Special address by:
Prof. Sudhanshu Vrati, Executive Director, RCB
9.50 am
Introduction by students
10.15 am
Research seminar:
Nitin Gupta (IIT Kanpur)
How do differently wired brains respond similarly to a smell?
11.00 am
Tea break
11.15 am
Research seminar:
Sukant Khurana (IGIB Delhi)
How to use computational approaches to find new biomarkers and repurposing drug candidates for neurodegeneration and epilepsy?
12.10 pm
Research seminar:
Surajit Sarkar (Delhi University)
Novel strategies to mitigate poly(Q) mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila
1.00 pm
Lunch and Discussion with the PIs
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm
Presentation by Leica
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Presentation by Dr. Divya Tiwari
Wellcome DBT India Alliance
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Tea
03:40 pm - 04:30 pm
Research seminar:
Gaurav Das (NCCS Pune)
Of flies and food"- nutrition specific memories and diet mediated brain plasticity in Drosophila
04:45 pm - 06:30 pm
Lab and Microscope demo
06:30 pm - 07:00 pm
Reading material circulation
07:00 pm
Dinner
08:00 am
Breakfast
09:00 am - 10:00 am
Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Research seminar:
Kavita Babu (IISc Bangalore)
Drinking and Dopamine: What's the connection?
10:55 am - 11:40 am
Research seminar:
Pankaj Seth (NBRC Manesar)
Molecular mechanisms for virus induced neuronal damage
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Tea break
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Research seminar:
Anindya Ghosh (NBRC Manesar)
Restoration hardware
12:45 pm - 02:00 pm
Lunch and Discussion with the PIs
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
Lab work
04:00 pm - 04:15 pm
Tea break
04:15 pm - 05:00 pm
Research seminar:
Deepak Nair (IISc Bangalore)
Implications of altered nanoscale lozalization of Amyloidogenic Machinery in AD
05:10 pm - 07:00 pm
Lab, Student paper presentation, reading material circulation and discussion
07:00 pm
Dinner
08:00 am
Breakfast
09:00 am - 10:00 am
Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Research seminar:
Amitabha Majumdar (NCCS Pune)
A role of cellular translation regulation associated with toxic Huntingtin protein
10:50 am - 11:40 am
Research seminar:
Abraham Nixon (IISER Pune)
Spiking during the stimulus OR after the stimulus – how does it control olfactory learning and memory?
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Tea break
12:00 pm
Research seminar:
Assisi Collins (IISER Pune)
Theta guided sequences in the medial entorhinal cortex
12:50 pm - 02:00 pm
Lunch and Discussion with the PIs
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
Lab work
04:15 pm - 05:00 pm
Research seminar:
Jonaki Sen (IIT Kanpur)
Investigating forebrain development in the chick embryo
05:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Lab, Student paper presentation, Reading material circulation and discussion
07:00 pm
Dinner
08:00 am - 09:00 am
Breakfast
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Research seminar:
Pushkar Sharma (NII Delhi)
Link between neuronal cell cycle and cell death
10:50 am - 11:40 am
Research seminar:
Suhel Parvez (Jamia Hamdard Delhi)
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Tea break
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Research seminar:
James Clement (JNCASR Bangalore)
An overview of Syngap1 heterozygous mutation in Autism spectrum disorder.
12:50 pm - 02:00 pm
Lunch and Discussion with the PIs
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Lab work
03:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Tea break
03:45 pm - 04:30 pm
Research seminar:
Sandhya Koushika (TIFR Mumbai)
Making and moving synaptic vesicles.
05:30 pm
Lab work
07:30 pm
Dinner
08:00 am - 09:00 am
Breakfast
09:00 am - 10:00 am
Lab work
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Research seminar:
Girish Ratnaparkhi (IISER Pune)
The Story of our experiments with neuroaggregates
11:00 am
Tea break
11:30 am
Research seminar:
Parthasarathy K (NCBS Bangalore)
Odor guided navigation in nocturnal hawkmoths
12:30 pm
Discussion with the PIs
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm
Lunch
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
Science day involvement
04:30 pm
High Tea
05:00 pm
Research seminar:
Teiichi Tanimura (Nagoya University Japan)
Gustation and decision-making of feeding behavior in Drosophila
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Lab work
07:00 pm
Dinner
08:00 am - 09:00 am
Breakfast
09:00 am - 10:00 am
Discussion on lab experiments
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Research seminar:
Saurav Banerjee (NBRC Manesar)
Molecular control of synaptic homeostasis by coordinated control of protein synthesis and degradation
10:50 am - 11:40 am
Research seminar:
Krishanu Ray (TIFR Mumbai)
Kinesin-2 and the development of olfactory cilia in Drosophila.
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Tea break
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Research seminar:
Aurnab Ghosh (IISER Pune)
Neuromodulation of feeding behaviour: a case for neuropeptides.
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm
Lunch
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Student presentation preparation
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
Tea
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Student presentations on experiments conducted Award to the best group presentation