Exciting Science Group

Watch an online demo lecture on proteins on 25-October, 11.00-12.00. Features live experiments on
a) what happens upon adding H2O2 to potato juice
b) determining blood groups
c) bacteria that glow under UV,

For students in Class 6-9.

Here is the link:
https://youtube.com/live/k_ziapqkjeY

IISER Pune presents the Skill-enhancement for Under-Represented Groups in Education (SURGE) workshop!

🔬 What: A fully-funded, 7-day intensive Molecular Biology Workshop 🗓️ When: 22-28 December 2024 📍 Where: IISER Pune Campus

👥 Who can apply: • Masters students from marginalized groups (SC, ST, OBC non-creamy layer, EWS, Women) • Studying in institutes located in Category Y and Z cities of India • Currently enrolled in a post graduate course (M.Sc.) or IV-V year of an Integrated Masters Program / BTech in any branch of life-sciences. IV-V year MBBS/BAMS students can also apply.

🌟 Workshop Highlights: • Hands-on experiments for all participants • Cutting-edge techniques in molecular biology • Visits to academic/industrial facilities • Talks by renowned scientists • All expenses covered (travel, accommodation, meals) • Certificate upon successful completion.

🔬 Learn vital skills: • Restriction-based gene cloning • In silico plasmid editing and primer designing • Gene expression quantification (qPCR) • Protein expression check and confirmation.

📅 Key Dates: • Registration opens: 5 September 2024 • Application deadline: 6 October 2024 • Shortlist notification: 20 October 2024

📧 For queries: [email protected] 🔗 Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/322th9yy

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Announcing the 8th Biostatistics: A User's Perspective Course. This course is online, intense and focuses on applying statistics to real-world research problems. Please consider spreading the word. For more details and application:
https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/biostatscourse/application

A piece of cloth containing the killer's DNA has been discovered from a crime scene. You have three suspects. Who did it?

Duration: 3.5 hours
Level: School students (Class IX-XII)

To know more and apply for the workshop:
https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/molbio-young-scientist/current-workshops/basic-whodunnit

To clarify, students will NOT get blood stained cloths from crime-scenes!! They will do a basic restriction digestion followed by gel electrophoresis to discover unique band patterns given by three different genotypes. They will then compare these patterns against DNA extracted from a piece of cloth and digested similarly!! The principle of the experiment is the same as that used by forensic scientists to identify criminals.

Please consider spreading the word!

Last Date for Application: 31-Dec-2023.

Announcing our new basic-level Mol Bio workshop:
Catalase: Breaking the Bad

The Molecular Biology Workshops are back. This year, we have a new workshop for school students: DNA fingerprinting. Also check out our new website!! Please consider spreading the word.

Registrations for the third session of the 'Molecular Biology for Young Scientists' workshop are now open.
These are advanced, intensive, paid, 1-day workshops for B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD students that cover gene expression studies and involve RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis and PCR.

We have been conducting such workshops since 2019 (with a brief pause during the pandemic!!), with very high ratings, and participants coming from all over the country.

This set will have 8 one-day long workshops starting from 01-Nov-2022. The registrations will be open until all seats are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.

For more details, contents and application, please go to the website:
https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/molbio-young-scientist/workshops/mby-gene-regulation.

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We are very excited to announce the latest edition of the workshop: Biostatistics: A User's Perspective, under IISER Pune's Short Term Courses Program. This is a paid course aimed at undergraduates, post-graduates, PhD scholars and professionals in biology.

This is the sixth time the course is being offered and the previous editions have received very positive reviews (4.37 / 5.0). The ratings and comments can be seen on the given website.

This course is entirely from a user's perspective. It does not go into the mathematical details, but focuses on an intuitive understanding of the statistical concepts, data interpretation and design of experiments. Although reasonably generic, this course should be particularly useful for molecular biologists and pharma-related industry professionals.

Mode: Online

Dates: 10-11 and 17-18 December, 2022.

Course website: https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/biostatscourse/home

Last date for application: 30-November, 2022.

Registrations for the Protein Workshops are now open.

The details and the application form can be found here:
https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/molbio-young-scientist/workshops/mby-protein

Biostatistics: A User's Perspective (2022).

A quick glance at the numbers:
292 students
12 hours of teaching
~6 hours of doubt clearance
2 weeks of self-study + online forum discussion
3 Teaching Assistants
1 Instructor

Average course ratings: 4.42 out of 5.00.

Thanks to everyone who took part in this course! Thanks also to all those who helped in spreading the word!

Biostatistics: A User's Perspective (2022).

A quick glance at the numbers:
292 students
14 hours of teaching
~6 hours of doubt clearance
2 weeks of self-study + online forum discussion
3 Teaching Assistants
1 Instructor

Average course ratings: 4.42 out of 5.00.

Thanks to everyone who took part in this course! Thanks also to all those who helped in spreading the word!