Chair Bhavana Muralidharan, inStem- Opening remarks and Plenary session

10.00-11.00     

Vidita Vaidya, TIFR-Mumbai - “Serotonergic psychedelics - A revival”

Chair: Venkatakrishnan Ramaswamy, BITS Hyderabad

11.00-11.30

Aurnab Ghose, IISER Pune – “Through a Formin lens, dimly: insights into cytoskeleton remodelling in neurons”

11.30-12.00

Biju Viswanath, Nimhans – “Cellular models in psychiatry” 

12.00-12.30

Bhavana Muralidharan, inStem - “Chromatin regulation of cerebral cortical development”

BREAK- 12.30-13.30

Chair: Bhavana Muralidharan ,inStem

13.30-14.00     

Anindya Ghosh Roy, NBRC – “Study of neuronal regeneration using C. elegans”

14.00-14.30     

Jackson James, RGCB - "A unique neural stem cell niche in SVZ is critical for maintenance of neural stem cells during early neurogenesis and in adult cortex"

14.30-15.00 

Pankaj Seth, NBRC - "What we know and need to know about virus induced neurodegeneration"

BREAK- 15.00-15.15

Chair: Anupama Sathyamurthy, CNS, IISc

15.15-15.45

Hiyaa Ghosh, NCBS -  “Maintaining form and function of cells in the adult brain” 

15.45-16.15

Swananda Marathe, IISc – “Do Stars Shape Our Behavior: Behaviorally relevant structural plasticity in astrocytes”