Chennai, 31st August 2026: Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI (WSAI) and the Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) at IIT Madras, are organising a National Workshop on systems biology, metabolic engineering and constraint-based modelling.
Titled ‘Metabolic Modelling - From Pathways to Predictions’, the three-day in-person national workshop will offer lectures and hands-on training for students, researchers and faculty from across India to participate
An overview of the workshop is available at tinyurl.com/MWO-WSAI. The deadline to apply for this workshop is 4th September 2026 - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQYrUvkTtqWBtFzG2yKzdtHAL80TcpFsWlP84fzzBtLYrskA/viewform
To be held from 16th to 18th September 2026 at IIT Madras campus, the workshop will combine classroom lectures with hands-on sessions where participants use tools such as ‘COBRApy’ to analyse and interpret metabolic models of single organisms and microbial communities, building a practical understanding of systems biology and metabolic engineering over the three days.
The workshop is convened by Prof. Karthik Raman, Wadhwani School of Data Science & AI, IIT Madras, and Dr. Meiyappan Lakshmanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras.
Sessions will be conducted by faculty, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students from the Centre for Integrative Biology and Systems Medicine (IBSE), WSAI, IIT Madras.
The workshop is open to final-year undergraduate students, postgraduate students, researchers, faculty members and industry professionals with a background in, or interest in, biology and metabolic modelling.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on the strength and relevance of their statement of purpose, along with their educational background and alignment with the workshop's focus.
Interested candidates can also write to events@dsai.iitm.ac.in for queries.
