One of India's Biggest Evolutionary Movements in Biology

Virtual conference

December 2 to 5, 2020

About Us

Darwin, an International Conference brought to you in the comfort of your portable devices. With the ongoing pandemic, we have decided to go virtual this year!

Darwin 2020 just got bigger and better with established biologists, a panel of experts talking about global research topics, virtual workshops & tours and Research Symposium - a paper presentation competition. Darwin provides an endless drive to encourage innovation and connect bio-enthusiasts from across the globe.

Our Speakers

Prof. George Church

Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Dr. J.J. Hastings

CEO, Analogs LLC

Dr. Jason Kelly

CEO & Co-Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks Inc

Dr. Amy Dickman

Kaplan Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Mr. Joe Davis

Artist-scientist, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Thomas Landrain

Co-Founder & CEO, JOGL Ambassador, iGEM Foundation

Dr. Kate Adamala

Kate Adamala, Co-Founder, Synlife & Coordinator, Build-a-Cell synthetic cell community.

Ms. Anu Acharya

Founder & CEO, mapmygenome

Panel Discussion on Role of Community Biolabs in Promoting Science

Dr. David Sun Kong

Director, Community Biotechnology Initiative, MIT Media Lab

Mr. Salman Promon Khan

CEO, Mechamind

Mr. Otim Geoffrey

Founder & CEO, SynBio Africa

Mr. Beno Juarez

Co-Director, Fab Lab Lima

Panel Discussion on Sustainability and Feasibility of Biomaterials

Ms. Lara Campos

Artist, Designer, Researcher & Maker, Biomateriality

Mr. Craig Trester

Mycologist, MYC.NYC

Dr. Florian Graichen

Scion’s General Manager, Forests to Biobased Products

Ms. Zoe Powell

Material Researcher & Tutor, Materiom

Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava

Executive Director, Godavari Bioefineries

Pre Events

So as to make up for the lack of physical presence, we bring to quite a journey filled with virtual pre-events and contests where scientists and researchers come together with students to facilitate the commendable start of Darwin 2.0.

Panel discussion on Genetic Modifications - Safe or Unsafe?

Ask Me Anything session on Myths and Facts about Food for Immunity Boosts by Dt. Bhavna Sharma

Ask Me Anything session on 7 years until we stop existing by Mr. Sagar Singh

Ask Me Anything on Save a little today to live a better tomorrow by Mr. Subhajit Mukherjee

Ask Me Anything on Biodiversity Conservation and Community Building

Pre-Research Symposium

Collaborators

Synbio Africa

Mechamind

Media Lab Nepal

Community of Biotechnology

PSRC Labs

Hive Biolab

Bio Science Research Initiative

Matera

Nova Planta

Biodesign

African Journal of Biological Sciences

The Biotalk Magazine

Testimonials

Mr. Salman Promon Khan, attendee at Darwin 2019 says that it was amazing to see bio-enthusiasts from different parts of the world come together for the conference. He believes that Darwin can initiate and create a big global movement for the enthusiasts of biology and science.

Mr. Salman Promon KhanCEO, Mechamind and Star Labs BD

Full video

Mr. Erik Zepka, speaker at Darwin 2019 believes that open science needs to be multi-cultural. He says the Darwin conference to be one of the most rewarding, interactive, engaging and met the most interested communities here.

Mr. Erik ZepkaFounding President, Open Science Network