MBBS / MPH Internship Program
Supervisors for MBBS Internship
Dr. Deepashri Agrawal
Centre/Department: Centre for Brain Research
Email: deepashria@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Hearing, Speech perception, ABR, EEG, Cognition, System neuroscience, Dementia.
Lab website: https://cbr.iisc.ac.in/
Prof. Manish Arora
Centre/Department: Design and Manufacturing
Email: marora@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Biomedical Device Design.
Lab website: https://cpdm.iisc.ac.in/utsaah/
Prof. Kavita Babu
Centre/Department: Centre for Brain Research
Email: kavitababu@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Using the free loving nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans to study neuron-muscle and neuron-neuron cross-talk.
Lab website: https://babulab.org/
Dr. Abhijit Biswas
Centre/Department: Design and Manufacturing
Email: abiswas@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: EMG based temporomandibular disorder and ECG based cardiac arrhythmia classification.
Lab website: https://www.inspirelab.top/
Prof. Dipshikha Chakravortty
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell Biology
Email: dipa@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Infectious disease, Immunology.
Lab website: https://mcbl.iisc.ac.in/dclab/
Dr. Debasis Das
Centre/Department: Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Email: debasisdas@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Enzymatic biofilm degradation.
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/ddlaboratory/home
Dr. Prosenjit Das
Centre/Department: Materials Engineering
Email: prosenjitdas@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Bio-inspired manufacturing targeting Orthodontic, Prosthodontic, orthopaedic applications.
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/ammpl/home?pli=1
Prof. Mrinmoy De
Centre/Department: Organic Chemistry
Email: md@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Development of Antibacterial Agents/Drug.
Lab website: https://orgchem.iisc.ac.in/mrinmoy_de/
Dr. Somnath Dutta
Centre/Department: Molecular Biophysics Unit
Email: somnath@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: The overarching goal of our laboratory is structural and functional characterization of biological macromolecules, which are associated with infectious diseases. My group targets to understand the role of virulence factors and their translocation mechanism through the secretion systems of the pathogenic bacteria, like M. tuberculosis, B. subtilis, S. aureus, and V. cholerae. Precisely, we target bacterial secretion system from M. tuberculosis and S. aureus, interactions of pore-forming toxin with lipid-membrane and receptors from S. aureus and V. cholerae, efflux of antibiotics through RND (Resistance-nodulation-division) pumps of drug-resistant bacteria (P. aeruginosa and E. coli).
We employ protein biochemistry, biophysical techniques, and cryo-EM techniques to characterize these biological macromolecules and visualize the crosstalk between various cellular protein components.
Lab website: https://somnath92.wixsite.com/website
Prof. Sandeep Eswarappa
Centre/Department: Biochemistry
Email: sandeep@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Mammalian gene expression.
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/dr-sandeep-m-eswarappa/people/current-members
Dr. Vini Gautam
Centre/Department: Centre for NanoScience and Engineering
Email: vini@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Biomaterials, bioelectronics, neuroscience, neuroelectronics.
Lab website: https://www.cense.iisc.ac.in/neuroelectronics/
Prof. Ambarish Ghosh
Centre/Department: Centre for NanoScience and Engineering
Email: ambarish@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Magnetic nanoswimmers for drug delivery and imaging.
Lab website: http://www.cense.iisc.ac.in/ambarish/
Prof. Namrata Gundiah
Centre/Department: Mechanical Engineering
Email: namrata@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Endothelial dysfunction and mechanobiology.
Lab website: https://mecheng.iisc.ac.in/namrata/
Prof. Thomas Gregor Issac
Centre/Department: Centre for Brain Research
Email: thomasgregor@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Predementia, Dementia Biomarkers, Risk and Preventive factors in dementia.
Lab website: https://cbr.iisc.ac.in/people/thomas-gregor-issac/
Prof. Balaji Jayaprakash
Centre/Department: Center for Neurosciences
Email: jbalaji@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Learning Memory and Cognition.
Lab website: https://cns.iisc.ac.in/balaji
Prof. Bratati Kahali
Centre/Department: Centre for Brain Research
Email: bratati@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Epidemiology, human genetics of cognition, neurodegeneration, and causal relationship with cardio-metabolic risk factors.
Lab website: https://cbr.iisc.ac.in/people/bratati-kahali/
Dr. Smitha Karunakaran
Centre/Department: Centre for Brain Research
Email: smitha@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: 1) The mechanisms underlying prodromal stages of Alzheimer’s disease with special focus on locus coeruleus structural and functional integrity.
2) Role of astrocytes during prodromal stages of neurodegenerative disorders.
Lab website: https://cbr.iisc.ac.in/people/smitha-karunakaran/
Prof. Balaji N. Kithiganahalli
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell Biology
Email: balaji@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Host response to tuberculosis, cryptococcal infections using animal models.
Lab website: https://mcbl.iisc.ac.in/k-n-balaji/
Dr. Sudha Kumari
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell Biology
Email: sudhakm@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Immunology, Cancer Immunotherapy.
Lab website: https://sudhakm.wixsite.com/immunosurveillance-l
Dr. Shovamayee Maharana
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell Biology
Email: shova@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Neurodegeneration, Aging, Protein aggregation, Chronic inflammation, Hyperglycemia.
Lab website: https://mcbl.iisc.ac.in/shovamayee-maharana/
Dr. Aravind Penmatsa
Centre/Department: Molecular Biophysics Unit
Email: penmatsa@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Structural biology and Pharmacology of integral membrane transporters in neurotransmission.
Lab website: https://aplabmbu.weebly.com
Prof. Purusharth I. Rajyaguru
Centre/Department: Biochemistry
Email: rajyaguru@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: RNA Biology.
Lab website: https://rajgodhuli.wixsite.com/rajyaguru-lab
Dr. Swaminathan S.
Centre/Department: Nephrology, Division of Medical Sciences
Email: swami@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Iron metabolism, Kidney Diseases, Multiple Myeloma, Ageing, Brain-Kidney interactions, Acute Kidney Injury, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Artificial Intelligence, Chronic Kidney Disease.
Lab website: Yet to be established
Prof. Deepak Kumar Saini
Centre/Department: Developmental Biology and Genetics
Email: deepaksaini@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Aging, inflammation and clinical multiomics.
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/site/sainislab/home
Dr. Kesavardana Sannula
Centre/Department: Biochemistry
Email: skesav@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Zoonotic virus infections, pulmonary damage and cyotkine storm, Evolution of new virus variants.
Lab website: https://kesavlab.wordpress.com/
Prof. Chandra Sekhar Seelamantula
Centre/Department: Electrical Engineering
Email: css@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Image Processing, Machine Learning, AI for Healthcare.
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/spectrumlabeeiisc/spectrum-lab
Prof. Amit Singh
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell biology
Email: asingh@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Infectious diseases, AMR, drugs.
Lab website: https://cidr.iisc.ac.in/amit/
Dr. Meetali Singh
Centre/Department: Developmental Biology and Genetics
Email: meetalisingh@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Small RNA-mediated regulation of host-parasite interaction using Toxoplasma gondii as a model.
Lab website: https://www.meetalilab.com/
Prof. Kumar Somasundaram
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell Biology
Email: skumar1@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Genetics of Cancer, Cancer stem cells, Tumor angiogenesis, Glioblastoma, Targeted therapy.
Lab website: https://epigencancer.wixsite.com/ksslab
Dr. Kartik Sunagar
Centre/Department: Center for Ecological Sciences
Email: ksunagar@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Snakebite.
Lab website: https://www.venomicslab.com
Dr. Albert Stezin Sunny
Centre/Department: Centre for Brain Research
Email: albertstezin@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Neurodegenerative diseases (Motor and Cognitive disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Cerebellar disorders), Gait analysis, Cognitive-motor control.
Lab website: https://cbr.iisc.ac.in/people/albert-stezin-sunny/
Dr. William R. Surin
Centre/Department: Microbiology and Cell Biology
Email: wrsurin@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: 1. Deciphering platelet signalling pathways for better therapeutics for cardiovascular diseases.
2. Development and validation of animal models and in vitro test systems for the treatment of inflammatory respiratory diseases.
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/site/wrsurin
Dr. Shashank Tripathi
Centre/Department: Center for Infectious Disease Research
Email: shashankt@iisc.ac.in
Area of Research: Respiratory and Vector Borne Viruses, Antivirals, Vaccines, Virus-Host Interactions.
Lab website: https://cidr.iisc.ac.in/shashank/