Enhancing Rice Durable Resistance through Rhizoctonia solani Effector and Metabolite-Based Vaccination Sponsoring Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department: LS : Life Science

• Binod Bihari Sahu (PI)
• Jun 2026 - Jun 2030

BAP1 Loss as a Driver of Fusion Gene Formation: Investigating Chromatin Dysregulation and Genomic Instability Sponsoring Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department: LS : Life Science

• Gajanan Bhujangrao Kendre (PI)
• May 2026 - May 2029

Role of STON2 in TFEB-mediated lysosomal biogenesis and autophgic lysosome reformation Sponsoring Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department: LS : Life Science

• Sujit Kumar Bhutia (PI)
• May 2026 - May 2029

Generative AI driven model for Prediction and Early Diagnosis of Cancers using multimodal data integration emphasizing the Epigenomic data garnered from Breast tissues (healthy, apparently healthy and tumor) Sponsoring Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department: LS : Life Science

• Samir Kumar Patra (PI)
• Ratnakar Dash (Co-PI)
• May 2026 - May 2029

Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Bioactive Peptides and Marine-Derived Compounds as novel chemotherapeutic drug to Modulate Epidermal Growth Factor Driven Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Glioblastoma Multiforme Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Department: LS : Life Science

• Prof.(Ms.) Bismita Nayak (PI)
• Prof. Surajit Das (Co-PI)
• Feb 2026 - Feb 2028

Exploring marine microbial diversity and application of marine microbial polymer and compounds for environmental and biomedical applications Sponsoring Agency: Science & Technology Department, Govt of Odisha Department: LS : Life Science

• Surajit Das, Rohan Dhiman (PI)
• Nov 2025 - Nov 2027

Dissecting Molecular Heterogeneity of FGFR2 Alterations in Cholangiocarcinoma: Implications for Precision Oncology and Targeted Therapeutics Sponsoring Agency: Department Of Biotechnology Department: LS : Life Science

• Gajanan Bhujangrao Kendre (PI)
• Sujit Kumar Bhutia (Co-PI)
• Oct 2025 - Oct 2028

Dissecting Tumor Grade Progression Mechanisms in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinomaand Discovering Novel Drug Targets Using Single-Cell Multi-Omics Sponsoring Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Department: LS : Life Science

• Akhilesh Mishra (PI)
• Jun 2025 - Jun 2028

Role of MTP18 in determining DRP1 fission signaling for mitochondrial biogenesis or degradation Sponsoring Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Department: LS : Life Science

• Prof. Sujit Kumar Bhutia (PI)
• Prof. Rohan Dhiman (Co-PI)
• Apr 2025 - Apr 2028

Understanding the marine bacterial biofilm community structure and harnessing the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of biofilm for bioremediation and bioprospecting Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Department: LS : Life Science

• Prof. Surajit Das (PI)
• Prof. Rohan Dhiman (Co-PI)
• Oct 2024 - Oct 2027