Preliminary Draft Agenda

BIOSANTEXC Workshop – Wednesday, 22 July 2026

9 am – Welcome and badge collection

Morning session:

• Governance and coordination: Biosantexc / Franco-Indian Campus (FIC)
• Administrative and financial update
• BIOSANTEXC Project status and actions
• Focus on Joint PhDs and Co-teaching modules

Afternoon session:

• Synergies and collaborations with the other campus projects
• Successful project examples
• Organization of upcoming events

6 pm – Social event and dinner

Scientific Session – Thursday, 23 July 2026

“Genomics and transcriptomics of adaptation and selection"

This will encompass

• basic genomics
• single cell transcriptomics
• spatial transcriptomics for all systems

Lab visits

• Genome stability lab: Dr. Nishant KT’s Lab 
• Plant centromere biology: Dr. Ravi Maruthachalam’s Lab 
• Chromatin biology lab: Dr. Nishana’s Lab 
• Genome editing: Dr. N. Sadananda Singh’s Lab 
• Evolution of multicellularity: Dr. Yashraj Chavhan’s Lab