{"id":12630,"date":"2026-10-15T15:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=12630"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:20:31","slug":"microbiolympiad-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/microbiolympiad-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"MicrobiOlympiad 2026\u201327"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MicrobiOlympiad 2026\u201327 is the 25th Silver Jubilee edition of a national-level microbiology competition for undergraduate and postgraduate life-science students across India. 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