
Confirmed Speakers
Dr. Abhishek Mazumder
DBT-Wellcome Fellow, IICB Kolkata, India
Technical Expertise: Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy.
Research Interests: Development of therapeutic agents and diagnostic methods against the emerging threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Liquid-liquid phase separation in biology.
Prof. Kazuhiro Maeshima
National Institute of Genetics, Mashima, Shizuoka, Japan
Technical Expertise: live-cell single molecule imaging, superresolution imaging.
Research Interests: 3D organization of genome in the cell, and how the human genome is read out for cellular proliferation, differentiation and development.
​Dr. Hiroko Bannai
Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Japan
Technical Expertise: Quantum-dot single particle tracking (QD-SPT), a single molecule imaging technique.
Research Interests: Mechanisms of memory and learning and the pathogenesis of neurological diseases such as epilepsy, and Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Senthil Arumugam
EMBL Australia Group Leader
Monash University, Australia
Technical Expertise: Single Molecule imaging and super resolution microscopy.
Research Interests: Endosomal transport and signal processing, Inter-organelle interactions and integrative processes and Cell migration and cellular decision making.
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Prof. Srinivas N. Pentyala
Stony Brook School of Medicine, USA
Technical Expertise: Development of diagnostic test for detecting cerebrospinal fluid leaks.
Research Interests: Molecular actions of intravenous and inhalational anesthetics with regard to their effect on signal transduction pathways, prostate cancer. effect of intravenous drugs on calcium flux and the effect of inhalational drugs on G-protein signaling mechanisms.
Dr. Nitin Mohan
IIT Kanpur, India
Technical Expertise: (STORM), Photo-activated Localization Microscopy (PALM).
Research Interests: Molecular interactions and dynamics in cellular processes related to nutrient sensing, intracellular trafficking, viral transport, neurodegenerative disorders and lysosomal storage disorders.
TIFR Hyderabad, India
Technical Expertise: Single molecule FRET (smFRET) and Super resolution Optical Microscopy.
Research Interests: Study of Protein Amyloids and Liquid-liquid Phase Separation (LLPS) using Single Molecule Techniques, Alpha-synuclein and Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) or Amylin.
IISER Tirupati, India
Technical Expertise: Single molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET).
Research Interests: DNA nanostructures, Non-canonical DNA structures and Viral Membrane Proteins.
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​Prof. Chayan Kanti Nandi
IIT Mandi, India
Technical Expertise: Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM), STORM, and SRRF.
Research Interests: Structure-function relationship of carbon nanodots, single-molecule fluorescence blinking behavior in fluorescent nanomaterials, Cellular dynamics in cancer.
Prof. Philip Tinnefeld
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Technical Expertise: Single-molecule sensing and biophysics, super resolution microscopy-dSTORM, DNA-PAINT, MINFLUX.
Research Interests: Single-molecule sensing with DNA origami, development and application of new super resolution techniques.
Prof. Arpita Upadhyaya
University of Maryland, USA
Technical Expertise: Super Resolution Microscopy (instant Structured Illumination Microscopy).
Research Interests: Cytoskeletal dynamics and signaling in T cells, Immune receptor dynamics, Mechanosensing and force generation in T cells and Mechanotransduction and gene expression.
Prof. Sudipta Maiti
BITL Pilani Hyderabad, India
Technical Expertise: Single molecule detection, Three-photon imaging, Dual channel FCS and fiber based non-invasive in-vivo neurotransmitter imaging.
Research Interests: Protein aggregation, Protein misfolding & Neuronal Interactions, Neurotransmitter dynamics, and Small molecule membrane interaction.





























