Professor BK Bachhawat Memorial Life Time Achievement Award in Neuroscience
Dr. Shashi Bala Singh, President, Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN) and Former Advisor, DRDO and currently the Director, NIPER, Hyderabad and the General Secretary of IAN, Prof PK Seth, CEO Biotechnology Park, Lucknow felicitated the winner for the year 2019 at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Academy at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on 19th Nov 2019. Dr. KP Mohanakumar, currently the Director of IUCBR & SSH, a new Research Station with Mahatma Gandhi University situated at its Campus at Thalappady has been awarded the most prestigious award of the Academy for his overall contributions in neuroscience working from India, and based on his publications, receipt of recognition in science by Govt Bodies, and for the contribution that significantly influenced the growth of neuroscience in India. His pioneering work in neuroscience included serotoninergic basis of Parkinsonian tremor, development of a new generation of neuronal lines with mitochondrial defects specific for a number of neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Autism and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity disorders. His contributions to understanding the molecular basis of Parkinsonism employing postmortem human brain samples, cellular and animal models of the disease are phenomenal and milestones in the area.
IUCBR Scholars wins International travel awards for ISN-ASN 2025 and INSAR 2025 Meeting
Neethu P– Poster presentation award at the Indian Society for Extracellular Vesicles (InSEV) annual conference at AIIMS, New Delhi
P Prabin– Oral Presentation award at nternational Conference on Microbiome in Biodefence and Therapeutics (ICMBT) 2024 -25.
At ICMBT 2024-25 held at Bharathiraja University, Coimbatore from 19-20 February 2025 P. Prabin secured 2nd place in the oral presentation category for his talk on “In silico designing of novel peptides targeting the NS1 protein RBD region of Influenza virus”.
Neethumol O P– Received travel grant and child care grant for attending European molecular biology organisation (EMBO) conference and Global exchange lecture course on “Neural circuits in health and disease” held at IISER Mohali, Punjab from from 13-17th February 2025
Jimna Mohamed Ameer– Best Poster Presentation award at 37th Kerala Science congress.
At the 37th Kerala Science Congress, held at Kerala Agricultural University in Thrissur from 7-10 February 2025. Jimna Muhamed Ameer received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the Health Science category for the work titled “Mitochondrial Dysfunction Drives Lysosomal Deficits Through Parkin-SNX9 Dependent Vesicular Trafficking.”
Jimna Mohamed Ameer- IAN Travel Award for presenting paper at 42nd annual meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences and International Conference on Advances In Mechanisms and Approaches to Neuro-Therapeutics (AIM-AT) at NIMHANS, Bengaluru from 11-14 November 2024
Safreena N- SERB Overseas visiting doctoral fellowship 2024
SERB-OVDF provides opportunity for Indian research scholars to conduct a part of their research work at USA or Canada. Safreena N was among the 25 students selected for the prestigious SERB-Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF) 2024. As part of this fellowship, she will conduct a portion of her research at Purdue University, USA, for one year. The fellowship provides a monthly stipend of US$2000, along with coverage for travel and insurance expenses.
Krishna S Nair- International Travel award to attend and present at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Autism Research (INSAR) held in Melbourne, Australia from 15-18 May 2024
Nishad Keethedeth- Best Oral Presentation award sponsored by ACS Publications at International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites ICN 2024
Nishad Keethedeth won Best Oral Presentation award sponsored by ACS Publications at ICN 2024 from 10-12 May, 2024 Organized by International and Inter University centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, University of Lorraine, France and University of Johannesburg, South Africa held at Kottayam, Kerala, India for his work entitled “Mito-PG, a non-toxic polymeric nanoparticle for neuronal mitochondria targeted drug delivery”
Harsha P J- Travel award by International Society of Neurochemistry for attending ISN-MLSU First Neuroschemistry School on ” Advances in Neurochemical Research Techniques and Management of Neurologicall Disorders” at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan from 18-24 January 2024
Nishad Keethedeth- Indian Academy of Neurosciences Travel Award for attending 41st Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences and International Conference on “Brain: Chemistry to Cognition”
Nishad Keethedeth received IAN Travel award for attending 41st Annual Meeting of IAN and International conference on “Brain: Chemistry to Cognition”, October 3-6, 2023 at Jiwaji University, Gwalior and presenting paper entitled “A novel non-toxic polymeric nanoparticle for neuronal mitochondria targeting” at Young Scientists’ Colloquium.
Krishna S Nair- D M Kar Prize for best oral presentation at Young Scientist Colloquium during 40th Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neuroscience and International Conference on Neuroscience Research: Current Trends and Future Needs, at North-Eastern Hill University Shillong, Meghalaya from 07-10 December 2022
Harsha P J- Poster Presentation award at NEUROCON 2019.
NEUROCON 2019 held at Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, India from 15 18 November 2019. Harsha P J third Prize for poster presentation entitled “An Iron Chelator Mimosine Exhibits Neuroprotective Effect in Experimental Neurodegenerative Disease”
Krishna S Nair- Academic visit to the University of Reading, UK as part of the SPARC project funded by MHRD, Government of India from August to October 2019
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