Mr. Sagar Mahalle won the gold prize for the best presentation at the 1st AIST International Imaging Workshop held at AIST, Tsukuba, Japan, from January 20-24, 2014.

Dr. Pushpa Kumari, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Sivaram Mylavarapu at RCB, has been awarded the prestigious Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellowship to investigate the project: Understanding the Role of the Exocyst Complex in Cell Division and Development in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Election of Dr. Dinakar M Salunke, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Biotechnology as a Fellow of The World Academy of Science (TWAS) was announced during the 25th General Meeting of The World Academy of Science (TWAS) held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman held on 26th October, 2014. This Fellowship is in recognition of his notable scientific contributions in understanding the dichotomy of antibody specificity and molecular mimicry in the humoral immune response.

Mr. Pergu Rajaiah, Senior Research Fellow at Regional Centre for Biotechnology wins gold prize for best presentation at 2nd AIST (The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) International Imaging Workshop. The Workshop was held in December 2014 by DAILAB at Biomedical Research Institute at Tsukuba Science City, Japan. He was one of the 17 candidates selected from over 80 international applications. Mr. Pergu gave a presentation on Tunneling Nanotubes at the workshop. Dr.