Day 1: 27th September 2022 (Tuesday)
15:00-15:50 Registration
15:50-16:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
16:00-19:30 Session I (Neurobiology-I) (Chair: Kavita Babu & Meital Oren-Suissa)
16:00 - 16:30 Abhishek Bhattacharya (India)
Molecular Determinants of Electrical Synapse Formation and function 16:30 - 17:00 Kavita Babu (India)
Drinking and dopamine: is there a connection?
17:00 - 17:30 Raja Bhattacharya (India)
DOP-ed? Role of the D2-like dopamine receptor DOP-2 in food-related contexts
17:30 - 18:00 Tea Break Invited lecture 2
18:00 - 18:30 Piali Sengupta (USA) Virtual (8:30 am EST)
Activity-dependent gene expression programs underlie thermosensory neuronal and behavioural plasticity in C. elegans
18:30 - 19:00 Sitabhra Sinha (India)
Inferring the rules for wiring the worm nervous system
19:00-19:30 Student Talks ( 10min x 3 talks)
19:00-19:10 Umer Saleem Bhat
“Role of neuropeptides in regulating local and global search foraging behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans”
19:10-19:20 Damini Saha
A starvation induced inhibitory peptide bridges serotonin and cholinergic signaling to modulate Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral state
19:20-19:30 Swagata Dey
Kinesin-13-dependent axon-dendrite compartmentalization in PVD neurons
19:30 Dinner and Interactions
Day 2: 28th September 2022 (Wednesday)
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
9:00-13:00 Session II (Cell biology) (Chair: Sachin Kotak & Rati Sharma )
09:00 - 09:30 Arshad Desai (USA) (Virtual) (8:30 pm CA)
CDC-20 phosphoregulation optimizes mitotic duration to ensure robust embryogenesis 09:30 - 10:00 Sachin Kotak (India)
PP2A-B55SUR-6 control nuclear envelope breakdown in C. elegans zygote 10:00 - 10:30 Santosh Kumar (India)
Identification and characterization of downstream effector protein(s) for Gαo
10:30 - 11:00 Jogender Singh (India)
Dithiothreitol activates the hypoxia response pathway
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Guillaume Thibault (Singapore)
The unfolded protein response reverses the effects of glucose on lifespan in C. elegans 12:00 - 13:00 Student Talks ( 10min x 6 talks)
12:00-12:10 Kuheli Adhikary
LIN-5 (NuMA) has a dual function in regulating the cleavage furrow formation in C. elegans zygote
12:10-12:20 Sunanda Sharma
Loss of Citron Kinase suppresses the neuronal phenotypes of kinesin-13 mutant
12:20-12:30 Vandita D. Bhat
RNA control in neuronal cAMP and cGMP signaling by protein complexes
12:30-12:40 Atal Vats
Understanding the Basis of Electrical Synapse Diversity in C. elegans
12:40-12:50 Sneha Hegde
Axonal mitochondria regulate gentle touch response through control of actin dynamics
12:50-13:00 Surajit Chakraborty
Assessment of virulence of novel species Stenotrophomonas sepilia in Caenorhabditis elegans model with a preliminary insight into host-response
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Poster Session I
15:30- 16:00 Tea Break
16:00-20:00 Session III (Infection, immunity, gut microbiome) (Chair: Varsha Singh & Anubhuti Dixit)
16:00 - 16:30 Vidya Devi Negi (India)
Salmonella infection and C. elegans life cycle: an interesting perspective
of host-pathogen interaction
16:30 - 17:00 Mark Alkema (USA)
How gut bacteria modulate C. elegans behavior
17:00 - 17:30 Varsha Singh (India)
1-Undecene odor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a pathogen associated molecular pattern for
Caenorhabditis elegans
17:30 - 18:00 Coffee Break
18:00-18:30 Emily Troemel (USA) (Virtual) (5:30 am CA)
C. elegans response to infection by the Orsay virus and intracellular fungal pathogens
18:30-19:30 Student Talks ( 10min x 6 talks)
18:30-18:40 Siddharth R Venkatesh
A neuron-gut Neuro-Immune Regulation of Survival in Caenorhabditis elegans
18:40-18:50 Divyashree AN
Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes intestinal deformation in Caenorhabditis elegans
18:50-19:00 Gowripriya Thirumugam
Investigation of microRNA role in pathogen induced senescence
19:00-19:10 Sabnam Sahin Rahman
A neuron-gut crosstalk regulates Vitamin B12-mediated gene-diet interaction that modulates longevity in C. elegans
19:10-19:20 Amal Wilson Varghese
Monoaminergic molecular pathways in modulating composite behaviours
19:20-19:30 Umanshi Rautela
G1 cyclins regulate reproductive fitness
19:30-20:00 Michael Shapira, (USA) (Virtual) (7:00 am CA)
The worm gut microbiome and aging
20:00 Dinner and Interactions
Day 3: 29th September 2022 (Thursday)
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
9:00-13:00 Session IV (Developmental Biology) (Chair: Anup Padmanabhan & Mark Alkema)
09:00 - 09:30 Swathi Arur (Texas, USA) (Virtual) (10:30 pm US Central)
Environmental control of meiosis I and oocyte production
09:30 - 10:00 Limor Broday (Israel)
The role of the sumo protease ULP-2 in germline development
10:00 - 10:30 Anup Padmanabhan (India)
Temporal Regulation of Membrane Binding Proteins
10:30 - 11:00 Prasad Kasturi (India)
Extent of Molecular Chaperone Association Might Determine Fates of Membrane-less Organelles during Aging in C. elegans
11:00 - 11:30 Tea break
11:30 - 12:00 Anubhuti Dixit (India)
Neuronal regulation of longevity by olfactory perception in C. elegans
12:00 -12:30 Student Talks ( 10min x 3 talks)12:00-12:10 Khursheed Ahmad Khan
Tracking chemosensation through the developmental stages of C. elegans
12:10:20 J HareeshCan dynamic optimization explain the sub-optimal efficiency of Caenorhabditis elegans ervous system?
12:20-12:30 Rasitha S Kanakalatha
Extended Memory in Caenorhabditis elegans is regulated by Insulin Signalling in Dopaminergic Neurons
12:30 - 13:00 Buffer Time
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Poster Session II
15:30- 16:00 Tea Break
16:00-20:00 Session V (Neurobiology-II) (Chair: Sandhya Koushika & Limor Broday)
16:00 - 16:30 Massimo Hilliard (Australia) Virtual (8:30 pm Brisbane )
Fusogen-mediated neuron-neuron fusion: impact on neuronal function, connectivity, and behaviour 16:30-17:00 Sandhya Koushika (India)
Biogenesis of synaptic vesicles17:00-17:30 Meital Oren-Suissa (Israel)
Design concepts of sexually-dimorphic circuits
17:30-18:00 Rati Sharma (India)
Machine Learning and Deep Learning as Tools to Track and Predict Worm Behavior
18:00-18:30 Coffee Break
18:30-18:45 Buffer Time
18:45- 19:00 Buffer time
19:00-19:30 Career-related session
19:30- 20:00 Career-related session
20:00 Dinner followed by Talent show/Karaoke
Day 4: 30th September 2022 (Friday)
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
9:00-12:00 Session VI (Metabolism, stress, and aging) (Chair: Kantaro Noma & Swagata Dey)
09:00 - 09:30 Arnab Mukhopadhyay (India). VirtualAn insulin signaling-mediated germline quality assurance program that responds to somatic DNA damage signals
09:30 - 10:00 Kentaro "Ken" Noma (Japan)
Neuronal hyperactivation causes an age-dependent decline in associative learning behavior
10:00 - 10:30 Ashwini Godbole (India)
Understanding Mode of Action of Foods and Formulations
10:30 - 11:00 Tea break
11:00 - 11:30 Aruna Satish ( India)Xenobiotic stress and its impact on metabolism
11:30 - 12:00 Neeraj Kumar (India)
Genome-wide interaction of targets regulated by Transcription Factors downstream of Insulin-Signalling
12:00 - 12:30 Closing Remarks
12:30 -13:30 Lunch
13:30 Departure / Local sight-seeing