“Stem Cell Therapy: applications, obstacles and opportunities” – talk to be delivered at the State Level Seminar on Emerging Operandum in Stem Cell Biology & Nanotechnology – Chennai (December 2007)

 “Molecular divergence of O-linked N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase (OGT) silencing, ER stress and Insulin resistance in L6 skeletal muscle cells” – Indo-French Conference on: RNAi in Genome Control, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad (December 2007)

 “Stem cells, diabetes and regenerative medicine” – Frontier Conclave 2007 – International Conference on Stem Cell, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Frontier Lifeline, Chennai (November 2007)

 “Metabolic Memory and Oxidative Stress – New Insights from Interventional and Epidemiological Studies” talk at the 35th Annual Conference of RSSDI, Kolkatta (November 2007)

 “Molecular understanding of Type 2 diabetes – Triumphs and Trials” talk at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore (November 2007)

 “Exploring novel mechanisms of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes using miRNA and RNAi technologies”- presentation at the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India (September 2007)

 “Multiple diabetes drug targets – A blessing in disguise for Pharma” invited talk given at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Chandigarh (August 2007)

 “Research needs – Chronic Disease Biology & Diabetes”. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) meeting on Chronic Disease Biology, Trivandrum (August 2007)

 “Insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes: New insights in to the molecular mechanisms” Guest Lecture at the Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Central University, Hyderabad (July 2007)

 “Oxidative stress, Metabolic memory and Diabetic retinopathy” at the 16thAnnual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group (IERG), L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad (July 2007)

 “Molecular pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes-Cell and Organellar Insights” at the School of Life Sciences, MDIS, Singapore (July 2007)

 Methods in Calcium homeostasis and Redox signaling at the School of Life Sciences, MDIS, Singapore (June 2007)

 “Pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes – Technology struggles and the Gordian Knot” at the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore (July 2007)

 “Molecular pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes – Tissues, Issues and Microarray applications” at the “Workshop on advanced microarray techniques”, Genotypic Technology, Bangalore (May 2007)

 “Type 2 diabetes – Emerging drug targets and exciting challenges” Talk given at BIOCON, Bangalore (March 2007)

 “Stem cells, diabetes and bioengineering enterprise”, Guest lecture on Tissue Engineering at the Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai (March 2007)

 “Molecular pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes-Cell and Organellar Insights” at the 30th All India Cell Biology Conference (AICBC), Theme: Molecules to Compartments; Corss-talks and Networks. Delhi University, Delhi (February 2007)

 Diabetes – What medicinal plants can offer? at the National Conference on “Recent Trends in Medicinal Plants Research”, University of Madras, Chennai (January 2007)

 “Phytochemicals and fight against diabetes mellitus” at the XXIII Annual conference of the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists, TamilNadu, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai (December 2006

 “Telomere shortening at the cross-road of oxidative stress and atherosclerosis” at the 19 th Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research (ISARCON-2006), University of Madras, Chennai (December 2006)

 “Herbal medicine and diabetes mellitus: Where do we stand now?” at the Natioanal symposium on Current trends in the development of herbal drugs & 27th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists, Trivandrum (November 2006)

 “Screening techniques on herbals for insulin secretagogue and insulin sensitizing actions” at the IABMS (Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists) Workshop on “Basic tools and techniques in herbal drug research”, Trivandrum (November 2006)

 “Changing trends and translational approaches in studying the molecular pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes” at the 9th

A-IMBN (Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network) Conference & 16 MSMBB Scientific Meeting, Theme:From Genomics and Proteomics to Translational Initiatives, held in KualaLumpur, Malaysia (September 2006)

 “Does oxidation/inflammation impose accelerated cellular senescence in adipocytes and modify their secretory profile and function?” – Presentation at the Department of Biotechnlogy (DBT), Govt. of India (August 2006)

 “War against diabetes mellitus: Phytochemicals revisited?” at the AVT Institute of Advanced Research (AVTAR), Coimbatore(July 2006)

 “Proteomics and post-translational modifications-Type 2 diabetes context” at the Indo-Swedish Symposium on Genomics and Proteomics of Diabetes held in Chennai (April 2006)

 “Changing trends in studying the molecular pathogenesis of diabetes” at the National Seminar on Molecular basis of diseases – current perspectives and new frontiers, held at the University of Madras, Chennai (March 2006)

 “Time for a translational approach in diabetes research” at the Seminar on ‘Emerging trends in biomedical sciences and their translational applications’ at the Loyola College, Chennai(March 2006)

 “New insights into the pathogenesis of diabetes and the role of phytochemicals” at the Workshop cum Symposium on “Recent trends in Biochemistry & Biotechnology” at the Annamalai University, Chidambaram (February, 2006)

“Differential regulation of Ca2+ & Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers during induction of insulin resistance by glucosamine in L6 muscle cells”, at the 10th ADNAT convention on: “RNAi & microRNA in development and health”, Center for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad (February 2006)

 "Insulin signaling, diabetes pathogenesis and proteomics aspects” at the National Symposium & Workshop on Genomics,proteomics and computational biology – Today and Tomorrow, in Chennai (February 2006)

 “Antioxidatns & Metabolic/Vascular diseases – Where do we stand now” at the Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Heart Research & International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, held at the Madras Medical Mission, Chennai (January  2006)

 “Oxidative stress and diabetes – New insights for therapeutic intervention” at the 38th Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS), Chennai (December 2005)

 “Diabetes & New Horizons in Drug Development” at the National Conference on “Path to Health – Biotechnology Revolution in India” held at the Anna University, Chennai (November 2005)

 “Clinical Proteomics and diabetes: Expectations and Emerging Opportunities” at the Expert Committee Meeting of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) held in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (November 2005)

 “Herbal medicine, diabetes and oxidative stress as a therapeutic target” at the “International Conference on Drug Development from Medicinal Plants- Issues and Problems” held at CLRI, Chennai (October 2005)

Click here for the PDF of the talk given by Dr.Balasubramanyam