat like a dream, bowl fast-medium with the new ball, switch seamlessly to orthodox left-arm spin, bowl wrist spin, and field like a panther at short leg or in the slips. To watch him walk onto a cricket field, with that loose, rhythmic Caribbean stride, collars turned up, was to watch absolute majesty in motion. He played the game with a sublime joy and a fierce, competitive dignity that defined an entire era.
I remember the sheer awe he inspired whenever India played the West Indies. You couldn't take your eyes off him. Even when he was taking the game away from you, you couldn't help but marvel at the genius of the man. His 365 not out stood as a mountain for decades, and those six sixes in an over became the stuff of folklore. Yet, off the field, he was always an absolute gentleman—warm, incredibly generous with his knowledge, and fiercely proud of the game's finest traditions.
Cricket has lost its brightest jewel today. The stands are a little quieter, and the game is poorer without him. My deepest condolences go out to his family, his friends, and to every cricket lover across the Caribbean and the world who is mourning this incomparable loss.
🏆Congratulations to V. Narry Kim, winner of the 2027 HFSP Nakasone Award!
Her pioneering discoveries revealed new layers of gene regulation through noncanonical RNA tailing, laying the foundation for more durable mRNA therapeutics and vaccines.👉zurl.co/q3GDt
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🧹✨ The Department of Biotechnology (@DBTIndia) successfully observed Swachhata Pakhwada 2026 from 1–15 May across its Headquarters, Autonomous Institutions, and PSUs, reinforcing the spirit of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
From cleanliness drives and tree plantation campaigns to health camps, awareness lectures, waste-to-wealth initiatives, and community outreach activities, the Pakhwada witnessed enthusiastic participation across the DBT ecosystem.
Congratulations to @HydNiab, @NABI_India, and @DBT_IBSD for being recognized as the top-performing institutions for their exemplary contributions.
Read more: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…
#SwachhataPakhwada2026 #SwachhBharat #JanBhagidari #CleanIndia
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@bric_ils @NIPGRsocial @NImmunology @BRIC_CDFD
@DBT_NCCS_Pune @ICGEB @DBT_inStem @DBT_NBRC
@RGCB_Trivandrum @THSTIFaridabad @unescorcb
@BIRAC_2012 @ICGEBNewDelhi
No Heart Cancer? There's a Reason | Science | AAAS science.org/content/blog-pos…
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We were delighted to host a delegation from the University of Luxembourg at the BRIC-National Institute of Immunology on 20 April 2026.
The visit provided an excellent platform to explore opportunities for collaboration, including joint research initiatives, academic exchange, and strengthening international partnerships in frontier areas of science.
@uni_lu @DBTIndia @BricDbt @DrJitendraSingh @rajesh_gokhale @deb030903 @PushkarTweeter
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What if an existing drug could help tackle Alzheimer’s?
Dr Pushkar Sharma's group at BRIC–NII show that Clomipramine, by targeting the enzyme Itch, can reverse cognitive decline in a mouse model, unlocking new therapeutic potential from a familiar molecule.
✍️🔗immunoscope.nii.res.in/news/…
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Congratulations Sourav👍👍
Proud to share that Dr. Sourav Banerjee from BRIC–NBRC received the HFSP Accelerator Grant to study molecular memory in single cells. This international project will use RNA-seq from living neuron and capture “RNA barcodes” encoding “synthetic memory” across scales, opening new directions for therapies targeting metabolic and immune disorders.
@HFSP @DrJitendraSingh @DBTIndia @BricDbt @rajesh_gokhale @DrSagarSengupta
#HFSP #Research #Biotechnology #SingleCell #RNAseq
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Researchers are invited to apply for the @HFSP Research Grants 2027, supported by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization to advance innovative and interdisciplinary research in life sciences.
Through the partnership with the Department of Biotechnology, Indian scientists are encouraged to collaborate globally and explore new frontiers in biological research.
🗓 Letter of Intent Opens: 17 March 2026
⏳ Submission Deadline: 26 March 2026
🔗 Learn more: hfsp.org/funding/hfsp-fundin…
#HFSP #ResearchGrants #LifeSciences #GlobalScience #Biotechnology #ResearchCollaboration
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@HydNiab @BRIC_CDFD @DBT_NCCS_Pune @ICGEB
@DBT_inStem @DBT_NBRC @RGCB_Trivandrum
@THSTIFaridabad @ICGEBNewDelhi @unescorcb
@BIRAC_2012 @ICMRDELHI @IndiaDST @moesgoi
@ICMRDELHI @PrinSciAdvOff @CSIR_IND @CSIR_NIScPR @moesgoi @IndiaDST
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University of Illinois researchers led by chemistry Prof. Zan Luthey-Schulten simulated the entire life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell, tracking every gene, protein, RNA, and reaction at nanoscale resolution. ➡️bit.ly/3Pcxdui












































