NEUROSCIENCE LECTURE SERIES

A platform for sharing knowledge

The neuroscience lecture series is conducted once a month where experts from neuroscience are invited to share their research work. These distinguished scientists share their latest work over these lectures, which acts as a knowledge exchange forum. The list of past speakers is given below:

1. November 2015 (20/11/2015)

Nils-Fredrik Kaiser

Ridgeview Instruments, Sweden

 

Topic - NEW INSIGHTS ON TIME-RESOLVED MONITORING OF LIGAND-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS

2. October 2017 (19/10/2017)

Dr. Easwer H.V.

Additional Professor, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India

 

Topic – ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION OF HUMAN BRAIN – A PREVIEW

3. November 2017 (30/11/2017)

Dr. T. Abdurahiman

Principal & controlling officer (Retd)

Dept of Homoeopathic Medical Education, Govt of Kerala.

 

Topic - HOMOEOPATHY — ITS APPLICATION LN NEUROLOGY.

4. December 2017 (19/12/2017)

Dr. Santhosh Thomas K

Senior Research Associate, Spinal Cord Injury and Stem Cell Transplantation Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Canada

 

Topic – DESIGN AND OPTIMISATION OF PLGA MICROPARTICIES FOR CONTROLLED AND LOCAL DELIVERY OF NEUREGULIN -1 (NRG- 1) IN TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY.

5. January 2018 (23/12/2018)

Dr. Shobi Veleri, Ph.D

Scientist D

CSlR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology,

Thiruvananthapuram, 695 019

 

Topic - GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS: INSIGHTS ON BODY ARCHITECTURE, HEALTH AND DISEASES

6. February 2018 (27/02/2018)

Dr. Shyamala Mruthinti

President and CEO: Datta ImmunoChem.Inc & CBCT-Teacher, Emory University, USA

 

Topic - A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TREATMENT STRATEGIES -FOR COMBATING ALZHEIMER’S, PARKINSON’S AND RELATED NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

7. April 2018 (25/04/2018)

Dr. Sahadev Shankarappa

MBBS, MPH, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Ramalingaswami Fellow

Centre for Nanoscience and Molecular Medicine

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre

Kochi, Kerala, India

 

Topic - PAIN AND BEYOND: THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES TO THE PERIPHERAL NERVE

8. July 2018 (30/07/2018)

Dr.E.Sreekumar

Associate Professor of Physiology and HOD, Dept. of Lifesciences, University of Calicut

 

Topic - ALZHEIMER'S: A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER

 

 

 

 

9. December 2018 (18/12/2018)

Dr.Mansoor Hassan,

Wecare hospital, Aluva

 

Topic - OVERVIEW OF FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY ON PHYSIOLOGY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

10. January 2019 (11/01/2019)

Dr Sanju George

Psychiatrist, Rajagiri Hospital

 

Topic - PSYCHIATRY AND COMMON PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS

11. March 2019 (19/03/2019)

Yogacharya Sudheer V.S.

Rudra yoga Centre, Ernakulam

 

Topic - ROLE OF YOGA IN MENTAL HEALTH

12. October 2020 (30/10/2020)

Dr. Anil Annamneedi

Research Scientist, Dept. of Genetics and Molecular biology, Otto-von-Guerick University, Germany

 

Topic - NEURONAL HEALTH AND DISEASE- A PRESYNAPTIC PERSPECTIVE

13. November 2020 (5/11/2020)

Dr. Anoop Kumar Thekkuveettil

Scientist G, Division of molecular medicine, SCTIMST, TVM

 

Topic - UNDERSTANDING HOW WE LEARN AND FORM MEMORIES

14. December 2020 (15/12/2020)

Dr. Sachin Deshmukh

Welcome trust/DBT intermediate fellow

Centre for Neuroscience, IISC, Bangalore

 

Topic – INFORMATION FLOW IN THE ENTORHINAL – HIPPOCAMPAL NETWORK

15. January 2021 (29/01/2021)

James P Clement

Associate Professor

Jncasr, Bangalore, India

 

Topic – OVERVIEW ON AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER USING SYNGAP1 HETEROZYGOUS MUTATION AS A MODEL

16. February 2021 (25/02/2021)

Kavitha Babu

Associate Professor and India Alliance

Senior Fellow, Centre for Neuroscience

IISc, Bangalore, India.

(On lien from IISER, Mohali, Punjab)

 

Topic – DRINKING AND DOPAMINE: WHAT’S THE CONNECTION

17. March 2021 (18/03/2021)

Vaidya M Prasad MD(Ay.)

Director & Chief Physician

Sunethri Ayurvedashram & Research Centre

SUNCare (Sunethri Centre for Autism Research

& Education)

Thrissur District, Kerala

 

Topic - “AYURVEDA IN BRAIN HEALTH”

18. April 2021 (29/04/2021)

Saji Kumar Sreedharan, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Physiology,

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,

National University of Singapore

 

Topic - “AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN HIPPOCAMPAL-DEPENDENT SYNAPTIC

PLASTICITY AND MEMORY MEDIATED BY P75 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR”

 

 

 

19. May 2021 (31/05/2021)

Dr. Praveen G Pai

MBBS, BCCPM, PG.Dip.Ger(Malta), MPH, MSc. Gerontology (UK) Public Health Specialist, Palliative Care Physician & Gerontologist

 

Topic - “NEUROLOGICAL GERIATRIC ISSUES AND COVID19 PANDEMIC”

 

 

 

20. June 2021 (25/06/2021)

DR. ANINDYA DAS , DPM, MD, MPH

Additional Professor,

Department of Psychiatry,

All India Institute for Medical Sciences,

Rishikesh

 

Topic - SUICIDE: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH

21. July 2021 (23/07/2021)

T. Govindaraju PhD,

 FRSC Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), JNCASR, Bangalore

 

Topic - ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

22. August 2021 (30/08/2021)

Dr. Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy MD., PhD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinic,

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS

 

Topic - A PRIMER ON OCD AND ITS BRAIN BASIS

23. September 2021 (30/09/2021)

Dr. Remya A.

Vice Principal, Associate Professor and

Head, Department of Panchakarma,

Ashtamgam Ayurveda Vidyapeedam

Vavanoor

 

Topic - ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: EXPLORING THE AYURVEDIC POSSIBILITIES

24. October 2021 (30/10/2021)

Dr. Advaith Kulkarni Chief Neurologist Columbia Asia Hospital, Sarjapur Road and HSR Neuro Clinic, Bangalore

 

Topic - MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: DESIGNING A HEALTHY MIND

25. November 2021 (30/11/2021)

Dr. V. Gayathri Senior Scientist, Phytochemistry and Phytopharmacology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru TBGRI, Palode, Trivandrum

 

Topic - PLANTS AND NANOPARTICLES - ‘GREEN NANOCHEMISTRY’

26. December 2021 (22/12/2021)

Prem Prakash Tripathi, Ph.D.

Scientist, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, India

 

Topic - DYNAMICS OF ENDOGENOUS NEURONAL PROGENITORS IN ADULT HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS FOLLOWING KAINATE INDUCED STATUS EPILEPTICUS

27. January 2022 (29/01/2022)

Dr. Binu R

Assistant Professor and DBT-SERB-ECR Fellow,

Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhippalam, Malappuram,

Kerala – 673635

 

Topic - RECEPTOR CODE OF HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY

28. February 2022 (28/02/2022)

Dr Pratibha Mehta Luthra

Senior Professor

Dr BR Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research

University of Delhi

 

Topic - CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OPTIONS IN THE PARKINSON DISEASE

29. March 2022 (25/3/2022)

Dr. Arun Oommen,

Sr Consultant Neurosurgeon,

VPS Lakeshore Hospital,

Kochi, Kerala

 

Topic - BASICS OF BRAIN HEALING AND OPTIMIZING THE FUNCTIONING OF THE BRAIN

30. April 2022 (28/04/2022)

Dr Easwer HV,

Professor and Head,

Department of Neurosurgery,

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

 

Topic - BRAIN DEATH AND ORGAN DONATION: A BIRD'S EYE VIEW

31. May 2022 (24/05/2022)

Dr Sumru Bayin

Group Leader,

The Wellcom /Cancer research UK Gurdon Institute,

University of Cambridge

UK

 

Topic – AGE DEPENDENT REGENERATIVE MECHANISM IN THE BRAIN

32. June 2022 (30/06/2022)

Dr Jacob Chacko, MD, DM

Senior Consultant Neurologist

Sunrise Hospital

Cochin

Kerala

 

Topic - CURE FOR DEMENTIA?

33. July 2022 (30/07/2022)

Dr Hemant Bhargav,

Assistant Professor of Yoga 

Department of Integrative Medicine

NIMHANS

Bangalore

 

Topic - BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF YOGA ON BRAIN

34. August 2022 (27/8/2022)

Dr Vidyadhara D J

Postdoctoral Associate,

Yale University School of Medicine

USA

 

Topic - ENDOLYSOSOMAL SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE

35.  September 2022

Prof (Dr) Venu Raman

Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,

Director, Molecular therapeutic division of Cancer Imaging – JHU ICMIC Program

USA

 

Topic - INDUCING CELLULAR CHAOS TO TREAT CANCER