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Confirmed Speakers

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Prof. Masahiro Ueda

Osaka University, Japan

Technical Expertise: Single-molecule imaging and tracking in live cells, mathematical modeling.

Research Interests: Intracellular information processing, cell motility, Concentration gradient sensing and the taxis of Dictyostelium discoideum.​

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Dr. Mahipal Ganji

 IISc Bangalore, India

Technical Expertise: DNA-PAINT.

Research Interests: DNA base-stacking energetics, DNA nanotechnology, Stability of dinucleotide interactions.

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Prof. Deepak Nair

IISc Bangalore, India

Technical Expertise: Single Molecule Super Resolution Imaging.

Research Interests: Understanding synaptic nanodomains as building blocks of synaptic architecture, Mapping Molecular onset underlying probabilistic origin of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).

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Dr. Adish Dani

TIFR Hyderabad, India

Technical Expertise: Single molecule super-resolution microscopy, STORM.

Research Interests: Molecular and cellular biology of sensory systems as well as neuronal synapses. Neuronal synapse dysfunction related to psychiatric disorders.

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Prof. Padmaja Prasad Mishra

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India

Technical Expertise: smFRET.

Research Interests: Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions, Secondary Structures of Nucleic Acids and DNA Repair Mechanisms.

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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.

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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.

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​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.

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Dr. Mitsuhiro Iwaki

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Technical Expertise: Single-molecule fluorescence imaging

Research Interests: 3D DNA Origami as Single-Molecule Biophysical Tools for Dissecting Molecular Motor Functions.

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Dr. Tsuyoshi Terakawa

Kyoto University, Japan

Technical Expertise: Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging, simulations, and machine learning.

Research Interests: Molecular-level dynamics-chromatin-based processes such as transcription, replication, and repair.

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​Prof. Rahul Roy

IISc Bangalore, India

Technical Expertise: Single molecule biophysics, Metagenomics, Diagnostics, Microfluidics and Virology.

Research Interests: Biosensing, Biomolecular Self Assembly, Host-pathogen interactions  and Cellular Heterogeneity.​

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Prof. Dibyendu Kumar Sasmal

IIT Jodhpur, India

Technical Expertise: smFRET.

Research Interests: Single molecule imaging of T cell receptor conformation dynamics, Single molecule patch-clamp FRET and T cell receptor interaction kinetics and signalling.

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Prof. Peng Chen

Cornell University, New York, United States

Technical Expertise: Single-molecule tracking, super resolution localization microscopy, smFRET.

Research Interests: Single-molecule methods to characterize and understand the properties of nanoscale materials and biological systems.

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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.

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Prof. Naoki Watanabe

Kyoto University, Japan

Technical Expertise: Ultra-multiplexed high-density labeling super-resolution microscopy IRIS.

Research Interests: Cytoskeletal remodeling, cell signaling, mechanical forces, mechanotransduction, drug discovery.

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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.

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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.

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Dr. Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe

McGill University , Canada

Technical Expertise:  Live cell single-molecule fluorescence microscopy.

Research Interests: Replisome architecture, dynamics, a mutation avoidance, chromosomes, DNA replication the cell cycle and cell size control.

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Dr. Dibyendu Kumar Das

IIT Kanpur, India

Technical Expertise:  Single molecule fluorescence energy transfer (smFRET) imaging microcopy.

Research Interests: Conformational dynamics of enveloped viral glycoprotein during cellular entry, Mechanical basis of viral fusion machine mediated membrane fusion.

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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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Dr. Satomi Matsuoka

Osaka University, FBS, Japan

Technical Expertise: Super resolution microscopy, STORM

Research Interests: Chemotactic signaling networks, Ras family small GTPases  and cell migration.

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Prof. Noriyuki Kodera

Kanazawa University, WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Japan

Technical Expertise: High-speed atomic force microscopy

Research Interests: In-situ and real-time visualization of biomolecular dynamics of myosin, dynamics of molecular cargo transporter in cells.

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​Dr. Masataka Yanagawa

Kyoto University, Japan

Technical Expertise: Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging

Research Interests: Single-molecule Pharmacology of GPCRs, signal transduction upon drug stimulation.

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Dr. Michio Hiroshima

Osaka University, Japan

Technical Expertise: Automated single-molecule imaging, EGFR signaling, SMT-based drug screening.

Research Interests:  Intracellular signaling system, analysis of the singularity phenomenon in neurodegenerative diseases.

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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.

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Dr. Sung Hyun Kim

Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea 

Technical Expertise: iMAX FRET (Information Maximized FRET) for Multipoint Single-Molecule Structural Analysis.

Research Interests: Full-length single-molecule protein fingerprinting, Kinetics of DNA looping.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Website created by Dr. Farhan Anjum, DBT-SAHAJ Facility for Single-Molecule and Super-Resolution Imaging, IIT Hyderabad. Last updated: 06-09-2025

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