Dr Srikanth Sadhu and Dr Rajdeep Dalal, Research Scientists received best scientific presentation awards at the Indo-French Workshop on Infectious Diseases, held from 13–15 November 2025 at BRIC-NII, New Delhi. Dr Sadhu presented his work on natural alkaloid as potent antivirals and Dr Dalal talked about the role of gut commensals-derived succinates in colonic inflammation in ulcerative colitis.