47th AICBC

Organising Committee

Debasmita P Alone [CONVENOR]
Chandan Goswami [CO-CONVENOR]
Pankaj V Alone [MEMBER]
K Himabindu Vasuki [MEMBER]
Swagata Ghatak [MEMBER]

Conference Speakers

Conference Highlights

20^th Prof. S P Ray-Chaudhuri 75^th Birthday Endowment Lecture

Arun K Shukla

IIT, Kanpur

5^th Prof. Rita Mulherkar Award Lecture

Sandeep M Eswarappa

IISc, Bengaluru

Keynote Speakers

Thomas C G Bosch

University of Kiel, Germany

Benjamin White

NIMH, USA

Invited Speakers

Ashim Mukherjee

BHU, Varanasi

Asima Bhattacharyya

NISER, Bhubaneswar

Bikash Ranjan Pattnaik

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Debabrata Laha

IISc, Bengaluru

Dibyendu Samanta

IIT, Kharagpur

Gautam Menon

Ashoka University

Girish Ratnaparkhi

IISER, Pune

Inderjeet Kaur

LVPEI Hyderabad

Indrani Datta

NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Lolitika Mandal

IISER, Mohali

Maithreyi Narasimha

TIFR, Mumbai

Manoj Majee

NIPGR, New Delhi

Namrata Gundiah

IISc, Bengaluru

P C Reddy

Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR

Prabodh Kumar Trivedi

CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow

Pramod A Pullarkat

RRI, Bengaluru

S Ganesh

IIT, Kanpur

Shravan Kumar Mishra

IISER, Mohali

Shweta Saran

JNU, New Delhi

Vijaykumar Krishnamurthy

ICTS, Bengaluru

Yellamaraju Sreelakshmi

University of Hyderabad

and many more...

Topics / Schedule

Cell Architecture
Cell-Cell Communication
Cell Signaling
Developmental Biology
Biological Physics
Plant Science
Disease Biology
Tools & Techniques
Cellular Omics
Integrative Biology

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08:45 - 10:15

Keynote Session

Chair: Surendra Ghaskadbi

07:30 - 08:45 | Registration and Breakfast

08:45 - 09:15 | Welcome Address

09:15 - 09:30 | Presidential Address | Surendra Ghaskadbi, President, ISCB

09:30 - 10:15 | Thomas C. G. Bosch, Zoological Institute, University of Kiel, Germany A microbial perspective on animal development and behaviour

10:15 - 10:45 | Tea/Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:35

Session - I : Cell Signalling and Cellular Trafficking

Chair: Subhash C Lakhotia

10:45 - 11:10 | Ashim Mukherjee, BHU Varanasi Regulation of Notch signaling by Multiple Ankyrin repeat containing protein Mask

11:10 - 11:35 | Shravan Kumar Mishra, IISER Mohali A glucose-responsive deubiquitination (DUB) module at the Golgi

11:35 - 11:45 | Tea/Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:00

Session - II : Cell Functions and Disease Biology

Chair: Gopal C Kundu

11:45 - 12:10 | S Ganesh, IIT Kanpur Functional similarities between normal ageing and neurodegenerative disorders

12:10 - 12:35 | Indrani Datta, NIMHANS, Bengaluru Astrocytic Dysregulation by α-Synuclein: Impacts on Dopaminergic Neuronal Dysfunction

12:35 - 13:00 | Shanti Bhusan Senapati, ILS Bhubaneswar Deciphering the molecular and functional heterogeneity in mice pancreatic fibroblasts and their implication in pancreatic cancer

13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:00 - 17:15

Poster Session - I • Students' Oral Session - I

Chair: P K Singh [Oral Session]

14:00 - 15:30 | POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION - I

15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:15 | ORAL STUDENT PRESENTATION SESSION - I

17:15 - 17:45 | Evening Snacks

17:45 - 19:00

Session - III : Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death

Chair: Pritha Ray

17:45 - 18:10 | Shweta Saran, JNU New Delhi The lysosomal two-pore channel 2 (TPC2) is NAADP-dependent and regulates, growth, development and autophagy in Dictyostelium discoideum

18:10 - 18:35 | Sachin Kumar, CSIR - CDRI Lucknow Understanding the inflammasome and DNA damage-cytoskeletal axis in neutrophil death outcomes

18:35 - 19:00 | Lolitika Mandal, IISER Mohali Nutrient availability regulates Autophagy mediated miRNA-mRNA clearance in blood cells

19:00 - 19:30 | Round Table Interaction Session - I

19:30 - 20:15 | General Body Meeting

20:30 - 21:30 | Conference Dinner

09:00 - 09:40

Keynote Session

Chair: Jagat K Roy

07:30 - 08:45 | Breakfast

08:45 - 09:00 | Interaction

09:00 - 09:40 | Benjamin White, National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. From Cells to Circuits: Tools for Identifying the Neural Substrates of Behavior

09:40 - 11:20

Session - IV : Plant Sciences

Chair: Alok Sinha

09:40 - 10:05 | Prabodh Kumar Trivedi, CSIR-CIMAP Lucknow Transcriptional junk: a key regulator in diverse biological processes

10:05 - 10:30 | Manoj Majee, NIPGR, New Delhi SKIP31: A New Component in ABA hormone Signaling to Modulate Seed Maturation

10:30 - 10:55 | Y Sreelakshmi, UoH, Hyderabad Harnessing mutant population and natural accessions for biofortification of folate in tomato fruits

10:55 - 11:20 | Debabrata Laha, IISc Bangalore Molecular Control of Cell Signaling by the Inositol Pyrophosphate Messengers in Land Plants

11:20 - 11:50 | Tea/Coffee Break

11:50 - 13:05

Poster Session - II • Students' Oral Session - II

Chair: Abhijit De [Oral Session]

11:50 - 15:30 | ORAL STUDENT PRESENTATION SESSION - II

13:05 - 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30 | POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION - II

15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00 | Prof. S P Ray Chaudhuri Award Lecture | Chair: Surendra Ghaskadbi & Sathees Raghavan

17:00 - 17:50

Session - V : Developmental Biology

Chair: Ritu Trivedi

17:00 - 17:25 | Girish Ratnaparkhi, IISER Pune Caspar specifies primordial germ cell count and identity in Drosophila melanogaster

17:25 - 17:50 | P C Reddy, Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR A short story on the evolution of neuropeptides and the dawn of neurons

17:50 - 18:20 | Evening Snacks

18:20 - 19:10

Session - VI : Cell biology in Therapeutics and Medicine

Chair: Debasis Dash

18:20 - 18:45 | Girish Ratnaparkhi, IISER Pune Caspar specifies primordial germ cell count and identity in Drosophila melanogaster

18:45 - 19:00 | P C Reddy, Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR A short story on the evolution of neuropeptides and the dawn of neurons

19:00 - 19:10 | Sponsorship Talk | CACTUS GLOBAL

19:10 - 19:40 | Round Table Interaction Session - II

19:40 - 20:45 | Cultural Programme | ODISHI / MUSICAL

20:45 - 22:00 | Conference Dinner

09:00 - 11:15

Session - VII : Physics of Life

Chair: V Nanjundiah

07:30 - 08:45 | Breakfast

08:45 - 09:00 | Interaction

09:00 - 09:10 | V Nanjundiah, ICTS Bengaluru Introduction to the session 'Physics of Life'

09:10 - 09:35 | Vijay Kumar Krishnamurthy, ICTS Bengaluru The physics of asymmetric ingression during cytokinesis

09:35 - 10:00 | Namrata Gundiah, IISc Bengaluru Mechanobiological Mechanisms Drive Phenotypic Plasticity of Fibroblasts Under Prolonged Shear Stress

10:00 - 10:25 | Gautam Menon, Ashoka University, Sonepat Modeling Axonal Transport

10:25 - 10:50 | Pramod Pullarkat, RRI Bengaluru Mechanical responses of axons--differential contributions from the actinspectrin periodic lattice and microtubules

10:50 - 11:15 | Maithreyi Narasimha, TIFR Mumbai Shaping and moving cell cohorts during morphogenesis: the importance of being morphodynamically and mechanically heterogeneous

11:15 - 11:45 | Tea/Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:00

Students' Oral Session - III

Chair: Chandan Goswami

11:45 - 13:00 | ORAL STUDENT PRESENTATION SESSION - III

13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00 | Prof. Rita Mulherkar Award Lecture | Chair: Bhupendra N Singh & Sathees Raghavan

15:00 - 16:15

Session - VIII : Host-Pathogen Interaction

Chair: A J Rachael

15:00 - 15:25 | Asima Bhattacharyya, NISER Bhubaneswar The Cell Surface Adhesion Molecule CEACAM6 at the Crossroads of Hypoxia and Helicobacter pylori Infection

15:25 - 15:50 | Dibyendu Samanta, IIT Khargpur E-cadherin Mediated Cell-to-Cell Adhesion in Health and Diseases

15:50 - 16:15 | Sunil K Raghav, ILS Bhubaneswar Targeting host immune-metabolic switch to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis

16:15 - 16:45 | Tea/Coffee Break

16:45 - 17:40

Session - IX : Integrative Biology

Chair: Rupasri Ain

16:45 - 17:10 | Inderjeet Kaur, LVPEI Hyderabad Targeting lipid metabolism towards reducing the risk of ROP among preterm infants

17:10 - 17:25 | Sonal Nagarkar-Jaiswal, CCMB Hyderabad Inseparable/IER3IP1 are essential for cytokinesis in Drosophila neuroblast and human cells

17:25 - 17:40 | Ramakrishna Kancha, Osmania University Hyderabad Evaluation of invertebrates as pre-clinical models to assess cardiotoxicity of targeted cancer therapeutics

17:40 - 18:10 | Evening Snacks

18:10 - 18:55

Session - X : Faculty Talks

Chair: Raj Kamal Tripathi

18:10 - 18:25 | Swapnil R Shinde, IIT Bombay Endosulfan targets centrosome-primary cilia to downregulate hedgehog signalling, affecting skeletal, brain and gonad development

18:25 - 18:40 | Sujit Kumar Bhutia, NIT Rourkela Understanding role of MTP18-DRP1 fission signaling in mitochondrial proliferation and degradation

18:40 - 18:55 | Rakesh Kumar Majhi, IIT Kanpur Lysosomal - Mitochondrial crosstalk via TRPML1 channel in Natural Killer cells

18:55 - 19:45 | VALEDICTORY FUNCTION - Award distribution and Vote of Thanks

19:45 - 22:00 | Special Dinner

Important Dates

Online Registration Window: 16 Sep, 2024 - 15 30 Nov, 2024
Abstract Submission Window: 16 Sep, 2024 - ~~31 Oct~~ 20 Nov, 2024
Decision on Abstract: 15 30 Nov, 2024

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Registration

Student and Postdoc: INR 4,000.00

International Student: US$ 175.00
Faculty: INR 6,500.00
International Faculty: US$ 250.00
Industry: Sponsorship

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Bank Name: Indian Overseas Bank [NISER Campus Branch]
Account Name: NISER
Account No.: 373701000001466
IFS Code: IOBA0003737
International Txn (IBAN & SWIFT Code): IOBAINBB159
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Accommodation

Students: INR 1,200.00 / Night (incl. GST)

Faculty members: INR 2,500.00 / Night (incl. GST)

Check-in Time: 12:00 Noon
Check-out Time: 11:00 AM

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Awards

Best Oral Presentations

ISCB - Dr. A. S. Mukherjee Memorial Prize

Best Poster Presentations

ISCB - Dr. S. R.V. Rao Prize
ISCB - Dr. B. R. Seshachar Memorial Prize
ISCB - Dr. V. C. Shah Prize
ISCB - Dr. Manasi Ram Memorial Prize
ISCB - Prizes
and many more...

Contact Us

Postal contact address:

Dr. Debasmita P Alone,
Convenor, 47^th AICBC
School of Biological Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
PO: NISER, Via: Jatni, District: Khurda, Odisha - 752050

+91-674-2494204
47aicbc@niser.ac.in

Organising Committee

Conference Speakers

Conference Highlights

20th Prof. S P Ray-Chaudhuri 75th Birthday Endowment Lecture

Arun K Shukla

5th Prof. Rita Mulherkar Award Lecture

Sandeep M Eswarappa

Keynote Speakers

Thomas C G Bosch

Benjamin White

Invited Speakers

Ashim Mukherjee

Asima Bhattacharyya

Bikash Ranjan Pattnaik

Debabrata Laha

Dibyendu Samanta

Gautam Menon

Girish Ratnaparkhi

Inderjeet Kaur

Indrani Datta

Lolitika Mandal

Maithreyi Narasimha

Manoj Majee

Namrata Gundiah

P C Reddy

Prabodh Kumar Trivedi

Pramod A Pullarkat

S Ganesh

Shravan Kumar Mishra

Shweta Saran

Vijaykumar Krishnamurthy

Yellamaraju Sreelakshmi

Topics / Schedule

MonDay16 Dec

Tuesday17 Dec

Wednesday18 Dec

Keynote Session

Session - I : Cell Signalling and Cellular Trafficking

Session - II : Cell Functions and Disease Biology

Poster Session - I • Students' Oral Session - I

Session - III : Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death

Keynote Session

Session - IV : Plant Sciences

Poster Session - II • Students' Oral Session - II

Session - V : Developmental Biology

Session - VI : Cell biology in Therapeutics and Medicine

Session - VII : Physics of Life

Students' Oral Session - III

Session - VIII : Host-Pathogen Interaction

Session - IX : Integrative Biology

Session - X : Faculty Talks

Important Dates

Registration

Accommodation

Awards

Sponsors

Contact Us

20^th Prof. S P Ray-Chaudhuri 75^th Birthday Endowment Lecture

5^th Prof. Rita Mulherkar Award Lecture

MonDay
16 Dec

Tuesday
17 Dec

Wednesday
18 Dec