JNCASR Neuroscience

I want to get the details of Neuroscience Unit (NSU) of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)?

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The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India. It was established in 1989. It is located in Jakkur, Bangalore, India.

Neuroscience Unit (NSU)

The Neuroscience Unit (NSU) is a new academic unit established in November 2014, Silver Jubilee year of the Centre, becoming the youngest department in the Centre.

It comprises of two core faculty members, Drs. James Chelliah and Sheeba Vasu, Prof. M.R.S. Rao is its Chairman.

Prof. Anuranjan Anand of MBGU and Prof. K.S. Narayan of CPMU are its Associate Faculties.

The fundamental theme of this Unit is to study the various aspects of nervous systems.

Currently, the research interests of the Unit include the study of synaptic function and its relationship with Intellectual Disability, neurogenetics of behavior in Drosophila, molecular and cellular mechanisms of human brain/mind disorders, biomaterials for interfacing sensory organs with soft analog devices and molecular neuro-oncology.

In the coming years, the Neuroscience Unit intends to expand its activities in the broad areas of computational neuroscience, cellular neuroscience and mammalian developmental neurobiology.

The Unit is also looking towards building highly advanced imaging technologies to investigate not only synaptic function and morphology but also neuronal circuit function, which will have biomedical implications.

Contact address

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Research Institute
Jakkur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064