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Harsh Thakur

I like Science because it has the capacity to take out everything from nothing by crossing the limits of the unknown to make it known

I am currently pursuing my B.Tech and M.Tech Dual Degree in Biotechnology from the KIIT School of Biotechnology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. I want to become a scientist and focus on understanding genetic diseases. My research interests include cancer biology, stem cells and molecular biology. I have been selected at Yale University under Prof. Lilian Kabeche.

Gaurav Seth

An aspiring scientist with a predilection for brain and biomechanics, currently trying my hand in rehabilitation robotics. I was going to use my Khorana Scholarship to work with Dr. V. Reggie Edgerton (UCLA) who is amongst the premier scientists in neuromuscular research. My potential project was based on the use of video games in assistive

Swetha Nagarajan

I find my passion in teaching and research, where every experience is an opportunity for learning and sharing knowledge. My interest lies in the field of Biology – Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics and Systems Biology. Through the Khorana program, I have been offered a chance to work in a Biophysics laboratory to work on

Akanksha Bhat

I am interested in understanding the cellular mechanisms aimed at maintaining genome stability, and in the mechanisms involved in stable epigenetic mechanisms across generations.

Faisal Jamal

I am currently in my masters final year, Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University. The field of study that always boggled my mind and intrigued me is molecular oncology.

Akshaya Selvaraj

I am currently pursuing my Post Graduate in Biological Engineering. I aspire to become a Neuroscientist in the next few years where I would be contributing for translational research on the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases focussing mainly on Alzheimer’s disease.

Mitali Patil

Mitali will be joining Prakash Lab, Stanford University in summer 2021 to broadly be working with their gravity machine team; exploring how biological cells detect pressure and orient towards gravity, showing extremes gravitaxis behavior in open ocean during vertical field migrations. She will also be engaged in efforts to enable CRISPR based gene editing in

Arindam Paul

Arindam Paul is a final year undergraduate student in the department of Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering at Jadavpur University. He been selected in the Bioprocessing and Bioproduct Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University , Pullman under professor Shulin Chen, Ph.D. The main objective of my project is

Meera Joy

2020 SN Bose Scholar My name is Meera Joy, currently a 4th year Integrated BS-MS student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati (IISER-T), majoring in Chemistry. I would like to work in the interface of chemistry and biology. I am interested in applying chemical synthesis in the field of Biology/Medicine to synthesize