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Your research deserves recognition. 🏅 What if it could also take you to the world’s leading scientific conferences? 🌍🔬 Submit your paper to the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2027 for a chance to earn the top honour, along with a medal, citation and travel fellowship to a global conference of your choice. Aim high. Let your research be recognised. Apply now - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #TNQInspiringScienceAwards #ISA2027 #InspiringScience
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We are happy to announce a Workshop on Spectral Reciprocity Laws with Professor Akshay Venkatesh Winner of the 2018 Fields Medal in Mathematics & Fellow of the Royal Society Dates: December 21–24, 2026 Venue: The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai More details: tnqdistinguishedlectures.org… #TNQDistinguishedLectures #AkshayVenkatesh #Mathematics #SpectralReciprocity #NumberTheory #Chennai
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Dear PhD scholars and postdoctoral researchers: Here’s your chance to win an Apple laptop, a medal and a citation. And if you emerge as the overall winner, you could also receive a travel fellowship to attend an international conference of your choice! 💻 ✈️ Apply now! 🏅 Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or…
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Dr Purvi Gupta from @iiscbangalore was an invited speaker at the HMI Conference on CR Geometry, held 24–26 Aug 2026 at Hamilton Mathematics Institute, Trinity College Dublin. She presented on “A complex-analytic characterization of Lagrangian immersions in ℂⁿ with transverse double points,” with travel support from TNQ Numbers & Shapes. #Mathematics #CRGeometry #Research
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What does the journey of a young scientist look like beyond the research paper? In Episode 2 of Inspiring Science, 2024 TNQ Inspiring Science Awards winner Abhinav Banerjee talks about his research journey, his experiences as a PhD student at IISc, and his transition to a postdoctoral position at Janelia Research Campus. 🎧 Listen here: tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… Applications for the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards-2027 are now open. Apply here: tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #InspiringScience #SciencePodcast #YoungScientists
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Attention, PhD scholars & postdoctoral researchers in India 🇮🇳 Here’s your chance showcase your research and inspire future scientists🔬 Entries are now open for the coveted TNQ Inspiring Science Awards–2027 🎖️ All Finalists get a Medal + Apple laptop + Citation ✈️The winner also gets a travel fellowship to an international conference of their choosing. Entries open until October 31, 2026 🔗 Apply now: tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #InspiringScienceAwards #ResearchIndia #PhDLife #postdoc #LifeSciences
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Submissions for the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards-2027 open tomorrow
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Attention, PhD and postdoctoral researchers in India! 🇮🇳 Entries for the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards-2027 open in just three days! If you are the first author or co-first author of a research paper published between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026, you are eligible to apply. Watch this space for more details—and get ready to showcase your research!
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Congratulations to Professor Bonnie Bassler on being awarded the 2026 Copley Medal by the Royal Society. 🏅 Her pioneering work on bacterial communication and quorum sensing has transformed microbiology and opened new possibilities for combating infectious diseases. Professor Bassler was the speaker of the 2026 TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences delivered in New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai, in February 2026. royalsociety.org/news/2026/0… #BonnieBassler #CopleyMedal #RoyalSociety #TNQDistinguishedLectures #LifeSciences
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Presenting Research Highlights for the eighth finalist of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The article highlights the research by Gaurab Ghosh, former PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, published in Journal of Cell Biology. Article by Debraj Manna. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or…
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Presenting Research Highlights for the seventh finalist of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The article highlights the research by Vivek Hari Sundar Gandhivel, former PhD student at the National Centre for Biological Sciences- TIFR, Bangalore, published in Nature Plants. Article by Ananthapathmanabhan. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #inspiringscience #lifesciences
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Presenting Research Highlights for the sixth finalist of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The article highlights the work of Jotin Gogoi, former PhD student at the CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. Article by Debraj Manna. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #inspiringscience #lifesciences
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Presenting Research Highlights for the fifth finalist of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The article highlights the work of Asgar Ansari, former PhD student at the BRIC-National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Article by Rohini Karandikar. Read here: tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #tnqinspiringscienceawards #lifesciences
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Bonnie Bassler talks about the on the power of bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing. Watch the full video here: piped.video/watch?v=UVZqLY2p… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #bonniebassler #lifesciences
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Bonnie Bassler on the twists and turns of her career path. Watch the full video here: piped.video/watch?v=UVZqLY2p… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #bonniebassler #lifesciences
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Research Highlights for the fourth finalist of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The article highlights the work of Simran Rawal, PhD student at TIFR Hyderabad. Article by Christeen Paulson. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #tnqinspiringscienceawards #inspiringscienceawards2026 #lifesciences
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Announcing a brand-new podcast series — Inspiring Science! Tune in to our first episode featuring @saha_shirsha the winner of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards-2025, who shares her career experience, highlighting the significance of motivation, perseverance and mentoship. Joining her in conversation is @rohinimd25. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.or… #tnqinspiringscienceawards #research #lifescience #phdlife
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