Biology Beyond Boundaries: Mitochondrial Insights, Computational Breakthroughs, and Clinical Transformations: International Conference Hosted by Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India, January 29-31, 2024.

The Department of Biotechnology at Savitribai Phule Pune University organized an International Conference on Biology Beyond Boundaries: Mitochondrial Insights, Computational Breakthroughs, and Clinical Transformations. The symposium provided a highly interactive platform for sharing scientific ideas, cultural enrichment, and collaborations between scientists working across multidisciplinary areas including cell death and mitochondrial biology, computational approaches, and translational research to combat various human diseases. More than 250 delegates including international scientists, junior investigators, and students joined this exciting event. Several sessions were dedicated for junior investigators and graduate students to highlight scientific excellence as well as to gather scientific feedback in advancing their ongoing research. Although promising progress has been made in infectious diseases in India, noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiac, and neurodegenerative diseases are increasing, leading to higher funding in these areas of research. The success of this meeting has provided a platform for future scientific conferences, which will foster collaborations between multidisciplinary areas of biological sciences to prevent and treat various human diseases in India, as well as further showcase the progress in Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology throughout India.