9.00 AM-9.30 AM

Dr T R Santhosh Kumar, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Cancer cell persistence: understanding the mechanisms and dynamics"

9.30 AM-10.00 AM

Dr Aravind Penmatsa, IISc Bengaluru
"Insights into the structural basis of antibacterial efflux in superbugs"

10.00 AM-10.30 AM

Dr Jackson James, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Redefining the neural stem cell niche"

10.30 AM-11.00 AM

Dr Manoj Prasad, NIPGR New Delhi
"ATG8 and Sw5: Beleaguer for virus infection in plants"

11.00 AM-11.15 AM

TEA BREAK

11.15 AM -11.45 AM

Dr K.R Mahendran, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Conformational dynamics of membrane pores controlling molecular transport"

11.45 AM-12.15 PM

Dr Benu Brata Das, IACS Kolkata
"Trapped Topoisomerase-DNA covalent complexes and the underpinning cause of human diseases"

12.15 PM-12.45 PM

Dr Rakesh Laishram, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Towards heart failure regulation and cardiac repair: Role of untranslated RNA"

12.45 PM - 02.00 PM

LUNCH

02.00 PM - 02.30 PM

Dr Rupasri Ain, IICB Kolkata

"Genesis of trophendothelial cells and trophoblast-directed functions of vascular smooth muscle cells: Implications in placental biology"

02.30 PM - 03.30 PM

Dr Rashmi Mishra, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram

"How do brain astrocytes and astrocytic cancer cells sense and respond to the extracellular acidification stress?"

3.00 PM -3.30 PM

Dr Anirban Banerjee, IIT Mumbai

"Guarding cytosol against intruders"

3.30 PM - 4.00 PM

Dr S Asha Nair, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Culprits behind the crypts: unveiling the hidden drivers of colorectal cancer"

4.00 PM - 5.30 PM

Tea break & Free time

5.30 PM -7.30 PM

Poster presentation by Ph.D students (RC-PP 1-14)

8.00 PM -10.00 PM

Dinner

9.00 AM -9.30 AM

Dr Tessy Thomal Maliekal, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram
" TIFI γ drives the self-renewal of cancer stem cells by inducing HESI expression"

9.30 AM -10.00 AM

Dr Deepak Nair, IISc Bengaluru
"Stochasticity at molecular scale - reimaging probabilistic origin of Alzheimer's Disease"

10.00 AM -10.30 AM

Dr John B Johnson, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
" In the crosshairs: Rhabdoviruses or complement? "

10.30 AM -11.00 AM

Dr Murugaiyan Gopal, Harvard Medical School Boston
"MicroRNA control of tumor-promoting inflammation in colorectal cancer"

11.00 AM -11.15 AM

Tea break

11.15 AM -11.45 AM

Dr S Manjula, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Molecular implications of plant-pathogen interaction and 'defense priming' in Piper nigrum × Phytophthora capsici pathosystem"

11.45 AM -12.15 PM

Dr Ravi Sunderasan, IISc Bengaluru
"SIRT2- A essential regulator of the development of aging-related cardiac fibrosis"

12.15 PM -12.45 PM

Dr Dipak Datta, CDRI Lucknow
"Understanding Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)"

12.45 PM -1.15 PM

"Dr Soma Chattopadhyay, ILS Bhubaneswar
"Understanding the role of host factors for Chikungunya virus infection"

1.15 PM -2.00 PM

LUNCH

02.00 PM -05.30 PM

Free time

5.30 PM -7.30 PM

Poster presentation by Ph.D students (RC-PP 15-28)

8.00 PM -10.00 PM

Dinner

9.00 AM -9.30 AM

Dr Saikrishnan Kayarat, IISER Pune
"Discovering new roles of the SARS-CoV-2 helicase NSP13"

9.30 AM -10.00 AM

Dr Shijulal Nelson Sathi, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram
"Evolutionary routes of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus"

10.00 AM -10.30 AM

Dr Mohammad Zahid Ashraf, Jamia Millia New Delhi
"Delineating the molecular pathways of thrombosis under Hypoxia"

10.30 AM -11.00 AM

Concluding remarks