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9:30 AM 90 min

Inauguration

Registration and Inauguration (Welcoming new IAN fellows)

Hall 1

11 AM 120 min

Talk

Science Policy and Personnel Management

Moderator :TBD

Garima Gupta

Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, Delhi, India

Balachandar Venkatesh

Anusandhan National Research Foundation, Govt of India, Delhi, India

Parthasarathi Ramakrishnan

HRD, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt of India, India

Hall 1 Policy Management

Workshop

Skills of Scientific Communication

Moderator - TBD

Panelists -

Sandhya Koushika

TIFR, Mumbai

Jonaki Sen

IIT-Kanpur

Vatsala Thirumalai

NCBS, Bengaluru

Hall 1 Scientific Communication

1 PM 60 min

Break

Lunch Break

Dining Hall

2 PM 45 min

Keynote Lecture 1

Chairpersons: Pankaj Seth BRIC-NBRC, Vinay K Khanna, Lucknow

Title : "Serotonergic psychedelics - from molecules to mood "

Vidita A. Vaidya

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Hall 1

2:45 PM 35 min

Plenary Talk 1

Chairpersons: Vidita Vaidya, TIFR, Mumbai, Aurnab Ghose, IISER-Pune

Title : "Cell biology of the neuron, from development through aging "

Christian Gonzalez-Billault

Universidad de Chile, Chile

Hall 1

3:20 PM 10 min

Technical Talk 1

Coordinators:

Yogita Adhlakha

Amity, Noida

Kaushik Sharma

SRHU,Dehradun

Hall 1

3:30 PM 30 min

Break

Networking over tea and cookies

Main Lobby

4 PM 120 min

Talk

Neurodevelopmental & psychiatric disorders

Chairpersons: Bhavana Muralidharan BRIC-inStem & M Dhruba Singh, BRIC-NBRC

Sabita Mishra

Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India

Title : "Transmission electron microscopy of the human fetal cochlear nucleus in the prenatal period"

Sandipan Ray

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

Title : "Delineating the underlying mechanism of action of Lithium in modulating behavioral rhythms and metabolism"

Lucina Uddin

University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Title : "Towards a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks "

Tanzila Mukhtar

University of Kashmir, India

Title : "α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors regulate radial glia fate in the developing human cortex"

Yoganarasimha Doreswamy

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Neuromodulatory effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) in an animal model of endogenous depression"

Short talk: Abhinav

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Title : "NMDA receptor subtype GluN2B modulates synaptic transmission and plasticity in the neocortex "

Short talk: Shweta Yalshetti

The Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, India

Title : "Stress-Stroke Interactions: investigation of molecular mechanisms underlying the adverse effects of stress on stroke outcomes"

Hall 1 Symposium I

Workshop

Dissecting circuits for behaviours

Chairpersons: Sourav Banerjee BRIC-NBRC & Kavita Babu, CNS, IISc

Kausik Si

Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, USA

Title : "Encoding memory in amyloids"

Prabahan Chakaraborty

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India

Title : "Circuit and memory deficits in obesity: rescue by meal scheduling"

Nitin Singh Chouhan

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

Title : "Distinct neurotransmitters mediate state-dependent memory consolidation in Drosophila"

Hassan Mohd

Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research-Mohali, India

Title : "Top-down circuits regulating compulsive eating behaviour "

Short talk: Mouli Dutta

Presidency University, Kolkata, India

Title : "Elucidating the role of Sox2ot in sex-dependent behavioural consequences of early life stress"

Short talk: Seetha Khandige

Manipal Academy of Higher education, Manipal, India

Title : "Dysfunctional anterior default mode network in obsessive-compulsive disorder: an EEG microstate analysis"

Hall 2 Symposium II

6 PM 60 min

Panel Discussion:

Diversity and Inclusion in Neuroscience

Moderator: Lucina Uddin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Panelists: Vidita A. Vaidya, TIFR, Mumbai, Shashi Bala Singh, Delhi, Ellora Sen BRIC NBRC, Manesar, Christian Gonzalez-Billault Universidad de Chile, Chile, Sabine Kastner, USA, Prasanna Reddy, DIPAS, Delhi

Hall 1 Panel Discussion

7 PM 60 min

Talk

Chairpersons: Sourav Banerjee, Manesar, Khushbu Agarwal, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar

Title : TBA

Sabine Kastner

Princeton University, USA and Editor-in-chief, Journal of Neuroscience

Hall 1

8 PM onwards

Dinner

Networking Dinner: make new synapses and strengthen the existing ones

Dining Hall

9 AM 45 min

Lecture

B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture

Chairpersons: Vinay K Khanna, Lucknow and Shashi Bala Singh, New Delhi

Title : The Neuropharmacology Expedition: Research, Mentorship, and Clinical Impact

Y.K. Gupta

AIIMS, Kalyani, India

Hall 1

9:45 AM 35 min

Plenary talk 2

Chairpersons: Sourav Banerjee, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar & Suman Jain, AIIMS, New Delhi

Title : "Neural circuits generating behaviorally relevant predictions and their developmental emergence "

Vatsala Thirumalai

National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR), Bengaluru, India

Hall 1

10:20 AM 20 min

Break

Networking over tea-coffee & snacks

Main Lobby

11 AM 120 min

Symposium

Glia in health and disease

Chairpersons: Ishan K. Patro, Jiwaji University, Gwalior & Vidhya Munnamalai, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar

Binukumar B.K

CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India

Title : "Cdk5-mediated oligodendrocyte activation, neuroinflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction: a mechanistic link between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease "

Shubha Tole

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

Title : "Regulation of gliogenesis in the developing cerebral cortex"

Suhita Nadkarni

Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research-Pune, India

Title : "Astrocytic glutamate release lowers the threshold for structural plasticity and enhances memory engram encoding "

Bhavana Muralidharan

BRIC-inStem, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Human brain-enriched extracellular matrix genes regulate progenitor dynamics and cortical folding "

Short talk: Apoorva

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Title : "West Nile Virus downregulates TRIM71 to inhibit type I interferon response in human microglial cells"

Short talk: Vanshika Ahuja

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India

Title : "Altered stress granules and Paraspeckle dynamics by ALS associated FUS mutations in neuronal and astrocytic models "

Hall 1 Symposium III

Symposium

AI-ML and BMI for Neuroscience

Chairpersons: Dipanjan Roy, IIT-Jodhpur & Ahmad R Khan, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar

Brigitte Röder

University of Hamburg, Germany

Title : "The role of visual experience for the development of recurrent processing in the human brain"

Kamalesh K Gulia

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, India

Title : "Prenatal sleep deprivation and altered behaviour in offspring: AI-ML tools to decipher bioacoustics in babies"

Sridharan Devarajan

Indian Institute Science, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Tracking and training attention with a cognitive Brain Machine Interface"

Vivek Tiwari

Indian Institute of Scientific Education & Research-Behrampur, India

Title : "AI-driven functional neuroimaging and lesion network mapping in cognitive states and epilepsy: inflammatory and vascular cascades mediate white matter hyperintensity-induced network desegregation"

Sanjeev Nara

Indian Institute of Technology - Mandi, India

Title : "Neural correlates of aestheic experiences in natural environments: Insights from neuroimaging and Deep Neural Networks"

Short talk: Madhuvanthi Muliya

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Title : "CADUN: A computational Framework of spatial decision making under uncertainty using utility-driven reinforcement learning"

Short talk: Manojkumar K.

CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Title : "KiMA: An open-source, web-based suite for multi-modal gait and kinematics analysis in spinal cord injury models"

Hall 2 Symposium IV

1 PM 60 min

Break

Lunch Break

Dining Hall

2 PM 120 min

Poster session

Poster session I

Poster number 001- 098

Hall 3 Poster presentation

4 PM 35 min

Plenary Talk 3

Chairpersons: Anirban Basu, BRIC-NBRC & Sunit K Singh, ACBR, New Delhi

Title : "Magnetic source images for maximising precision"

Manjari Tripathi

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

Hall 1

4:35 PM 115 min

Symposium V

Nutrition, Gut and the Brain

Chairpersons: S.N Singh, DIPAS, New Delhi & Aurnab Ghose, IISER-Pune

Arup Acharjee

University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India

Title : "From proteomic discovery to functional rescue: FAK1 inhibition restores hippocampal synaptic homeostasis and cognition in hepatic encephalopathy"

Gaurav Das

BRIC-National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, India

Title : "Neuronal toll signaling mediates metabolic adaptation to mild dietary oxidative stress in Drosophila"

Papia Acharjee

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Title : "Hippocampal proteome study identifies emerging role of fetuin a in neuroinflammation in aging brain with minimal hepatic encephalopathy: study in a rat model"

Suman Jain

AIIMS-New Delhi, India

Title : "Combinatorial Strategy of Probiotics and cortical Transcranial magnetic stimulation promote functional recovery in rat model of Parkinson's disease by modulating gut-brain axis"

Short talk: Manu Mallahalli

National Institute of Neuroscience,Tokyo, Japan

Title : "Microbial signals drive neuroinflammation and CNS degeneration via host immune programming"

Short talk: Pratik R. Chaudhari

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Title : "Nicotinamide supplementation prevents the emergence of early-life stress driven inflammatory signatures, blood-brain barrier compromise, hippocampal mitochondrial dysfunction and cognitive aging"

Hall 1 Symposium VI

Symposium VI

Neuroscience of Sleep &Consciousness

Chairpersons: KP Mishra, DIPAS, New Delhi & Sheeba Vasu, JNCASR, Bengaluru

Dinesh Pal

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Title : "Serotonergic psychedelics: modulation of sleep and anesthetic-induced unconsciousness"

Krishna Melnattur

Ashoka University, Sonipat, India

Title : "Mutations in Drosophila antimicrobial peptides differently affect sleep and plasticity"

Sheeba Vasu

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India

Title : "How populations derived by laboratory selection for early and late circadian phases have co-evolved divergent sleep architecture"

Sushil Jha

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Title : "Why sleep is essential for effective learning and memory?"

Short talk: Pallabi Kisku

BRIC-National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India

Title : "Role of sleep-regulated lncRNAs in translation machinery and memory consolidation in the hippocampus"

Short talk: Shubham S Bartwal

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hajipur, Bihar, India

Title : "Taxifolin as a novel melatonergic chronopharmacological modulator restores sleep, mood, and social behaviour in environmental rhythm disruption"

Hall 2 Symposium VI

6:30 PM 15 min

Break

Networking over tea-coffee & snacks

Main Lobby

6:45 PM 120 min

Oral Session - I

Neurodegenerative disorders

Chairpersons: Nisha Patro, Jiwaji University, Gwalior & Sabita Mishra, MAMC, Delhi

Usha Rajamma (Newly elected IAN Fellow)

Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Research & Super Specialty Hospital, Kottayam, India

Title : "Mitochondrial DNA on nuclear genome: insight into autism spectrum disorder aetiology"

Mehdi Hayat Shahi (Newly elected IAN Fellow)

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Title : "The Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) cell signaling pathway is a formidable target for brain tumor therapy"

Yogita K. Adlakha

Amity University, NOIDA, India

Title : "Metabolomic profiling reveals dynamic changes in fatty acid metabolism during human neural stem cell fate commitment"

Vibha Taneja

Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi

Title : "Genetic and epigenetic (microRNA) determinants in ALS: Insights from a North Indian Cohort"

Prachi Srivastava

Amity University Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Campus, Lucknow

Title : "Toxicology approaches reveal potential molecular targets of neurological issues associated with progression of organic and persistent organic pollutant"

Madhumita Ghosh

Amity University, NOIDA, India

Title : "Dopamine promotes retinal progenitor cell integration and layer repair in NMDA induced degeneration models"

Pankaj Kumar

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

Title : "Therapeutic potential of TUDCA in modulating retinal microglial activation, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation in diabetic retinopathy"

Amrita Pathak

Amity University Noida, India

Title : "Long distance signalling by Degenerative Signalling Endosomes in Neurodevelopment and disease"

Hall 1 Oral Session

Oral Session - II

Neurodegeneration & Age-related Disorders

Chairpersons: Rajinder Gupta, DIPAS, New Delhi & Chinmay Mukhopadhyay, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Thomas Gregor Isaac (Newly elected IAN Fellow)

Centre for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Understanding modifiable risk and resilience factors of Dementia in the Indian context"

RajniKant Mishra

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Title : "Pax6 affects genes of motor and non motor functions in brain"

Suhail Rasool

Suninflam, Palo Alto, USA

Title : "Reversal of Alzheimer's Disease pathology by TB006 antibody targeting Galectin-3 "

KP Mohanakumar

Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Research & Super Specialty Hospital,Kottayam, India

Title : "Water Beetle as a Novel Animal Model for Parkinson's Disease"

Surya Pratap Singh

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Title : "18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid regulates autophagy dysregulation in the MPTP/p- induced model of Parkinson's disease"

Abhishek Kumar Singh

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

Title : "Senolytic nanocarriers targeting Alzheimer's Disease-Associated senescence and neurodegeneration"

Mani Chopra

Department of Zoology Panjab University - Chandigarh

Title : "Prenatal stress mediated gut-brain axis perturbations and associated behavioral deficits: Attenuation by gestational Morin in Wistar rats"

Hall 2 Oral session

8:45 PM onwards

Dinner

Networking Dinner: make new synapses and strengthen the existing ones

Dining Hall

9 AM 45 min

Lecture

KT Shetty Oration

Chairpersons: B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao, NIMHANS, Bengaluru & Rajat Sandhir, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Title : Modulation of autophagy in the context of movement disorders

Ravi Manjithaya

JNCASR, Bengaluru, India

Hall 1

9:45 AM 45 min

Keynote Lecture 2

Chairpersons: Shashi Bala Singh, New Delhi & Soumya Iyengar, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar

Title : "Neuroscience going wild: Neural coding in social groups of bats and in bats navigating outdoors on a remote oceanic island "

Nachum Ulanovsky

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rohovat, Israel

Hall 1

10:30 AM 35 min

IAN-FAONS Plenary talk 4

Chairpersons: Dhananjay Huilgol, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar & Usha Panjwani, New Delhi

Title : "An early postnatal critical period for the development of inhibitory neurons in social circuit regulation"

Goichi Miyoshi

Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Hall 1

11:05 AM 10 min

Technical Talk 2

Coordinators: Prachi Srivastava Amity NOIDA & Kanchan Bisht, SRHU, Dehradun

Title : "Spatial Biology: Upcoming solution from Thermofisher Scientific"

Dr Manik

Thermofisher Scientific

Hall 1

11:15 AM 10 min

Technical Talk 3

Coordinators: TBA

Title : "Nanoscale Super-Resolution-TauSTED Xtend: Sharp, Simple, Stunning "

Shridhar Tiwari

Leica

Hall 1

11:25 AM 35 min

Break

Networking over tea-coffee & snacks

Main Lobby

12 PM 105 min

Symposium VII

Physiology & pathophysiology of endocrine systems

Chairpersons: Bhavani Sahu, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar & Bhupesh Mehta, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Anita Jagota

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Title : "Clock dynamics in aging and neurodegenerative disorders: therapeutic interventions "

Ashok Kumar Datusalia

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research- Raebareli,India

Title : "Behavioural stratification reveals molecular and structural correlates of stress vulnerability and resilience"

B.N. Srikumar

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India

Title : "The sex-specific interplay between cholinergic signaling and finasteride on depression and cognition"

Giriraj Sahu

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Interfering peptides targeting the intrinsic inhibitory slow afterhyperpolarization protein complex stabilize neuronal excitability and restrict epileptic seizures"

Short talk: Sushma Dagar

BRIC-National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India

Title : "Obesity-associated metabolic stress impairs dense-core vesicle exocytosis through VAMP2 SUMOylation in neuroendocrine cells"

Hall 1 Symposium VII

Symposium VIII

Neurobiology of reward and addiction

Chairpersons: Sushil Jha, JNU, New Delhi & Soumya Iyengar, BRIC-NBRC, Manesar

B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao

National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Brain stimulation rewarding experience ameliorates depression induced cognitive deficits by restoring structural and functional plasticity in the prefrontal cortex"

Meenakshi Bawari

Assam University, Silchar, India

Title : "In silico investigation of phytochemical modulators targeting opioid and dopaminergic receptors: implications for reward pathway regulation and addiction therapeutics"

Suhel Parvez

Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

Title : "Integration of peripheral and central immune alteration in neurodegeneration"

Gurudutt Pendyala

University of Nebraska Medical Center,Omaha, USA

Title : "Novel insights from chronic midazolam exposure on neonates and long-term neurodevelopment"

Short Talk: Vishal Chhabra

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hajipur, India

Title : "GLP-1R-HCRTR2 crosstalk in gut dysbiosis drives metabolic and circadian disruption leading to cognitive impairment"

Hall 2 Symposium VIII

1:45 PM 45 min

Break

Lunch Break

Dining Hall

2:30 PM 120 min

Poster session

Poster session II with Tea & Coffee

Poster number 099 onwards

Hall Poster presentation

4:30 PM 35 min

Plenary Talk 5

Chairpersons: Sandhya Koushika, TIFR, Mumbai & Kavita Babu, IISc, Bengaluru

Title : "Neuronal population dynamics of sensory processing and decision making in C. Elegans"

Manuel Zimmer EMBO Global Investigator

University of Vienna, Austria

Hall 1

5:05 PM 115 min

Young Scientist Colloquium-I

Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award

(for early career scientists below 40: includes senior graduate students and postdocs)

Chairpersons: Vijay Paramanik, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University & Amarkantak and Vinod Tiwari, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

5:05 -5:15 PM

Akshaya R

Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research, Trivandrum

Title : "Metabolic dysregulations associated with diabetes influence Parkinson's disease pathology in the brain and peripheral tissues of mice"

5:15 -5:25 PM

Zeenia Kersi Avari

Institute for Advanced Training & Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences, Mumbai

Title : "Molecular Heterogeneity in GNE Myopathy: Domain-Specific Mutation Patterns"

5:25 -5:35 PM

Utkarsh Prakash Patil

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur

Title : "CART peptide regulates motivated behaviours via reciprocal nucleus accumbens-ventral tegmental area direct and indirect circuitry"

5:35 -5:45 PM

Keerthana Padmanabhan

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru

Title : "Altered structural and synaptic plasticity, neurochemical changes contribute to depression- and anxiety-like behaviour in a rat model of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) "

5:45 -5:55 PM

Tanwi Trushna

ICMR National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (ICMR-NIREH), Bhopal

Title : "Auditory P300 Responses During High Particulate Exposure Episodes: Pilot Case-Crossover Evidence from Healthy Adults"

5:55 -6:05 PM

Harsha P J

Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Research & Super Specialty Hospital, Kottayam

Title : "Mimosine suppresses ferroptosis nexus linking labile iron, glutathione and lipid peroxidation in experimental animal model of neurodegeneration"

6:05 -6:15 PM

Puja Ghosh

BRIC-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine Bengaluru

Title : "Loss of the chromatin modifier- ISD1 impairs ependymal development and ciliary function leading to ventriculomegaly"

6:15 -6:25 PM

Anjali

BRIC-National Brain Research Centre, Manesar

Title : "Developmental trajectories of Inhibitory Interneurons and Perineuronal Nets in the Human Auditory Cortex"

Hall Young Scientist Colloquium

7 PM 60 min

GB Meeting

Indian Academy of Neurosciences General Body Meeting

Hall 1

8 PM onwards

Dinner

Cultural Programme and Gala Dinner

Dining Hall

9 AM 45 min

Oration

S. S. Parmar Oration

Chairpersons: Raj Mehra, Gurgaon & Ashok K Agrawal, Lucknow

Title : "Neuronal Injury Model Reveals Differences in Axon and Dendrite Regeneration"

Anindya Ghosh-Roy

BRIC-National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India

Hall 1

9:45 AM 35 min

Plenary Talk 6

Chairpersons: Anita Jagota, University of Hyderabad & Gurudutt Pendyala, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Nebraska, USA

Title : "Metabolic basis of sleep"

Amita Sehgal

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Hall 1

10:20 AM 25 min

P.N. Tandon Oration

Chairpersons: Ishan Patro, Jiwaji University & Anirban Basu, Manesar

Title : "From Prof. P. N. Tandon's Laboratory to an AI-Enabled Future: Five Decades of Simulation-Based Neurosurgical Skills Training at AIIMS, New Delhi"

Ashish Suri

AIIMS-New Delhi

Hall 1

11:05 AM 10 min

Technical Talk 4

Coordinators: TBA

Title : "Thinking outside the flask: 3D cell culture with Clinostar"

Dr. Titas Mondal

Lab India

Hall 1

11:15 AM 10 min

Technical Talk 5

Coordinators: TBA

Title : ""

Hall 1

11:30 AM 90 min

Young Scientist Colloquium-II

DM Kar Prize

(for early career scientists below 35: includes young graduate students)

Chairpersons: Surajit Sarkar, Delhi University, Delhi & Krishan K Soni, PGIMER, Chandigarh

11:35 -11:45 AM

Nishad Keethedeth

Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research & Super Specialty Hospital, Kottayam, Kerala

Title : "Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants Restore Striatal Dopamine and Protect Nigral Neurons in Parkinson's Disease Model"

11:45 -11:55 AM

Komal Bana

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Title : "Astrocyte-Derived Exosomal Signaling Drives Pathological Neuronal Transcriptional Reprogramming in Alzheimer's Disease"

11:55 -12:05 PM

Bhaskar Sharma

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Title : "Kallikrein-Kinin-Mediated Immune Activation in Age-Associated Choriocapillaris Degeneration"

12:05 - 12:15 PM

Savitra Ambadas Bothikar

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur

Title : "Central amygdala to hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus glutamatergic circuitry regulates anger-induced physiological and behavioural responses"

12:15 - 12:25 PM

Karishma Abhishek S

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru

Title : "Chloride Homeostasis at the Crossroads of Excitatory-Inhibitory Imbalance, and Neurobehavioral Comorbidities in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Therapeutic Implications"

12:25 - 12:35 PM

Dhanshree Sayangrushi Borkar

National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar

Title : "Molecular Signatures of Nano-neonicotinoid Neurotoxicity: Linking Striatal Gene Expression to Neurobehavioral Dysfunction in Mice"

12:35 - 12:45 PM

Mohit Kumar

BRIC- National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute, SAS Nagar, Mohali

Title : "Sex-Specific Effects of Nutritional Ketosis on Sugar Withdrawal Symptoms,Sugar Craving and Compulsive-like Behavior in C57BL/6 Mice"

12:45 - 12:55 PM

Anirudh Satheesan

BRIC-National Brain Research Centre, Manesar

Title : "Acute Japanese encephalitis virus-associated gut dysbiosis and protective effects of short-chain fatty acids on neuroinflammation in neonatal mice"

Hall Young Scientist Colloquium

1 PM 60 min

Break

Lunch Break

Dining Hall

2 PM 60 min

ALBA-IBRO session

ALBA-IBRO session: Navigating non-academic careers in neuroscience

Session with panelists organized by Keerthana Iyer, ALBA Network-FENS

Hall 1

3 PM 120 min

Symposium IX

Connectomics and adaptive reorganization

Chairpersons: Amrutha Swaminathan, IISER-Trivandrum, Trivandrum & Anindya Ghosh-Roy, BRIC-NBRC,Manesar

Anil Annamneedi

Sai University, Chennai, India

Title : "GABAergic dysfunction: The emerging role of the presynaptic organizer Bassoon"

Ashesh Kumar Dhawale

Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

Title : "The role of the basal ganglia in value-guided decisions"

Ashutosh Kumar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences- Patna, India

Title : "Extreme heterogeneity and super-growers: mapping persistent hippocampal neurogenesis in adult humans"

Sachin Deshmukh

Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence,Delhi-NCR, India

Title : "Task demands shape hippocampal function"

Short talk: Anushka Walupante

Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India

Title : "Role of orexin-expressing neurons in cerebellar dentate nucleus in goal-directed reward seeking behavior"

Short talk : Kashish Parnami

Amity University, NOIDA, India

Title : "Progressive alterations in visual cortical activity during retinal degeneration: electrophysiological assessment in genetic and chemically induced mouse models"

Hall 1 Symposium IX

Symposium X

Cell and molecular biology of neurons

Chairpersons: Sandhya Koushika, TIFR, Mumbai & Akshay Anand, PGIMER, Chandigarh

Swananda Marathe

Indian Institute of Technology - Dharwad, India

Title : "Role of astrocytes in long-lasting adverse behavioural effects of early life stress"

Shashank Shekhar

Centre of Bio Medical Research, Lucknow, India

Title : "ATF4 transcription factor sequestration in cytosolic condensates; a novel regulator of chronic ISR signaling in Drosophila and mice brain"

Pramod Kumar Avti

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Title : "Role of Type 2 Diabetes drug as a repurposing agent and ameliorating inflammation in stroke"

Vimlesh Kumar

Indian Institute of Scientific Education & Research-Bhopal, India

Title : "A degeneration checkpoint for G4C2 repeat neurotoxicity"

Short Talk: Pooja Shukla

Amity University, NOIDA, India

Title : "Palmitoylation: the fatty chain driving neurodegeneration"

Rituparna Sahu

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

Title : "Selective activator of calcium activated potassium channels, NS-309 act as a novel antiepileptic drug by restricting the hyperexcitability phenomenon in acquired epilepsy"

Hall 2 Symposium X

5 PM onwards

Valedictory function and award distributions

Guest of Honour : Dr. Brahm Deep Sindhu

Director Health Services Haryana State, India

Closing remarks by Dr. Vinay K Khanna, President, IAN

Hall 1

Break

Networking over tea and cookies

Main Lobby