Anindya Ghosh Roy, PhD
Professor, Scientist VI
National Brain Research Centre
+91 124-2845237
anindya@nbrc.ac.in
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior Fellow
ORCID 0000-0002-3428-4588
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Sibaram Behera, PhD
DBT/Wellcome Research Associate
PhD in Neuroscience at NBRC
M. Tech. in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur
Research interest: Physical Exercise and its benefit in nervous system regeneration
Pallavi Singh, PhD
Research Scientist -I
PhD in Neuroscience, NBRC
Research Interest : Developing innovative and efficient tools to investigate neurite regeneration, with a focus on the molecular and cellular pathways that govern axon and dendrite repair. Also interested in how intrinsic neuronal mechanisms and interactions with non-neuronal cells coordinate effective regeneration.
Graduate Students
Dhyey Vyas
PhD Student (Batch'21)
MSc. in Molecular and Cell Biology, MSU- Baroda
Research interest: Optogenetically driven Rewired Neural circuit Mapping with behavioral Insight
Chakshu Mangal
PhD Student (Batch'22)
MSc. from RCB
Research interest: Neuronal cytoskeleton in development and repair of nerve cells
Dikshalee Bassi
PhD Student (Batch'22)
MSc. from RCB
Research interest: Dendrite Regeneration
Sukriti Aggarwal
PhD Student (Batch'24)
M.Sc. in Biochemistry from University of Hyderabad
Research interest: Investigating pathways related to dendrite regeneration and non-coding RNAs related to axon regeneration
Atithi Tripathi
BRIC I3C PhD Student (Batch'24)
Research Interest: Understanding the role of RNA and RNA binding protein in RNA toxicity and aggregate formation in neurodegenerative disorders.
Supriya Singh
PhD Student (Batch'25)
MSc. in Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University
NBRC MSc Students
Shambhavi Dwivedi (Batch'25)
BSc. Zoology (Hons.) from Banaras Hindu University
Research Interest : Development of an efficient exercise platform in C. elegans in order to study axon regeneration.
Project Staff
Mydhily Vasudevan
Project Fellow
MSc. in Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin
Research interest: RNAi screening to find regulators of dendrite regenertion
Ishanee Bandyopadhyay
Administrative Assistant
Integrated MSc in Cell & Molecular Biology from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Research Interest: To study microtubule dynamics and investigate the effect of various microtubule regulators on PLM neuron.
Sumit Sinha Mahapatra
Lab Technician
Prasannjeet
Lab Attendant
LAB ALUMINI
FORMER PhD STUDENTS & POST-DOCS
Sunanda Sharma
Research AssociatePhD in Neuroscience, NBRC
Research Interest: Understanding the mechanistic basis of microtubule organization and regulation during neuronal development
Swagata Dey, PhD
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Early Career Fellow
PhD in Cell Biology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Research interest: Cell biology of dendrite development and regeneration
Harjot Kaur
Integrated PhD Student
B Tech in Electrical Engineering, DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar
Research interest: "Dendrite Regeneration"
Dharmendra Puri
PhD Student (From 2015-2022)
MSc. in Genetics, Delhi University
Current affiliation: Boston Children's Hospital: Postdoc with Elizabeth Engle, HHMI
Atrayee Basu
Integrated PhD Student (From 2014-2021)
B.Sc in Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata
Current affiliation: Yale School of Medicine, Postdoc with Stephen Strittmatter
Sandeep Kumar
Post-doctoral Fellow, PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology, NIPER, SAS Nagar, Punjab
Current Affiliation: Joined as a Scientist at the Mankind Pharma at Gurugram, Haryana
Nilanjana Das Saha
Post-doctoral Fellow (From April 2014 to June 2016)
PhD in Chemistry, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata
Current affiliation: Review Editor in JOVE
FORMER MSc. STUDENTS
Vibha Vishwanath (MSc Batch'25)
Current Affiliation: IISc Bengaluru
Aarya Patil (MSc 2024-2025)
Research Interst: Elucidating the role of mitochondria in swimming exercise mediated axonal regeneration.
Arkaprava Bhattacharya (MSc 2023-2024)
Current Affiliation: CHINTA Kolkata
Sreyashi Bhattacharjee
MSc Neuroscience,NBRC
B.Sc. in Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Current Affiliation : PhD. student at IIT B
Research interest: Neuronal Regeneration
Dyutika Banerjee
MSc (2020-2021)
Current Affiliation: PhD at the Universität Göttingen
Akanksha Goyal
MSc (2018-2019)
Current Affiliation: PhD at the University of Delaware
Debapriya Roy
MSc (2019-2020)
Current Affiliation : PhD at Simon Fraser University, Canada
Kasturi Biswas MSc (2017-18)
Current Affiliation: PhD admission in UMASS Medical School, USA
Sanskriti Swami,MSc (2016-17)
Achievement: CSIR fellowship in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
FORMER PROJECT FELLOWS
Abijeet Singh Mehta
Moved to: University of Dayton
Somdatta Saha
Moved to: NISER, Bhubaneswar
Prerna Srivastava
Project Assistant (From Aug 2014-March 2016)
Current Affiliation: PhD student in University of Tubingen, Germany
Titash Mukherjee
Project Fellow (From April 2016 to October 2018)
B.Sc in Biology from St. Xaviers' College, Mumbai
M.Sc in Biotechnology, VIT, Vellore
Current affiliation: Data Analyst at Cactus Communications, Mumbai
Pankajam Thyagarajan
MSc Dissertation student & Project Fellow (From Dec 2014-July 2017)
M.Sc in Life Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Current Affiliation: PhD student in Penn State Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania, USA (Melissa Roll's Lab)
Keerthana P
Project Fellow (From Aug 2017- June 2020)
MSc in Bio Medical Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Current affiliation: PhD student at Massimo Hilliard's lab at the Queensland Brain Institute (University of Queensland)
Devashish Pande
Project Fellow
BSc in Biology from St. Xaviers' College, Mumbai
MSc in Biological Science, IISER-Kolkata, Kolkata
Current affiliation: Will be joining the PhD Program at the University of Delaware