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Debasish Roy, PhD
Debasish Roy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Center for Neuroscience, IISc
Contact: droy@iisc.ac.in, Google Scholar
Debasish started his scientific journey in the lab of renowned protein crystallographer Dr. Tej Pal Singh (AIIMS, New Delhi) as a INSA summer fellow during his master's studies at VIT, Vellore. He continued his love for structural biochemistry in Dr. Mihaly Kovacs lab, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary Budapest where he was trained in enzyme kinetics for his Master's thesis. During this time, he became inspired to understand the biochemical mechanisms that regulate fat breakdown by lipolysis. As a Fulbright Scholar he pursued his PhD in Biochemistry in the lab of Dr. Kavitha Thirumurugan at VIT, Vellore and Dr. Maria Hatzoglou at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. Later, as a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Dr. Konstantin Kandror at Boston University he studied the transcriptional regulation of leptin. While conducting circadian experiments on leptin transcription, he became drawn to the field of neuroscience, to identify the role of neurons in adipose tissue, This led his transition to the field of spinal cord injury, in the lab of Dr. Andrea Tedeschi at The Ohio State University. In his postdoctoral work, he identified that after spinal cord injury pain sensing neurons (nociceptors) innervating adipose tissue, drives fat breakdown via lipolysis by the action of a2d1 subunit of voltage gated calcium channel expressed on these neurons.
Jenis
BTech. Bioengineering (3rd Year), IIT Jodhpur. Her interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience, machine learning, and biomedical data analysis. She is particularly interested in understanding complex brain-related disorders by integrating biological insight with data-driven approaches. She is an avid Friends fan, and Chandler-like-sarcasm is practically her second language 😉
Sairam
BTech, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology. IIT (BHU), Varanasi. His work lies at the intersection of neuroscience and computational innovation, specifically focusing on the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease and the transformative potential of AI in drug discovery. Driven by the belief that the future of healthcare lies in interdisciplinary synergy, Sairam leverages machine learning to decode complex biological systems. He is an avid reader of fiction and a doodler who can be found contemplating the intricacies of the Universe.
Rikta
MSc Microbiology, Central University of Punjab. My interest lies in neuroscience and molecular biology, backed by my previous research on neuron-gut signaling in C. elegans. I’m excited to bring my knowledge and efforts to the lab’s research goals. When I’m not doing science, you will absolutely find me out and about, passionately speaking to random cats and dogs in a language that makes zero sense to anyone but us.
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