IISER Pune and Prashanti Cancer Care Mission are part of the Centre for Translational Cancer Research which would be sequencing the genomes of 1,200 individuals from four Maharashtrian communities in an effort to document the genetic diversity in Indian populations. Indian Express reported. October...

Dr. Nixon Abraham and his team found that by accurately measuring the ability to smell, one could detect an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. The research was published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine. Pune Mirror, The Print, EET India reported. October 17, 2020 ...

Fourteen BS-MS students of IISER Pune have developed a diagnostic kit for malaria as a part of their entry in the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) contest which is held in the USA every year. eSakal Pune, Sakal, and Pune Mirror reported their achievements. October 10, 2020 ...

Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was a part of the team involved in the discovery of an unusual family of bony fish found in Western Ghats. Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Times of India I, II, The Tribune reported. October 4, 2020. ...

Science Activity Centre at IISER Pune, in association with Maharashtra State Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT) Pune, has initiated a series of online workshops in Marathi for school teachers. The series inauguration was covered by Maharashtra Times, Sakal, Times of India. October ...

Science Activity Centre is collaborating with IIT Gandhinagar and the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) to bring forth 30-30 STEM, a series of thirty online workshops for school students and teachers on experiential learning of science. India Education Diary, Indian Express, Campus Varta rep...

Work done by Prof Sutirth Dey during his PhD at JNCASR with Dr. Amitabh Joshi's group was featured in the book Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology by Laurence Mueller that traces the history of evolutionary ecology in its 65 chapters. Udaipur Kiran and India Education Diary reported th...

IISER Pune was ranked among the top Indian institutes by the Times Higher Education world university rankings. Mint, Money Control reported. September 4, 2020. ...

Dr. Umakant Rapol and team have joined hands with counterparts in Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune to build India's first two optical atomic clocks. The Wire reported. September 1, 2020. ...

Dr. Nagaraj Balasubramanian and his team's recently published work on the protein fibulin, which interacts with EGFR cellular receptors in cancer cells, was reported by Sakal. August 25, 2020. ...

Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay's career story was published by SheThePeople, an online magazine that highlights the achievements of women in various fields. August 25, 2020. ...

Dr. Aurnab Ghose and team from IISER Pune, with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), SP Pune University (SPPU) and other partners, undertook an epidemiological and serological survey for COVID-19 in selected high-incidence areas of Pune city. Findings of the survey were reported extensively by local a...

The COVID-19 Testing Centre at IISER Pune received financial support from ICICI Lombard's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Funds to augment its testing capacity. India Education Diary, India CSR, Times of India reported. August 18, 2020. ...

IISER Pune signed an MoU with Accurate Gauging & Instruments Pvt. Ltd. for technology transfer for regulatory approvals and production of the low-cost ICU ventilator developed earlier by Dr. Sunil Nair, Dr. Umakant Rapol and team. Indian Express reported. August 7, 2020. ...

Times of India, Hindustan Times, Sakal, and Industry Global News reported plans for a second serolgical survey of COVID-19 in Pune city's health workers and general population, which is to be initiated by B. J. Medical College, Pune Municipal Corporation, SP Pune University and IISER Pune, and othe...

Prof. Sutirth Dey and team's research on evolution of dispersal patterns of fruit fly populations and factors affecting it was recently published in the prestigious journal Evolution. The Hindu and Indian Express published a report on the findings. August 3, 2020. ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IISER Pune decided to move its classes online till December 2020, with various measures taken for inclusive learning - including providing dongles with data plan to students who lack access. Pune Mirror reported. The institute also initiated the process to grad...

Dr. Apurva Barve, Coordinator of the Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME) at IISER Pune, was invited to give a webinar on Alternative Careers in Life Sciences by JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore. Mysore Star reported. July 26, 2020. ...

MANAV Human Atlas Initiative, a project jointly undertaken by IISER Pune, NCCS and Persistent Systems, conducted a 3-day online workshop on Science in Action in collaboration with DAV College and Panjab University. Times of India reported. July 14, 2020. ...

The Solar Water Bottle Distillation set up developed by the Science Activity Centre was published by Times of India in their Newspapers in Education (NIE) edition. July 9, 2020. ...