We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded ECCMID Förderverein Grant to support participant from KRIBS research faculty member to attend ESCMID Global Conference 2024! The grantee will be participating onsite in Barcelona, Spain. We are excited to present our scientific work at Read more about ECCMID Förderverein Grant-2024 Award[…]

One-day Workshop on Scientific Writing and Poster Preparation jointly organized by Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences (KRIBS), Balkumari, Lalitpur and Kathmandu Center for Genomic and Research Laboratory (KCGRL), Gowrko Lalitpur, in collaboration with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Microbe Notes, focused on enhancing the research capabilities of B. Tech. Biotechnology students. With Read more about Workshop on Scientific Writing and Poster Preparation[…]

Biomedicum Seminar Series-14 Title: How to Approach Sequencing Data in Clinical Diagnosis Presenter: Dr. Sailendra Pradhananga, PhD Bioinformatician Center for Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Medicine Region, Skane, Lund, Sweden Date: 7 September, 2023

Bio-Medicum Seminar Series-13 Title: Deciphering Clinical Utility of the Microbiome Guest Speaker: Dr. Santosh Thapa, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas USA Date: 28 July 2023

Bio-Medicum-Seminar-Series-12 Topic:- “Listening in on Your Neighbors: Eavesdropping Promotes Competitiveness in Polymicrobial Communities” Guest Speaker: Dr. Pratik Koirala Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School

Seminar Title: Biodegradable polymers for various application Date and Time: 25th May 2023 ; 3:00 PM (Time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Prabhat Bhusal, PhD University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand  

Seminar Title: PURIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL STUDY OF PROTEIN COMPLEXES Date and Time: 30 March 2023 1:45 am (Time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Sudeep Karki, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Researcher) Institute of Biotechnology University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

We have successfully organized a three-day Genomic Workshop in collaboration with the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology. The primary aims of this workshop were as follows: Cultivating and maintaining cell/bacterial cultures Extracting DNA samples Conducting PCR experiments Introduction to basic bioinformatics We would like to extend our congratulations to all the participants who joined Read more about Genomic Workshop-2023[…]

  Seminar title: SARS-CoV-2 AND BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY Date and Time: 24th February 2023 1:45 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Lok Bahadur Shrestha, MD, PhD Scholar School of Medicine University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJBs9DhZKMg

  We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded ECCMID Förderverein Grant to support participant from KRIBS to attend ECCMID Conference 2023! The grantee will be participating onsite in Copenhagen, Denmark. We are excited to present our scientific work at ECCMID and are happy to Read more about ECCMID Förderverein Grant-2023 Award[…]

                We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded ECCMID Förderverein Grant to support participant from KRIBS to attend ECCMID Conference 2023! The grantee will be participating onsite in Copenhagen, Denmark. We are excited to present our scientific Read more about ECCMID Förderverein Grant-2023 Award[…]

                        Seminar title: Bioinformatics for Precision Oncology Date and Time: 24th November 2022 10:00 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Raunak Shrestha, PhD Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, San Francisco   Video link        

                          Seminar title: Life history trade-offs-Growth Vs Longevity in House Sparrow(Passer domesticus). Date and Time: 29 September 2022 10:00 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Anuj Ghimire, PhD Zoology North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. Video link    

Seminar title: Leveraging human genetics to understand human diseases. Date and Time: 25 August 2022 10:00 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Yadav Sapkota, PhD Assistant Member St. Jude Faculty Epidemiology and Cancer Control Department.

Seminar title: Overview on Biologics cell line Development and Manufacturing: Automation and Process Analytics Date and Time: 28 July 2022 9:00 am ( time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter : Bijay Raj Khanal Senior scientist and Digital Pioneer AstraZeneca, Frederick, MD, USA

Seminar title: From origin of life on Earth to saving billions of lives during Covid pandemic. (m)RNA takes the stage again Date and Time: 30 June 2022 10:00am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Raghav R. Poudyal Senior Scientist at Pfizer- Biomedicine Design

  American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ACGH Award for Research Support  The ASTMH Committee on Global Health aims to address health issues that unfavorably affect underserved and under-resourced populations, including and in addition to ASTMH’s traditional purview of tropical medicine and hygiene. Global health topic areas focus on globalization’s impact on health, health Read more about American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ACGH Award Recipient from KRIBS[…]

Seminar title: Evolution and diversity of the plant metabolome. 28th April 2022 1 pm (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Pablo D Cardenas Assistant Professor Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The International Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology (ICBB) has been organized in different cities of Nepal since 2016 and has grown to be an event of international resonance. TWAS supported our first edition which was held in Kathmandu from February 5 – 6, 2016. From March 3-6, 2022, KRIBS co-organized the fourth edition of ICBB Read more about KRIBS Co-Organized Its first conference-ICBB 2022[…]

Seminar title: Understanding the role of cell wall in differential growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Date and Time: 24 Feb, 2022 11:30am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Bibek Aryal Postdoctoral Scientist Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden

Adesh Baral, Research Assistant at Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal. Biography: https://icbb.com.np/icbb2022/speakers2022/adesh-baral/ #RIBB10      

We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded 2 ECCMID outreach grants to support participants from KRIBS to attend ECCMID 2022! These grantees will be participating onsite in Lisbon, Portugal. We are excited to present our scientific work at ECCMID and are happy to assist Read more about ECCMID Outreach Grant Awarded to 2 KRIBS scientists[…]

A recent study at KRIBS has identified different genotypes of tick-borne bacteria among febrile patients. Result summary (Unpublished paper, under preparation) Phylogenetic analysis of the partial genome of Orientia tsutsugamushi 47kDa gene (GenBank accession: OL770337-OL770352) showed a close genetic relation with Karp-UK strain (among the 87.5% of the patients), as well with CRF93-Thailand strain (6.25% Read more about Phylogenomic study of tick-borne bacteria in Nepal[…]

Introducing our Invited Speaker (Biomedicine & Translational Research Session) for #ICBB2022, Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. Yogesh Dhungana, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Nepal Biography: https://icbb.com.np/icbb2022/speakers2022/yogesh-dhungana/ AND Anurag Adhikari, Department of Infection and Immunology,  Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Nepal Biography: https://icbb.com.np/icbb2022/speakers2022/anurag-adhikari/

Seminar title: Metabolic reprogramming of pancreatic stromal cells as a therapeutic tool in pancreatic cancer. Date and Time: 28 October, 2021 10am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Anouschka Akerman Post-doctoral Researcher Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Program Kirby Institute Australia

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION Seminar title: E2-specific Memory B cells reveals clonal and transcriptomics signatures associated with the reinfection outcome in Hepatitis C. Date and Time: 30 September, 2021 10am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Money Gupta PhD Scholar Viral Immunology Systems Program University of New South Wales Australia

28 August 2021

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION Seminar title: Investigation of perhexiline as a possible treatment for colorectal cancer Date and Time: 26 August, 2021 10am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Bimala Dhakal PhD Candidate Basil Hetzel Institute The University of Adelaide Australia

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION Seminar title: Characterization of rouge cells in autoimmunity using single cell multi omics Date and Time: 29th July, 2021 10-11am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Thiruni Adikari PhD candidate University of New South Wales Australia

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION   Seminar title: Identifying immune therapeutic targets of cancer Date and Time: 29th April, 2021 10-11am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Yogesh Dhungana Scientist Department of Computational and Systems Biology Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences Balkumari, Lalitpur

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION     Seminar title: Antibody dependent SARS-CoV-2 neutralization and antibody dependent phagocytosis function among COVID-19 patients Date and Time: 1st April, 2021 10-11am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Anurag Adhikari Scientist Department of Infection and Immunology Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences Balkumari, Lalitpur

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Feb 5, 2020 An co-opinion by KRIBS faculty

20-22 December, 2019 In December 2019, a 3-day peripheral mononuclear cell isolation and characterizing workshop were jointly organized by RIBB and KRIBS. The workshop aimed to train young researchers on techniques for PBMC isolation and characterization. Upon the completion of the workshop, the research staffs and students were able to create a standard operating protocol Read more about 3 day PBMC isolation workshop[…]

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14th June, 2018 A researcher (Anurag Adhikari) from KRIBS, in a collaborative visit and scientific information sharing seminar,”RNA Virus: RNA Metabolism Host Response and Pathogenesis” in Germany.

7th April, 2018 American Society for Microbiology – Nepal (ASM Nepal) will be hosting a ‘Scientific Writing and Proposal Development’ workshop on various cities (Dharan, Chitwan, Pokhara, and Kathmandu) of Nepal. The series of the workshop is supported by ‘Young Ambassador Project Fund’ from ASM. Please mark your interest and help us manage the program Read more about Scientific Writing and Proposal Development workshop[…]

3-day Workshop on Research Methodology in Biomedical Sciences organized by: Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Lalitpur. 23, 24 & 25 March, 2018 Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/e8wA7oUiNqljJeyZ2                                  

4th March 2018 A one day workshop on ‘scientific proposal writing and poster preparation’ was organized at Amrit Science Campus on Saturday. The workshop was organized with an aim to to encourage the students of science and technology field to conduct research activities with valid procedures. The workshop was initiated by a group of bachelor Read more about A one-day workshop on scientific proposal writing and poster preparation[…]