Meetings and Conferences

2025

• Bioconclave 2025, IISER Pune, 3-4 September 2025, Invited Lecture (Finding Biomarkers by NMR Spectroscopy)

• Joint meeting of the 11th APNMR and 30th NMRS, IISER Pune, 25-29 June 2025, Prof Subramanian 60th Birthday Award Lecture (Role of Conformational Plasticity in Proteins: Functional Implications)

• 4th Indo-Japan Bilateral NMR Meeting, ICGEB, New Delhi, 7-8 March 2025. Invited Speaker (Probing conformational heterogeneity in an RNA recognition motif: implications for fibril formation)

• NMR-based Metabolomics and in vitro Diagnostic Research Workshop, Center for BioMedical Research, Lucknow, 24-28 Feb 2025. Invited Speaker (1. Phase cycling in NMR, 2. Labeled RNA sample preparation and purification for high-resolution structural studies by NMR spectroscopy)

• Drug Discovery 2025: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 24-26 Feb 2025. Invited Speaker (Probing conformational heterogeneity in an RNA recognition motif: implications for fibril formation)

2024

• Poster presentations by two lab members at IFBNS-2024: Indo-French Biomolecular NMR Winter School: Theory and Practice for Integrative Structural Biology held at IIT Guwahati from 14 Dec 2024 - 20 Dec 2024. Zainab Amin won the Best Poster Award at the winter school.

• Poster presentations by four lab members at Biophysics Paschim, IISER Pune, 24 Aug 2024. Nikhil Sunny won the Best Poster Award at the meeting.

• 30th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS), Seoul, Korea, 18-23 Aug 2024. Invited Speaker (Differential Conformational Dynamics in two type-A RNA-Binding Domains Drive the Double-Stranded RNA Recognition and Binding)

• 12th RNA Group Meeting, IIT Guwahati, 22-24 May, 2024. Invited Speaker (Differential Conformational Dynamics in two type-A RNA-Binding Domains Drive the Double-Stranded RNA Recognition and Binding)

• 29th Annual meeting of the National Magnetic Resonance Society, CBMR Lucknow, 2-5 Feb 2024. Invited Speaker (Insights into protein aggregation by conformational dynamics)

• Bioconclave, IISER Pune, 1-3 Feb 2024. Invited Speaker (Insights into protein aggregation by conformational dynamics)

• Emerging Trends in Chemical Characterisation, BARC, Mumbai, 27 Jan 2024. Invited Speaker (Molecular Insights by Solution NMR Spectroscopy)

2023

• FORCE-IICS 2023, Kathmandu, 28 Sept-1 Oct 2023. Invited Speaker (Understanding Protein-RNA Interactions via Conformational Dynamics)

• Refresher Course in Basic Science from 22 August to 4 September 2023 organized by The Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. Invited Speaker (Applications of solution NMR: From Metabolomics to understanding Protein-RNA interactions)

• IISER Mohali, on April 6, 2023. Invited Speaker (Applications of solution NMR: From Metabolomics to understanding Protein-RNA interactions)

• 28th Annual Meeting of the National Magnetic Resonance Society of India, hosted by IISER Berhampur, during Feb 24 – 27, 2023. Invited Speaker (Understanding Protein-RNA Interactions via Conformational Dynamics)

2022

• ICGEB Meeting on “Protein RNA interaction in cellular regulations” from November 22-24, 2022, at ICGEB, New Delhi. Invited Speaker (Understanding RNA-Protein interaction via conformational dynamics)

• Webinar series hosted by Biology Club La Vida of IISER Berhampur on 18th June 2022. Invited Speaker (Inherent conformational plasticity in dsRBDs enables interaction with topologically distinct RNAs

• Training course on “Omics in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice, 2022” conducted by NIRRCH, Mumbai, from 9th May to 3rd June 2022. Invited Speaker (Metabolomics in disease biomarker discovery)

• 44th Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society (Conceptual Advances in Biophysics and its Applications), hosted by ACTREC Mumbai, during March 30-31 and April 1, 2022. Invited Speaker (Inherent conformational plasticity in dsRBDs enables interaction with topologically distinct RNAs)

• Short-term course under AICTE-QIP Scheme (Emerging Techniques and Applications in Biosciences and Bioengineering Research), hosted by IIT Indore via Zoom, during 21-26, March, 2022. Invited Speaker (An overview of NMR spectroscopy and a few applications to biomolecules)

• 27th Annual Meeting of the National Magnetic Resonance Society of India, hosted by IIT Gandhinagar via Zoom, during March 6-9, 2022. Invited Speaker (Conformational plasticity of dsRBDs and their interaction with topologically distinct dsRNAs)

2021

• Webinar on Magnetic Resonance: Theory Instrumentation, and Applications, jointly organized by Magnetic Resonance Society Kerala (MRSK) and Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute for Basic Sciences (SRIBS), Pampady, Kottayam, during 20-23 May, 2021. Invited Speaker (2-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy: Basics and Applications)

• Chemotsav’21 organized by Department of Chemistry, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi on 9th March, 2021. Invited Speaker (NMR-based metabolomics – a versatile tool to understand the effect of stressors on cells, tissues, and organisms)

• National Webinar on Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences (ETFC-2021) organised by the Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, the University of Delhi on 4 and 5 March 2021. Invited Speaker (NMR-based metabolomics – a versatile tool to understand the effect of stressors on cells, tissues, and organisms)

• Indo-Finnish workshop on Tools and Techniques for Analysis of Skin Microbiome and Metabolome” an international online workshop sponsored by SPARC, MHRD, India, scheduled on 4th-5th January 2021 at the Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune). Invited Speaker (NMR-based metabolomics – a versatile tool to understand the effect of stressors on cells, tissues, and organisms)

2020

• 26th National Magnetic Resonance Society Meeting and Conference on NMR – From Molecules to Human Behaviour and Beyond held at Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujrat during February 18-21, 2020. Invited Speaker (Biophysics of RNA-Protein Interactions)

• National Conference on Relationship between Chemical Sciences and Society (RCSS-2020) held at Shivaji College, the University of Delhi during January 16-17, 2020. Invited Speaker (Biophysics of RNA-Protein Interactions)

• 107th Indian Science Congress held at The University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, India, during Jan 3-7, 2020. Invited Speaker (Biophysical Insights into RNA-Protein Interactions

2019

• 5th Anniversary Symposium of Sakura Science Plan held at The University of Tokyo, Japan on Nov 11, 2019. Participated in Panel Discussion

• Japan-Korea Bilateral Symposium on Multi-Scale Structural Life Science and the Advanced Technologies at Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University on March 15, 2019.

• DBT National Symposium on Applied Spectroscopy: Biology and Medical Science at Udai Pratap College, Varanasi, Feb 18-20, 2019. Invited Speaker (Dynamical basis of shape-dependent dsRNA-recognition by dsRNA-binding domains)

• Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and 25th National Magnetic Resonance Society Meeting at Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, during Feb 13-16, 2019. Invited Speaker (Dynamical basis of shape-dependent dsRNA-recognition by dsRNA-binding domains)

• Advanced Omics Technologies & Approaches at Mumbai, India during Jan 17-18, 2019. Invited Speaker (NMR based Metabolic Signatures in Glucotoxic, Lipotoxic, and Glucolipotoxic Stresses in Pancreatic Beta Cells)

2018

• 4th NMR Meets Biology Meeting at Khajuraho, India, during Dec 16-21, 2018. Invited Speaker (Dynamical modes in RNA binding protein allow for shape-dependent RNA recognition)

• 1st Sakura Science Club Alumni Meeting at the Embassy of Japan in India on Oct 5th, 2018. Invited Speaker (SSC program, IISER Pune and RNA-Protein Interactions)

• Refresher Course in Natural Sciences at Department of Botany, SP Pune University during Aug 16th – Sept 5th 2018. Invited Speaker and Resource Person (Applications of NMR in drug-design/discovery)

• Expanding Horizons of NMR at TIFR Mumbai on May 12 2018. Invited Speaker (Understanding the Complexity of Ligand Binding Interactions prevailing in Protein-RNA Complexes)

• Innovations in Frontier Chemistry (IFC2018) at IISER Pune during May 8-9 2018.

• Special lecture at Defense Institute of Advanced Technology at Pune, Maharashtra on Feb 7 2018. Invited Speaker (Applications of NMR in drug-design/discovery)

• Special lecture at Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, SP Pune University at Pune, Maharashtr on Feb 3 2018. Invited Speaker (NMR as a high-throughput screening method in drug-design/discovery)

2017

• Invited as a mentor to attend 7th Ramalingaswami Conclave held at Imphal, Manipur during Aug 29-31, 2017 organized by IBSD, Imphal and DBT India

2016

• ICGEB Course on NMR Spectroscopy: Role of NMR Spectroscopy in Structural Biology, Metabonomics and Drug Discovery at ICGEB, New Delhi, India during 15-26 November 2016. Invited Speaker (Solution-state NMR Methods to Study RNA Motional Modes Critical for Gene Regulation)

• USP Biology Workshop at Hyderabad during February 15-16, 2016. Invited Speaker (Characterization of Therapeutic Peptides by NMR)

2015

• Western Region Structural Biology Meet at IIT Bombay, Powai, India on Aug 01, 2015. Oral Presentation (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome)

• 7th Young Investigator Meeting (YIM 2015) at Gulmarg, J&K, India during March 28-31, 2015. Poster Presentation (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome: New Structures of Known Molecules for Drug Target)

• National Symposium on Biophysics and Golden Jubilee Meeting of Indian Biophysical Society at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi February 14-17, 2015. Oral Presentation (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome: New Structures of Known Molecules for Drug Target)

• Advanced Isotopic Labeling Methods for Integrated Structural Biology (AILM2015) at Grenoble, France during Feb 2 – 5, 2015. Oral Presentation (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome: New Structures of Known Molecules for Drug Target)

2014

• NSASST-2014 at School of Physics, Sri Ramatirth Marathwada University, Nanded, India during March 21 – 22, 2014. Plenary Speaker (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome)

• ISCBC-2014 at the University of Delhi, Delhi, India, during March 1 – 4, 2014. Invited Speaker (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome: New Structures of Known Molecules for Drug Target)

• One Day NMR Symposium” at IIT Bombay, Powai, India on Feb. 11, 2014.

• India-UK Scientific Seminar on “Complementary Approaches in Structural Molecular Biology” at IISER Pune, India during Jan. 27 – 29, 2014. Invited Speaker (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome)

2013

• International Conference on Biomolecular Simulations and Dynamics at IIT Madras, India during Nov. 28 – 30, 2013. Invited Speaker (Visualizing Transient Structures in A-site RNA of the Ribosome)

• International Meeting on Chemical Biology at IISER Pune, India during May 26-28, 2013.

2011

• 52nd Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA during April 10-15, 2011. Poster presentation (Combined NMR and Stopped-Flow Fluorescence Dissection of Flux Through Induced-Fit Versus Conformational Selection in A-site–Antibiotic Adaptive Recognition)

• 55th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting at Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD during March 5-9, 2011. Poster presentation (NMR Dissection of the Detailed Mechanism for Antibiotic Binding to A-site RNA)

• SuperRNA meeting at University of Michigan, MI, USA on Feb 7, 2011. Oral presentation (Long-range Activation of RNA Base Flipping by a Non-canonical U.U Base Pair)

2010

• 51st Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Daytone Beach, FL, USA during Aptil 18-23, 2010. Poster presentation (The Two Zinc-finger Domains Dynamically and Semi-independently Engage Sites on the SL1 RNA)

2009

• 50th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Asilomer, CA, USA during March 29- April 3, 2009. Poster presentation (Visualizing NC mediated SL1 kissing to duplex transition using NMR)

2008

• Special symposium on Advanced MR applications and 14th NMRS meeting held at INMAS, Delhi during January16-19, 2008. Poster Presentations:

  1. Dinesh Kumar, Jeetender Chugh, Shilpy Sharma, Ashutosh Kumar, Jyoti Ranjan Misra, and Ramakrishna V hosur (NMR investigations of structural and dynamic features of SUMO from Drosophila melanogaster) (Awarded Best Poster Prize)

  2. Jeetender Chugh, Dinesh Kumar, Shilpy Sharma, Jyoti Ranjan Misra, and Ramakrishna V hosur (Dynamics perturbations caused by single point mutations in the GED of Dynamin influence its association characteristics)

  3. Jeetender Chugh, Dinesh Kumar, and Ramakrishna V Hosur (Tuning the HNN experiment: Generation of Serine-Threonine Check Points)

  4. Jeetender Chugh, Shilpy Sharma, and Ramakrishna V Hosur (NMR insights into ~5 MDa assembly of GED of Dynamin)

2007

• Workshop on NMR: Principles and Applications held at TIFR, Mumbai from December 3-7, 2007.

• National Symposium on Biophysics: Trends in Biomedical Research, IBS Meeting held at INSA, New Delhi from February 13-15, 2007. Poster presentation (NMR view of the topological preferences and fluctuations in the denatured state of the GTPase Effector Domain of Dynamin)

• Current trends in Solid State NMR Methodology and Practice, 13th NMRS Meeting at NCL, Pune from February 5-8, 2007. Poster presentation (Structural and dynamic heterogeneities in guanidine denatured state of GED: all beta propensities in an all alpha-helical protein)

2006

• TIFR-Weizmann Interaction Meeting at TIFR, Mumbai from Nov 26-Dec 1, 2006.

• Workshop on Biomolecular NMR at TIFR, Mumbai from Jan 16-20, 2006.

2005

• 12th National Magnetic Resonance Society Meeting (National Symposium on Advances in Magnetic Resonance and its Applications) at Gulmarg, J&K and RRL, Jammu from Ocotber 8-11, 2005. Oral presentation (Strucutral Characterization of large Soluble Oligomers of GTPase Effector Domain of Dynamin)

• 46th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference at Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA during April 10-15, 2005. Poster presentation (Structural studies on GTPase Effector Domain of Dynamin)

• International conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems at Shilp Kala Vedika, Hyderabad, India during Jan 16-21, 2005. Poster presentation (GTPase Effector Domain of Dynamin: structure, function, relationships)

2004

• Abstract accepted for poster presentation at 15th ISMAR conference held at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA during Oct 24-28, 2004 (NOT ATTENDED)

• Abstract accepted for poster presentation at 45th ENC during April 18-23, 2004, held at Asilomer Conference Centre, Pacific Grove, CA (NOT ATTENDED)

• National symposium on NMR Drug Design and Bioinformatics organized by NMRS during Feb 17-20, 2004 at SINP, Kolkata. Poster presentation (GTPase Effecter Domain of Dynamin forms stable helical structures) (Awarded Best Poster Prize)

• National symposium on Cellular and Molecular Biophysics organized by IBS during Jan 14-17, 2004 at NIMHANS, Bangalore. Poster presentation (Biophysical studies on GTPase Effecter Domain of Dynamin)

2003

• Solid state NMR workshop during Dec 22-26, 2003 at TIFR, Mumbai