Scientific Events
Workshops
2025
3 Days Workshop: Hands-on Workshop on Basic Animal Experimental Techniques & Advanced Animal Surgical Skills
ACBR successfully organised three-day Hands-on Workshops on Animal Handling and Experimental Techniques from 4th to 6th December 2025, aimed at strengthening practical competencies, ethical awareness, and experimental rigour in preclinical biomedical research. The workshop brought together research scholars, faculty members, and early-career scientists for an immersive learning experience.
The workshop commenced with a welcome address by Prof. Sunit K. Singh, Director, ACBR, and Organising Chairperson, who warmly welcomed all the resource persons and participants. He emphasised the importance of hands-on training, ethical responsibility, and interdisciplinary research, and inspired young researchers to pursue translational science with rigour and integrity.
On Day 1, the inaugural session was graced by Prof. K. Ratnabali, Dean, Academic Affairs, University of Delhi who highlighted the role of structured training in strengthening academic excellence. This was followed by an expert lecture by Dr. Surender Singh (National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi), who delivered a comprehensive talk on ethics, regulatory frameworks, and best practices in laboratory animal research, with special emphasis on the principles of the 3Rs. Advanced sessions on neurosurgical techniques, including stereotaxic surgery and EEG electrode placement, etc. were also conducted. Dr. Aparna Dixit served as the Organizing Secretary for Day 1.
On Day 2 focused on cardiovascular research in rodent models. This workshop was sponsored by the ANRF under a funded CRG project (CRG/2023/007380) to Dr Sanjay Kumar Dey, who served as the Organising Secretary for the workshop. Prof. Harmeet Singh Rehan (Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi) delivered an insightful lecture on the fundamentals of cardiovascular physiology, disease modeling, and experimental design. This was followed by hands-on training in non-invasive and telemetric blood pressure measurements, electrocardiography (ECG), SpO2, among others. Several faculty members, scientists, veterinary doctors, postdoctoral fellows, PhD scholars, and other research scholars from various medical and non-medical colleges/institutions actively participated in the workshop.
On Day 3, Dr. Dinesh Tripathi (Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, ILBS) conducted sessions on the basics of vascular cannulation, explaining core principles, common pitfalls, and best practices. He also performed live demonstrations of cannulation techniques, providing participants with practical exposure to arterial and femoral cannulation under expert guidance. Dr. Prem Prakash served as the Organizing Secretary for Day 3, ensuring the smooth execution of the day's academic and hands-on activities.
Overall, the workshop provided a comprehensive platform that effectively bridged ethical frameworks with advanced experimental methodologies. The interactive lectures, expert demonstrations, and supervised hands-on sessions significantly enhanced participants'technical competence and confidence, reaffirming ACBR's commitment to excellence in ethical and translational biomedical research.
3 Days Workshop: Winter School on Omics Data Integration (19-22 November 2025)
The Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR) successfully organized a Winter School on "Project-centric Omics Data Integration: from raw data (NGS, lipid-, metabol- and proteomics) to insights" during 19 th to 22 nd November 2025 at ACBR, University of Delhi (North Campus).
The program was conducted under the Chairmanship of Prof. Sunit K. Singh, Director, ACBR, with Dr. Sanjay K. Dey, ACBR serving as the Organizing Secretary. Dr. Rintu Kutum, Faculty Fellow (Computer Science), Ashoka University, delivered expert sessions as the Resource Person. Mr Manish Kumar coordinated the sessions to run the Winter School smoothly.
The Winter School offered hands-on training in Linux, R, Python, enrichment analysis, and high-performance computing, with a focus on reproducible research practices. The initiative contributed to capacity building among ACBR PhD scholars and postdoctoral fellows, aligning with institutional objectives to promote advanced computational and interdisciplinary research skills. More than 15 postdoctoral fellows and PhD scholars participated in the Winter School and expressed interest in similar schools in the future.
