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September 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Pratika Siwatch	PhD, Batch-2018	1^st September 2023	Effect of connected events on predicting memory and neural underpinnings in a naturalistic environment.
2. Shalini Sharma	PhD, Batch-2018	8^th September 2023	Cellular signature linking ageing and cancer.
3. Stuti Mohapatra	PhD, Batch-2018	15^th September 2023	Transmission of donut-shaped mitochondria by aged mothers leads to increase in offspring adult body size.
4. Indira Priya	MSc-PhD, Batch-2017	22^nd September 2023	Time restricted feeding's circadian modulation restores brain health and enhances memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.
5. Shashwati Tripathi	MSc-PhD, Batch-2018	29^th September 2023	Individual differences in naturalistic learning link negative emotionality to the development of anxiety.

August 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Mohima Mukherjee	MSc-PhD, Batch-2020	4^th August 2023	Mozart and Anxiety? Role of music in attenuating depression and anxiety-like behavior in rats.
2. Dipanjana Banerjee	MSc-PhD, Batch-2018	11^th August 2023	Adaptation through recurrent networks.
3. Gargi Majumdar	PhD, Batch-2018	18^th August 2023	Efficient planning in complex environment underlies model sharing in Medial Temporal Lobe.
4. Kamakshi Garg	PhD, Batch-2018	25^th August 2023	The resemblance of Neural and behavioral correlates of sleep in octopuses to vertebrates represents its convergent features

July 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Guneet Kaur	MSc-PhD, Batch-2017	7^th July 2023	Rats implanted with human brain organoids exhibit responses to visual stimuli
2. Azman Akhter	MSc-PhD, Batch-2017	14^th July 2023	How do we use available information about people to make social judgments?
3. Pallavi Singh	MSc-PhD, Batch-2017	21^st July 2023	Male pheromone presence can potentially improve the reproductive health of aging hermaphrodites in C.elegans
4. Samuel Berkins	Project Associate - I	28^th July 2023	Brain Health Matters: How Prenatal Drug Use Affects Newborns?

June 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Karthick R	Ph.D. Batch 2017	2^nd June 2023	How do neurons stay as Neurons?
2. Nisha Sastry	Ph.D. Batch 2017	9^th June 2023	Temporal variability of a resting brain - A biomarker?
3. Shivangi Sharma	Ph.D. Batch 2017	16^th June 2023	Inflammaging and the role of Gut-microbiota
4. Sunanda Sharma	Ph.D. Batch 2017	23^rd June 2023	Impairment in Cellular Transport Causes Early-Onset Neurodegeneration
5. Kirti Saluja	MSc-PhD, Batch-2017	30^th June 2023	How does your heartbeat shape your perception of the world?

May 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Chandramouli Mukherjee	PhD, Batch 2019	12^th May 2023	Crying of plants: an informative sound that tell stories about its health and environment.
2. Abhishek Singh Narvaria	Ph.D. Batch 2017	19^th May 2023	"Spatial Computing" enables flexible working memory
3. Deepti Dama	Ph.D. Batch 2017	26^th May 2023	Psilocybin: A potential therapeutic to "trip" depression.

April 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Anjali	PhD, Batch 2019	21^st April 2023	A new therapeutic target for treating mental illness.
2. Ajay Pal	Project Associate-I	28^th April 2023	Perspective and Perseverance of Reality: a case of motor protein where addition of dimension opened a new reality.

March 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sonia Umdor	PhD, Batch 2019	3^rd March 2023	Glia-neuron contact dependent correlational changes in genetic programs are associated with schizophrenia risk.
2. Archana Mehta	PhD, Batch 2019	31^st March 2023	The neural basis for creativity.

February 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Shashank	PhD, Batch 2021	3^rd February 2023	I feel like pinching those cheeks!": Studying the neural mechanism behind this Cute Aggression.
2. Sania	PhD, Batch 2021	10^th February 2023	A dopaminergic reward prediction error signal shapes maternal behaviour in mice.
3. Ankit Yadav	PhD, Batch 2019	17^th February 2023	Third-party punishment by preverbal infants.
4. Sakshi Shukla	PhD, Batch 2019	24^th February 2023	Dissociative connectivity in the striatum during de novo motor learning in humans.

January 2023

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Deepti Thapliyal	PhD, Batch 2021	6^th January 2023	Behavior manipulating fungal pathogen E. muscae hijacks Drosophila nervous system.
2. Vinitha	PhD, Batch 2021	13^th January 2023	Perhaps Death could be the Beginning of Something Afterall!
3. Krittika Biswas	PhD, Batch 2021	27^th January 2023	SYNGAP1 undergoes Spatio-Temporal Changes when exposed to Cannabinoids in adolescent rats.

December 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Athira M Sarath	PhD, Batch 2021	2^nd December 2022	Larger Entorhinal Cortex Neurons keeps the memories of Cognitive 'SuperAgers' sharp.
2. Archana Panwar	PhD, Batch 2021	9^th December 2022	Dopaminergic signaling in auditory striatum regulates the sensory output.
3. Sanchi Ahuja	Project Assistant	23^rd December 2022	Cellular signals regulate sleep cycle and other behaviour patterns of Drosophila using multiple mechanisms.
4. Km Nisha	Research Associate	30^th December 2022	Exosomes as a potential messenger from shared blood circulation could ameliorate Huntington's disease.

November 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Dhyey Vyas	PhD, Batch 2021	4^th November 2022	Laser control gene expression in C elegans with the help of genetic code expansion and cre recombinase.
2. Shivam Malviya	MSc, Batch 2021	11^th November 2022	Compulsive sucrose seeking caused by inflammation in the anterior paraventricular thalamus region in mice.
3. Tulika Khargonkar	MSc, Batch 2021	18^th November 2022	Molecular and behavioural sexual dimorphism in rats on acute sleep deprivation.
4. Anirudh S	PhD, Batch 2021	25^th November 2022	Protection from emotional dysfunction in offspring by perinatal probiotic treatment in obese mice.

October 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Debadrita Mondal	MSc, Batch 2021	14^th October 2022	Amplifying T cell sensitivity for tumors using RASA2 ablation.
2. Mihir Pradhan	PhD, Batch 2021	21^st October 2022	Thalamic inhibition during adolescence leads to cognitive and structural deficits in prefrontal cortex during adulthood.
3. Aninda Sundar Modak	MSc, Batch 2021	28^th October 2022	The behaviour and brain responses to ketamine in mice can vary depending on the experimenter's sex.

September 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Triparna Chakraborty	MSc, Batch 2021	2^nd September 2022	Enteric viruses replicate in salivary glands and infect through saliva.
2. Sudipto Chaki	MSc, Batch 2021	9^th September 2022	Effects of chronic caffeine consumption on hippocampal metabolism and neuroplasticity.
3. Rishabh Bapat	MSc, Batch 2021	16^th September 2022	How to train your neurons! Making use of in-vitro intelligence.
4. Ayisha Mariyam P M	MSc, Batch 2021	23^rd September 2022	Alpha synuclein overexpression in song dedicated pathway of male zebra finches induces vocal changes similar to that of individuals with Parkinson's Disease.
5. Bhavya Gohil	Project Assistant	30^th September 2022	Pursuit predation in female mosquito for blood meal.

August 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Tanmay Singhal	MSc, Batch 2021	5^th August 2022	Tuning Alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception.
2. Soumi Sen	MSc, Batch 2021	12^th August 2022	HAP40 is a conserved central regulator of Huntingtin and a potential modulator of Huntington's disease pathogenesis.
3. Sreyashi Bhattacharjee	MSc, Batch 2021	26^th August 2022	Transgenerational inheritance of sexual attractiveness via small RNAs enhances evolvability of C.elegans.

July 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Himali Arora	MSc-PhD Student, Batch 2015	15^th July 2022	Intrinsic antiviral immunity of barrier cells revealed by an iPSC-derived blood-brain barrier cellular model.
2. Meenakshi Bhaskar	MSc-PhD Student, Batch 2015	22^nd July 2022	A volatile from the skin microbiota of flavivirus-infected hosts promotes mosquito attractiveness.
3. Neeraj Kumar	MSc-PhD Student, Batch 2015	29^th July 2022	Learning, fast and slow.

May 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sibaram Behera	PhD Student	6^th May 2022	Love and War: Neural basis of a social behavioural switch.
2. Ritu M Borah	MSc-PhD Student	13^th May 2022	Gossip: an indirect social navigation tool?
3. Kirti	MSc-PhD Student	20^th May 2022	The role of gut microbiota in shaping social dominance.

April 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Shalini Sharma	Senior Research Fellow	1^st April 2022	Link between circadian rhythm, metabolism and addiction.
2. Shashwati Tripathi	MSc-PhD Student	8^th April 2022	Trips and neurotransmitters: Discovering principled patterns across numerous hallucinogenic experiences.
3. Partika	PhD Student	22^nd April 2022	Brain charts for the human lifespan.
4. Dipanjana	PhD Student	29^th April 2022	Dynamic assembly of the mRNA m6A methyltransferase complex is regulated by METTL3 phase separation.

March 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Vinsea Singh	Junior Research Fellow	4^th March 2022	Increased associative interference under high cognitive load
2. Kamakshi Garg	PhD Student	11^th March 2022	Non cell autonomous disruption of nuclear architeture as a potential cause of Covid 19 induced Anosmia

February 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Vinayak Ghosh	Project Assistant	11^th February 2022	Emergence of the role of a hippocampal-thamalar circuitry in modulating time dependent memory recall and retrieval
2. Stuti Mohapatra	PhD Student	18^th February 2022	Elevated microglial oxidative phosphorylation and phagocytosis stimulate post-stroke brain remodeling and cognitive function recovery in mice
3. Gargi Majumdar	PhD Student	25^th February 2022	Inferences on a multidimensional social hierarchy use a grid-like code

January 2022

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Mrittika Dey	MSc Student	7^th January 2022	Aberrant Cortical Connectivity During Ambiguous Object Recognition Is Associated With Schizophrenia
2. Shuvrangshu Guha	MSc Student	14^th January 2022	Adaptive disinhibitory gating by VIP interneurons permits associative learning
3. Janhvi Dhongdi	MSc Student	21^st January 2022	A human three-dimensional neural-perivascular 'assembloid' promotes astrocytic development and enables modeling of SARS-CoV-2 neuropathology
4. S Indira Priya	Junior Research Fellow	28^th January 2022	Molecular Mechanism for Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Coronavirus Entry

December 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. R. Madhumita	MSc Student	3^rd December 2021	A disinhibitory nigra-parafascicular pathway amplifies seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy
2. Souren Sadhukhan	Project Assistant	17^th December 2021	COPII collar defines the boundary between ER and ER exit site and does not coat cargo containers
3. Santhosh Kumar S	Project Assistant	31^st December 2021	The long noncoding RNA neuroLNC regulates presynaptic activity by interacting with the neurodegeneration-associated protein TDP-43

November 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Rimil Guha Roy	Project Assistant	5^th November 2021	Brain energy metabolism in mouse model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease
2. Rajat Joshi	MSc Student	26^th November 2021	Subthalamic beta-targeted neurofeedback speeds up movement initiation but increases tremor in Parkinsonian patients

October 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Muskaan Verma	MSc Student	1^st October 2021	Ensemble synchronization in the reassembly of Hydra's nervous system
2. Arkaprovo Sarkar	PhD Student	8^th October 2021	Spatiotemporal features of beta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in Parkinson's disease derived from scalp EEG
3. Mohima Mukherjee	PhD Student	22^th October 2021	Clathrin packets move in slow axonal transport and deliver functional payloads to synapses
4. Dyutika Banerjee	PhD Student	29^th October 2021	Ejaculation Induced by the Activation of Crz Neurons Is Rewarding to Drosophila Males

September 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Pallavi Singh	MSc-PhD Student	3^rd September 2021	Drosophila miR-87 promotes dendrite regeneration by targeting the transcriptional repressor Tramtrack69
2. Shivangi Sharma	PhD Student	10^th September 2021	Impaired generation of mature neurons due to extended expression of Tlx by repressing Sox2 transcriptional activity
3. Abhishek Singh Narvaria	PhD Student	17^th September 2021	Shared mechanisms underlie the control of working memory and attention
4. Deepti Dama	PhD Student	24^rd September 2021	Neurophysiological coordination of duet singing

August 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sunanda Sharma	PhD Student	6^th August 2021	Microtubules originate asymmetrically at the somatic golgi and are guided via Kinesin2 to maintain polarity within neurons
2. Karthick Ravichandran	PhD Student	13^th August 2021	Microglial remodeling of the extracellular matrix promotes synapse plasticity
3. Guneet Kaur	MSc-PhD Student	19^th August 2021	Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease via H2O2− production
4. Nisha Chetana Sastry		27^th August 2021	Dynamical exploration of the repertoire of brain networks at rest is modulated by psilocybin

July 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Ankit Kr Shah	MSc Student	2^nd July 2021	Evaluating the neurotropic effects of SARS-CoV-2 in 3D human brain organoid.
2. Sakshi Shukla	-	9^th July 2021	Temporal cascade of frontal, motor and muscle processes underlying human action-stopping.
3. Azman Akhter	PhD Student	16^th July 2021	Intolerance of uncertainty modulates brain-to-brain synchrony during politically polarized perception.
4. Kirti Saluja	MSc-PhD Student	23^rd July 2021	Cortical processing of distracting speech in noisy auditory scenes depends on perceptual demand.

June 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Aamna Jain	MSc Student	11^th June 2021	CAPS2 Deficiency Impairs the Release of the Social Peptide Oxytocin, as Well as Oxytocin-Associated Social Behavior.
2. Anjali	PhD Student	18^th June 2021	Echolocating bats rely on an innate speed-of-sound reference

May 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Ojasee Bapat	MSc Student	7^th May 2021	Astrocytes phagocytose adult hippocampal synapses for circuit homeostasis.
2. Rudradeep Mukherjee	MSc Student	21^st May 2021	Behavioral state coding by molecularly defined paraventricular hypothalamic cell type ensembles.
3. Archana Mehta	PhD Student	28^th May 2021	Long-term exposure to a hypo-magnetic field attenuates adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognition.

April 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Akshay Kumar Tiwari	MSc Student	16^th April 2021	Trem2 restrains the enhancement of tau accumulation and neurodegeneration by beta-amyloid pathology.
2. Anwesha Das	MSc Student	23^rd April 2021	Dose-dependent effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on spike timing in awake nonhuman primates.
3. Debapriya Roy	MSc Student	30^th April 2021	Fusogen-mediated neuron-neuron fusion disrupts neural circuit connectivity and alters animal behaviour.

March 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Chandramouli Mukherjee	PhD Student	5^th March 2021	The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer.
2. Pooja Gupta	MSc Student	12^th March 2021	Regulation of stem cell function and neuronal differentiation by HERV-K via mTOR pathway.
3. Bhanumita Agrawal	MSc Student	19^th March 2021	Past experience shapes the neural circuits recruited for future learning.
4. Sonia Balahun Umdoron	PhD Student	26^th March 2021	Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia.

February 2021

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Ankit Yadav	PhD Student	26^th February 2021	Breakdown of the brain's functional network modularity with awareness

February 2020

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Shashwati Tripathi	-	7^th February 2020	Does stress cause premature grey hair?
2. Indira Priya	-	14^th February 2020	Oral Administration of miR-30d from Feces of MS Patients Suppresses MS-like Symptoms in Mice by Expanding Akkermansia muciniphila

January 2020

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Mantosh Patnaik	-	3^rd January 2020	Prefrontal somatostatin interneurons encode fear memory
2. Surbhi	-	10^th January 2020	Modeling microcephaly with cerebral organoids reveals a WDR62-CEP170-KIF2A pathway promoting cilium disassembly in neural progenitors
3. Pratibha Ahirwal	-	17^th January 2020	Overanxious and Underslept
4. Rekha Singh	-	31^st January 2020	The lncRNA BDNF-AS is an epigenetic regulator in the human amygdala in early onset alcohol use disorders

December 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sharmistha Panda	-	6^th December 2019	Fragmented mitochondria released from microglia trigger A1 astrocytic response and propagate inflammatory neurodegeneration
2. Ankit	-	20^th December 2019	CaMKII Measures the Passage of Time to Coordinate Behaviour and Motivational State
3. Nitish Kumar	-	27^th December 2019	Neurons that Function within an Integrator to Promote a Persistent Behavioral State in Drosophila

November 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Akanksha Goyal	-	1^st November 2019	CAMSAP3 maintains neuronal polarity through regulation of microtubule stability
2. Akanksha Gupta	-	8^th November 2019	Creating a neuroprosthesis for active tactile exploration of textures
3. Vinsea AV Singh	-	15^th November 2019	Mapping visual symbols onto spoken language along the ventral visual stream
4. Darshit Thakar	-	22^nd November 2019	Impact of Gamma oscillations on neuronal plasticity in visual cortex
5. Rishika	-	29^th November 2019	Inception of memories that guide vocal learning in songbirds

October 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Shalini Sharma	-	3^rd October 2019	The ChAHP Complex Counteracts Chromatin Looping at CTCF Sites that Emerged from SINE Expansions in Mouse
2. Partika	-	11^th October 2019	Simultaneous multi-area recordings suggest that attention improves performance by reshaping stimulus representations
3. Gargi Majumdar	-	25^th October 2019	Link to the paper

September 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Kamakshi Garg	-	6^th September 2019	Sensory cortex wiring requires preselection of short and long range projection neurons through an Egr-Foxg1-COUP-TFI network
2. Dipanjana Banerjee	-	13^th September 2019	Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 mediates neuronal histone methylation and age-related memory impairment
3. Stuti Mohapatra	-	20^th September 2019	A weaning reaction to microbiota is required for resistance to immunopathologies in the adult
4. Khushboo Punjabi	-	27^th September 2019	Hippocampal sharp-wave ripples linked to visual episodic recollection in humans

August 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Tripti Joshi	-	2^nd August 2019	Natural and Drug Rewards Engage Distinct Pathways that Converge on Coordinated Hypothalamic and Reward Circuits
2. Ritu	-	9^th August 2019	Voluntary and involuntary contributions to perceptually guided saccadic choices resolved with millisecond precision
3. Kirti	-	30^th August 2019	CLOCK's out for lunch

July 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Mr. Neeraj Kumar	Junior Research Fellow	6^th July 2019	Rhythmic Encoding Enhances Recognition Memory
2. Bindu	-	12^th July 2019	Role of Pericytes in early Alzheimer's disease
3. Shiladtiya Laskar	-	19^th July 2019	Long-duration hippocampal sharp wave as potential memory enhancers
4. Sibaram Behera	-	26^th July 2019	The molecular delete button for forgetting

June 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Shruti Patrick	-	7^th June 2019	The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight
2. Surajit Chakraborty	Ph.D Student	14^th June 2019	Collective infection of cells by viral aggregates promotes early viral proliferation and reveals a cellular-level Allee effect
3. Himali Arora	-	21^st June 2019	Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks
4. Meenakshi Bhaska	-	28^th June 2019	Neuronal small RNA control behaviour transgenerationally

May 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Mukta	-	3^rd May 2019	miR-9 regulates basal ganglia-dependent developmental vocal learning and adult vocal performance in songbirds.
2. Shubham	-	10^th May 2019	Link to the paper
3. Dharmendra Puri	Ph.D Student	17^th May 2019	A sleep-inducing gene, nemuri, links sleep and immune function in Drosophila
4. Priyanka Ghosh	-	24^th May 2019	Focus of attention modulates the heartbeat evoked potential
5. Sarbani Samaddar	Ph.D Student	31^st May 2019	Artificially Enhancing and Suppressing Hippocampus-Mediated Memories

April 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Raghav Shankar	-	5^th April 2019	Differential tuning of excitation and inhibition shapes direction selectivity in ferret visual cortex
2. Gourav Sharma	-	12^th April 2019	Link to the paper
3. Pruthvi S G	-	26^th April 2019	Mutation of the Human Circadian Clock Gene CRY1 in Night Owl disorder (DSPD)

March 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. S Bala Kumar	-	1^st March 2019	Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence
2. Priyanka	-	8^th March 2019	Neural circuits underlying a psychotherapeutic regimen for fear disorders
3. Atrayee Basu	-	15^th March 2019	Migraine-Associated TRESK Mutations Increase Neuronal Excitability through Alternative Translation Initiation and Inhibition of TREK
4. Arti Kumari	-	29^th March 2019	Pyramidal cell regulation of interneuron survival sculpts cortical networks

February 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Tushar Arora	-	1^st February 2019	Cerebellum joins the Social network
2. Hriday S Pandey	-	8^th February 2019	Astrocyte-Secreted Chordin-like 1 Drives Synapse Maturation and Limits Plasticity by Increasing Synaptic GluA2 AMPA Receptors
3. Reshma Bhagat	Senior Research Fellow	15^th February 2019	Adult neural stem cells regulate newborn neuron development
4. Vipendra	-	22^nd February 2019	Perineural nets: Controlling visual processing and plasticity

January 2019

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sheikh Touseef	-	11^th January 2019	Brain regulatory T cells suppress astrogliosis and potentiate neurological recovery
2. Indrajith	-	18^th January 2019	Neural Code for episodic Time
3. Biswaranjan	-	24^th January 2019	Friend or foe? Hippocampus which controls social memory also triggers aggression

December 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Kautuk	-	7^th December 2018	Dynamic salience processing in paraventricular thalamus gates associative learning.

November 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Utkarsha	-	22^nd November 2018	Volitional social interaction prevents drug addiction in rat models
2. John	-	18^th November 2018	Macro-connectomics and microstructure predict dynamic plasticity patterns in the non-human primate brain

October 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sunanda Sharma	-	5^th October 2018	NEK7 regulates dendrite morphogenesis in neurons via Eg5-dependent microtubule stabilization.
2. Vanshika	-	18^th October 2018	Decoding the Neural Representations of Story Meanings across Languages

September 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Keerthana P	-	7^th September 2018	The mitochondrial unfolded protein response is mediated cell-non autonomously by retromer-dependent wnt signaling
2. Karthick	-	14^th September 2018	3D Triculture model - A tool for Better understanding of Alzheimer Disease
3. Nisha Chetana Sastry	-	20^th September 2018	Brain network dynamics are hierarchically organized in time
4. Shivangi	-	28^th September 2018	Motor neuron-derived microRNAs cause astrocyte dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

August 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Pallavi Singh	-	3^rd August 2018	Repetitive aggressive encounters generate a long lasting internal state in Drosophila melanogaster males.
2. Ranjit Pradhan	-	10^th August 2018	Recovery of lost infant memories in mice
3. Swagata Dey	-	17^th August 2018	Evolution of a central neural circuit underlies Drosophila mate preferences. Seeholzer et.al. Nature (2018) 559, p564-569
4. Abhishek Singh Narvaria	-	24^th August 2018	Low-frequency theta oscillations in the human hippocampus during real-world and virtual navigation
5. Deepti	-	31^st August 2018	Adult Neurogenesis Conserves Hippocampal Memory Capacity

July 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Azmaan	-	6^th July 2018	Opiates increase the number of hypocretin-producing cells and reverse cataplexy in a mouse model of narcolepsy
2. Masood Ahmad Wani	-	13^th July 2018	Induction of innate immune memory via microRNA targeting of chromatin remodelling factors
3. kirti Saluja	-	20^th July 2018	Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Dissonance (Revised): An EEG Study
4. Guneet Kaur	-	27^th July 2018	Reducing histone acetylation rescues cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome

June 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Tripti Joshi	-	1^st June 2018	A common mechanism of proteasome impairment by neurodegenerative disease-associated oligomers
2. Shiladtiya Laskar	-	8^th June 2018	Spatial Representation of Self and Other in the Hippocampus
3. Sibaram Behera	-	15^th June 2018	Whispering neurons fuel cortical highways
4. Bindu	-	22^nd June 2018	Proteins clog neural stem cell activation
5. Atrayee Basu	-	29^th June 2018	The Neuropeptide Tac2 Controls a Distributed Brain State Induced by Chronic Social Isolation Stress

May 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Sreyashi Chandra	M.Sc Student	4^th May 2018	Discovery of long-range inhibitory signaling to ensure single axon formation
2. Tapasya Pal	-	11^th May 2018	Long noncoding RNA-directed epigenetic regulation of gene expression is associated with anxiety-like behavior in mice
3. Varsha Ramakrishna	-	18^th May 2018	Tobacco-Free Cigarette Smoke Exposure Induces Anxiety and Panic-Related Behaviours in Male Wistar Rats
4. Vini Tiwari	-	25^th May 2018	Diffusion markers of dendritic density and arborization in gray matter predict differences in intelligence

April 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Anagh Pathak	M.Sc Student	6^th April 2018	Phase-amplitude coupling at the organism level: The amplitude of spontaneous alpha rhythm fluctuations varies with the phase of the infra-slow gastric basal rhythm
2. Kasturi Biswas	M.Sc Student	13^th April 2018	KIF2A regulates the development of dentate granule cells and postnatal hippocampal wiring
3. Kirti	M.Sc Student	20^th April 2018	Molecular Signatures of STC (Sexually Transmitted Cancer) in Dogs
4. Ritu	M.Sc Student	27^th April 2018	Using dual eye tracking to uncover personal gaze patterns during social interaction

March 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Shruti Patrick	Junior Research Fellow	9^th March 2018	Commensal microbes induce serum IgA responses that protect against polymicrobial sepsis
2. Himali Arora	Junior Research Fellow	16^th March 2018	Foxm1 controls a pro-stemness microRNA network in neural stem cells
3. Meenakshi Bhaskar	Junior Research Fellow	23^rd March 2018	Viral insulin-like peptides activate human insulin and IGF-1 receptor signaling: A paradigm shift for host-microbe interactions
4. Neeraj Kumar	Junior Research Fellow	28^th March 2018	Neural entrainment shapes perception of subsequent speech

February 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Priyanka Ghosh	Junior Research Fellow	2^nd February 2018	Fast fMRI can detect oscillatory neural activity in humans
2. Shubham Krishna	Integrated PhD Student	9^th February 2018	MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma maintains an aggressive and undifferentiated phenotype by deregulation of estrogen and NGF signaling
3. Sarbani Samaddar	Junior Research Fellow	15^th February 2018	Homeostatic Plasticity in the Hippocampus Facilitates Memory Extinction
4. Surajit Chakraborty	Junior Research Fellow	23^rd February 2018	Alcohol and endogenous aldehydes damagebchromosomes and mutate stem cells.

January 2018

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Pruthvi SG	Research Fellow	5^th January 2018	Cancer cells overrides the circadian clock to survive
2. Mukta Kumari	Junior Research Fellow	12^th January 2018	Locus coeruleus input to hippocampal CA3 drives single-trial learning of a novel context
3. Raghav Shanker	Junior Research Fellow	19^th January 2018	Distinct timescales of population coding across cortex
4. Shelly Pal	Junior Research Fellow	25^th January 2018	Integration of grid maps in merged environments

December 2017

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Vipendra Kumar	Integrated PhD Student	1^st December 2017	Synapse-specific astrocyte gating of amygdala-related behavior
2. Harjot Kaur	M.Sc Student	15^th December 2017	Neuromodulatory connectivity defines the structure of a behavioral neural network
3. Gourav Sharma	Integrated PhD Student	22^nd December 2017	Memory retrieval by activating engram cells in mouse models of early Alzheimer's disease
4. Dharmendra Puri	Junior Research Fellow	29^th December 2017	Suppression of sleep behavior due to work

November 2017

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Atrayee Basu	M.Sc Student	3^rd November 2017	Dynamics of Gut-Brain Communication Underlying Hunger
2. Priyanka	Integrated PhD Student	10^th November 2017	Mitochondrial Fission Promotes the Continued Clearance of Apoptotic Cells by Macrophages
3. Hymavathy B	Project Assistant	17^th November 2017	Reconstructing the spectrotemporal modulations of real-life sounds from fMRI response patterns
4. Dixit Sharma	Junior Research Fellow	24^th November 2017	Resting-state connectivity biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes of depression

October 2017

Name of Speaker	Designation	Date of Presentation	Title of the Research Article
1. Bala kumar	Junior Research Fellow	13^th October 2017	The Mammalian Brain is the most Complex organ in the body
2. G. Vinodh Kumar	Junior Research Fellow	27^th October 2017	Illusions of having small or large invisible bodies influence visual perception of object size