Biological Timekeeping 33rd Biennial Meeting • 2026

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International conference on Biological timekeeping across the tree of life From ecology to human health

In conjunction with 33rd Biennial Meeting of Indian Society for Chronobiology

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19–21 December 2026

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Main Themes

Topics covered across the three-day conference

01

Circadian rhythms, sleep, behavior

02

Circadian clock, mechanisms, circuitry

03

Seasonal biological rhythms

04

Sleep, neurodegeneration and mental health

05

Clock, physiology, infection and immunity

06

Clock, metabolism and evolution

07

Circadian omics - Transcriptomes and Metabolomes

Campus Preview

A quick look at where the conference will be held

Venue

School of Biology

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM)

Organizing Committee

Convener and committee members

Nisha N Kannan

Nisha N Kannan

IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India

(Convener)

Sheeba Vasu

Sheeba Vasu

JNCASR, Bengaluru, India

Sandipan Ray

Sandipan Ray

IIT Hyderabad, India

Jishy Varghese

Jishy Varghese

IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India

Aakansha Sharma

Aakansha Sharma

University of Lucknow, India

Sougata Roy

Sougata Roy

Ashoka University, Delhi, India

Speakers

26 invited speakers from India and around the world

Gad Asher

Gad Asher

Weizmann Institute of Science

Israel

Shobhan Gaddameedhi

Shobhan Gaddameedhi

North Carolina State University

USA

Pingkalai Senthilan

Pingkalai Senthilan

University of Würzburg

Germany

Priyam Narain

Priyam Narain

NYU Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Kiran Padmanabhan

Kiran Padmanabhan

Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, ENS Lyon

France

Abhishek Chatterjee

Abhishek Chatterjee

INRAE

France

Ullas Kolthur

Ullas Kolthur

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Hyderabad, Telangana

Sandipan Ray

Sandipan Ray

Indian Institute of Technology

Hyderabad, Telangana

Sougata Roy

Sougata Roy

Ashoka University

Sonepat, Haryana

Shaon Chakrabarti

Shaon Chakrabarti

National Centre for Biological Sciences

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Ashok Sekhar

Ashok Sekhar

Indian Institute of Science

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Amrutha Swaminathan

Amrutha Swaminathan

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Swami Subramaniam

Swami Subramaniam

Ignite Life Science Foundation

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Muniyandi Singaravel

Muniyandi Singaravel

Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh

Amit K Trivedi

Amit K Trivedi

Mizoram University

Mizoram

MS

Meenakshi Sinha

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Arti Parganiha

Arti Parganiha

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University

Chhattisgarh

Pavan Kumar Agrawal

Pavan Kumar Agrawal

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka

Anita Jagota

Anita Jagota

University of Hyderabad

Telangana

Kamalesh Gulia

Kamalesh Gulia

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

Kerala

Asamanja Chattoraj

Asamanja Chattoraj

Kazi Nazrul University

West Bengal

Gaurav Majumdar

Gaurav Majumdar

University of Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh

Ratnasekhar CH

Ratnasekhar CH

CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Shahnaz Rahman Lone

Shahnaz Rahman Lone

GITAM University

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Akash Gulyani

Akash Gulyani

University of Hyderabad

Telangana

Ashutosh Srivastava

Ashutosh Srivastava

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Gujarat

Campus Gallery

A look around the IISER Thiruvananthapuram campus

Aerial view of IISER Thiruvananthapuram campus
IISER Thiruvananthapuram campus in the mist
IISER Thiruvananthapuram campus view
IISER Thiruvananthapuram campus building