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We congratulate our PI for being selected as an official guest for stay during the current academic year 2024 by the Academic Board of The University of Tours, France.
Welcome to PCT lab Jayashree B! We wish u best wishes to cherish your PhD journey.
Congratulations to our PI for being a Lead Editor of the invited special issue in the journal ‘Frontiers in Plant Science’ published in September, 2023
Congratulations to Ritu Sinha on her selection for the International Immersion Experience (IIE) travel award (5th cycle), sponsored by the Office of Global Engagement at IITM. We are pleased to announce that she will be embarking on a collaborative journey at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tours, France. During her visit from April 2024 to October 2024, Ritu will be working in collaborative research on "Strategies to overcome cryptic biosynthesis of host plant-associated metabolites in endophytes."
Congratulations! Aparajitha Srinivasan and Chitra Srikantan for the grant of patent on “Bioprocess Technique for production of secondary metabolites from plant cells using textile dye effluents”.
Several news articles have been published about our research on camptothecin in prominent publications such as The Economic Times, Telegraph India Epaper, The Hindu, and many others.
Congratulations to Dr. Sarayu M on successfully defending her PhD thesis, titled "Strategies to enhance camptothecinproduction in cell/tissue cultures of Nothapodytes nimmonian."
The Department of Science and Technology has recognized and commended our efforts in the field of camptothecin! They shared our accomplishments in a tweet and tagged The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, The DST Secretary, Dr. Karandikar, The SERB Secretary and Sr. DST Advisor, Dr. Akhilesh Gupta.
We congratulate our PI for receiving CSR Changemaker Award 2023.
We congratulate our PI for being one of IIT Madras' 10 award-winning women professors, recognized for remarkable research achievements.
The Camptothecin technology was presented at “IInvenTiv All IIT R&D research fair”, Congrats to the lab!
We congratulate our PI for receiving “Outstanding Women Researcher ” award as part of Venus International Women Awards 2023.