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EMBO Event

Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders

17 – 19 November 2026 | TIFR Mumbai & IIT Bombay

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  • Application Deadline
  • 12 October 2026
  • Selected Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 22 October 2026

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About the Event

If you are ready to develop your skills as a leader of a team or research group, then this course is for you. Your training and experience so far have given you excellent technical and research skills, including careful observation, data collection, hypothesis development, planning, experimentation, and critical thinking.
This 3-day course will build on those skills and teach you how to use those ‘research tools’ to work effectively with your people. The course will also enhance your leadership with practical tools from psychology, social science, human behavioural science, and the business world. You will learn how to lead with empathy to empower your people to get innovative, reproducible research done.

Day 1 & 2 will take place at TIFR Mumbai followed by Day 3 at IIT Bombay.

Trainers

EMBO Lab Leadership trainers come from many different backgrounds, and all have been working directly and extensively with leaders in the life sciences for many years. The training team includes scientists, organisational development experts, human resources professionals, MBA graduates, mathematicians, professional coaches, scientists from industry, and others with significant and relevant experience to supporting leaders in the life sciences to improve their leadership and develop their teams and strategies.

Two trainers deliver the workshops and work to balance their expertise and diversity to ensure that you receive the widest range of expertise, experience and insight possible from your training team.

 
 

Programme

The course is a conversation between you, the other participants, and the trainers, to explore and cultivate your leadership skills. The course relies on your critical thinking, intelligence, and personal experience to work with the tools and models offered to develop your own leadership approach. To facilitate the spirit of discussion and exploration, the trainers deliver the content with contributions from participants captured directly and integrated into the course. The course involves learning about models and tools from psychology, human behavioural science, and business, and a lot of small group work to explore ideas and practice with each other. The emphasis on discussion and interaction also makes the course a great opportunity to network with peers and share the joys and frustrations of being a leader in research.

Additional details about these and other workshops are also available on the EMBO Lab Leadership website.

 

Registration

  • Application Deadline
  • 12 October 2026
  • Selected Participants Will Be Notified By
  • 22 October 2026

 

Selection criteria

A total of 20 participants will be selected to attend each course.

Applicants will be selected by a panel of senior researchers and faculty based on the following criteria:

  • Faculty membership in universities and research institutes (within 7 years of joining) in India

  • Funding record

  • Publication record

Important note:

To secure their place in the course, selected applicants will be asked to:

  • Send a copy of their confirmed travel tickets to Mumbai to the organizers
  • Reserve their accommodation at the local guesthouse by paying the respective fee directly to the host institute


Code of conduct

Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policy

At EMBO, we believe that harassment and discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable in any setting. EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this course and can be found here.

 

Contact

 

 

Venue

Day 1 & 2 | 17 & 18 November 2026

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai

Dr Homi Bhabha Rd, TIFR, Navy Nagar, Colaba

Mumbai, Maharashtra 400005

India

Day 3 | 19 November 2026

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

IIT Area, Powai

Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076

India

Accommodation

Accommodation will be available at the TIFR Mumbai guesthouse from 16-20 November, to be paid for by selected course participants.

Selected participants will have the choice to additionally stay at the IIT Bombay guesthouse from 18-20 November, to be paid for by selected course participants. Please contact the course organizer if you will be splitting your accommodation stay.

Transport

Travel arrangements must be made by the selected participants.