Minhaj Sirajuddin
Principal Investigator
Scientific interests: Biology!
Outside Lab: Running, Biking and Photography.
Prakash Lama
Graduate Student (GS-2014)
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Education : M.Sc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology – Tezpur Central University, Assam
Scientific interests: Biophysics and Biochemistry
Project: Multi-motor cooperativity
Outside Lab: Plays Cricket & Football, Cheers for Manchester United, Loves Bollywood Music.
Sarika Sasi
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education : PhD – Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamil Nadu
M.Sc Biotechnology – Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu
Scientific interests: Antibody engineering
Project: Nanobodies against cytokines
Outside Lab: ???
Shubham Kesarwani
Graduate Student (GS-2015)
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Education : M.Sc Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Scientific interests: Biochemistry and Biophysics
Project: Spatial Organization of Tubulin PTMs
Outside Lab: Listening to music while trekking, running, gymming and relaxing.
Drisya Dileep
CSIR – SRF
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Education : BS-MS Dual degree, IISER Kolkata.
Scientific interests: Cell Biology and Cytoskelelton
Project: Myofiber organization in muscles
Outside Lab : Bharathanatyam classical dance and water coloring
Nivya Mendon 
Graduate Student (GS-2019)
nivyam(at)ncbs(dot)res(dot)in
Education : M.Sc Biochemistry, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Scientific Interests : Structural biology and Biochemistry
Project : Gastrokine signalling
Outside Lab : A trained Bharatnatyam dancer, an amateur painter and hardcore bibliophile
Rayees Ahmad Ganie 
JRF
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Education : M.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, J&K
Interests : Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Project : Tubulin PTMs
Outside Lab : Driving, Bike riding, Trekking, Gardening and interested in comedy.
Alumni
Archana Kumari – Postdoc
Lakshmi Krupa Srinivasan – JRF
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