CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

BANGALORE 560012, INDIA

Awards and Honors

• Rishikesh Narayanan, Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 2025.
• Anjana S, Ion Channels in Synaptic & Neural Circuit Physiology course at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2024.
• Sanjna Kumari, Cajal training course on Optogenetics, chemogenetics, and biosensors for neural circuit research organized at Bordeaux School of Neuroscience, France, 2024.
• Richa Sirmaur, Junior Scientist Workshop on Theoretical Neuroscience organized by Janelia Research Campus, USA, 2023.
• Anjana S, CAJAL Machine learning for neuroscience course at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisboa, Portugal, 2023.
• Richa Sirmaur, "Neurobiology: Mechanisms and Advanced Approaches" course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2023.
• Sanjna Kumari, Gordon Research Seminar/Conference on Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function held at Lucca (Barga), Italy, 2023.
• Richa Sirmaur, Gordon Research Seminar/Conference on Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function held at Lucca (Barga), Italy, 2023.
• Divyansh Mittal, Selected as a member of the eLife early-career advisory group, August 2022.
  

  

• Divyansh Mittal, "Neurobiology: Mechanisms and Advanced Approaches" course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2022.
  
• Rituparna Roy, EMBO Workshop on "Dendrites 2022: Dendritic anatomy, molecules and function" in Heraklion, Greece, 2022.
• Harshith Nagaraj, Institute Medal for best performance in BS degree (2017-2021) program.
  
  
  
• Rishikesh Narayanan, Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2020.
• Poonam Mishra, Prof BH Iyer medal (2019-2020) for the best PhD thesis in the Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc.




• Rishikesh Narayanan, Revati and Satya Nadham Atluri Chair Professorship, 2018-2021.
• Anindita Das, Prof BH Iyer medal (2017-2018) for the best PhD thesis in the Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc.




• Reshma Basak, Neural Systems and Behavior course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2018.
• Pavithraa Seenivasan, Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS), The Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania, 2018.
• Rishikesh Narayanan, Senior Fellowship from the DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance, 2017-present.
• Rishikesh Narayanan, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Biological Sciences, 2016 (Picture from the Feb 2019 award ceremony).






• Poonam Mishra, Neural Systems and Behavior course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2016.
• Rahul Rathour, Prof BH Iyer medal (2014-2015) for the best PhD thesis in the Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc.




• Manisha Sinha, Shell India Computational Talent Prize (Silver Award), 2015.
• Anindita Das, Bristol Myers Squibb fellowship, 2015-2016.
• Manisha Sinha, Methods in Computational Neuroscience course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2014.
• Manisha Sinha, Neural Systems and Behavior course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2014.
• Sufyan Ashhad, Neural Systems and Behavior course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 2013.
• Manisha Sinha, Microsoft Research India PhD Fellowship, 2013-2016.
• Rishikesh Narayanan, Career Development Award, Human Frontier Science Program Organization, France, 2010-2012.