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📅 28th August 2025 |
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6:00 am onwards |
Departure from RGCB (train/car) |
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6:20-6:30 PM |
Introductory remarks by the Director, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram |
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6:30-7:10 PM |
Professor Raghu Kalluri, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, USA "Cancer without Disease: Exploring A Novel and Practical Strategy for Prevention and Control of Malignant Cancer " |
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7:10-7:50 PM |
Dr. Mahendran K.R., RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Single-Peptide Assembly of Dual-Diameter α-Helical Nanopores for Pathological Protein Detection" |
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8:15-10:00 PM |
Dinner |
📅 29th August 2025 |
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9:00-9:40 AM |
Professor Deepak Srivastava, Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco, USA "Cellular Reprogramming in Human Disease." |
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9:40-10:20 AM |
Dr. Rakesh S. Laishram, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Imprecisions in the 3'- untranslated RNA processing and its implication in the regulation of cardiac remodelling in hypertrophy and failure" |
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10:20-11.00 AM |
Prof Shilpee Dutt, JNU, New Delhi " Unveiling GBM's Survival Blueprint: From Senescence Escape to DNA Repair Modulation" |
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11.00-11:15 AM |
TEA BREAK |
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11:15-11:55 AM |
Dr. Rajesh Chandramohanadas, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram " Malaria's Favorite Hideout: The Mystery of Immature Red Blood Cells." |
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11:55-12:35 PM |
Prof. Kalika Prasad, IISER Pune " Self-organized morphogenesis in plant regeneration: Integrating mechanochemical and geometric cues " |
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12:35-01.15 PM |
Dr. G. S. Vinod Kumar, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Exosome-Laden Multifunctional Hydrogel Based Delivery System for Enhanced Burn Wound Healing" |
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1.15-2:30 PM |
LUNCH |
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2:30-3:10 PM |
Dr. Puran Singh Sijwali, CCMB, Hyderabad "An ER-resident lipid scramblase is crucial for biogenesis and function of apicomplexan parasite secretory organelles" |
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3.10-3:50 PM |
Dr. Kathiresan Natarajan, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Impact of TUBB4B tubulin isotype mutations associated with rare genetic disorders on microtubule dynamics" |
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3:50-4:30 PM |
Dr. Dhandapany Perundurai, InStem, Bengaluru 'DOSA"- Discovery of a new cardiac syndrome by integrating human molecular genetics, stem cells/organoids and pre-clinical models.' |
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5:30-7.30 PM |
Poster Presentation by PhD students |
8.00-10:00 PM |
Dinner |
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📅30th August 2025 |
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9:00-9:40 AM |
Professor Daniel Huster, University Germany, Germany, "The Interplay of Membrane Proteins and Lipids: Dynamics Regulates Function" |
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9:40-10:20 AM |
Dr. Rashmi Mishra, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Heart Under Pressure: Galectin-3 C-Epitope as a Game-Changer in Cardiac Care" |
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10:20-11.00 AM |
Dr. Praveen Kumar Verma, JNU, New Delhi "Fungal secreted effectors: Mechanism of fungi overcoming cell wall defenses to cause infection" |
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11:00-11.15 AM |
Tea break |
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11:15-11:55 AM |
Dr. Sunil Martin, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Tuning CAR T cells for enhancing anti-tumor functions" |
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11:55-12:35 PM |
Dr. Dhiraj Kumar,ICGEB, New Delhi “Host-pathogen interactions on the innate-immune driveway!” |
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12.35-1.30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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1:30 -2:30 PM |
Professor Morten Meldal, University of Copenhagen “Everything is chemistry: A Nobel quest for knowledge at the interface of chemistry and biology” |
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2:30 -5:00 PM |
Excursion |
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5:30 -6:30 PM |
Poster Presentation by PhD students (Tea/Coffee will be served) |
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6:30-7:10 PM |
Professor Hector Aguilar-Carreño Cornell University,USA "Emerging Viral Glycoproteins: From Viral Entry and Assembly to Vaccines and Antivirals" |
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7.10-7.50 PM |
Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana "Title-TBA" |
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8:00-10:00 PM |
Dinner |
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📅 31st August 2025 |
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9:00-9:40 AM |
Dr. Lolitika MondalIISER, Mohali "Title-TBA" |
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9:40-10:20 AM |
Dr. T R Santhosh Kumar, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Hypoxia induced mitophagy generates reversible metabolic and redox heterogeneity with transient cell death switch driving tumorigenesis" |
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10:20-11.00 AM |
Dr. Gayathri Pananghat, IISER, Pune "A minimum cell division machinery: Cell division in cell wall less bacteria" |
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11.00-11:15 AM |
Tea Break |
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11.15-11:55 AM |
Dr. Ramray Bhat, IISc Bangaluru "Disentangling complex interactions between cancer cells, the matrix microenvironment and the macroenvironment" |
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11.55-12.35 PM |
Dr. Sreekumar E , RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram "Vascular Leakage in Dengue: from signaling pathways to inhibitors" |
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12:35-12:45 PM |
Concluding remarks |
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12.45 PM onwards |
Lunch |
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