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Alumni

Name Thesis Title Degree awarded year Programme
Sharma Pragya Niraj Waveform Plasticity of Circadian Activity Under Unconventional Zeitgeber Cycles and its Neuronal and Molecular Correlates in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Ankit Sharma Investigating the Contribution of Autophagy Modulation and Feeding Regimes in Mitigating the Toxicity of Mutant Huntingtin Protein in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Chitrang Dani Kamal Evolution of Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reared Under Semi-Natural Conditions Ph.D.
Arijit Ghosh A Tale of Two Chronotypes: Behavioral and Genetic Characterization of Chronotype Divergence in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Iyer Aishwarya Ramakrishnan Investigating the role of Innexins in Drosophila melanogaster circadian pacemaker neurons Ph.D.
Aishwariya Iyengar Investigating the Roles of Thermosensory and Circadian Pacemaker Neuronal Circuits in Modulating Rhythmic Locomotion under Warm Temperatures in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Singh Viveka Jagdish Studies Examining the Relationship Between Circadian Clocks and Feeding Behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Pavitra Prakash A Drosophila melanogaster Model to Evaluate Environmental and Genetic Strategies for Altering Circadian Dysfunction and Neurotoxicity in Huntington’s Disease Ph.D.
Abhilash Lakshman Circadian Organization and Mechanisms of Entrainment in Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Selected for Divergent Timing of Eclosion Ph.D.
Utkarsh Pandey Investigating the Contribution of Sperm-Storage to Variation in Reproductive Output Across Social Environment in Drosophila Melanogaster M.S. in Biological Science
Soumyadeep Dey Role of Sensory Modalities in Mediating Change in Body Wegight Due to Presence of Conspecifics in Female Drosophile Melanogaster M.S. in Biological Science
Sheetal Potdar Interaction between Circadian Neurons and Sleep Homeostat to Regulate Sleep/Wake Cycles in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Sharma Pragya Niraj Preliminary Characterization of Activity Bifurcation Observed in Drosophila melanogaster and the Use of Novel Light Regimes in Probing the Flexibility of the Fruit Fly Circadian System M.S. in Biological Science
Saheli Roy Clocking Sleep: Role of Dorsolateral Clock Neurons in the Sleep Circuit of Drosophila melanogaster M.S. in Biological Science
Ankit Sharma Elucidating the Role of ATG8A in Mediating Rescue of Circadian Rhythm in a Fly Model of Huntington’s Disease M.S. in Biological Science
Kulkarni Rutvij Kaustubh Preliminary Characterisation of Aggregation Behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster M.S. in Biological Science
Ms Pritha Kundu A Tale of Two Species: Clock Properties and Sleep Characteristics of Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila ananassae M.S. in Biological Science
Joydeep De Circadian Rhythms in Fruit Flies Drosophila under Natural Conditions M.S. in Biological Science
Priya M P A Comparative Study of Circadian Behaviours and the Underlying Neuronal Correlates of Five Drosophilid Species Ph.D.
Antara Das The Role of Temperature Sensitive Ion Channel dTRPA1 in Modulating Rhythmic Activity/Rest Behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Sheetal Potdar Large and Small Ventral Lateral Neurons Play Vital roles in Circadian and Arousal Circuits in Drosophila melanogaster M.S. in Biological Science
Payel Ganguly Effects of Temporally Controlled Huntingtin Expression and Autophagy Upregulation in Drosphila melanogaster M.S. in Biological Science
Abhilash Lakshman Probing the Circadian Clocks of Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster Populations Selected for Morning and Evening Adult Emergence. M.S. in Biological Science
Manishi Srivastava Significance of Clock Period for Clock Functions and Development in Drosophila melanogaster Ph.D.
Kamakshi Tomar Understanding the Effect of Time Restricted Feeding (TRF) on Disease Phenotypes Associated with Huntington’s Disease Using Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism. M.S. in Biological Science