18th December 2025
Mr Mayank Bajaj, PhD scholar under the guidance of Dr Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, published the first-author research article, and the very first research publication from our laboratory, entitled "Integrative machine learning-guided in silico and in vitro approach reveals selective small molecule inhibitors targeting mutant IDH1" in RSC Advances (IF: 4.6). The work was done in collaboration with Aparoy Polamarasetty and Dr Hemanth Kumar Tanneru from Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Vizag.
8th December 2025
Mr Ravi Ranjan, PhD scholar under the guidance of Dr Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, successfully defended his Pre-PhD Seminar
19th October 2025
The Roy's Lab secured funding under the ANRF-PAIR grant for the 2025–2030 project, "Integrated Multi Omics Approach to Identify the Markers and Factors Driving towards Drug Resistance in Triple Negative and Hereditary Breast Cancers" worth 30 Lakhs.
26th August 2025
Mr Priyanshu Das and Mrs Nibedita Roy joined as PhD Scholars in Roy's lab.
13th April 2025
Mr Jitesh Gupta, PhD scholar under the guidance of Dr Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, successfully defended his Pre-PhD Seminar
20th November 2024
Mr Jitesh Gupta, PhD scholar under the guidance of Dr Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, delivered an oral presentation at the International Conference on Intra- and Intercellular Regulatory Systems, an esteemed international gathering of experts in advanced Biology.
16th August 2024
Mr Mayank Bajaj, PhD scholar under the guidance of Dr. Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, presented a talk and received a cash award of Rs. 5000 for discussing a part of his work on "anticancer therapeutics targeting isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 mutant and exploring the underlying cancer metabolism" at the Drug Discovery and Development Workshop 2024 from 3rd - 16th August 2024 organised by the Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) in collaboration with the University of Hyderabad and Science Gurus.
10th September 2023
Mr Jitesh Gupta, currently working as a PhD scholar under the guidance of Dr. Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, presented his work “Inflammatory cytokines regulate one-carbon metabolism in human corneal epithelium” at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Conference Protein Synthesis and Translational Control Metabolism (PSTC), held in EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg, Germany, from 6th-10th September 2023. The travel was funded by the Institute of Eminence (IoE), University of Hyderabad.
10th February 2022
Mr Jitesh Gupta, currently working as a PhD Research Scholar under the guidance of Dr Roy Karnati, Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, has been selected for the AWSAR award 2021 for Best Popular Science Stories under the PhD Category. The write-up “Cornea on Demand - The Ocular Armed Force” submitted by the scholar will be published in the prestigious DST-AWSAR booklet. He received a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- and a Certificate of Appreciation from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.