PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Anant is a trained neurophysiologist with over ten years of experience in studying biochemical signalling underlying diverse synaptic and neuronal functions. Throughout his research career, he has used computational electrophysiology, two-photon microscopy and FRET biosensors.
2024-present - Partner head Max Planck Institute
2024-present -Assistant Professor, CHINTA, TCG CREST
2019 - 2024 -Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience, USA (Advisor: Dr. Ryohei Yasuda)
2012 - 2019 -PhD in Neuroscience, Northwestern University (Advisor: Dr. Catherine Woolley)
POST-DOC (ANRF Fellow)
Working on quantifying organellar interaction during synapse specific plasticity
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POST-DOC (ANRF Fellow)
Investigating neuromodulatory circuits involved in behavioural timescale plasticity and place cell formation
PhD Student (ICMR Fellow)
Studying how local metabolic signalling supports behaviourally relevant plasticity.
PhD Student
Investigating sex differences in hippocampal Behavioural Timescale Synaptic Plasticity (BTSP) and place cell formation
Project Associate
Focuses on developing and characterizing novel FRET-based biosensors of TrkB-BDNF signalling underlying behaviourally relevant plasticity mechanism.
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Summer Interns 2026
Summer Interns 2025
Summer Interns 2024
Dissertation Students 2027
Dissertation Students 2026
Dissertation Students 2025
SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT
Development of novel FRET biosensors for two photon imaging during plasticity and learning