Invited Talks

84. India-US Strategic Dialogue on Biosecurity, UPCM Centre for Health Security, Washington. Sept 20-21, 2016

83. Building the leaders of tomorrow. BRICS Education Conclave. Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi. May 20-21, 2016

82. The Pace and Proliferation of Emerging Biological Technologies: A Critical Appraisal. INSA and US National Academies of Sciences meeting on "Building Regional Capacity to Tackle Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety”, Seychelles May 09-11, 2016

81. Synthetic biology: from fundamental concepts to applications Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing,  Mohali, May 02, 2016 

80. Emergence of Synthetic Proteome Bioinformatica Indica, University of Kerala, Trivandrum Jan 2016

79. Challenges in Synthetic Biology. Indo-US Workshop on “Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety” INSA and US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), New Delhi, Nov 2014

78. Making genes from junk DNA DST-SERB Winter School on Modeling Chemical and Biological Reactivity, IICT and IIIT Hyderabad, Jan 2014

77. Systems and Synthetic Biology - a vision for India DBT BIRAC Innovators meet, Gurgaon, Sept 2013

76. Emerging Synthetic biology trends in India Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,  The Hague, Apr 2013

75. Making therapeutic peptides from the dark matter of genome Bangalore India Bio, Feb 2013

74. Building the momentum of Synthetic Biology in India.  Research and Information System for Developing countries, New Delhi, Jan 2013

73. Make your own genes  Synthetic biology workshop. JNU, New Delhi, Dec 2012

72. Building the foundation of a new biology Bioclues Award, Osmania University, Hyderabad Nov 2012

71. Making a virtual Cyanobacteria cell.   TERI-DBT International Bioenergy Summit New Delhi, Nov 5-6, 2012

70. Building the foundation of a new biology. BIfx virtual conference, March 2012

69. Synthetic biology and biomediated synthesis of organic chemicals IUPAC- National Academies of Sciences, USA,  Speiz Laboratory, Zurich, Feb 2012

68. Discovering novel therapeutic peptides and proteins through synthetic biology  Bangalore Bio 2012, Feb 2012

67. The future in biology will be computation and engineering link   Intel, Bangalore, Feb 2012

66. Emerging trends in Synthetic Biology School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, Jan 2012

65. Computing Biology - from systems analysis to design Keynote talk at Bioinformatica Indica, Jan 2012

64. In search of new laws in biology Protein-Protein Interactions: Workshop on Computational Approaches  NCBS Bangalore, September 2011

63. Building the foundations of a new biology abstract Indo US workshop on Biocomputing, Calicut, Sept. 2011  

62. Building foundations of a new biology IIT Madras,  Chennai, May 2011

61. Applications of Systems Biology Bangalore India Bio, May 2011

60. Emerging Trends in Systems and Synthetic biology. ITC R&D Centre, Bangalore, Feb 2011

59. The untapped clinical potential - from combinatorial genomics to systems medicine  Systems Biology Approach to Systems Drug Discovery and Systems Medicine, NUS, Singapore
Feb 2011 abstract

58. Systems and Synthetic Biology. abstract Conject 2011, Govt. Engineering College, Wayanad, Kerala Jan 2011 

57. What makes a gene? A synthetic biology perspective  Indian Biodiversity Congress, Kerala, Dec 2010 abstract 

56. Synthetic Biology: An emerging science  Persistent Systems Limited, Pune, Dec 2010

55. Applications of Engineering principles in biology  Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gujarat, Nov 2010

54. Emerging Trends in Synthetic Biology (Plenary) Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons ConventionIAP, IUMS, IUBMB, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Academies of Sciences USA , Beijing, China Oct. 2010   pdf 

53. Synthetic Biology – the Kerala Initiative (Organizer) Biodesign India, Trivandrum, Kerala, http://www.biodesignindia.org Oct. 2010  pdf

52. The Sun doesn’t wait for auspicious moment to rise (Popular science talk) Kerala Biotechnology Commission, Trivandrum, June 2010

51. Synthetic Biology in India and Japan European Science Commission meeting on Synthetic Biology, Brussels, March 2010
Meeting report can be downloaded from here 

50. The emerging field of Synthetic Biology: potential and prospects BioAsia, Hyderabad, Feb 2010

49. Systems Biology ‐ an introduction Bioinformatica Indica, Kerala University, Jan 2010

48. Make your own genes Bioinformatica Indica, Kerala University, Jan 2010

47. Systems and Synthetic Biology in the post genomic era (Expert Panel) Indian Science Congress, Trivandrum Jan. 2010

46. In search of organizing principles in biology Frontiers of Interface between Statistics and Sciences CR Rao AIMSCS and Univ. of Hyd, Dec 2009

45. Making genes from junk DNA (Keynote) Cell Biology conference, University of Hyderabad, Dec. 2009

44. Synthetic Biology: Making genes from junk DNA (Keynote)
Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, BHU, Varanasi, Dec. 2009

43. The making of a scientist (Inaugural lecture) Centre for Bioinformatics, Kerala University, Dec 2009

42. Making genes from junk DNA Pathways and Networks Conference, Corfu Island, Greece, May 2009

41. Make your own genes Select Synthetic Biology conference, London, April 2009

40. The RIKEN Synthetic Biology Initiative Synthetic Biology Freiburg, Germany, April 2009

39. The RIKEN Synthetic Biology initiative : make your own genes IPCMB, Delhi University, Feb. 2009

38. Design your own genes GITAM University, Vizag, Feb. 2009

37. Stretching Systems Biology to its limits ‐ finding new laws in Biology GITAM University, Vizag, Feb. 2009

36. Synthetic Biology ‐ an engineering inspired approach Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Dec. 2008

35. Synthetic Biology ‐ computational and experimental projects. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala Dec. 2008

34. Making novel parts, devices and circuits in biology IPCMB, Bose Institute, Kolkata. Dec. 2008

33. An introduction to Systems Biology Metabolic Networks and Drug Designing Conference, BHU, Varanasi, Nov. 2008

32. In search of new laws in Biology Metabolic Networks and Drug Designing 2008, BHU, Varanasi, Nov. 2008

31. Synthetic Biology ‐ an engineering approach to biology
Metabolic Networks and Drug Designing 2008, BHU, Varanasi, Nov. 2008

30. Emergence of Engineering Inspired Biology Bioinformatica Indica, Trivandrum, India, Jan 2008

29. Synthetic biology ‐ an approach towards genome scale engineering Bioconvene 2007, Hyderabad, Dec. 2007

28. Evolutionary design principles of protein interaction networks 19th FAOBMB conference, Seoul, Korea , May 2007

27. Architectural Design of protein‐protein interaction networks
IISc‐RIKEN symposium on Genomics, Bangalore, Mar.2007

26. Synthetic Biology: Engineering perspective of an emerging discipline IIT Bombay, Feb. 2007

25. In search of molecular design principles Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dec.2006

24. The emergence of Engineering Inspired Biology Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Dec. 2006

23. Design Principles of Bio‐molecular Circuitry International Conference of Bioinformatics, New Delhi, Dec. 2006

22. Systems Biology: from molecular wiring to dynamics School of Computing, The National University of Singapore, Singapore, Jul. 2005

21. Informatics Inspired Biology Symposium (Organizer) Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore, Jan 2005

20. Nanosystems biology – a novel tool for biomedicine World Congress on Nephrology, Singapore, Jun. 2005

19. Cellware ‐ a computational systems biology platform Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Singapore, Jan 2005

18. Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (Co‐Organizer)
Singapore, Jan 2005

17. Building computational chassis of a virtual cell HUGO Pacific conference, Singapore, Nov. 2004

16. Mathematical and computational needs of a systems biologist DSAP‐BII joint symposium, Singapore, Oct. 2004

15. Modeling cellular life in‐silico Ist International Bioengineering Conference, Singapore, Sep. 2004

14. The application of Grid technology in Systems Biology HPC Asia, Biogrid workshop, Osaka, Japan, Jul. 2004

13. Building the next generation platform for systems biology Life Sciences Symposium, Singapore, Apr. 2004

12. Systems Biology – the emergence of convergence Novartis, Singapore , Mar. 2004

11. In‐silico model of the yeast cell cycle ‐ concepts, constraints and applications National University of Singapore, Oct. 2003

10. The interface of biology with information technology (session chair) A*STAR‐National Research Council, Canada Workshop, Mar. 2003

9. Systems Biology from fraction to integration Dept. Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Mar. 2003

8. The E‐Cell System: Basic concepts and applications Institute of Mathematics, Singapore, Sept. 2002

7. Biosimulation Training Program (Organizer) Keio University, Japan, Jun. 2002

6. Chicken DT40 ‐ a unique model for DNA repair studies International Symposium on Environmental Health Sciences, JNU, New Delhi , Mar. 2001

5. Sister chromatid exchanges as diagnostic indicators in ovarian cancer patients Department of Radiation Genetics. Kyoto University, Jun. 2000

4. Latest concepts and approaches in Genetic counseling
Continued Medical Education (CME) Workshop, Bangalore , Dec. 1996

3. Gene therapy – triggering the next revolution in medicine?
Continued Medical Education (CME) Workshop, Bangalore, Dec. 1996

2. The role of Human Genetics in predictive counseling 10th Karnataka State Obstetrics & Gynecological Conference. Manipal, Sep. 1996

1. Cytogenetic study of ovarian cancer patients National Conference of the Anatomical Society of India, Surat, India, Feb. 1993

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