b'Case Study A GLOBAL BIOFILM NETWORKConnecting scientists and companies across continentsThe annual international Eurobiofilms conference is an opportunity for scientists, clinicians and industry partners with an interest in biofilm-related problems to exchange novel information on clinical, environmental and basic elements of microbial biofilms. At Eurobiofilms 2019 in Glasgow, NBIC were delighted to meet Dr Karishma S Kaushik and Snehal Kadam, two biofilm researchers from India. Dr Kaushik said, During the conference, we had the opportunity to interact with the Directors of NBIC, and researchers from several of their partner universities. NBICs holisticSnehal Kadam and Dr Karishma Kaushik at Eurobiofilms 2019 in vision for biofilm research, collaborative approach,Glasgow.with industry partnerships in particular, as well as commitment to foster future scientific leaders, wasThe Development and Testing of 3D Printed Biofilm both insightful and inspiring! Bioreactors for Biotransformation Reaction and Returning from the meeting Kaushik and KadamDenture Biofilms, creating many opportunities for attempted to connect with biofilm researchers incollaborations. India via Twitter and email, and the response fromThe symposium series blossomed into mutual grant the community was tremendous. As a result, theyapplications and plans for a series of collaborative established the India Biofilms Society (IBS) - a platformsessions with our other international partners, the for biofilm researchers in India with a focus onSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences establishing opportunities for scientific exchange,Engineering and the Singapore National Biofilm identifying gaps and partners for collaborations, andConsortium, to further share capabilities and mentorship for students and doctoral researchers inopportunities. the country. Kadam has now moved to the UK to study for her PhD NBIC and IBS set up a series of three joint onlineat the University of Hull, an NBIC partner institution, symposiums, as a platform for researchers in bothand continues to now be an active part of both NBIC communities to present and discuss their work. Thereand IBS. Despite the global challenges of 2020 and was a large academic and industry audience from both2021, the global network of connected researchers countries, watching diverse talks such as, continues to establish itself, and NBIC is proud to be able to help continue to build the community.Dr Kaushik is a physician- Snehal Kadam is a PhD scientist at Savitribaistudent at the University of Phule Pune University,Hull, focusing on antibiotic India, where she leads anresistance in skin wound independent research groupinfections.that focuses on employing human-relevant approaches to study biofilms.Dr Karishma SSnehal KadamKaushik39'