Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) work on how the Himalayas continue to grow taller defying erosion, was covered by the Times of India and Brighter Kashmir. June 20, 2018. ...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat and his collaborators from TIFR Mumbai and IISc Bengaluru are trying to decipher the mechanism through which liver secretes fat into the blood. Indian Express reported. June 19, 2018.  ...

Dr. A. A. Natu was conferred the 'Cross of Merit' by the German Government for his contributions to strengthening Indo-German relations. Times of India reported the news. June 12, 2018. ...

Prof. L.S. Shashidhara was elected an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), making him only the third Indian to do so. Times of India and reported the news. May 16, 2018. ...

IISER Pune is organising a 3-week orientation camp for girls from rural Maharashtra studying in Class XI under DST's Vigyan Jyoti scheme. Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported. May 10, 2018. ...

India Science Wire and APNLive reported on a workshop on Research Management that was held at IISER Pune under the aegis of IRMI, an initiative of the Wellcome-DBT India Alliance. May 5, 2018. ...

Dr. Mousomi Bhakta received INSA Young Scientist Medal for 2018. The news was reported by The Times of India. May 3, 2018. ...

Dr. Arun Venkatnathan and his group, in collaboration with researchers from Temple University, USA, are working on ways to make mobile phone batteries safer and preventing their explosion. Sakal Times and Hindustan Times wrote about their findings. April, 2018. ...

Dr. Deepak Barua's work on the relationship between leaf traits and thermotolerance of plants was reported by Research Matters. April 16, 2018. ...

Dr. Anand Krishnan's research on how Egyptian fruit bats navigate was covered by Research Matters. April 3, 2018 ...

Dr. Suhita Nadkarni's career journey and research on neuroscience was profiled by Firstpost as part of their series on Indian Women in Science. March 22, 2018 ...

Dr. Pushkar Sohoni led a Heritage Walk at an old church in Pune. Pune Mirror reported. March 21, 2018. ...

Dr G V Pavan Kumar’s group has experimentally shown for the first time, that Raman and fluorescence components of scattered light behave differently when confined to a plasmonic nano-cavity - a finding that may have applications in several fields. The news was reported by Sakal Times and Indian Exp...

Prof A. A. Natu was nominated by the Chancellor as member of the Academic Council of SP Pune University till August 2022. A Marathi Daily covered the news. January 31, 2018. ...

Dr. Kundan Sengupta and team's work on nuclear protein lamin B2 showed for the first time that it is involved in determination of morphology and function of the nucleolus. The Hindu reported the news. January 29, 2018. ...

Dr Mayurika Lahiri and group have found that a DNA-dependent protein kinase that is involved in DNA repair, plays a role in transformation of normal cells to cancerous cells. The Hindu covered the news. The article was also cited on Science Chronicle (a science blog). January 22, 2018. ...

IISER Pune and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel jointly organised a conference on chemical biology from January 17-19, 2018 to promote collaborations and academic exchange between scientists from the two countries. Sakal Times reported on the meeting. January 20, 2018. ...

IISER Pune plans to initiate an international Ph.D. programme for nationals of countries other than India from the next academic year. Indian Express reported. January 20, 2018. ...

Dr Sudha Rajamani's group researches chemical origins of life on earth. She was part of the NASA-Spaceward Bound Expedition to Ladakh. The Intersection did a podcast on the expedition and interviewed Dr Sudha (see 7:14 onward). Rajya Sabha TV also covered the project in their programme Science Moni...

Prof G. Ambika's research on analysing ECG signals using elements from the mathematical concept of fractals was recently published. Hindustan Times and The Indian Express reported the news. January 7, 2018. ...