Travel bursaries were sanctioned to 94 Applicants (during January-August period) out of which 85 Applicants, who attended the Conferences/ Meetings/Workshops, were awarded the bursaries. The list of awardees is as follow

1. Sanjiv Kumar, PhD student, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “A human broadly neutralizing single chain variable fragment (scFv) against CD-4 binding site from HIV-1 clade C chronically infected Indian children”, at the “Keystone Symposia: Progress and Pathways toward an effective HIV vaccine”, Banff, Alberta, Canada, January 28-February 1, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

2. Dr. Chaman Saini, National Post-doctoral Felow (DST), Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Th17 cells produce heterodimer IL17A+/F+ protein and create neutrophilia in leprosy reversal reaction”, at the “Cell Symposia- Next Gen Immunology”, Rehovot, Israel, February 11-14, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

3. Shilpi Gupta, PhD student, School of Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Deletion of NF-kB1 (p50) subunit increases innate immune response and protects host from H. pylori colonization” at the “Cell Symposia- Next Gen Immunology”, Rehovot, Israel, February 11-14, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

4. Hussain Mansoor A, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for Oral/Poster presentation on “Mitol dependent ubiquitylation of RECQ14 negatively controls its function as a necessary protein during mitochondrial DNA replication” at the “International Meeting on RECQ Helicase and related Diseases 2018”, Chiba, Japan, February 16-18, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

5. Dr. Ankur Poddar, Research Officer, ICGEB, New Delhi for attending Vaccinology Course: Vaccines in Epidemiology and Public Health” at Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, February 12-March 09, 2018. [Rs.10,000]

6. Muzafar Ahmad Rather, PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar for Poster presentation on “In vitro anti mycobacterial activity of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl, amino, methylene-5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3- dione: a new chemical entity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis” at the “International Society for Infectious Diseases Conference 2018”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1-4, 2018. [Rs. 10000]
7. Shikha Negi, PhD Student, Immunology Lab, IMTECH, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Mincle regulation by gut microbiota imparts protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis” at the Keystone Symposia “Microbiome, Host Resistance and Disease”, Alberta, Canada, from March 4-8, 2018. [Rs. 10000]

8. Neelam Oswal, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “The role of T cells in resistance to natural JEV infection” at the “12th World Immune Regulation Meeting”, Davos, Switzerland, March 14-17, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

9. Vidisha Minhas, PhD Student, Department of Zoology, Delhi University, Delhi for Oral/Poster presentation on “Contraceptive potential of E. coli expressed recombinnat proteins encompassing sperm associated protein and GnRH” at the “29th International Conference on Vaccine and Immunization”, London, UK, March 19-20, 2018. [Rs. 10000]

10. Syed Mohammad Faisal, Post-doctoral Fellow, Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, for Poster presentation on “Orange juice mediated biomimetic synthesis of 5-Fluoro Uracil based nano particles: a novel drug delivery system” at the Conference “Emerging Issues of Breast Cancer Research: Tumor heterogeneity, Immunotherapy and Cellular Metabolism” Budapest, Hungary, April 4-6, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

11. Dr. Bhagwan Narayan Rekadwad, Post-doctoral Fellow, NCCS, Pune, for Oral Presentation on “Relating tRNA gene diversity with evolution of planctomycetes-verrucomicrobia-chlamydia (PVC) and PVC like bacteria” at the “BISMIS 2018-Capturing species diversity: Progress and opportunities”, Pretoria, South Africa, April 8-11, 2018. [Rs.10,000]

12. Saishruti Kohli, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for Poster Presentation on “UBE3A regulates SIRT6 levels to promote the tumorigenesis in an anxal dependent manner” at the “American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018”, Illinois, USA, April 14-18, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

13. Raju Kumar, PhD Student, CDFD, Hyderabad for Poster presentation on “XPNPEP3: a novel transcriptional target of canonical Wnt/β-catenin signalling” at the “American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018”, Illinois, USA, April 14-18, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

14. Dr. Indrashis Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Garhwal University, Uttarakhand for Poster Presentation on “Sex specific differential landscape of gold fish gonads by next generation sequencing” at the “International Symposium on Vertebrate Sex Determination”, Kona, Hawaii, USA, April 16-20, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

15. Manish Kumar Rai, PhD Student, CSIR IGIB, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “Understanding the molecular mechanism of adaptive thermos-tolerance in E. coli” at the Cold Spring Laboratory Conference “Protein Homeostasis in Health and Disease”, New York, USA, April 17-21, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

16. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Dey, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Delhi University, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Dopamine-beta-monooxygenase inhibitors obtained by structure based methods inhibited anti-hypertensive effect in L-NAME induced hypertensive rats” at the “Annual Meeting of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2018”, San Diego, CA, USA, April 21-25, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

17. Kondalarao Bankapalli, PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, for Poster Presentation on “DJ-1/ThiJ/PfpI family member proteins play a critical role in the maintenance of mitochondrial integrity and oxidative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” at the “Keystone Symposia on Mitochondrial Biology”, Kyoto, Japan, from April 22-26, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

18. Atika Ajay Dhar, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Mutually redundant signals via B cell receptor and CD4 receptor control transitional B cell maturation” at the “Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting”, New York, USA, April 24-28, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

19. Manasi Anant Kulkarni, PhD Student, Department of Padiatric Immunolgy, National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai, for Poster presentation on “Molecular characterization of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) patients in cohort of India” at the “Clinical Immunology Society Annual Meeting 2018”, Ontorio, Canada, April 26-29, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

20. Dr. Kaustuv Nayak, Research Scientist, Emory Vaccine Centre, ICGEB, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Characterization of human effector B cell immune response in Chikungunya virus infection” at the Symposium “Power of Viruses”, Porec, Croatia, May 14-16, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

21. Dr. Anju Katyal, Assistant Professor, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “12/15 LOX inhibition ameliorates hippocampus associated neural damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in mice subjected to hypobaric hypoxia” at the “European Stroke Organization Conference 2018”, Gothenberg, Sweden, May 16-18, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

22. Dr. Thiyagarajan Durairas, Research Associate, Centre of Excellence in Vaccine Delivery, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Perturbation of efflux by an amphillic cargo loaded nanomaterial: potential synergy for mitigation of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus biofilm” at the “Biofilm 8 Conference”, Denmark, May 27-29, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

23. Dr. Saniya Gupta, MBBS, Junior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Prevalence of congenital infection by rubella virus among Indian infants with structural congenital heart defects” at the “36th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease”, Sweden, May 28-June 2, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

24. Biswajit Samal, PhD Student, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting, Hyderabad for Poster Presentation on “In vivo dynamics of bacterial quorum-sensing reveals interplay of heterogeneity and homogeneity in quorum sensing response” at the “ASM Microbe 2018”, Georgia, USA, from June 7-11, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

25. Himanshu Gogoi, PhD Student, School of Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “A Niosome formulation modulates the Th1/Th2 bias immune response in mice and also provides protection against Anthrax spore challenge” at the “ASM Microbe 2018”, Georgia, USA, from June 7-11, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

26. Akansha Pant, PhD Student, National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Allosteric site inhibitor disturbing auto-activation of cysteine proteases of Plasmodium falciparum”, at the Gordon Research Conference “2018 Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions”, Neport, Rhode Island, USA, June 10-15, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

27. Ananya Gupta, PhD Student, NII, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Intranasal vaccination with Mycobacterium indicus pranii induces memory T-cells in lungs crucial for protection against TB” at Gordon Research Conference titled ‘Advances in Immunology and Immunotechnology: Insights in the Regulation of Protective and Pathological Immune Responses’, West Dover, VT, United States, June 10 - 15, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

28. Dr. Sandesh Guleria, Senior Resident, Allergy Immunology Unit, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Clinico-lab profile of Kawasaki disease with Arthritis in Children” at the “12th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium”, Yokohama, Japan, June 12-15, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

29. Pooja Tanwar, PhD Student, Dr. BR Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, New Delhi for Poster Presentation on “Prioritizing vaccine and drug candidates based on functional annotation of HPs in Neisseria. gonorrhea” at the “ASM Microbe 2018”, Georgia, USA, June 7-11, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

30. Dr. Ashutosh Pathak, Research Associate III, Department of Microbiology, SGPIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh for Poster presentation on “First report of emergence of colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa” at the “ASM Microbe 2018”, Atlanta, USA, June 7-11, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

31. Dr. Aman Gupta, Senior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy Immunology Unit, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Perforin and granzyme expression: Role of natural killer cell cytotoxicity in acute phase of Kawasaki disease and dual sucrose computed tomography coronary angiography”, at the “12th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium”, Yokohama, Japan, June 12-15, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

32. Sonam Verma, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Cross communication between STAT1 and BATF2: Their importance in interferon gamma-mediated decrease in invasion of HTR-8/SV neo trophoblastic cells by regulating the level of JUN” at the International Conference “Immunology of Reproduction”, Varna, Bulgaria, June 15-17, 2018. [Rs. 10,000

33. Mayuri Khandelwal, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “Orally active adiponectin receptor agagonist ameliorates Alzheimer disease pathogenesis by potentiating neuronal insulin sensitivity in APP/PSI mice” at Keystone Symposium “Advances in Neurodegenerative Disease Research and Therapy”, Keystone, USA, June 17-21, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

34. Dr. Deepak Singla, Research Associate, National Malaria Institute, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Comparative genome analysis of anopheles species: a malaria vector” at the “13th Annual EuPathDB Workshop”, Georgia, USA, June 17-21, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

35. Dr. Pramod Kumar Gupta, Scientific Officer D, Radiation Medicine Centre, BARC, Mumbai, for Poster presentation on “TLR4 mediated immunomodulation in tuberculosis: an alternative approach to combat TB” at the “Annual Meeting of Federation of Clinical Immunology Society”, San Francisco, USA, June 20-23, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

36. Dr. Archana Bhatnagar, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “A natural killer cells based disease activity score for rheumatoid arthritis patients: novel mathematical intervention in rheumatic disease biology” at the “18th Annual Meeting of Federation of Clinical Immunology Society”, San Francisco, USA, June 20-23, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

37. Dr. Taruna Madan, Scientist E and HOD, Department of Innate Immunity, NIRRH, Mumbai for Oral presentation on “SP-D: guarding vaginal mucosal barrier against HIV-1” at the “Annual Meeting of Federation of Clinical Immunology Society”, San Francisco, USA, June 20-23, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

38. Dr. Navneet Agnihotri, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for Poster presentation on “Alteration in cholesterol homeostatic genes in colorectal cancer” at the Conference “Cancer and Metabolism 2018”, Cambridge, UK, June 25-27, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

39. Priyesh Prateek Agrawal, PhD Student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Machine learning based approach for deciphering the chemical structure of RiPPs by genome mining” at the “Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products Symposium XII”, Coventry, UK, June 28-29, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

40. Nidhi Gupta, PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Involvement of versican, a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma” at the “25th Bienniel Congress of European Association for Cancer Research 2018”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 30- July 3, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

41. Dr. Raman Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Babasaheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, Rohini, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Novel combination of tanshinone I along with dexamethasone induces apoptosis in myeloma cells by modulating ERK/p38/JNK/NF-kB signaling pathway” at the “25th Bienniel Congress of European Association for Cancer Research 2018”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 30- July 3, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

42. Dr. Reshu Agarwal, Senior Research Associate, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Identification of clinical dermatophytes using MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy” at the “20th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Amsterdam, The Netherland, June 30- July 6, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

43. Nidhi Gupta, PhD Student, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Involvement of versican, a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma” at the “25th Bienniel Congress of European Association for Cancer Research 2018”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 30- July 3, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

44. Dr. Manish Rathi, Additional Professor, Department of Nephrology, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Correlation of pre-transplant glucose metabolism and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with the development of post transplantation diabetes mellitus” at the “27th International Congress of The Transplantation Society 2018”, Madrid, Spain, June 30-July 5, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

45. Dr. Ipsita Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIPER, SAS Nagar, Punjab for Oral presentation on “Targeted delivery of RNA aptamers to diseased cells” at the “18th European Congress on Biotechnology”, Geneva, Switzerland, July 1-4, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

46. Ashish Kumar Agrahari PhD Student, Department of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, for attending the practical workshop “Drug Discovery Europe 2018 (Advanced Training Course on Drug Design)”, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, July 16-20, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

47. Dr. Parvez Ahmad, Dr. DS Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, for Poster presentation on “Generation of neo-epitopes on hypochlorous acid-modified human antithrombin: An immunological study” at the “64th Annual Scientific and Standardization Committee Meeting” organized by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Dublin, Ireland, July 18- 21, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

48. Ruchi Gautam, PhD Student, Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER Chandigarh, for Poster presentation on “Structural and functional characterization of bifunctional enzyme encoded by ribBX gene in riboflavin biosynthesis pathway of Helicobacter pylori 26695” at the ACA 2018 Conference on “Structural Biology of Pathogens: Cellular infection, Drug resistance and Immune response”, Toronto, Canada, July 20-24, 2018. [Rs.10,000]

49. Hargobinder Kaur, PhD student, Department of Medical Parasitology, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Screening and identification of potential novel biomarkers for complicated Plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosis” at the “14th International Congress of Parasitology”, Daegu, South Korea, August 19-24, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

50. Dr. Jyoti Joshi, Research Associate, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh for Oral presentation on “Immunomodulatory potential and anti-leishmanial efficacy arsenicum album 306 against visceral leismaniasis” at the “14th International Congress of Parasitology”, Daegu, South Korea, August 19-24, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

51. Tripti Rungta, PhD student, Department of Virology, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Giant condylomas and role of HPV 6/11 in Indian Asian patients”, at the “17th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection cum 8th International Infection Control Conference”, Hong Kong, China, August 30-September 2, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

52. Vivek Kumar, PhD student, Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi for Poster presentation on “Cell penetrating peptides as antimicrobials: therapeutic for leishmaniasis” at the “8th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides”, Edinburgh, UK, September 2-4, 2018.[Rs. 10,000]

52. Dr. Apoorva Pandey, Research Associate, Department of Pathology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Bosentan therapy modulates miR-21-TGF-β1-bFGF-Let-7g axis and attenuates the development of pulmonary artery hypertension after bleomycin injury” at the “5th European Congress on Immunology”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2-5, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

53. Dr. Ravi Kumar, Research Associate, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Oral presentation on “TLR9 signaling mediates functional responses induced by direct ligation of ODN 2216 in CD4+CD25-effecter T cells” at the “5th European Congress on Immunology”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2-5, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

54. Dr. Namrata Anand, Dr. DS Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for Poster presentation on “Efficacy and safety of bovine lactoferrin nanocarriers for treatment of placental malaria and pregnancy induced complications in murine model” at the “11th European Global Summit for Cutting Edge Medicine (CLINAM 2018), Basel, Switzerland, September 2-5, 2018. [Rs.10,000]

55. Dr. Manoj Sharma, Former Professor Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Post treatment disease mapping using angiogenic markers in patients”, at the “17th Biennial Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society”, Kyoto, Japan, September 3-6, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

56. Vikram Takur, PhD student, Department of Virology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, for Poster presentation on “Structural Bioinformatics: An approach for elucidating mechanism of HepatitisE virus pathogenesis” at the “EBI-EMBL Training Course on Structural Bioinformatics”, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, September 3-7, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

57. Faraz Ahmad, PhD student, Biotechnology Unit, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh for Poster presentation on “Amyloidal antigen based immune-potent nano-vaccine: an effective substitute of BCG against experimental tuberculosis” at the “17th Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity”,Osaka, Japan, September 4-7, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

58. Dr. (Col) Mahendra Narain Mishra Consultant Pathologist, Baptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur, Assam, for Poster presentation on “Successful renal transplant in a ptient with Alport Syndrome-A case report” at the “Annual Conference of British Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics”, Cardiff, UK, September 5-6, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

59. Dr. Deepankar De, Additional Professor, Department of Dermatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh for Poster presentation on “Pathological characterization of lichenoid lesions on oral mucosa in pemphigus vulgris” at the “27th Annual Congress of European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology”, Paris, France, September 12-16, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

60. Dr. Lubna Wasim, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Panobinostat: A molecular targeted epigenetic therapy to reverse epithelial-mesenchymal transcription of cervical cancer cells”, at the EMBO Workshop/Conference “Cellular Signalling and Cancer Therapy”, Croatia, September 14-18, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

61. Surabhi, PhD student, Department of Anatomy, AIIMS, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “Yoga based lifestyle intervention and its impact on quality of life, stress markers and immune parameters in rheumatoid arthritis patients” at the “Cell Symposia: Ageing and Metabolism 2018”,Sitges, Spain, September 23-25, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

62. Dr. Deepak Kumar Jangir, DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanad University, Rohtak, Haryana, for Poster presentation on “Sporadic Parkinson’s disease associated N-terminus mutations of alpha-synuclein exhibit faster aggregation and cytotoxicity”, at the “Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease”, Michigan, USA, September 26-27, 2018.[Rs. 10,000]

63. Dr. Rameshwaram Nagender Rao, Project Investigator, CDFD, Hyderabad, for Poster presentation on “The nature of phosphotidyl inositol mannosidases (PIMs) interaction with PPE68 protein-revealing novel insights in its immunogenicity and virulence”, at the “HUPO 2018 World Congress”, Orlando, USA, September 30-October 3, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

64. Snigdha Singh, PhD student, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, for undertaking collaborative research at the laboratory of Prof. Maurizio Taddie at University of Siena under Indo-Italy Exchange Program October 1, 2018-March 31, 2019. [Rs. 10,000]

65. Sweta Karan, PhD student, School of Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi for Poster presentation on “The CsgA major subunit of curli from type VIII secretion pathway, generates a potent immune response and neutralizing antibodies in BALB/c mice against Vibrio parahaemolyticus” at the Conference “Bacterial Protein Export 2018”, Leuven, Belgium, September 30– October 3, 2018.[Rs. 10,000]

66. Dr. Achal Kumar Srivastava, Professor, Department of Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Electrophysiological characteristic of tremor in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 12 and essential tremor” at the “International Congress of Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorder”, Washington DC, USA, October 5-9, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

67. Archana Rai, PhD student, Department of Medical Genetics, SGPIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, for Poster presentation on “Study of genetic code in patients with malformation affecting digits”, at the “68th American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting”, San Diego, California, USA, October 16-20, 2018. [Rs.10,000]

68. Dr. Aadhaar Dhooria, DM (Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Senior Research Associate, Department of Intenal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, for Poster presentation on “Elevated serum Procalcitron at baseline correlates with reduced survival in patients with Lupus Myocarditis”, at the “2018 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting”, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 19-24, 2018. [Rs.10,000]

69. Dr. Ramesh Chandra Rai, Research Scientist, ICGEB-Emory Vaccine Centre, New Delhi, for participation in La Jolla Institute Organized workshop “Immune Epitope Database User Workshop-2018”, San Diego, California, USA, October 22-23, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

70. Dr. Amandeep Kaur Kahlon, , DS Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, JNU, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “Molecular mechanisms and functional characterization of de novo peptide/protein inhibitors targeting Adhesin(s) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during host-cell invasion” at the “EMBL Course: Assay development for drug discovery and characterization”, Heidelberg, Germany, October 23-25, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

71. Dr. Priyanka Arun Kasatkar, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Haemostatsis and Thrombosis, National Institute of Immunohematology, Parel, Mumbai, for Poster Presentation on “A novel cost effective lateral Flow Immunoassay technique for the diagnosis of severe von Willebrand Disease (VWD) at the International Conference “European Congress on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ECTH)”, Marseille, France, October 24-26, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

72. Dr. Anit Kaur, Research Associate, Allergy and Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatric Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, for Poster presentation on “Herediditary Angioedema in Children: A clinical experience over 20 years from North West India” at the “18th Biennial Meeting of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID 2018)”, Lisbon, Portugal, October 24-27, 2018.[Rs. 10,000]

73. Rajesh Mani, PhD student, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Gurgaon, for Poster presentation on “Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv encoded poly L-glutamine peptides acts as a Potential Th1-type adjuvant” at the International Society for Vaccines organized “Annual Congress 2018”, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 28-30, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

74. Dr. Puja Tiwary, Project Scientist, Department of Medicine, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for Oral presentation on “A study on molecular characterization of sand fly and its role in transmission dynamics of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar state” at the “67th Annual Meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene”, New Orieans, Louisiana, USA, October 28-November 1, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

75. Dr. Vikas Kushwaha, National Postdoctoral Fellow, Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, for Poster presentation on “Immunization with recombinnat DIM-1 protein of Brugia malayi induce T and B cell immunogenicity and protect mice against B. malayi infection” at the “ASTMH Annual Meeting 2018”, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 28- November 2, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

76. Bijoya Sen, PhD student, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, for Oral Presentation on “Mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRMT) is compromised in senescent cells as well as end stage liver disease and overexpression of UPRMT player” at the “The Liver Meeting 2018”, San Francisco, California, USA, November 9-13, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

77. Venencia Albert, Research Officer, Department of Laboratory Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “Inflammation-coagulation crosstalk in Severe Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and its impact on patient outcome” at the “FIMSA 2018”, Bangkok, Thailand, November 10-13, 2018. Contribution in 18 research publications. [Rs. 10,000]

78. Surbhi Khurana, PhD student, Department of Laboratory Medicine, JPN Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “Higher Th-9, Th-22 and T-regulatory helper cells lead to a favorable outcome in polytrauma patients with severe injuries” at the “FIMSA 2018”, Bangkok, Thailand, November 10-13, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

79. Suyasha Roy, PhD student, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana, for Oral presentation on “Amphiregulin is required for the induction of IL-9 in T helper cells through EGFR-HIF1α signaling” at the “FIMSA 2018”, Bangkok, Thailand, November 10-13, 2018.[Rs. 10,000]

80. Minu Kumari, PhD student, JPN Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, for Poster Presentation on “Assessment of inflammatory cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of mechanically ventilated chest trauma patients” at the “FIMSA 2018”, Bangkok, Thailand, November 10-13, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

81. Dr. Nibhriti Das, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Additional Dean, Academics and Research, Nayati Multi Super Speciality Hospital, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, for Poster Presentation on “Modulation of CD59 and cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis” at the “FIMSA 2018”, Bangkok, Thailand, November 10-13, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

82. Priya Gaur, PhD student, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, DRDO, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Genome wide analysis reveals high altitude hypoxia induced Ras/Rap1 signalling as acclimatization response in Kyrgyz as compared to Indian males” at the “XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine”Kathmandu, Napal, November 21-24, 2018. [Rs. 10,000]

83. Bhavya Jha, PhD student, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, for Poster presentation on “Mycobacterium tuberculosis Histidinol phospahe phosphatase-identification and functional and structural characterization” at the combined conference of the Asian Crystallographic Associationa and the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand “AsCA2018/Crystal 32”Annual Congress 2018”, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2-5, 2018.[Rs. 10,000]

84. Dr. Madhu Khanna, Professor, Department of Microbiology (Virology), Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, for Oral presentation on “Profile of antibody responses and duration of protection against seasonal influenza following vaccination of the elderly in India” at the “International Congress on 3rd Global Virology Congress and Expo”, Valencia, Spain, December 6-8, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]

85. Dr. Pankaj C. Vaidya, Additional Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, for Invited lecture on “Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis under programmatic conditions in India” at the “4th Asian Pediatric Pulmonology Society (APPS) Annual Scientific Congress”, Beijing, China, December 7-9, 2018. [Rs. 15,000]