Minhaj Sirajuddin
Principal Investigator
Scientific interests: Biology!
Outside Lab: Running, Biking and Photography.
Drisya Dileep
Bridging Postdoc (PhD Submitted)
drisyad(at)instem(dot)res(dot)in
Education : BS-MS Dual degree, IISER Kolkata.
Scientific interests: Cell Biology and Cytoskelelton
Project: Myofiber organization in heart
Outside Lab : Bharathanatyam classical dance and water coloring
Nivya Mendon 
Graduate Student (GS-2019)
nivyam(at)inste(dot)res(dot)in
Education : M.Sc Biochemistry, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Scientific Interests : Structural biology and Biochemistry
Project : Nuclear Actin
Outside Lab : A trained Bharatnatyam dancer, an amateur painter and hardcore bibliophile
Rayees Ahmad Ganie 
CSIR – SRF
rayeesg(at)instem(dot)res(dot)in
Education : M.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, J&K
Interests : Cell Biology, Cytoskeleton and Neuroscience
Project : Tubulin PTMs
Outside Lab : Driving, Bike riding, Trekking, Gardening and interested in comedy.
Ishan Kale
Graduate Student (GS-2022)
ishankale(at)instem(dot)res(dot)in
Education : M.Sc. (Biotechnology), University of Hyderabad
Scientific interests: Biochemistry, Cell biology
Project: Cell-surface markers
Outside Lab: Badminton, cricket, trekking, memes maker.
Anwesha Biswas
Graduate Student (GS-2022)
anweshab(at)instem(dot)res(dot)in
Education : MSc. (Biochemistry), Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat
Scientific interests: Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Project: Effect of tubulin post-translational modifications on microtubule dynamics
Outside Lab : Singing, painting, reading, gardening
Victor Samuel I
Graduate Student (GS-2022)
victorsamueli(at)ncbs(dot)res(dot)in
Education : M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram
Scientific Interests : Biochemistry, Cell Biology & Bioinformatics
Project : Understanding Muscular dystrophy
Outside Lab : Playing Badminton, creating digital arts & learning new tools.
D. V. Lakshmi Prasanna
Graduate Student (GS-2023)
prasannad(at)instem(dot)res(dot)in
Education : M.Sc. (Biotechnology), University of Hyderabad
Interests : Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Project : Tubulin PTMs
Outside Lab : ???
Alumni
Prakash Lama – SRF
Sarika Sasi – Postdoc
Shubam Kesarwani – PhD
Archana Kumari – Postdoc
Lakshmi Krupa Srinivasan – SRF
Ipsa Jain – Postdoc
Mamata Bangera – Postdoc
Venkat Rao – Postdoc
Archita Dungdung – JRF
Summer Interns of 2017 – Shweta Vasaya, Vanshika Malviya and Vijay Vobbilisetty.
Mutamil Selvan – Master thesis work, Bharathidasan University.
Sujana Prabhu – JRF
Aswin Srivatsav – Summer Intern 2016, MS University, Baroda, Gujarat.
Titir Roy – Summer Intern 2016, MS University, Baroda, Gujarat.
Salil Javeed VP – Summer Intern 2016 and 2017, NISER, Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha.
Patterson Clement – JRF
Kaza Amulya Murty – Summer Intern 2015, Delhi College of Engineering
Sri Harsha Dantuluri – Summer Intern 2015, IISER Mohali
Bhavika Mam – GS 2014 Rotation Student