| 2:00 - 2:30 PM | Inauguration and Welcome Address |
Prof. Rajiv Prakash Director, IIT Bhilai Prof. Santosh Biswas Dean R&D, IIT Bhilai |
| 2:30 - 3:15 PM | Keynote Lecture 1 |
Prof. Partha Pratim Majumder Founding Director, NIBMG Kalyani |
| 3:15 - 4:15 PM | Invited Talk 1 |
Dr. Mridula Nambiar IISER Pune Title: Cohesin paralogs and the molecular logic of meiotic chromosome behavior |
| Invited Talk 2 |
Dr. Niraj Rai BSIP Lucknow Title: Ancient DNA and the Genetic Mosaic of South Asia |
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| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | Tea Break | - |
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Spotlight Talk 1 |
Dr. Sourav Banerjee SRMIST |
| Spotlight Talk 2 |
Dr. Lekh Raj CURAJ |
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| Spotlight Talk 3 |
Dr. Swati Singh IIT Ropar |
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| Spotlight Talk 4 |
Dr. Arup Dutta IIT Guwahati |
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| 5:30 - 7:30 PM | Poster Session I | - |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Dinner | - |
| 7:30 - 9:30 AM | Breakfast | - |
| 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Invited Talk 1 |
Dr. Ishwariya Venkatesh CCMB Hyderabad Title: All in the Family: Nuclear Receptors regulate Axon Regeneration in the mammalian CST |
| Invited Talk 2 |
Dr. Indrajit Sahu NCCS Pune Title: Viagra could be the next-generation drug for Alzheimer’s Disease |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 AM | Spotlight Talk 1 |
Dr. Sarita Puri IISER Pune |
| Spotlight Talk 2 |
Dr. Shruti Gupta IIT Bhilai |
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| Spotlight Talk 3 |
Dr. Bikash Kumar Amity University, CG |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 AM | Tea Break | - |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Spotlight Talk 4 |
Dr. Manishekhar Kumar NIT Raipur |
| Spotlight Talk 5 |
Dr. Sushma Chauhan Amity University, CG |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 PM | Young Investigators’ Talks I | PhDs and Postdocs |
| 12:30 - 1:00 PM | Industrial Talk | To be announced |
| 1:00 - 3:00 PM | Poster Session II and Lunch | - |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | Invited Talk 1 |
Dr. Anupam Gupta IIT Hyderabad Title: Differential motility leads to intestinal organoid budding |
| Invited Talk 2 |
Dr. Garima Rani IIT Delhi Title: Nascent Biofilms on Soft Surfaces |
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| Invited Talk 3 |
Dr. Pugazhenthan T. AIIMS Raipur Title: Pharmacovigilance in the Era of Precision Medicine: From Biological Signals to Predictive Drug Safety |
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| 4:30 - 4:45 PM | Tea Break | - |
| 4:45 - 5:45 PM | Invited Talk 4 |
Dr. Tatini Rakshit SNU Noida Title: Interpreting the Messages Cancer Cells Send - One Molecule at a Time |
| Invited Talk 5 |
Dr. Dablu Lal Gupta AIIMS Raipur Title: The Double-Edged Sword of Sepsis: Combating Immune Hyper-inflammation and Paralysis with Targeted Therapies |
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| 5:45 - 6:15 PM | Young Investigators’ Talks II | PhDs and Postdocs |
| 6:15 - 7:00 PM | Keynote Lecture 2 |
Prof. L. S. Shashidhara Director, NCBS, Bengaluru Title: From the origin of Life to Evolution of Self |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Dinner | - |
| 7:30 - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | - |
| 9:00 - 9:45 AM | Keynote Lecture 3 |
Prof. Ritu Trivedi Chief Scientist & Head, Endocrinology Division, CDRI, Lucknow |
| 9:45 - 10:45 AM | Invited Talk 1 |
Dr. Rashmi Ray IISER Bhopal Title: Generation of protective immune responses during viral infections |
| Invited Talk 2 |
Dr. Balkrishna Chaturvedi IIT Dharwad Title: Endothelial Metabolic Reprogramming in Cardiometabolic Disease: Linking Lipid Metabolism, Inflammation, and Vascular Dysfunction |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 AM | Tea Break | - |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Spotlight Talk 1 |
Dr. Divya Singh BIT Durg |
| Spotlight Talk 2 |
Dr. Anirban Sardar CDRI, Lucknow |
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| Spotlight Talk 3 |
Dr. Pratibha Gaur SRMIST, Sonepat |
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| Spotlight Talk 4 |
Dr. Mridula Sahu CIMAP, Lucknow |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 PM | Closing Session and Vote of Thanks | - |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM | Lunch and Departure | - |