Project Associate almalma008@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Alma S Project Associate Meet Almas, a dedicated professional with a Master of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a keen interest in the mysteries of cellular behavioural processes. She combines meticulous experimentation with a deep understanding of cellular dynamics to uncover insights into the intricate workings of living organisms at the microscopic level. Beyond the lab, she finds joy in expressing creativity through micron pen art, capturing the beauty of life at a cellular scale. When not immersed in research or books, Almas is a sports enthusiast, that enjoys the thrill of competition, particularly in basketball, cricket, football and Formula 1 racing.

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Project Scientist (Lab) LinkedIn imtiaz.stem@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back Lab Team Stem Cell Research Dr Imtiaz Zafar Project Scientist (Lab) Imtiaz is a Project Scientist at the Centre for Brain and Mind with a doctoral degree in Neuroscience and Pluripotent Stem Cells from NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore and postdoctoral training from Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA. At CBM, he is investigating the effect of Clozapine treatment on NSC and IPSC/ NSC derived cortical neurons. In his spare time he likes watching movies and sports and listening to music.

Scientist ‘D’ (Electrophysiology) LinkedIn | Twitter ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1072-4144 gautam73kb.cbm.nimhans@gmail.com Back Back to People Page Back MRI/EEG Team Dr Gautam Kumar B Scientist ‘D’ (Electrophysiology) Dr Gautam’s fascination with understanding biological systems with the help of graph theory during his engineering took him on a journey on the yellow brick road called research. His PhD thesis was on using novel techniques to understand Alzheimer’s disease using neuroimaging data and network analysis using EEG & PET imaging data. His current interest is understanding psychiatric disorders using dynamic causal/decision models. As an autodidact, He gets excited talking about diverse topics and good food.

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Professor, Department of Psychiatry Google Scholar Back Back to People Page Back Investigator Team Dementia, Schizophrenia Dr John P John Professor, Department of Psychiatry Dr. John P. John is a Professor of Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. He underwent post-graduate training in Psychiatry at NIMHANS and post-doctoral training in MRI analyses at the Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. He has been a faculty at NIMHANS since 2002. His area of clinical specialization is General Adult Psychiatry. His research interest is in linking multi-modal brain imaging techniques (sMRI, fMRI, MRS, DTI, EEG, ERP, PSG) and genomics in understanding the neurobiology of schizophrenia, dementia as well as of different cognitive states. He is the Faculty-in-Charge of the Multimodal Brain Image Analysis Laboratory (MBIAL) at the Neurobiology Research Center at NIMHANS. He is also the faculty-in-charge of the ADBS Neuroimaging Centre (ANC) and the Centre for Brain Mapping (CBM) of the Department of Psychiatry at NIMHANS. Arora, S., Praveen, A. P., Subu, O., Suhas, S., Gowda, G. S., Reddi, V. S. K., & John, J. P. (2025). Sequential ketamine infusion and electroconvulsive therapy in severe depression with psychotic symptoms and pseudo-dementia – A case report. Asian Journal of Psychiatry , 104 , 104383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2025.104383 Arora, S., Suhas, S., Gowda, G. S., Reddi, V. S. K., & John, J. P. (2025). Avertible filicide: A call to action for early intervention and mental health support in India. Archives of Women’s Mental Health . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-025-01559-0 Feng, Y., Chandio, B. Q., Villalon‐Reina, J. E., Thomopoulos, S. I., Nir, T. M., Benavidez, S., Laltoo, E., Chattopadhyay, T., Joshi, H., Venkatasubramanian, G., John, J. P ., Jahanshad, N., Reid, R. I., Jack, C. R., Weiner, M. W., Thompson, P. M., & for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2025). Microstructural mapping of neural pathways in Alzheimer’s disease using macrostructure‐informed normative tractometry. Alzheimer’s & Dementia , 21 (1), e14371. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14371 Malipeddi, S., Mehrotra, S., John, J. P. , & Kutty, B. M. (2024). Practice and proficiency of Isha Yoga for better mental health outcomes: Insights from a COVID-19 survey. Frontiers in Public Health , 12 , 1280859. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1280859 Villalón-Reina, J. E., Zhu, A. H., Benavidez, S., Moreau, C. A., Feng, Y., Chattopadhyay, T., Nabulsi, L., Kushan, L., John, J. P. , Joshi, H., Thomopoulos, S. I., Lawrence, K. E., Nir, T. M., Jahanshad, N., Bearden, C. E., Kia, S. M., Marquand, A. F., Thompson, P. M., & the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2024). Lifespan Normative Modeling of Brain Microstructure . https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.15.628527

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