Pioneers in Science- Dr. Sangram Bagh
Pioneers in Science- Dr. Sangram Bagh
Guest- Dr. Sangram Bagh, Associate Professor @ Division of Biophysics and Structural Genomics, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Host- Tanaya Roychowdhury, SRF, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
"Pioneers of Science" wherein we bring Indian scientists and allow curious students to have casual conversations with them to help them have a perspective of the life of a scientist.
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00:00 Introduction
01:22 Why did you choose research over other careers?
04:46 Challenges faced during PhD
07:58 What kept you motivated?
09:20 How was life at MIT?
10:55 When did you come across the principles of Synthetic Biology?
18:15 Why it is essential to make bacteria intelligent?
23:17 How to tackle immune response against bacteria?
26:00 How engineered bacteria will be useful for space research?
36:07 What specific changes do you feel should be implemented to push Indian science?
42:38 Campus interview in an academic institution
47:22 Take-home message
52:06 From where students can get exposure to Synthetic Biology?
59:16 Views on colonisation on Mars
1:06:49 Work-life balance advice for graduate student
1:10:45 Summer internship in your lab
1:13:27 Doing postdoc in a synthetic biology lab?