workshops & CONferences
Organized Workshops
Till now, we have trained 249 participants under the umbrella of #WorkshopFromHome:
3-days Hands-on Workshop on “NGS library preparation (WGS and RNA-seq)” organized by Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. July 12-14, 2022. (Trained 25 students)
4-days Hands-on Online Workshop on "Fundamentals of NGS Analysis & Drug Discovery” organized by Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 26-30 May 2021 (Trained 28 students)
3-days Hands-on Online Workshop on "Understanding the Basics of Computational Biology” organized by Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. Designed for the University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology. 12,13,21 May 2022 (Trained 15 students)
4-days Hands-on Online Workshop on “Fundamentals of NGS analysis & Drug Discovery” organized by the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 21-24 Dec 2021 (Trained 19 students)
7-days Hands-on Online Training Workshop on "R-programming and Molecular Data analysis" organized by the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. Specially designed for the Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences (KSNUAHS), Shivamogga. 13-19 Sep 2021 (Trained 25 students)
4-days Hands-on Online Workshop on "Fundamentals of NGS Analysis & Drug Discovery” organized by the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 25-28 Aug 2021 (Trained 24 students)
3-days 3rd online hands-on workshop on “Introductory Genomic and NGS Analysis” organized by the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 22-24 Apr 2021 (Trained 27 students)
3-days International Metabarcoding and Metagenomics Workshop: co-organized by DAFNAE, University of Padova, Italy, and the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 15-17 December 2020 (Trained 36 students)
3-days 2nd online hands-on workshop on “Introductory Genomic and NGS Analysis” organized by the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 9-11 Nov 2020 (Trained 27 students)
3-days Ist online hands-on workshop on “Introductory Genomic and NGS Analysis” organized by the Bio-IT Centre, IBAB, Bengaluru. 21-23 Sep 2020 (Trained 23 students)
INvited Lectures
Microbial genomics for Beginners. February 12, 2023. Organized by MycoAsia: Journal of Modern Mycology. Organizer: Dr. Belle Damodara Shenoy
62nd Annual International Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI). 21-23 September 2022. Microbiology and Society: Current Trends and Future Prospects Microbes and Society. Organizer: University of Mysore
Bioinformatics for Academicians. 8 June 2022. Organized by Institute Of Science, Nirma University, Ahmedabad (in-person event) Organizer: Nirma University
International Symposium on "Biotechnology: The Road Ahead". 7 January 2022. Co-hosted by the Netaji Subhas University of Technology and Delhi Technological University in collaboration with Biofootprints. Organizer: Dr. Sonika Bhatnagar
AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Computer Genomics Tools for Next Generation Sequencing and Biomedical Data Analysis’. 22- 26 November 2021. Organized by Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Organizer: Dr. P. Shanmughavel
6th International e-Conference INSCR 2021 on “Microbes in Sustainable Development”. 15-18 November. Co-hosted by the University of Delhi, and Phixgen Pvt. Ltd. Organizer: Professor Rup Lal
Online Lecture Series, 4 December 2020. Organized by the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Uttar Banga Krishi ViswaVidyalaya (UBKV), Pundibari, CoochBehar, West Bengal. Organizer: Dr. Kapudeep Karmakar
Application of Next-Generation Data Analysis in Omics, 26 Oct 2020. One day virtual symposium organized by School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Organizer: Dr. Deepak Singla
International Webinar on COVID-19 Pandemic, June 25, 2020. Organized by the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bengaluru, India Organizer: Dr. Abhishek Kumar
16th Training on “Whole Genome and Metagenome Sequencing”, 20-24 January 2020, The University Of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences And Technology (TDU), Bengaluru, India Organizer: Dr. Pavithra N
During Post-Symposium workshop (27-28 Sep) on “Endophytes and their Applications in Agriculture” (24-26 Sep 2019) at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, India; Title: "Computational Basics of High throughput Microbiome Analysis";
Organizer: Dr. N. Nataraja Karaba
An undergraduate-level course “Frontiers in Sensory Ecology” on the topic “Shh.. Bacteria are talking” in University of California, Davis (May 21, 2018) Organizer: Prof. Gabrielle A. Nevitt
Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH), 7 June 2016, Braunschweig, Germany
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Oral presentations
Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI-INSCR) Meeting, (February 3-5, 2021), Virtual Meeting.
West Coast Bacterial Physiologists (December 14-16, 2018) in Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, USA
ASM Microbes 2018: (June 7-11 2018), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Myxo Meeting 2017: 44th International Meeting on the Biology of the Myxobacteria (June 16 – June 19, 2017), Arlington, Virginia, USA
43rd International Meeting on the Biology of the Myxobacteria (May 29 – June 1, 2016), Interlaken, Switzerland
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Poster presentations
Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction (BLAST-XVI) Conference: January 17 - 22, 2021, Virtual Conference
EMBO Practical Course: Bioinformatics & genome analyses: June 16-30, 2019; San Michele all' Adige, Italy.
ASM Microbes 2018: (June 7-11 2018), Atlanta, Georgia, USA PDF
MicroBOOmes: UC Davis Genome Center Halloween Symposium on Microbiomes (October 27, 2017), Davis, California PDF
Gordon Research Conference: Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms (GRC-STIM 2016), California, USA PDF
Amoebiasis-2012: European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Global Symposium on Amoebiasis: Exploring the Biology and the pathogenesis of Entamoeba, [4-7 March 2012], Khajuraho, India PDF
BIOEPOCH-2011, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi-110067
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Attended Conferences and Workshops
EMBO Practical Course: Bioinformatics & genome analyses [16-30 June 2019], Fondazione_Mach, San Michele all' Adige, Italy
West Coast Bacterial Physiologists [December 14-16, 2018], Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, USA
International Conference on Microbiome Research, [19-22 Nov 2018], Pune, India [Organizer: National Centre of Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India]
UC DAVIS Plant Science Symposium, [April 16th, 2018], Davis, CA, USA [Organizer: UC Davis Dept. of Plant Biology]
‘R Programming and statistical graphical design’ workshop, [3-6 Jan 2017] [Organizer: UC Davis Graduate Studies]
EMBO Global Lecture Course on Amoebiasis : Exploring the Biology and the pathogenesis of Entamoeba, [2-3 March 2012], New Delhi, India [Organizer: European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) ]
2nd International Conference on Open Source for Computer-aided Translational Medicine, [22-25 Feb 2012], Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India; Organiser: Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD)
Introduction to Informatics at IMTECH, Chandigarh, India [29-30 September 2011] Organiser: Dr. G. P. S. Raghava, HOD, Bioinformatics Centre