Program

Guha Research Conference, 2025

From 30th October (Thursday) to 3rd November (Monday)
Solang Valley, Himachal Pradesh

Arrival & Opening Session • Time • Activity
  • 09:00 - 11:00 Shuttle Services Depart from Designated Pickup Points in Chandigarh
  • Reach by 17:30 Journey to Solang Valley (Approx. 6 hrs) • Lunch served en route
  • 16:00 - 17:30 Hotel Check-in (Solang Valley Resort / Hotel Palchan)
  • 17:30 - 18:00 Guests from Hotel Palchan Arrive at Solang Valley Resort
  • 18:00 - 19:00 Meet & Greet • High Tea at Solang Valley Resort
  • 20:00 onwards Dinner • Venue: Solang Valley Resort
Session I: Scientific Presentations
Chairs: Shantanu Chaudhary & Manjula Reddy
Time • Speaker
  • 19:00 - 19:20 Subrata Sinha - A novel lncRNA regulated networks in differentiation and cancer
  • 19:20 - 19:40 Chandrima Das - Epigenetic regulators as mediators of metabolic signaling
  • 19:40 - 20:00 Jomon Joseph - Functions of nucleoporins beyond the nuclear pore complex

  • 07:00 - 09:30 Breakfast
Session II: Scientific Presentations • 09:30 – 11:30
Chairs: Pradeep Parrack & Sudhanshu Vrati
Time • Speaker
  • 09:30 - 10:00 C. V. Srikanth - Mucin matters: Investigating how goblet cells shape gut microbiota and homeostasis
  • 10:00 - 10:30 Shweta Tyagi - The many facets of the epigenetic regulator MLL
  • 10:30 - 11:00 Swasti Raychaudhuri - Evolution of structure, function, and biogenesis of respiratory complexes
  • 11:00 - 11:30 Shilpak Chatterjee - Epitranscriptomic regulation shapes CD8⁺ T Cell differentiation in tumors
  • 11:30 - 11:45 Tea Break
Session III: Scientific Presentations • 11:45 – 13:15
Chairs: Pawan Malhotra & Patrick D'Silva
Time • Speaker
  • 11:45 - 12:15 Swati Saha - Protein methylation-mediated regulation of Leishmania pathogenesis
  • 12:15 - 12:45 Santosh Chauhan - DZIP3, a new viral RNA sensor that activates antiviral immunity
  • 12:45 - 13:15 Jogender Singh - Microbiota-mediated modulation of host stress responses and lifespan
  • 13:15 - 14:15 Lunch Break (Himachali Dham)
Session IV: Scientific Presentations • 14:15 – 16:15
Chairs: Vinay Nandicoori & Gangi Setty Subba Rao
Time • Speaker
  • 14:15 - 14:45 Ramandeep Singh - Understanding the function and regulation of complex of toxin-antitoxin systems from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • 14:45 - 15:15 Vatsala Thirumalai - Machinations of the mind for moving – A Matsya story
  • 15:15 - 15:45 Praveen Vemula - Chemical biology approaches for biomedical applications
  • 15:45 - 16:00 Tea Break
Session V: Scientific Presentations • 16:00 – 19:00
Chairs: Debi Sarkar & Sharmila Bapat
Time • Speaker
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Tamal Das - Intracellular architects of collective cell dynamics: Surprising roles of cellular organelles
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Ranjith Padinhateeri - Simulating chromatin dynamics to link 4D genome organization with function
  • 17:00 - 17:30 Sangram Bagh - Building computers and AI with living cells: Engineered bacteria identify prime numbers, vowels, and answer math questions
  • 17:30 - 18:00 Gayathri Pananghat - Understanding mechanism of cell shape in a helical cell wall less bacterium
  • 18:00 - 18:15 Tea Break
Session VI: Scientific Presentations • 18:15 – 19:45
Chairs: Subeer Majumdar & Gopal Pande
Time • Speaker
  • 18:15 - 18:45 Manas Santra - Biology of unconventional secretory form of transmembrane protein
  • 18:45 - 19:15 Debabrata Laha - Molecular basis of GA-independent DELLA regulation by inositol pyrophosphate in a non-vascular embryophyte
  • 19:15 - 19:45 Nimesh Gupta - T cells shaping antibody responses to dengue virus
  • 20:00 onwards Dinner

  • 06:30 - 08:00 Breakfast in respective hotels
  • 08:00 - 08:30 Pickup for outdoor session in Sissu from respective hotels
  • 09:30 Arrive in Sissu
  • 09:30 Group Photograph
Session VII: Scientific Presentations • 10:00 – 11:30
Chairs: R. Sankarnaraynan & Amit Chattopadhyay
Time • Speaker
  • 10:00 - 10:20 Suman Kumar Dhar - Moonlighting function of Plasmodium falciparum glycolytic enzyme phospho glycerate mutase 1
  • 10:20 - 10:40 D. P. Kasbekar - DNA fingerprinting, basic genetics, and the socio-legal tri-junction
  • 10:40 - 11:00 Mohammad Zahid Ashraf - Blood clotting at altitudes: A crosstalk between inflammation and coagulation
  • 11:00 - 11:30 Societal Talk by Sudesh Yadav - Harnessing the potential of Himalayan bioresources for sustainable development
  • 11:30 - 12:30 High Tea
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Return to Solang Valley Resort
  • 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
Session VIII: Scientific Presentations • 15:00 – 16:45
Chairs: G. R. Chandak & Subhabrata Chakrabarti
Time • Speaker
  • 15:00 - 15:30 Sanjeev Galande - Genome duplication and chromatin organization: Insights into vertebrate evolution
  • 15:30 - 16:00 Mohit Jolly - What does not kill cancer can make it stronger: Investigating mechanisms of drug-induced cancer cell plasticity
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Deepti Jain - Transcriptional programming of flagella assembly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • 16:30 - 16:45 Tea Break
Session IX: Scientific Presentations • 16:45 – 18:15
Chairs: Sagar Sengupta & B. K. Thelma
Time • Speaker
  • 16:45 - 17:05 Benu Brata Das - Decoding disease: How DNA breaks cause genomic instability
  • 17:05 - 17:20 Sponsor Talk: Prabuddha K. Kundu, Premas Biotech - Beyond the blueprint: Designing living architectures with Axtex 4D
  • 17:20 - 17:35 Sponsor Talk: H. R. Prashanth, Spincotech - Celebrating science - Spinco omics solutions
  • 17:35 - 17:55 Rakesh Mishra - Solving societal problems using cutting edge science in indian context
  • 17:55 - 18:15 Rashna Bhandari - Polyphosphate – the forgotten biopolymer
  • 18:15 - 18:35 Gopal Kundu - Understanding the tumor heterogeneity and identification of novel target(s) in different subtypes of breast cancer
  • 18:35 - 18:55 Gobardhan Das - Astute host evasion mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • 19:00 - 20:00 Panel discussion on science policy: Role of private institutions in R&D
  • 20:00 onwards Dinner

  • 07:00 - 13:00 Free time for Members to explore places around Manali (Visit to Rohtang Pass is being arranged for interested Participants)
  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Session X: Scientific Presentations • 14:00 – 15:20
Chairs: Ch. Mohan Rao & Hari Sharan Misra
Time • Speaker
  • 14:00 - 14:20 Kausik Chakraborty - Unravelling role of mitochondria in cytosolic proteostasis
  • 14:20 - 14:40 Beena Pillai - Inherited non-coding RNAs modulate neuronal gene regulation and behaviour in zebrafish
  • 14:40 - 15:00 Mohmmed Asif - Organelle homeostasis, stress tolerance and drug resistance in Plasmodium
  • 15:00 - 15:20 Samit Chattopadhyay - Telomere functions in cancers: Role of tumor suppressor BANP
  • 15:20 - 15:40 Tea Break
Session XI: Scientific Presentations • 15:40 – 17:40
Chairs: V. Radha & Krishanveni Mishra
Time • Speaker
  • 15:40 - 16:00 Arnab Mukhopadhyay - Metabolic regulation of longevity through a neuron-gut signalling axis
  • 16:00 - 16:20 B. J. Rao - Mechanism of priming against thermal stress in Arabidopsis thaliana: the story of protein homeostasis
  • 16:20 - 16:40 Shobhona Sharma - Death by lipids; nano-lipid mediated destruction of malaria infected RBCs
  • 16:40 - 17:00 Jagmohan Singh - Non-mendelian inheritance of chromatin state
  • 17:00 - 17:20 Janendra K. Batra - Caseinolytic protease B (ClpB) in the survival and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • 17:20 - 17:40 S. Gopalan Sampathkumar - Is the mucin-type O-glycosylation relevant for melanogenesis and melanomagenesis?
  • 17:40 - 18:00 Tea Break
  • 18:00 - 19:30 Cultural Program
  • 19:30 - 21:00 GRC Gala Dinner
  • 20:30 onwards General Body Meeting

  • 06:30 onwards Breakfast
  • 07:30 onwards Departure

GRC 2025 Ends