For more updates, please visit again soon ...

National & International Extramural Research Grants Received by PI of the OBL:

o   2026: Swadhin CJ received DBT-Medicine Research Project Grant, 2026 as a PI.

o   2026: Swadhin CJ received ANRF-Advanced Physics Research Project Grant, 2026 as a Co-PI with Dr Prerna Sharma (Department of Physics, IISc, Bangalore) as a PI.

o   2024: Swadhin CJ received DBT-EFB Research Project Grant, 2024 as a PI.

o   2024: Swadhin CJ and Prof Bénédicte DURAND received CEFIPRA Indo-French Research Project Grant, 2024 as Co-PIs.

o   2024: Swadhin CJ received DOM (Deep Ocean Mission), MoES Project Grant, 2024 as a Co-PI with Dr Aloke Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc, as a PI.

o   2023: Swadhin CJ received SERB-DST Research Project Grant, 2023 as a Co-PI with Dr Harinath D (Department of Life Sciences, GITAM, Bengaluru), as a PI.

o   2019: Swadhin CJ received FCT-EU Horizon 2020 Research Grant, 2019 as a PI.

Awards/Appreciations received by students of the OBL:

• April 2026: Agarwal RG defended her PhD (NCBS-TIFR) works. Congratulations!
• April 2026: Kumari A is selected to attend Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy (AQLM) program/course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), USA.
• April 2026: Priya P received Travel grant for Infosys Travel Support for visiting EMBL, Germany for collaborative experiments in Autumn 2026.
• December 2025: Desai M presented her work in December 6 – 10, 2025 and received Travel grant for ASCB/EMBO travel grant.
• March 2025: Desai M received Travel grant for DST SERB-International Travel Support by Department of Science and Technology (DST)- Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Financial Assistance for poster presentation and flash talk at Biologists @ 100 conference, 24-27th March 2025, Liverpool, UK.
• March 2025: Desai M was selected for flash talks at Biologists @ 100 conference, 24-27th March 2025, Liverpool, UK.
• March 2025: Desai M was selected for talk at 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, 19-23rd March 2025, San Diego, UK.
• February 2025: Desai M received Travel grant for Infosys Travel Support for poster presentation and flash talk at Biologists @ 100 conference, 24-27th March 2025, Liverpool, UK.
• February 2025: Kumari A received best poster award at M2T2 - 2025, 17-19th February, IIT Jodhpur.
• February 2025: Priya P received travel support award at M2T2 - 2025, 17-19th February, IIT Jodhpur.
• February 2025: Desai M was selected for talk at M2T2 - 2025, 17-19th February, IIT Jodhpur.
• February 2025: Agarwal RG presented a poster the Cilia, Mucus and mucociliary interactions (Gordon Research Conference) from 16-21st Feb, 2025 at Pomona, California, United States.
• February 2025: Agarwal RG was selected a flash talk and also received the "Closest to 1-minute talk" award in the above conference.
• January 2025: Desai M received Travel grant for Infosys Travel Support for poster presentation and flash talk at 16-21st Feb, 2025 at Pomona, California, United States.
• September 2024: Kumari A best poster award at Gene Therapy and Precision Medicine Conference, 21-24 September, 2024.
• June 2024: Agarwal RG received Travel grant for free registration by Cilia 2024 conference organising committee to attend the Cilia 2024 conference at Dublin, Ireland from 10-13 September 2024.
• June 2024: Agarwal RG received DST SERB-International Travel Support By Department of Science and Technology (DST)- Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Financial Assistance for poster presentation at EMBO | EMBL Symposium Microtubules:from atoms to complex systems, Germany from 05 June, 2024 to 08 June, 2024.
• December 2023: Agarwal RG received Excellent Oral Presentation Award for delivering a Platform talk by Indian Drosophila Research conference (INDrC) 6-8th December, 2023 at IISER, Thiruvananthapuram.