BIOSPAN2026

National symposium spanning biological sciences.

Three days of keynote lectures, oral presentations, posters, and lightning talks spanning genetics, neurobiology, immunology, and the wider landscape of biological sciences - brought together at IIT Bhilai.

DatesSept 24-26, 2026

VenueIIT Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

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About the symposium

A national gathering at the intersection of biology's fastest-moving fields

BIOSPAN 2026 brings together researchers, clinicians, and students working across genetics, neurobiology, immunology, and the broader biological sciences, for three days of keynote lectures, contributed talks, posters, and cross-disciplinary conversation - hosted by the Department of Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering at IIT Bhilai.

Four tracks

Scientific themes

Genetics & Genomics

Molecular variation, sequencing, and genome-scale biology.

Neurobiology & Ageing

Circuits, cognition, and the biology of neurological disease.

Immunology & Metabolic Disorders

Host defence, endocrinology, and metabolic dysregulation.

Advances in Biological Sciences

Emerging methods and cross-cutting biological questions.

Keynote speakers

Prof. Partha Pratim Majumder

Founding Director
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani

Prof. L.S. Shashidhara

Director
National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru

Prof. Ritu Trivedi

Head, Department of Endocrinology
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow

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What to expect

Symposium highlights

Invited talks

Poster presentations

Lightning talks

Networking

Cultural evening

Patron

Prof. Rajiv Prakash

Director, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai

Organised by

Dept. of Bioscience & Biomedical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai