2011

• Dr Subba Reddy Maddika
  Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
  Systematic studies on the functional network of phosphatases in cell life and death
• Dr Ajit Bikram Datta
  Bose Institute, Kolkata
  Understanding the structural basis of the substrate and the E2 specificities of ubiquitin E3 ligases
• Dr Shravanti Rampalli
  Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Bangalore
  Understanding the epigenetic basis of somatic and stem cell plasticity

2010

• Dr Soumen Basak
  National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
  Exploring the role of a developmental regulator in inflammatory immune response
• Dr Shivprasad Patil
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
  Micro-cantilever based calorimetric biosensor for decentralized diagnostics and drug discovery using a novel detection mechanism
• Dr Lolitika Mandal
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
  Molecular genetic dissection of signalling pathways involved in hematopoietic niche maintenance in Drosophila
• Dr Ravi Manjithaya
  Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
  Small molecule modulators of autophagy and autophagy related pathways
• Dr Dasaradhi Palakodeti
  Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore
  The mechanisms of RNA-mediated regulation of stem cell function in Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea
• Dr Thomas Pucadyil
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
  Mechanistic analysis of endocytosis of the amyloid precursor protein
• Dr Sunish Kumar Radhakrishnan
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
  A multilayered approach to decipher unchartered mechanisms of asymmetric cell division
• Dr Girish Ratnaparkhi
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
  Modulation of the innate immune response by SUMOylation
• Dr Kundan Sengupta
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
  Molecular mechanisms of nuclear structure-function relationships in cancer
• Dr Mukund Thattai
  National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
  Computational cell biology: exploring the organizing principles of transcriptional regulatory networks and intracellular traffic networks
• Dr Madhushudhan Venkadesan
  National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
  Control, stability and energy consumption during locomotion on uneven terrain
• Dr Partho Sarothi Ray
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
  Molecular interactions in the post-transcriptional regulation of inflammatory gene expression
• Dr Supratim Ray
  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  Study of basic cortical circuitry at multiple scales of neural integration to understand the neural mechanisms underlying selective attention
• Dr Vidya Chandran
  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  Structural biology of mycobacterial secretion systems: mammalian cell entry (Mce) transporter system and ESX (Type VII) secretion system
• Dr Rohit Joshi
  Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
  Understanding the role of Hox genes in anterior-posterior axis determination of the Central Nervous System

2009

• Dr Arun Sripati
  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  Neuronal basis of object recognition
• Dr Kausik Chakraborty
  Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi
  Functional genomics of misfolding-induced stress response
• Dr Kayarat Saikrishnan
  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
  Structural studies on NTP-dependent Restriction-Modification Enzymes
• Dr Amit Singh
  International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
  Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy and reactivation by the oxygen sensor WhiB4
• Dr Vatsala Thirumalai
  National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
  The developing brain and the emergence of behavior a case for neuromodulation