Vacancies available for PhD ADMISSIONS – January 2027

Sl No. Name of Scientist Faculty Designation & Laboratory Proposed Title of the Project No. of Positions Available
1 Dr. Anish Kundu Scientist C, Plant Biotechnology and Disease Biology Division Decoding Calcium–Purine Crosstalk in Endophyte-Mediated Plant Growth 1
2 Dr. Debasree Dutta Scientist F & Regenerative Biology
  1. Signaling and chromatin in dictating states of pluripotency in embryonic stem cells from different mammalian species.
  2. Chromatin contribution in drug resistance
2
3 Dr. Devasena Anantharaman Scientist F, CRP13 Characterisation of mucous in oral cancer; Development & characterisation of oral cancer progression models 1
4 Dr. Karthik Subramanian Scientist E1, Host-Pathogen Laboratory, Pathogen Biology Division Identification of extracellular vesicle associated molecular signatures in bacterial pneumonia 1
5 Dr. Kathiresan Natarajan Scientist E1, Neurobiophysics Molecular and functional charecterization of TUBA1A tubulin isotype: Implications for microtubule dynamics and Tubulinopathies 1
6 Dr. Leny Jose Scientist E1, Pathogen Biology Targeting HPV pathogenesis using Bifunctional protein degraders 1
7 Dr. Mahendran KR Scientist E-II, Transdisciplinary Biology Functional Engineering of Bacterial Porins for antibiotic transport 1
8 Dr. Priya Srinivas Scientist G, Cancer Research
  1. Development of Noninvasive Diagnostics for Ovarian Cancer
  2. Microfluidic Organoid-Based Modelling Of Brain Metastasis In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer For Preventive And Therapeutic Strategy Development
2
9 Dr. Rajesh Chandramohanadas Scientist F Mapping genomic landscape of Divergent Malaria parasites in view of evolving drug resistance. 1
10 Dr. Rashmi Mishra Scientist EII
  1. Decoding the Brain Glyco-Code: From Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Function to the Pathogenesis of Aggressive Brain Cancers
  2. Deciphering Membrane Activation and Mechanotransduction in the Glioblastoma Microenvironment: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities
2
11 Dr. S. Asha Nair Scientist-G, Cancer Research Colorectal cancer organoids for predicting drug resistance and therapeutic plausibility A prospective Study 1
12 Dr. Shijulal NS Scientist E1, Bioinformatics AI-Guided De Novo Design of Antibacterial Peptides Targeting ESKAPE Pathogen Membranes 1
13 Dr. Sunil Martin Scientist E-II, Synthetic Immunology Laboratory Synthetic immunology of engineered immune effector cells to target refractory malignancies 1
14 Dr. Tessy Thomas Maliekal Scientist F, Cancer Research Investigating the role of EPHA2 in oral cancer progression and recurrence 1