Day 1 Schedule - 28th November, 2024
12:00 - 13:00: Registration
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 14:10: Welcome Note by Head of the Institution, Presidency University
14:10 - 14:15: Genesis of IHS by Piyali Mukherjee, Coordinator, Institute of Health Sciences, Presidency University
14:15 - 15:00: Keynote Lecture by Abhijit Chowdhury, IILDS, Kolkata
15:00 - 16:00: Scientific Session - 1 on Genetics to Genomics
Lolitika Mandal, IISER, Mohali
Sagar Sengupta, NIBMG, Kalyani
Chair: Sushanta Roychoudhury, IICB, Kolkata
16:00 - 16:30: Tea Break
16:30 - 17:30: Popular Lecture by LS Sasidhara, NCBS, Bengaluru
17:30 - 18:30: Panel Discussion: "Bedside to Bench: The Reverse Dogma"
Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, SNU, Kolkata
Sagar Sengupta, BRIC-NIBMG, Kalyani
LS Shashidhara, NCBS, Bengaluru
Abhijit Chowdhury, IILDS, Kolkata
Supriyo Choudhury, INK, Kolkata
Angira Dasgupta, BRSH, Kolkata
Syamal Roy, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata
Susanta Roychoudhury, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata
Arpita Konar, PU-IHS, Kolkata
Panel Coordinator: Piyali Mukherjee, PU-IHS, Kolkata
18:30 - 20:30: Dinner
Day 2 Schedule - 29th November, 2024
09:00 - 10:00: Registration
10:00 - 11:30: Scientific Session - 2A : Neuropathology & Systems Immunology
Amitabha Majumder, NCCS, Pune
Piyali Mukherjee, IHS-PU, Kolkata
Jishnu Das, UPTT, USA
Chair: Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay, DLS, PU, Kolkata
Scientific Session - 2B : Epigenetics and Transcriptional Control
Chandrima Das, SINP, Kolkata
Biswadip Das, JU, Kolkata
Chandrama Mukherjee, IHS-PU, Kolkata
Chair: Sharmila Sengupta, SGCC&RI, Kolkata
11:30 - 12:00: Tea Break
12:00 - 13:30: Scientific Session - 3A : DNA Repair & Post-transcriptional Regulation
Benu Brata Das, IACS, Kolkata
Sanjeev Shukla, IISER, Bhopal
Student Talk - 1
Student Talk - 2
Chair: Sujoy K Das Gupta, BI, Kolkata
Scientific Session - 3B : Origins of Human Diseases
Saumitra Das, IISC, Bengaluru
Dipyaman Ganguly, IICB, Kolkata
Student Talk - 1
Student Talk - 2
Chair: Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, SNU, Kolkata
13:30 - 14:30: Lunch at IHS Green
14:30 - 16:30: Poster Session
16:30 - 17:00: Tea Break
17:00 - 18:30: Scientific Session - 4A : Cell Biology - Trafficking and Autophagy
Nagaraj Balasubramanian, IISER, Pune
Ravi Manjithaya, JNCASR, Bengaluru
Oishee Chakrabarty, SINP, Kolkata
Chair: Tapas Sengupta, IISER Kolkata
Scientific Session - 4B : Molecular Virology - RNA and DNA Viruses
Shashsnk Tripathi, IISC, Bengaluru
Arindam Mondal, IIT-KGP, Kharagpur
Abhik Saha, IHS-PU, Kolkata
Chair: Soma Banerjee, IPGME&R, Kolkata
18:30 - 20:30: Dinner & Cultural Program at IHS Green
Day 3 Schedule - 30th November, 2024
09:00 - 10:00: Registration
10:00 - 11:30: Scientific Session - 5A : Host-Pathogen Interaction
Anirban Banerjee, IIT-Bombay
Rupak Dutta, IISER, Kolkata
Student Talk - 1
Student Talk - 2
Chair: Syamal Roy, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata
Scientific Session - 5B : Cancer Biology
Shilpak Chatterjee, IICB, Kolkata
Amit Dutt, ACTREC, Navi-Mumbai
Student Talk - 1
Student Talk - 2
Chair: Kaushik Biswas, BI, Kolkata
11:30 - 12:00: Tea Break
12:00 - 13:30: Scientific Session - 6A : Human Health and Diseases
Suman Dhar, JNU, New Delhi
Debabrata Biswas, IICB, Kolkata
Raghunath Chatterjee, ISI, Kolkata
Chair: Mitali Chatterjee, IPGME&R, Kolkata
Scientific Session - 6B : Nanobiotechnology & Biomedical Engineering
Koel Chaudhury, IIT-KGP, Kharagpur
Paulomi Ghosh, PU-IHS, Kolkata
Falguni Pati, IIT - Hyderabad
Chair: Santanu Dhara, IIT Kharagpur
13:30 - 14:30: Lunch at IHS Green
14:30 - 16:30: Poster Session
16:30 - 17:00: Tea Break
17:00- 17:25: Prize Distribution
17:25 - 17:30: Vote of Thanks