A Kashmiri born scientist has been awarded the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Award-2019 for his work on brain cells.
34-year-old Dr Mudasir Ahmad Khanday, working at HarvardMedical School, Boston USA, has been made part of this year’s INSA YoungScientist Award.
Pertinently, the award is given in recognition of notablecontributions to any branch of science or technology, recognized by theAcademy, on the basis of work carried out in India.
Dr Khanday carried out his research at JNU.
The research, as per INSA, “has advanced our knowledge indelineating the neurophysiological and neurochemical regulation of rapid eyemovement sleep”.
Dr Khanday is currently working to understand the braincircuits affected during coma using modern chemo genetics and optogeneticsapproaches. He is working with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as aneurology research fellow.