• Asia-Pacific Drosophila Neurobiology Conference, Tokyo, Japan, March 2024

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1. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Frontier Symposium in Biology (FS-Bio), IISER TVM, February 2024

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1. Investigating adipose-derived factors regulating growth and development in Drosophila melanogaster. Anindita Rao* and Jishy Varghese.

2. A functional screen to identify the neuron-specific role of microRNAs in metabolism and aging. Aswathy B J* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Biennial Meeting, Indian Society of Developmental Biologists, InStem Bengaluru, February 2024

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1. Sexually dimorphic microRNA miR-190 regulates lifespan in male flies. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Investigating adipose-derived factors regulating growth and development in Drosophila melanogaster. Anindita Rao* and Jishy Varghese.

3. A functional screen to identify the neuron-specific role of microRNAs in metabolism and aging. Aswathy B J* and Jishy Varghese.

4. To breathe is to grow : Amino acid sensing by trachea controls systemic growth regulation by the insulin producing cells (IPCs) in the Drosophila brain. Sohela Sarkar, Prajakta Bodkhe, Namitha V S, Josy Joseph* and Jishy Varghese.

5. Tracheal mTOR signalling is a crucial regulator of systemic growth and fat metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Sohela Sarkar, Namitha V S*, Akhilesh Krishnan U and Jishy Varghese.

6. Oxygen sensing in the Drosophila melanogaster brain is crucial for regulating systemic growth and metabolism. Sohela Sarkar, Siddharth Vidhu*, Prajakta Bodkhe and Jishy Varghese.

7. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

8. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Indian Drosophila Research Conference (InDRC), IISER Thiruvananthapuram, December 2023

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1. Sexually dimorphic microRNA miR-190 regulates lifespan in male flies. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Investigating adipose-derived factors regulating growth and development in Drosophila melanogaster. Anindita Rao* and Jishy Varghese.

3. A functional screen to identify the neuron-specific role of microRNAs in metabolism and aging. Aswathy B J* and Jishy Varghese.

4. To breathe is to grow : Amino acid sensing by trachea controls systemic growth regulation by the insulin producing cells (IPCs) in the Drosophila brain. Sohela Sarkar, Prajakta Bodkhe, Namitha V S, Josy Joseph* and Jishy Varghese.

5. Tracheal mTOR signalling is a crucial regulator of systemic growth and fat metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Sohela Sarkar, Namitha V S*, Akhilesh Krishnan U and Jishy Varghese.

6. Oxygen sensing in the Drosophila melanogaster brain is crucial for regulating systemic growth and metabolism. Sohela Sarkar, Siddharth Vidhu*, Prajakta Bodkhe and Jishy Varghese.

7. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

8. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Frontier Symposium in Biology (FS-Bio), IISER TVM, March 2023

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1. Sexually dimorphic microRNA miR-190 regulates lifespan in male flies. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

2. To breathe is to grow : Amino acid sensing by the trachea controls systemic growth and fat metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Sohela Sarkar*, Prajakta Bodkhe, Namitha V S, Sruthy S P, Akhilesh Krishnan U and Jishy Varghese.

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• Indian Neurobehavior Conference (INC), Kasturba Medical College MAHE, Manipal, December 2022

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1. Sexually dimorphic microRNA miR-190 regulates lifespan in male flies. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Investigating adipose-derived factors regulating growth and development in Drosophila melanogaster. Anindita Rao* and Jishy Varghese.

3. A functional screen to identify the neuron-specific role of microRNAs in metabolism and aging. Aswathy B J* and Jishy Varghese.

4. To breathe is to grow : Amino acid sensing by trachea controls systemic growth regulation by the insulin producing cells (IPCs) in the Drosophila brain. Sohela Sarkar*, Prajakta Bodkhe, Sruthy S P and Jishy Varghese.

5. Tracheal mTOR signalling is a crucial regulator of systemic growth and fat metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Sohela Sarkar, Namitha V S*, Akhilesh Krishnan U and Jishy Varghese.

6. Oxygen sensing in the Drosophila melanogaster brain is crucial for regulating systemic growth and metabolism. Sohela Sarkar, Siddharth Vidhu*, Prajakta Bodkhe and Jishy Varghese.

7. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

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• EMBO-EMBL Symposium, The Complex Life of RNA, EMBL Heidelberg, October 2022

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1. Sexually dimorphic microRNA miR-190 regulates lifespan in male flies. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Frontier Symposium in Biology (FS-Bio), IISER TVM, May 2022

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1. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Role of tracheal-cell specific nutrient-sensing pathways during growth and development. Sohela Sarkar* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Indian Drosophila Research Conference (InDRC), IISER Kolkata, December 2021

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1. How to train your fly: mechanisms underlying adaptive starvation stress response in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Elucidating the molecular cross-talk between oxygen stress response and nutrient homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Sohela Sarkar* and Jishy Varghese.

3. Sexually dimorphic microRNA miR-190 regulates lifespan in male flies. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• EMBO EMBL Symposium: The Molecular Basis and Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism, Virtual Meeting, September, 2020

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1. The role of sexually dimorphic microRNA in regulating lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster.  Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Frontier Symposium in Biology (FS-Bio), IISER TVM, January 2020

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1. miR-184 modulates neuronal excitability in Drosophila melanogaster. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• 5th Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC), IISER Pune, January 2020

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1. Amino acid sensing by insulin producing cells. Arathi Preeth Babu, Sreesha R Sudhakar and Jishy Varghese. 

2. Connecting insulin signaling and memory. Reshma V Menon*, Alphy John, Kavya Vinayan, and Jishy Varghese.

3. Edem1 activity in the fat body regulates insulin signalling and metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila. Himani Pathak* and Jishy Varghese. 

4. miR-184 modulates neuronal excitability in Drosophila melanogaster. Jervis Fernandes*, Nisha Kanan, and Jishy Varghese.

5. Exploring the role of miR-184 in growth. Siddhartha Yaddanapudi*, Jervis Fernandes, Elwina Thomas and Jishy Varghese.

6. Understanding the role of lint gene in insulin signaling and development. Abdul Basith T*,  Himani Pathak,  Ananthakrishnan VM and Jishy Varghese.

7. Metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Niyas Rehman* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Frontier Symposium in Biology (FS-Bio), IISER TVM, December 2019

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1. Connecting insulin signalling and memory in Drosophila melanogaster. Reshma V Menon*, Alphy John, Kavya Vinayan, and Jishy Varghese.

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• EMBO Workshop: Molecular Neuroscience: From genes to circuits in health and disease, NCBS Bangalore, January 2019

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1. miR-184 modulates neuronal excitability in Drosophila melanogaster. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Biennial Meeting, Indian Society of Developmental Biologists, IIT Kanpur, December 2018

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1. MicroRNA miR-184 regulates neuronal excitability and function in Drosophila melanogaster. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• EMBO Conference: From synapses to memory: RNA based regulatory mechanisms, National Brain Research Center (NBRC), October 2018, Manesar, India

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1. miR-184 modulates neuronal excitability in Drosophila melanogaster. Jervis Fernandes* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Neurofly 2018, European Drosophila neurobiology Conference (Neurofly), Krakow, Poland, September 2018,

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1. The crucial link between proteostasis and systemic insulin signalling maintains nutrient homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Himani Pathak* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Indian Drosophila Research Conference, IISER-Bhopal, December 2017

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1. Insulin triggers food intake through multiple feedforward loop in Drosophila melanogaster. Sreesha Sudhakar* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Larval nutrition and effects on adult metabolism. Niyas Rehman* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Biennial Meeting, Indian Society of Developmental Biologists, IISER Pune, June 2017

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1. Proteostasis: a cellular mechanism to keep a check on nutrient homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Himani Pathak* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Nutrients, insulin signalling and metabolic homeostasis. Niyas Rehman* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Metabolism in Time and Space,  EMBO-EMBL Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, May 2017

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1. Insulin triggers food intake through multiple feedforward loop in Drosophila melanogaster. Sreesha Sudhakar* and Jishy Varghese.

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• The Biology of Disease Symposium, Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance, RGCB-Thiruvananthapuram, November 2016

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1. Drosophila short neuropeptide F (sNPF) acts on insulin producing cells (IPCs) to aid starvation induced feeding. Sreesha Sudhakar* and Jishy Varghese. 

2. Connecting insulin signalling, memory and starvation resistance. Ajmal Basheer*, Alphy John, Kavya Vinayan, Jishy Varghese.

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• Indian Drosophila Research Conference (InDRC), IIT-Kanpur, December 2015

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1. Nutrient starvation during development causes a diabetic phenotype. Niyas Rehman* and Jishy Varghese.

2. Mechanisms of nutrient sensing and insulin mediated regulation of feeding. Sreesha Sudhakar* and Jishy Varghese.

3. Functional screens for novel genes regulating nutrient and energy homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Himani Pathak*, Sreesha Sudhakar and Jishy Varghese.

4. Fatbody controls the levels of Ecdysone signalling by pro-thoracic gland. Sreedevi Raghu*, Smitha Vishnu, Jery Joy and Jishy Varghese.

5. Intermittent nutrient starvation enhances memory and lead to starvation resistance. Kavya Vinayan*, Alphy John* and Jishy Varghese.

6. #Fatbody controls the levels of ecdysone signalling by pro-thoracic gland. Sreedevi Raghu*, Smitha Vishnu, Jery Joy and Jishy Varghese.

      #Selected for student platform talk

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• All India Cell Biology Conference, Thriuvananthapuram, December 2015

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1. Role of insulin on fat metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Niyas Rehman* and Jishy Varghese. 

2. Dual roles of insulin on feeding based on the fly’s physiology. Sreesha Sudhakar* and Jishy Varghese.

3. Functional screens for novel genes in IPCs and fatbody regulating nutrient and energy homeostasis. Himani Pathak*, Sreesha Sudhakar and Jishy Varghese.

4. Torso regulates Ecdysone signalling in pro-thoracic gland through a microRNA. Sreedevi Raghu*, Smitha Vishnu, Jery Joy and Jishy Varghese.

5. Connecting insulin signaling, memory and starvation resistance. Kavya Vinayan*, Alphy John* and Jishy Varghese.

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• Biennial Meeting, Indian Society of Developmental Biologists, CDFD, Hyderabad, July 2015

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1. Genetic Screens for bilaterian microRNAs that function in Drosophila metabolic homeostasis. Niya Thomas*, Niyas Rehman, Smitha Vishnu and Jishy Varghese. 

2. Positive effects of insulin on feeding. Sreesha Sudhakar* and Jishy Varghese.

3. Functional screens in insulin producing neurons of Drosophila melanogaster for novel genes that control metabolic homeostasis. Himani Pathak*, Sreesha Sudhakar and Jishy Varghese.

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       * Poster presenter