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January - March 2026 | Vol 17 | Issue 1

BIOCLUES SPEAKS

Home Membership Events Merchandise

Newsletter Editors: Vandana, Hemani sharma, Madhulika Bhagat with inputs from Prash

"One rule is important in science- only courageous people win"

~ Max Planck

Dear Biocluers,

Bioclues is a non-profit virtual organization for, by, and of the Indian Bioinformaticians. The largest bioinformatics society in India, Bioclues, was built on the foundation of connecting people. Bioclues aims to bring together Indian bioinformaticians, foster a strong working mentor-mentee relationship, provide access to bioinformatics resources, organize conferences and workshops besides imparting information about research, training, education, employment, and current events and news from bioinformatics, genomics, and related fields.

Read on to learn more about our latest events and members.

Stay Safe | Be healthy

Events conducted by Bioclues:

The Faculty Development Program was organized by Madhulika Bhagat with Bioclues.org. More details are available here

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/week-long-fdp-on-emerging-trends-in-teaching-research-begins-at-ju/

In ‘Sciversation’ with Prash’ featured an inspiring and insightful discussion with at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftLZd6wSO8E&nbsp

Summer workshop on Integrative Systems Bioinformatics will be held from March 30 for two weeks. This workshop offers comprehensive insights into multiomics data analysis, with applications spanning human health and agriculture. Participants will gain hands-on experience in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis using Galaxy and R, enabling them to build practical and in-demand skills. The talks are held from 5-7 pm daily.

OUR PAST EVENTS

WEBINAR SERIES

BioClues, in collaboration with The Genetists–Clinicians Consortium of India (GCCI) and Aabir Bio-Services Foundation, has successfully organized a series of insightful webinars that focused on a variety of aspects of genetic counseling and computational biology.

Dr. Manjari K. from BRIC-CDFD was featured in Episode 33, held on January 17, 2026, where she presented a talk on the topic "The Next Billion Molecules: Precision Counseling".

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The next session, Episode 34, was held on February 16, 2026, wherein Dr. Emili Banerjee Bhattacharjee from Unipath Specialty Laboratories was featured and presented a talk on the topic "Idiopathic Infertility - Genetic Counseling Can Find the Answer".

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The recent episode (Episode 35), which was held on March 16, 2026, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM IST, featured Prof. Prabudh Goel from AIIMS where he delivered a talk on the topic "Cutting Code: A Surgeon’s Journey into Computational Biology".

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These webinars have been instrumental in providing valuable perspectives and knowledge sharing in the field of translational research and clinical genetics.

PANEL DISCUSSION

On the occasion of International Women's Day, we hosted an engaging panel discussion titled “Women in Biology: Forays in Science”, featuring esteemed panelists Amita Sharma, Harshita Bhargava, Madhulika Bhagat, Bijaya Haobam, and Madhavi Puppala. The session highlighted the journeys, challenges, and achievements of women in diverse scientific domains. The discussion provided valuable insights into career development, interdisciplinary research, skill building, and the importance of resilience and mentorship in shaping successful scientific careers.

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Journal Clubs

1. Navneet Dubey

Date - 16 January 2026

Title - Understanding Stem Cells: A Focus on Adipose-derived Stem Cells Therapy in Diabetes- induced Knee Osteoarthritis

2. Pragati Gupta

Date - 12 February 2026

Title - A Systems-Level Dissection of Western Himalayan Medicinal Plants for Modulating Ageing Hallmarks: Network Pharmacology to In Vitro Validation

3. Suryanarayanan S

Date – 27 February 2026

Title - Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!)

4. Yashita Jain

Date – 06 March 2026

Title - Metagenomic Profiling of Oral Microbiome Alterations Associated with Smokeless Tobacco Exposure

5. Devansh Pandey

Date – 20 March 2026

Title - Decoding Adaptation in Passer domesticus Through Evolutionary Genomics

Journal Clubs and In ‘Sci’versation with Prash (Perpetual)

Please visit our LinkedIn for updates.

Upcoming Events

Integrated Systems Bioinformatics workshop. Register here: https://forms.gle/hLS9Lihjy6seL3Zh6

Bioinformatics for School children (BIXS) starts April 17,2016

Bioinformatics for School Children (BIXS) is a flagship program of Bioclues (https://bioclues.org/bixs/) where school children are given an introduction to bioinformatics. Our 11th cohort of bioinformatics for school children program starts from April 17th,2026. We welcome the participants from different parts of the world.

Mark your calendars for two major upcoming events

SANBIX2026 – The South Asian Network on Bioinformatics will host its 2026 edition. Stay tuned for more details and program highlights (https://bioclues.org/events/)

INBIX2026– The India Bioinformatics Conference will be held at Ahmedabad University, India, from October 1-3, 2026. This flagship event brings together leading researchers, students, and professionals to explore cutting-edge developments in bioinformatics and computational biology.

Introducing IN-KIND Life Memberships

Dear Members,

Bioclues as a non-profit organization would like to introduce 100 "in-kind" Life Members (LM) of our society and accorded from all States and Union Territories of India. In the next one month, we want to have 100 "in-kind" LMs who are needy, facing financial problems, but loves doing bioinformatics, and are eager to join this society. If you have any student who is deprived of taking services at the expense of not being able to pay the membership fee, please let us know! The members would be given a full fee waiver for Life Membership. We anticipate that these less-privileged members will bring one paid LM each in due course.

Contact our secretary to express your interest sugu...@bioclues.org

Check out the Benefits enjoyed by a Life Member!