News - Viron Molecular Medicine Institute

Prof. Bhanu P. Jena to present the first Plenary Keynote Lecture entitled "Development of a New Class of AI-Engineered Porosome Medicines" at the Bio Week Boston on September 24th 2026 being held at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston. Over 5000 attendees from 48 countries will be participating.

MMI President Prof. Bhanu P. Jena is Co-Chair in the World Congress in Nanomedicine being held in New Delhi (September 27 - 30th, 2026) and Chaired by Prof. Roger D. Kornberg, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.

MMI President Prof. Dr. Bhanu P. Jena, and Advisory Board Member, Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Joachim Frank met with leaders of India’s Science and Technology program and presented National Lectures.

MMI President Prof. Bhanu P. Jena presented the Keynote Opening Lecture at the Annual Indian Physiological Society Meetings.

Siddhartha G. Jena, a leading researcher in computational and chromatin biology joins MMI as Assistant Director.

MMI Director Prof. Bhanu P. Jena interviewed together with Sir Richard J. Roberts, on their respective scientific discoveries

MMI Director Prof. Bhanu P. Jena presented the Opening Ceremony and Keynote Lecture entitled: “The Porosome Secretory Nanomachine: Discovery to Therapy”, at the International Drug Discovery Science & Technology (IDDST) Congress in Kyoto, Japan

Porosome & Peptide Therapy: A Biologic Rescue from Alzheimer’s (A New, Safe, & Effective Treatment for AD)

MMI helps launch the "Next Green Revolution" & the scientifically proven “Health Benefits of Tea"

Porosome reconstitution therapy: A biologic rescue from cystic fibrosis (In human lung organoids and in CF mice)

MMI Director Prof. Bhanu P. Jena recognized with the 2024 “Lipid Science Prize”

Study by Prof. Joachim Frank’s group using Cryo-EM, published in the journal ‘Cell' reveals structural intermediates in millisecond resolution on ribosome function