Molecular basis of behaviour, Stress and social behaviour, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Epilepsy, Molecular mechanisms, Zebrafish
Theoretical and Computational Biology, Physics of Morphogenesis, Biostatistics, Scientific Computing
Host-Parasite interactions, Nutrient trafficking by intracellular parasites, Innate sensing, Immune evasion by parasites, Host-targeted interventions.
Application and understanding of CRISPR-Cas systems, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics
Circadian clock, neuropeptides and sleep, post-transcriptional regulation of circadian rhythm etc.
Nuclear organization, Chromatin architecture, Genomic instability, Cancer Biology
Parkinson's disease, Neurodegeneration mechanisms, Protein aggregation, Electrophysiology
Molecular Biology and Genetics: Replication-Transcription Conflicts, Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, Gene Expression, Evolution, Antibiotic Resistance
Infection and immunity, Host-pathogen interaction, Biology of infectious diseases
Computational Biology, Mathematical modelling, Plant metabolism, Parasite metabolism
Evolutionary and Systems Biochemistry
Evolutionary Biology (multicellularity; phenotypic plasticity; cell differentiation origins; fitness trade-offs | experimental evolution)
Nutrient and energy homeostasis, Gene regulation in neuroendocrine centers, Neural circuitry of feeding
Structural Molecular Biology - Protein Crystallography, Single Particle CryoEM
Plant Centromere biology, Uniparental genome elimination, Genome stability, Aneuploidy,Haploid genetics ,Minichromosome biology
Hematopoietic stem cells, bone marrow niche, developmental hematopoiesis
Prey-predator interactions, Insect-plant interactions, Wolbachia in insects, Secondary sexual characters, Phylogenetic patterns, Diversity of Indian butterflies
Molecular Virology- Zoonotic Viruses, Virus discovery, Virus host Interactions, Development of Vaccine and Monoclonal antibodies
Sensory ecology of pollinators, plant-animal interactions, Behavioural ecology of bees and social spiders
Meiotic recombination, Genome stability, Mutation rates
Immunology, Imaging, Mammalian Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Host-microbial interactions, Cell Signaling Mechanisms, Apoptosis, Autophagy and NF-kappaB Signaling.
Kinetochore and centrosome biology, chromosome segregation, mitotic spindle regulation and signaling in mammalian cells
Infectious disease, Host-pathogen interaction, Immune subversion strategy, Plant-microbe interaction
Virus Crystallography
Big Data – Bioinformatics
Laboratory Animals, Experimental Pathobiology, Biomaterials
Genetic underpinnings of macroevolutionary patterns, evolutionary history, asymmetric diversification and biogeography using chelicerates as a model system.
Environmental plant physiology, Hydraulic architecture of mangroves, Hydraulic targets for yield improvement of industrial crops
Cell biology of lysosomal storage disorders; Regulation of lysosomal transport in disease
Plant-pathogen interaction, Gene editing, Trait characterization, Molecular breeding
Immunology and Gene regulation (immune response to bacterial and viral infection, t cell differentiation, cell signaling, epigenetics and transcriptomics)