The TNQ Distinguished Lectures

Bonnie Bassler talks about the on the power of bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=UVZqLY… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #bonniebassler #lifesciences

Bonnie Bassler on the twists and turns of her career path. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=UVZqLY… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #bonniebassler #lifesciences

Research Highlights for the fourth finalist of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The article highlights the work of Simran Rawal, PhD student at TIFR Hyderabad. Article by Christeen Paulson. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.org/research-highl… #tnqinspiringscienceawards #inspiringscienceawards2026 #lifesciences

Announcing a brand-new podcast series — Inspiring Science! Tune in to our first episode featuring @saha_shirsha the winner of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards-2025, who shares her career experience, highlighting the significance of motivation, perseverance and mentoship. Joining her in conversation is @rohinimd25. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.org/podcast.html #tnqinspiringscienceawards #research #lifescience #phdlife

Presenting Research Highlights for the winning entry of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The third article highlights the work of the winner Aanchal Panchal, formerly a PhD student of IISER Mohali. Link - tnqinspiringscienceawards.org/research-highl… #tnqinspiringscience #lifesciences #scientificresearch

The TNQ Foundation honoured the Inspiring Science Awards finalists, winner and mentors after the TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences. Professor Bonnie Bassler presented the awards. #tnqinspiringscienceawards #lifesciences #scientificresearch

Presenting Research Highlights of the award-winning papers of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The second article highlights the work of finalist Vineeth Vengayil, formerly, PhD student of inStem. Read here: tnqinspiringscienceawards.org/research-highl… ✍🏽 - Shweta Yogi #tnqinspiringscienceawards #scientificresearch #lifesciences

It was a full house at all three venues of the fourteenth TNQ Distinguished Lectures in Life Sciences by Professor Bonnie Bassler. A wonderful presentation, followed by engaging discussions with students and researchers, will be remembered for the curiosity it sparked and the conversations it inspired. If you haven't watched the lecture video, here it is: youtu.be/DfxfiAWPLMY?si… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #scientificresearch #lifesciences

We are happy to share that Professor Bonnie Bassler’s Lecture on A Chemical Language that enables Communication between Diverse Organisms is now live on our website. Professor Bassler, a Wolf Prize and Canada Gairdner Award laureate, was the featured speaker of the fourteenth TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences. She delivered her Lectures in New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai in February 2026. Watch the lecture here: youtu.be/DfxfiAWPLMY?si… #tnqdistinguishedlectures #quorumsensing #bacteria #microorganisms #teachingbiology

Presenting Research Highlights of the award-winning papers of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. The first article highlights the work of finalist Shubham Mehatre, PhD of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. Read here: lnkd.in/gWMHeJeq ✍🏽 by Shweta Yogi #tnqinspiringscienceawards #research #scientificresearch

This year, we honoured two scientists with the TNQ Inspiring Science Mentor Awards. Watch the Mentors share their thoughts on the Award. Link- tnqinspiringscienceawards.org/mentors.html #tnqinspiringscience #TNQDistinguishedLectures #scientificresearch

We’re proud to announce Aanchal Panchal @panchal969 as a Winner of the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards 2026. Her paper, “Fungus-farming termites can protect their crop by confining weeds with fungistatic soil boluses,” was published in the journal Science.

The TNQ Foundation honours mentors who have contributed four finalists each in the past decade with the TNQ Inspiring Science Mentor Award. @sankarfr1 @Sankar_Lab @ccmb_csir @Chauhanlab_ILS

The eighth finalist is Vivek Hari Sundar Gandhivel @VivekHariSunda1 for his paper “An Oryza-specific histone H4 variant predisposes H4 lysine 5 acetylation to modulate salt stress responses.”

Congratulations! Here's the study by @ghoshgaurab2011 et al. @PrasadLabIISERK 👉 rupress.org/jcb/article/22… Spotlight commentary on the work 👉 rupress.org/jcb/article/22…

The seventh finalist is Shubham Haribhau Mehatre @shubham_mehatre for his paper “A capsular myofibroblastic niche maintains hematopoietic stem cells in the spleen.”

The fourth finalist is @jotingogoi for his paper “A metal ion mediated functional dichotomy encodes plasticity during translation quality control.”

The sixth finalist is Gaurab Ghosh for his paper “Ecdysone regulates phagocytic cell fate of epithelial cells in developing Drosophila eggs.”