1. Dr. Ruchi Mishra Tiwari was an invited delegate to the 9th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference held in Pune. The conference was organized by the Elsevier Foundation and it facilitated interaction between the interdisciplinary aspects of sustainability, biotechnology, and chemistry for developing better perspectives on the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDG’s). Dr. Ruchi Mishra Tiwari along with Dr. Pooja Singh, Assistant Professor at SCWRM as the lead applicant, received the Elsevier Foundation Funds of $25000 as winners of “Elsevier: Chemistry for Climate Change Challenge”.
2. Dr. Ruchi Mishra Tiwari got selected among 30 out of 167 women in the "2025 India Cohort of the WomenLift Health Leadership Journey”, this programme is offered by a global initiative supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
2024
1. Ms. Dharitree Samal won 1st prize for her poster presentation at "Intra and Inter Cellular Regulatory Systems" conference hosted by University of Hyderabad between 18th -21st November 2024.
2. Dr Ruchi Mishra Tiwari won first prize for the poetry competition held at “Symbiosis Centre for Emotional Wellbeing (SCEW)” on the occasion of “World Mental Health Day” 10th October 2024. The theme was “Mental Health at Work".
3.Applications are invited for Research Associate post (one) at the Symbiosis Centre for Stem Cell Research (SCSCR) Lavale, Pune campus. For more information check out the link given below.
4. Dr. Ruchi Mishra Tiwari, Assistant Professor at SCSCR, was invited as a Keynote Speaker at a five-day workshop/FDP at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela on 23rd August, 2024.
5. Ms. Taif Sultan Humaid AlEissaee from the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, UAE visited SCSCR-SSBS on 23rd and 24th July 2024 as a part of Elective Program for International Students, SIU. Prof Anuradha Vaidya took a session about her research work, sessions were also conducted by Dr Ruchi Mishra Tiwari and Dr Prasad Pethe.
6. Dr. Yvonne Reinwald visited SCSCR for a week in July 2024 to initiate a collaborative research project with Dr. Ruchi Mishra Tiwari under the 'International Partnership Fund' provided by Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK. Dr. Yvonne Reinwald is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering at NTU wherein she leads the 'Smart Material Research Group'.
7. Congratulations to Mr Nikhil Shinde for
his outstanding performances that helped his team win the Symbiosis Staff Sports
Fest 2024 cricket tournament in January 2024. Nikhil was awarded the Man of the
Match and Man of the Series award.
8. Dr Ruchi Mishra Tiwari receiving “Smt. Kusum Sharma
Award– 2023” from the dignitaries of Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences (IABS) on 23rd february 2024
in the ceremony held at All Indian Institute of Medical Science, Patna.
9. Congratulations to Dr Ruchi Mishra Tiwari for
being conferred the “Smt. Kusum Sharma Award– 2023” by the Indian Academy of Biomedical
Sciences (IABS). The award was given in view of her outstanding contribution in the field
of Biomedical Sciences, especially in Basic Translational Research.
2023
1.The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has
sanctioned a project entitled “Identification of pathways involved in the regulation
of CD45 expression in mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: Determination of its role in
aging” for funding of Rs. 49.25 lakhs under the BioCare scheme for a period of 3
years. (PI: Dr. Madhurima Das; Mentor: Dr. Vaijayanti Kale; Nodal Officer:
Dr. Anuradha Vaidya).
2.Congratulations to Dr. Shalmali Pendse for
successfully completing her PhD defence on 23rd November 2023. She worked under the
guidance of Prof. Dr. Anuradha Vaidya at Symbiosis Centre for Stem Cell Research (SCSCR).
3.Congratulations to Dr. Pallavi Budgude for successfully
completing her PhD defence on 7th November 2023. She worked under the guidance of Prof.
Dr. Anuradha Vaidya at Symbiosis Centre for Stem Cell Research (SCSCR).
4.Ms Vishakha Kasherwal (SIU JRF) won the women’s
badminton final held on 28th October 2023 at the INFINITO intra SSBS sport event.
Ms Vishakha Kasherwal (centre) is shown with the 2nd and 3rd place winner of the badminton
held at INFINITO.
5. Ms Dharitree Samal presented a poster entitled
"Histone H2A Deubiquitinase BAP1 is essential for endothelial differentiation from human
pluripotent stem cells" at the 7th ICTR (Indian Society for translational research)
organized by AIIMS New Delhi and KIIT Bhubaneswar from 16th to 18th October 2023 and
her poster won the second prize.
6.Congratulations to Ms Ketki Holkar for successfully
completing her PhD defence in August 2023. She worked under the guidance of Dr Ganesh Ingavle
at Symbiosis Centre for Stem Cell Research (SCSCR).
7. Dr Ganesh Ingavle and Mr Nikhil Shinde, alongwith other
members of SSBS won the prestigious Cricket tournament organized under Symbiosis Sports Fest 2022-2023.
Mr Nikhil Shinde was awarded the man of the match for his brilliant performance in the final.
2022
1. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has also recommended
project proposal entitled “Investigating the role of Polycomb group (PcG) proteins in regulating
Epithelial Mesenchymal transition (EMT) & fibrotic genes in endometrium of women with stage III-IV
endometriosis BT/PR43135/MED/97/609/2021” for funding of Rs. 51.75 lakhs for 3 years. s (PI: Dr.
Prasad Pethe and Co-PI: Dr. Vaijayanti Kale, Dr Anuradha Vaidya, Dr Prasad Bhanap, Dr Sneha Deokar).
2. Ms Shalmali Pendse presented a poster entitled “Extracellular vesicles isolated from CoCl2 treated mesenchymal stromal cells regulate the fate of hematopoietic stem cells in vitro” at the 20th Annual meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) held from 15th -18th June 2022 in San Francisco, USA.
3. Ms Pallavi Budgude presented a poster titled "p38 MAPK signaling suppression in Mesenchymal Stromal Cell induce secretion of Microvesicles and Exosomes that differentially regulate Hematopoietic Stem Cell function" on 17th June 2022 virtually at the 20th Annual meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) held from 15th -18th June 2022 in San Francisco, USA.
4. Congratulations to Dr Vaijayanti Kale for being appointed as a member of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) research committee in the area of “Animal Science and Biotechnology”. The committee is set up to evaluate, assess and recommend the new and on-going projects for their continuation.
5. Congratulations to Ms Pallvi Budgude for being one of the best 100 Popular Science Stories under Ph.D. Category with a prize of ₹10,000/- along with Certificate of Appreciation. Story title “Dawn of the Stem Cells: From Rejuvenation to Regeneration".
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2. Congratulations to Mr Nikhil Shinde for being awarded the Man of the Match in the final match of the “Symbiosis Premier League” held on 28th November 2021 at the Symbiosis Hill Top Cricket ground.
3. Congratulations to Dr Ganesh Ingavle on being Elected as Fellow of the prestigious Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (MASc), Life Sciences discipline
4. Congratulations to Dr Ganesh Ingavle for being appointed as Review Editor of Frontiers in Biomaterials Science
5. Congratulations to Dr Anuradha Vaidya for being appointed as Research Topic “Rejuvenation of Aging Adult Stem Cells to Improve their Regenerative Potential” Editor For Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology
6. Congratulations to Dr Prasad Pethe for being appointed as Research Topic Editor “Polycomb group (PcG) proteins in Development and Disease” For Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology
7. Congratulations for getting recommendation for funding by DBT & SIU
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) sanctioned project proposal entitled “Investigating the osteogenic potential of extracellular vesicles loaded injectable hydrogels” for funding of Rs. 36.50 lakhs for three years. This project will develop injectable hydrogels to investigate the osteogenic potential of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) for bone tissue repair (PI: Dr. Ganesh Ingavle, Co-PI’s: Dr. Vaijayanti Kale and Dr. Prasad Pethe).
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) sanctioned proposal entitled “Investigating the role of histone deubiquitinases in human pluripotent stem cell differentiation” for funding of Rs. 33.32 lakhs for a period of 2 years. Results of this study will help us understand the role of histone deubiquitinases during lineage specification in human ES cells (PI: Dr. Prasad Pethe and Co-PI: Dr. Vaijayanti Kale)
Neuronal regeneration using extra cellular vesicles isolated from murine bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells: An in vitro study using cell model. Funded by Symbiosis International University (2020-2022, 10 lakhs)PI – Dr. Anuradha Vaidya.
2020
Congratulations to Dr. Vaijayanti Kale for being invited as a Member of the Expert Group constituted by CSIR, GOI by CSIR, Govt of India
