Lal G. (2025) Nobel Honour for Breakthrough studies on peripheral Immune Tolerance. Science India. 19(14):14-16.

Guha A, Prasad A, Ashokkumar K, Pal P, Sahu P, Wani MR, Lal G (2025) Complement C3 deficiency inhibits osteoclast differentiation and prevents ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis. J Immunol. 214(11):3069-3082. PMID: 40847478 (IF 3.6)

Pal P, Wahi P, Sahu A, Lal G (2025). Pro- and anti-inflammatory role of complement in cancer. European Journal of Immunology. 55(6):e51767. PMID 40498246 (IF 4.5)

Sharan K, Brandt C, Singh P, Yusuf  MA, Halder N, Edward ME, Mang SVVSR, Mishra A, Kumar S, Sharma A, Gupta A, Liu XS, Guo SE, Monani UR, Ivanov II, Lal G, Clare S, Dougan G, Yadav VK (2025) Rapid and relaying deleterious effects of a gastrointestinal pathogen on bone, an extra-intestinal organ. iScience. 28(2):111802. PMID 39967874. (IF 4.1)

 Karmakar S, Lal G (2025). Antagonising the serotonin receptor HTR2B drives an antigen-specific cytotoxic T cell response and controls colorectal cancer growth. BioRxiv, 640476. DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.26.640476v1.

Halder N, Yadav S, Lal G (2024) Neuroimmune communication of the cholinergic system in gut inflammation and autoimmunity. Autoimmunity Reviews. 23(12):103678. PMID 39500481. (IF 9.2).

Jagtap YA, Kumar P, Dubey AR, Kinger S, Choudhary A, Karmakar S, Lal G, Kumar A, Kumar A, Prashad A, Mishra A. (2024) Acetaminophen induces mitochondrial apoptosis through proteasome dysfunctions. Life Sciences. 349:122732. PMID 38768775. (IF 6.1).

Kinger S, Jagtap YA, Dubey AK, Kumar P, Choudhary A, Karmakar S, Lal G, Prajapati VK, Jha HC, Gutti RK, Mishra A (2024). Valproate-mediated proteasome dysfunctions induce mitochondrial apoptosis. Advanced Therapeutics. 7(7):2300421. DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202300421. (IF 4.6)

Mishra A, Karmakar S, Halder N, Habib MA, Kumar D, Lal G. (2024) Antagonizing tachykinin receptor 1 signaling promotes Foxp3+ regulatory CD4 T cell differentiation and controls gut inflammation. Research Square. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4105036/v1. PPR: PPR829431.

Sonar SA, Meitei HT, Karmakar S, Mishra A, Inamdar S, Lenka N, Lal G (2024) Th17 cell promotes apoptosis of IL-23R+ neurons in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Clinical Immunology. 259:109898. PMID 38185267. (IF 8.6).

Karmakar S, Mishra A, Pal P, Lal G (2024) Effector and cytolytic function of natural killer cells in anti-cancer immunity. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 115(2):235-252. PMID: 37818891. (IF 6.011).

Karmakar S, Lal G (2024) Role of the serotonergic system in regulating brain tumor-associated neuroinflammatory response. Methods Mol. Biol. 2761:181-207. PMID 38427238.

Giri S*, Meitei HT*, Sonar SA, Shaligram S, Lal G (2022) In vitro induced Foxp3+CD8+ regulatory T cells suppress allergic IgE response in the gut. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 112:1497-1507. PMID: 36000308. (IF 6.011).

Giri S, Metei HT, Mishra A, Lal G. (2022) Vγ2+ gamma-delta T cells in the presence of anti-CD40L control surgical inflammation and promote skin allografts survival. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 142(10):2706-2714. PMID: 35378114. (IF 7.59)

Agarwal D*, Paul S*, Lele P, Piprode V, Kawade A, Hajela N, Bavdekar A, Parulekar V, Ginde M, Paranjape G, Matsuda K, Hori T, Juvekar S, Lal G. (2022) Changes in Immunological Parameters by Ageing in Rural Healthy Indian Adults and their Associations with Sex and Lifestyle. Scientific Reports. 12:15012. PMID: 36056136. 

Chhatar S, and Lal G (2021) Role of adrenergic receptor signaling in neuroimmune communication. Current Research in Immunology. 2:202-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.crimmu.2021.11.001. PMID: 35492402.

Karmakar S, Pal P, Lal G (2021) Key activating and inhibitory ligands involved in the mobilization of natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapies. ImmunoTargets and Therapy. 10:287-407. PMID 34754837. DOI:10.2147/ITT.S306109.

Mishra A, and Lal G (2021) Neurokinin receptor and their implication in various autoimmune diseases. Current Research in Immunology. 2:66-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.crimmu.2021.06.001. PMID: 35492389.

Giri S, and Lal G (2021) Differentiation and functional plasticity of gamma-delta (gd) T cells under homeostasis and disease conditions. Molecular Immunology. 136:138-149. PMID: 34146759. DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.06.006 (IF 4.407)

Meitei HT, Jadhav N, Lal G (2021) CCR6-CCL20 axis as a therapeutic target for autoimmune diseases. Autoimmunity Reviews. 20(7):102846. PMID 33971346. DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102846. (IF 9.754)

Halder N, Lal G (2021) Cholinergic system and its therapeutic importance in inflammation and autoimmunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 12:660342. PMID 33936095. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.660342. (IF 7.561)

Karmakar S, Lal G (2021) Role of serotonin receptor signaling in cancer cells and anti-tumor immunity. Theranostics. 11(11): 5296-5312; PMID 33859748. DOI:10.7150/thno.55986 (IF 11.556)

Bajpai J, Srinivas S, Abraham G, Chiplunkar SV, Malhotra H, Narula G, Radhakrishnan V, Banavali S, Prabhas K, Jalali R, Matthew V, Sharma A, Nair R, Rajappa S, Koppikar S, Kuriakose M, Awasthi A, Lal G, Purvar R. (2021) Meeting proceedings of the 2^nd Annual Immuno-Oncology Society of India Conference (I-OSICON-2020), Mumbai, India. Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology. 4(1):28-31. DOI:10.36401/JIPO-20-X9.

Pathak M, Lal G (2020) The regulatory function of CCR9⁺ dendritic cells in inflammation and autoimmunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 11: 536326. PMID 33123124. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.536326.  (IF 7.561)

Paul D, Jani K, Kumar J, Chauhan R, Seshadri V, Lal G, Karyakarte R, Joshi S, Tambe M, Sen S, Karade S, Anand KB, Shergill SPS, Gupta RM, Bhat MK, Sahu A, Shouche YS (2020) Phylogenomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from western India reveals unique linked mutations. bioRXiv.2020.07.30.228460; DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.30.228460.

Maitra A, Raghav S., ……The PAN-India 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome Sequencing Consortium, ….Das S (2020) PAN-India 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA Genome Sequencing Reveals Important Insights into the outbreak. BioRxiv. 3rd August. DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.03.233718.

Patta I, Madhok A, Khare S, Gottimukkala KP, Verma A, Giri S, Dandewad S, Seshadri V, Lal G, Misra-Sen J, Galande S (2020) Dynamic regulation of chromatin organizer SATB1 via TCR induced alternative 2 promoter switch during T-cell development. Nucleic Acid Research. 48(11):5873-890.. (IF 16.971)

Pathak M, Padghan P, Haldar N, Shilpi, Kulkarni N, Sonar, SA, Lal G. (2020) CCR9+ signaling in dendritic cells drives the differentiation of Foxp3+ Tregs and suppress the allergic IgE response in the gut. European Journal of Immunology 50:404-417. PMID 31755547.  (IF 6.688)

Shilpi, and Girdhari Lal (2019) Multi-cellular and multi-molecular immune interactions in the transplantation tolerance and rejection. Indian Journal of Inflammation Research. (3)1:R4. DOI: 10.15305/ijir/v3i1/318.

Sonar SA, Lal G (2019) The iNOS activity during immune response controls the CNS pathology in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Frontiers in Immunology. 10:710. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00710 (IF 7.561)

Paul S, Chhatar S, Mishra A, Lal G (2019) Natural killer T cell activation increases iNOS⁺CD206^- M1 macrophage and controls the growth of solid tumor. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 7:208. DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0697-7 (IF 13.751)

Bajpai J, Kannan RA, Malhotra H, Radhakrishnan V, Jalali R, Narula G, Awasthi A, Lal G, Purvar R, Prabhash K, Rajappa S, Sharma A, Kuriakose M, Matthews V, Nair R, Koppikar S, Chiplunkar SV, Banavali S. (2019) Meeting Proceedings of the First Immuno-Oncology Society of India Conference (I-OSICON-2019), Mumbai, India. Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology. 2(3):106-125. DOI: 10.4103/2666-2345.265156.

Kulkarni N*, Sonar SA* and Lal G (2018) Molecular mechanism of Treg and Th17 cell plasticity in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its clinical importance. Indian Journal of Inflammation Research. 1(1):R2 (Page 1-17). DOI: 10.15305/ijir/v1i1/258

Sonar SA and Lal G (2018) Blood-brain barrier and its function during inflammation and autoimmunity. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 103(5):839-853. PMID: 29431873 (IF 4.962).

Kulkarni N, Meitei HT, Sonar SA, Sharma PK, Mujeeb, VR, Srivastava S, Boppana R, and Lal G (2018) CCR6 signaling inhibits suppressor function of induced-Treg during gut inflammation. Journal of Autoimmunity. 88:121-130. PMID 29126851. (IF 7.094)

Sonar SA and Lal G (2017) Differentiation and transmigration of CD4 T cells in the neuroinflammation and autoimmunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 8:1695. PMID 29238350. (IF 7.561)

Lal G (2017) A joint venture of basic and clinical scientists to unravel the hidden secret of inflammation biology. Indian Journal of Inflammation Research. 1(1):1-2. DOI:10.15305/ijir/v1i1/246

Kulkarni N and Lal G (2017) Chemokines, and answer to the gut inflammation? Atlas of Science. 6^th October 2017, online.

Paul S and Lal G (2017) Anti-tumor function of natural killer cells and its importance in cancer immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 8:1124. PMID 28955340. (IF 7.561)

Sonar SA, Shaikh S, Joshi N, Atre AN, and Lal G (2017) IFN-g promotes transendothelial migration of CD4⁺ T cells across the blood-brain barrier. Immunology and Cell Biology. 95:843-853. PMID 28682305. (IF 5.126)

Rattan A, Pawar SD, Nawadkar R, Kulkarni N, Lal G, Mullick J, and Sahu A (2017) Synergy between the classical and alternative pathways of complement is essential for conferring effective protection against the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus infection. Plos Pathogens. 1(3):e1006248. PMID 28301559. (IF 6.832).

Kulkarni N, Pathak M, and Lal G. (2017) Role of chemokine receptors and intestinal epithelial cells in the mucosal inflammation and tolerance. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 101(2):377-394. PMID 27899415. (IF 4.962).

Paul S, Kulkarni N, Shilpi and Lal G (2016) Intratumoral natural killer cells show reduced effector and cytolytic properties and affect the differentiation of effector Th1 cells. Oncoimmunology. 5(12):e1235106. PMID 28151533. (IF 8.11)

Paul S and Lal G (2016) Regulatory and effector functions of gamma-delta (γδ) T cells and their therapeutic potential in adoptive cellular therapy for cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 139:976-985. PMID 27012367. (IF 7.396).

Lal G*, Kulkarni N, Nakayama Y, Singh AK, Sethi A, Burrell BE, Brinkman CC, Iwami D, Zhang T, Thomas Hehlgans and Bromberg JS*. (2016) IL-10 from marginal zone precursor B cells controls the differentiation of Th17, Tfh and Tfr cells in transplantation tolerance. Immunology Letters. 170:52-63. (*Co-corresponding author). PMID 26772435. (IF 3.685)

Khirade MF, Lal G and Bapat SA (2015) Derivation of a fifteen gene prognostic panel for six cancers. Scientific Reports. 5:13248. PMID 26272668.  (IF 4.379).

Sonar S and Lal G (2015) Role of tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF) in neuroinflammation and autoimmunity. Front. Immunol. 6:364, PMID 26257732. (IF 7.561)

Lal G*, Nakayama Y, Sethi A, Singh AK, Burrell BE, Kulkarni N, Brinkman CC, Iwami D, Zhang T and Bromberg JS*. (2015) IL-10 from marginal zone precursor B cell subset is required for costimulatory blockade induced transplantation tolerance. Transplantation. 99(9):1817-28. PMID 25839706 (*Co-corresponding author). (IF 4.939)

Paul S, Shilpi, Lal G (2005) Role of gamma-delta T cells in autoimmunity. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 97(2):259-271. PMID 25502468. (IF 4.962)

Paul S, Singh AK, Shilpi and Lal G (2014) Phenotypic and functional plasticity of gamma-delta (γδ) T cells in inflammation and tolerance. Int. Rev. Immunol. 33(6):537-558. PMID. 24354324. (IF 5.311)

Kesari A, Dalal A, Lal G and Pandey SN (2013) Editorial on “Molecular Diagnostics. Biomed. Res. Int. 2013:387486. PMID: 24078915. (IF 2.88).

Sethi A, Kulkarni N, Sonar S, Lal G. (2013) Role of miRNAs in CD4 T cell plasticity during inflammation and tolerance. Front Genet. 4:8. Pubmed PMID 23386861.  (IF 4.599).

van der Touw W, Burrell B, Lal G, Bromberg JS. (2012) NK cells are required for costimulatory blockade induced tolerance to vascularized allografts. Transplantation. 94(6):575-84. Pubmed PMID 22914174. (IF 4.939)

Yin N, Zhang N, Lal G, Xu J, Yan M, Ding Y, Bromberg JS. (2011) Lymphangiogenesis Is Required for Pancreatic Islet Inflammation and Diabetes. PLoS ONE. 6(11): e28023. Pubmed PMID 22132197. (IF 3.24)  

Xu J, Yang Y, Qiu G, Lal G, Yin N, Wu J, Bromberg JS and Ding Y (2011) Stat4 is critical for the balance between Th17 cells and regulatory T cells in colitis. J Immunol. 186:6597-6606. Pubmed PMID 21525389. (IF 5.422)  

Lal G*, Yin N, Xu J, Lin M, Schroppel B, Marie I, Levy DE, Ding Y and Bromberg JS* (2011) Distinct inflammatory signals have physiologically divergent effects on epigenetic regulation of Foxp3 expression and Treg function. Am J Transplant. 11(2):203-14. Pubmed PMID. 21219575. (*Co-corresponding author) (IF 8.086)  

Kruger B, Yin, N, Zhang N, Yadav A, Coward W, Lal G, Zang Z, Heeger P, Bromberg JS, Murphy B and Schroppel B (2010) Islet-expressed TLR2 and TLR4 sense injury and mediate early graft failure after transplantation. Eur J Immunol. 40(10):2914-24. PMID. 20809521. (IF 5.532)  

Garcia RM*, Ledgerwood L*, Yang Y, Xu J, Lal G, Burrel B, Ma G, Hashimoto D, Li Y, Boros P, Grisotto M, van Rooijen N, Matesanz R, Tacke F, Ginhoux F, Ding Y, Chen S-H, Randolph G J, Merad M, Bromberg J S, and Ochando JC (2010) Monocytic suppressive cells mediate cardiovascular transplantation tolerance in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(7):2486-96. PMID. 20551515. (IF 14.808)

Zhang N*, Kruger B*, Lal G, Luan Y, Yadav A, Zang W, Lin M, Grimm M, Waaga-Gasser AM, Murphy B, Bromberg JS and Schroppel B (2010) Inhibition of TLR4 signaling prolongs Treg dependent murine islet allograft survival. Immunol Lett. 127(2):119-25. PMID: 19879295. (IF 3.685)

Lal G, Bromberg JS. (2009) Epigenetic mechanisms of regulation of Foxp3 expression. Blood. July 29; 114(18):3727-3735. PMID: 19641188.  (IF 22.113)

Xu J, Yang Y, Qiu G, Lal G, Wu Z, Levy DE, Ochando JC, Bromberg JS, Ding Y. (2009) c-Maf regulates IL-10 expression during Th17 polarization. J Immunol. May 15; 182(10):6226-36. PMID: 19414776. (IF 5.422)

Zhang N, Schröppel B, Lal G, Jakubzick C, Mao X, Chen D, Yin N, Jessberger R, Ochando JC, Ding Y, Bromberg JS. (2009) Regulatory T cells sequentially migrate from inflamed tissues to draining lymph nodes to suppress the alloimmune response. Immunity. Mar 20; 30(3):458-69. PMID: 19303390. (IF 31.745)

Lal G, Zhang N, van der Touw W, Ding Y, Ju W, Bottinger EP, Reid SP, Levy DE, Bromberg JS. (2009) Epigenetic regulation of Foxp3 expression in regulatory T cells by DNA methylation. J Immunol. Jan 1; 182(1):259-73. PMID: 19109157. (IF 5.422)

Ledgerwood LG*, Lal G*, Zhang N, Garin A, Esses SJ, Ginhoux F, Merad M, Peche H, Lira SA, Ding Y, Yang Y, He X, Schuchman EH, Allende ML, Ochando JC*, Bromberg JS. (2008) The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 causes tissue retention by inhibiting the entry of peripheral tissue T lymphocytes into afferent lymphatics. Nature Immunology. 9(1):42-53. PMID: 18037890. (*These authors contributed equally). (IF 25.606)

Lal G, Shaila MS, Nayak R. (2006) Activated mouse T cells downregulate, process and present their surface TCR to cognate anti-idiotypic CD4⁺ T cells. Immunol Cell Biol. 84(2):145-53. PMID: 16519732. (IF 5.126)

Lal G, Shaila MS, Nayak R. (2006) Recombinant idiotypic TCRbeta chain immunization in mice generates antigen specific T cell response. Mol Immunol. 43(10):1549-56. Epub 2005 Nov 28. PMID: 16310853. (IF 4.407)

Lal G, Shaila MS, Nayak R. (2006) Booster immunization of antigen primed mice with anti-idiotypic T cells generates antigen-specific memory T cell response. Vaccine. 24(8):1149-58. PMID: 16239053. (IF 4.422)

Lal G, Shaila MS, Nayak R. (2006) Idiotypic T cells specific for Morbillivirus nucleocapsid protein process and present their TCR to cognate anti-idiotypic CD8⁺ T cells. Immunol Lett. 102(2):132-40. PMID:  16188324. (IF 3.685)

Lal G, Shaila MS, Nayak R. (2005) Activated mouse T-cells synthesize MHC class II, process, and present morbillivirus nucleocapsid protein to primed T-cells. Cell Immunol. 234(2):133-45. PMID: 16083868. (IF 4.868)

Nayak R, Lal G, Shaila MS. (2005) Perpetuation of immunological memory: role of serum antibodies and accessory cells. Microbes Infect. 7(11-12):1276-83. PMID: 16046169. (IF 2.70)

Novel combination of serotonin receptor (5-HTR2B) antagonist and an immunomodulator and Chemotherapeutic drugs for inhibition of cancer. (Indian International Application Number: PCT/IN2022/050873, US20240408071A1;  EP4408397A4; WO2023053142A1) Inventor: Dr. Girdhari Lal & Dr. Surojit Karmakar

Sourav Paul and Girdhari Lal (November 2017) Development and Function of NK Cells and its Importance in Cancer Immunotherapy. In M. A. Hayat (Ed.), Immunology: Immunotoxicology, Immunopathology and Immunotherapy. Vol. 1, Chapter 9: Pages:117-134. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809819-6.00009-5. Academic Press/Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128098196.

https://www.elsevier.com/books/immunology/hayat/978-0-12-809819-6

Sandip Ashok Sonar and Girdhari Lal (August 2019) Overview of mechanisms underlying neuroimmune diseases. In Mitoma and Manto (Eds.), Neuroimmune Diseases, Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience-From Cells to the Living Brain. Chapter 1: Pages 1-60. Springer Nature publisher. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19515-1_1. ISBN: 9783030195144.

https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030195144#aboutBook

Priyanka Dnyandeo Padghan and Girdhari Lal (December 2021) Immunological alteration and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Inflammation. Volume 2. Published by Society of Inflammation Research-India.

Amrita Mishra, Surojit Karmakar, Pradipta Pal, and Girdhari Lal (September 2023) Natural Killer cells in inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Inflammation. Volume 3. Published by Society of Inflammation Research-India. ISBN: 978-81-952415-8-3.

Surojit Karmakar and Girdhari Lal (2024) Role of serotogenic system in regulating brain tumor-associated neuroinflammatory responses. In: Ray, S.K. (eds) Neuroprotection. Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 2761. Humana, New York, NY. Print ISBN: 978-1-0716-3661-9. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3662-6_14. PMID 38427238.

Sonar, S.A., Lal, G. (2024). Overview of Mechanisms Underlying Neuroimmune Diseases. In: Mitoma, H., Manto, M. (eds) Neuroimmune Diseases. Springer, Cham. Chapter 1., pp 1-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24297-7_1-1. ISBN: 978-3-031-24297-7.

Namrita Halder, Praneet Wahi and Girdhari Lal (2024) Role of neurotransmitters in inflammation and autoimmunity. Inflammation. Volume 4. Published by Society of Inflammation Research-India. ISBN:9788196913304.

Karmakar, S., Suresh, R., Yadav, S., Lal, G. (2025). Unconventional T Cells: Biology, Functions, and Their Implications in Cancer. In: Mishra, A.K., Malonia, S.K. (eds) Cell-based Immunotherapies for Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88695-9_10. ISBN: 978-3-031-88694-2.

Karmakar, S., Suresh, R., Yadav, S., Lal, G. (2025). Unconventional T Cells: Biology, Functions, and Their Implications in Cancer. In: Mishra, A.K., Malonia, S.K. (eds) Cell-based Immunotherapies for Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88695-9_10. ISBN: 978-3-031-88695-9.

Inflammation. Volume 1. (June 2021) published by Society of Inflammation Research-India. ISBN 978-81-952415-0-7.

Inflammation. Volume 3. (September 2023) published by Society of Inflammation Research-India. ISBN 978-81-952415-8-3.

Inflammation. Volume 4. (December 2024) published by Society of Inflammation Research-India. ISBN 978-81-6913304.

Lustgarten-Thermo Fisher Scientific Memorial Award 2026 by American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

Mid-career Scientist Award 2025 by Indian Immunology Society (IIS).

3.

18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2023) travel grant (USD 2500) by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

4.

NASI-SCOPUS Young Investigator Award 2022 by Elsevier.

5.

Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) Travel Award (USD 2000) to attend the 55th Annual Meeting of Society of Leukocyte Biology “Leukocytes on the wave for Translational Medicine, at Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, USA from October 26-29, 2022.

6.

The Transplantation Society (TTS) Travel Award (USD 2600) to attend the 29th International Congress of the TTS 2022, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 14th September 2022.

7.

Best microscopy Image award by Society for Leukocyte Biology, USA Image Contest 2022 winner award.

8.

17th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2019) travel grant (USD 2500) by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

9.

International Congress of Immunology 2016 (ICI2016) travel grant (USD 2000) by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

10.

4th European Immunology Congress (2015) travel grant (USD 2000) by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

11.

Early Career Faculty Travel Award (2013) (USD 2000) by American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

12.

DBT-CTEP travel support to present paper in American Association of Immunologists 2013 meeting at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

13.

Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) for the year 2010 by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

14.

Young Investigator Award (USD 1000) in “American Transplant Congress”, held at San Diego, USA, 1st May 2010.

15.

American Society of Transplantation Distinguish Research Fellow held at San Diego, USA, 16th October 2009.

16.

Young Investigator Award (USD 1000) in “American Transplantation Congress”, held at Boston, USA, 30th May 2009.

17.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Health Scholarship (USD 1000) in Keystone Symposia on “Regulatory T cells” Keystone, Colorado, USA, 1st March 2009.

18.

Young Investigator Award (USD 1000) in “American Transplantation Congress”, held at Toronto, Canada, 31st May 2008.

19.

Travel Scholarship (USD 1000) in Keystone symposia on “Tolerance and Autoimmunity” Keystone, Colorado, 30th January 2008.

20.

Quiz Prize Winner in workshop “Tools and Techniques of Plant Biodiversity Study" at Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant, Department of Biotechnology (CIMAP), Lucknow, U.P., India. (January 1999)

21.

Quiz Prize Winner on topic "University Talks AIDS" conducted by National Service Scheme (NSS) of University Grant Commission (UGC) in Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad, U.P., India. (August 1998)

TATA Innovation Fellowship (2023) from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Associate Fellow 2024.

Swarna Jayanti Fellowship 2018, from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Ramalingaswami Fellowship 2010, from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Nominated for Charles H Reveson Post-doctoral Fellowship from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2008.

Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India (2002- 2005).

Junior Research Fellowship from National Eligibility Test (NET)-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. (2001-2002) (Ranked among top 20% NET-CSIR qualified candidates).

Indian Institute of Science Fellowship (2000-2001)

1999 onward

Life member, Association of Microbiologists in India (AMI).

2003 onward

Life member, Indian Immunology Society (IIS).

2010 onward

Life member, Indian Society of Cell Biology (ISCB).

2011 onward

Life member, Society of Biological Chemists (SBC), India.

2011 onward

Life member, The Biotech Research Society, India.

2012 onward

Member, American Association of Immunologists (AAI), USA.

2016 onward  

Member, European Academy of Tumor Immunology (EATI), France.

2016 onward

Member, European Academy of Tumor Immunology (EATI), France.

2006-2007

Trainee member of The Transplantation Society (TTS), Canada.

2006-2026

Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA.

2023-2024

Fellowship and Award Committee member of The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, USA.

2007-2008

Trainee American Society of Transplantation (AST) member, USA.

2015 onward

Life member, The Indian Science Congress Association, India.

2015 onward

Life Member, Society of Leukocyte Biology, USA.

2010-2015

Member, American Society of Transplantation (AST), USA.

2017 onward

Member, Molecular Immunology Forum, India.

2017- present

Founding and Executing council member, Society of Inflammation Research, India.

2017- present

Member, Society of Mucosal Immunology (SMI), USA.

2018-2021

Vice President, Indian Immunology Society (IIS).

2018-present

Executive Council Member, Immuno-Oncology Society of India (I-OSI)

2019-Present

Member, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), USA.

2019-onward

Life Member, Indian Society of Translational Research (ISTR), India.

2022-onward

Life Member, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, India.

2024-present

Member, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Switzerland.

2025- Present

Member, International Soceity of NeuroImmunology (ISNI) Italy

2022- Present

Member, Publication Committee, Society of Leukocyte Biology, USA.

2025- Present

Member, Indian Association for Cell and Gene Therapy, Mumbai.

Meitei HT, Kulkarni N, Rapole S, Lal G (2026) CCL-20-CCR6 signaling modifies cellular and metabolism in CD4 T cells and drives the differentiation of pathogenic Th17 cells. Annual Congress of American Association of Immunologists (IMMUNOLOGY2026) held at Boston, USA from 15-19th April. (Oral Presentation)

Karmakar S., Lal G. (2026) Serotonin receptor HTR2B signaling modulates adaptive immune response to colon cancer and metastasis. Annual Congress of American Association of Immunologists (IMMUNOLOGY2026) held at Boston, USA from 15-19th April.

Lal G (2026) Chemokine receptor CCR6 signaling in the regulationof metabolic reprogramming in CD4 T cells. 48th Annual Meeting of Indian Biophysical Society (IBS2026) & International Conference on Biomolecular Dynamics held at North-Estern Hill University (Nehu), Shillong, Meghalaya from 13-15th March. (Invited Talk)

Yadav S., Lal G (2026) Neuroimmune communication through cholinergic receptor (CHRM3) promotes colon tumor growth. 7th Annual Congress of Immuno-Oncology Society of India (IOSICON2026) held at Taj Fisherman Cove Resort, Chennai from 23-25th January 2026. (Oral Talk and Best oral presentation award, and travel award)

Pal P., Wahi P., Sahu A., and Lal G (2026) C3 deficiency promotes anti-tumor immunity by enhancing the effector function of T cells. 7th Annual Congress of Immuno-Oncology Society of India (IOSICON2026) held at Taj Fisherman Cove Resort, Chennai from 23-25th January 2026. (Best Poster Presentation award)

Lal G (2026) Flow Cytometry in Biomedical Research: Past, Present and future. Lecture organised I-OSI and IITM on a workshop on High-Dimentional spectral flow cytometry at IIT, Chennai on 22nd January. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2026) Immunology Research and Immuno-Oncology: what to expect in 2026. 7th Annual Congress of Immuno-Oncology Society of India (IOSICON2026) held at Taj Fisherman Cove Resort, Chennai from 23-25th January 2026. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2026) NK-1R signaling restrains Foxp3+ Tregs differentiation and function during gut inflammation and autoimmunity. Global Immunology Summit 2026 held at ILS, Bhubaneswar on 19-21st January 2026 (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2026) Neuroimmune communication in controlling tumor growth and metastasis. iBRIC Spotlight talk at Online plateform of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India on 3rd January.

Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication in Gut Inflammation and Tolerance. Sun Pharma Science Foundation’s 46th National Symposium on Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases held in association with KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar on 15th November. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2025) CD4 T cell cholinergic signaling regulates gut inflammation and autoimmunity. Himalayan Symposium on Immunology 2025 (HSI2025) organised by Datla Human Immunome Lab, Ashoka University at Darjeeling on 19-22nd December (Invited Talk)

Karmakar S., Lal G (2025) Role of neuroimmune communication of serotonin in anti-tumor immunity. In Recent Advances in Medical Science and Technology (RadMed-2025) conference organized at School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur on 17-19th December 2025. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication retrains autoimmunity and tolerance. In 52nd Annual Conference of the Indian Immunology Society held at MNNIT, Prayagraj from 19-22 November. (Invited talk and Mid-Career IIS Award 2025)

Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication in gut inflammation and autoimmunity. Global Immuno Course 2025 by Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana on 15th December. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication in anti-tumor immunity. Cutting Edge Guest Lecture at Scholars’ Council of ACTREC, Navi Mumbai on 25th July 2025. (Invited Talk).

Yadav S, Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication through cholinergic receptor (CHRM3) promotes colon tumor growth. International Conference on CuttingEdge Cancer Research and Innovations for improving patient outcomes, held at BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science, une India on 6-8th November. (Poster Presentation; Best poster presentation Award)

Pal P, Wahi P, Sahu A, Lal G (2025) Absence of C3 enhances NK cell cytotoxicity and effector function inhibiting tumor growth. International Conference on CuttingEdge Cancer Research and Innovations for improving patient outcomes, held at BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science, Pune India on 6-8th November. (Oral Presentation)

Lal G (2025) Effect of nociceptor neurokinin-1R signaling in anti-tumor immunity and colon tumor growth. International Conference on CuttingEdge Cancer Research and Innovations for improving patient outcomes, held at BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science, une India on 6-8th November. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2025). Flow cytometry: Past, present, and future. Talk given at Seminar-Cum-workshop at the Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University on 8th October 2025. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2025). Education and discipline make perfect immune cells. at Gawhati University, Assam, on 19th September. (Invited Talk; Online).

Lal G. (2025). Neuroimmune Communication in Gut Inflammation and Autoimmunity. Presented in SYMRESEARCH 2.0, Bioengineering for Global Health, organised by Symbiosis University, Lavale, Pune, from 19th to 20th September 2025 (Invited talk)

Lal G., Meitei HT., Kulkarni N., Rapole S., Sharma PK. (2025). CCR6 intrinsic signaling regulates Th17 cell metabolism in colitis. Presented at the 19th International Congress of Immunology, Vienna, Austria, from August 12 to 22. (Oral Presentation)

Lal G (2025) Serotonin receptor signaling in modulating anti-tumor immunity. Molecular Immunology Forum (MIF 2025), Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, on 10th July. (Invited Talk)

Wahi P, Pal P, Dhali S, Lal G (2025) CCR9-CCL25 intrinsic signaling in thymic dendritic cell controls central tolerance and gut inflammation. To be presented at the 19th International Congress of Immunology, Vienna, Austria, from 12-22 August. (Poster Presentation; ANRF Internatinal Travel Award)

Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication in anti-tumor immunity. Global Immunology Summit 2025: Emerging frontiers of immunobiology and immunotherapy held at THSTI, Faridabad from 13th to 15th February 2025. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2025) Neuroimmune communication of serotonin receptors in anti-tumor immunity. 5th International Global Cancer Consortium Conference on ‘Advances in cancer and cancer immunotherapy at Amity University, Noida, from 29-31 January 2025. (Invited talk).

Lal G (2025) Personalised Vaccines for Cancer Therapies - How promising is the bench-to-bedside data? The 6th Annual Congress of Immuno-Oncology Society of India (IOSICON2025) will be held at the Mayfair Convention in Bhubaneswar from 31st Jan to 2nd Feb 2025. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2024) CCR6 intrinsic signaling drives the metabolic reprogramming of pathogenic Th17 cells in the gut. 90th Anniversary General meeting of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) held at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 9-10th December. (Oral Presentation)

Lal G (2025) CD4 T cell cholinergic signaling regulates gut inflammation and autoimmunity. Himalayan Symposium on Immunology 2025 (HSI2025) organised by Datla Human Immunome Lab, Ashoka University at Darjeeling on 19-22nd December (Invited Talk)

Karmakar S., Lal G (2025) Role of neuroimmune communication of serotonin in anti-tumor immunity. In Recent Advances in Medical Science and Technology (RadMed-2025) conference organized at School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur on 17-19th December 2025. (Invited Talk)

 Wahi P, Pal P, Dhali S, Lal G (2024). CCL25-CCR9 signaling in the thymic dendritic cell controls central tolerance and gut inflammation. The Indian Immunology Society Annual Conference (IMMUNOCON2024) will be held at the JN Tata Auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, from 17 to 20 October 2024. (FEBS Journal Best-poster Award)

Agale K, Wahi P, Dhali S, Lal G (2024) Role of Chemokine receptor CCR9 signaling on immunometabolism of dendritic cells in autoimmunity. Indian Immunology Society Annual Conference (IMMUNOCON2024) is to be held at the JN Tata Auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on 17- 20 October 2024.

Sharma S, Karmakar S, Lal G (2024). Investigating the neurokinin-1 receptor signaling in naïve CD4 T cells and their effect on T cell differentiation and function. Indian Immunology Society Annual Conference (IMMUNOCON2024) is to be held at the JN Tata Auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on 17- 20 October 2024.

Wahi P, Lal G (2024) CCR9-CCL25 signaling is involved in maintaining central tolerance and controls acute gut inflammation. NCCS Students’ Symposium at NCCS, Pune on 25-26th July 2024. (Poster Presentation)

Yadav S, Lal G (2024) Antagonizing muscarinic receptor 3 signaling restricts tumor growth. NCCS Students’ Symposium at NCCS, Pune on 25-26th July 2024. (Poster Presentation)

Pal P., Wahi P., Paul S, Meitei HT., Sahu A., Lal G. (2024). Complement Deficiency enhances NK cell activation, regulating tumor growth. NCCS Student’s symposium at NCCS, Pune on 25-26th July 2024. (Oral Presentation)

Mishra A, Halder N, Kumar D, Lal G (2024) Neuroimmune communication of Tachykinin receptor 1 (TACR1) signaling in the gut inflammation and tolerance. Indian Immunology Society Annual Conference (IMMUNOCON2024) is to be held at the JN Tata Auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on 17- 20 October 2024. (Invited Speaker)

Halder N, Ghosh S, Yadav S, Dhali S, Kumar D, Lal G. (2024) Neurotransmitter acetylcholin produced by CD4 T cells drives the differentiation of regulatory CD4 T cells during gut inflammation. The 7th European Congress of Immunology will be held in Dublin, Ireland, from September 1 to 4, 2024. (Poster Presentation).

Mishra A, Karmakar S, Halder N, Habib MA, Kumar D, Lal G (2024) Tachykinin receptor 1antagonism promotes the Foxp3+ regulatory CD4 T cells and controls gut inflammation and autoimmunity. 7th European Congress of Immunology, Dublin, Ireland, to be held on September 1-4, 2024. (Oral Presentation).

 Lal G, Mishra A, Halder N, Kumar D (2024) Neurokinin receptor 1 (NK1R) antagonism promotes a unique subset of Foxp3+Tregs and controls gut inflammation and autoimmunity. International Congress of Mucosal Immunology will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from July 6 to 10, 2024. (Poster Presentation).

 Karmakar S, Lal G (2024) Antagonizing serotonin receptor HTR2B drives anti-tumor immunity and controls the growth of colorectal cancer. World Immunotherapy Council (WIC)-Asia Chapter of Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer Pre-conference Meeting, Shanghai, China held on 29-30th June 2024. (Best Oral Presentation as well as Travel Award).

Lal G (2024) Education and discipline make perfect immune cells. Seminar themed “Immunity Through Ages: Navigating the Science of Aging and Immunology” on International Immunology Day, at Silver Oak University, Ahmedabad on 29th April 2024. (Invited Talk; Online). 

Lal G (2024) Rheumatoid Arthritis and cytokines. A lecture series organized by the Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore, on 17th April 2024. (Invited Talk; Online)

Lal G (2024) Neuroimmune communication in the gut-associated lymphoid tissues in controlling gut inflammation and autoimmunity. Global Immunology Summit-2024 held at THSTI Faridabad on 15-17th February. (Invited talk).

 Lal G (2024) Neuroimmune Communication modulates immune response to Cancer Immunotherapy. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January. (Invited Talk)

Pal P, Paul S, Wahi P, Meitei TH, Sahu A, Lal G (2024) The deficiency of complement enhances effector CD8+ T cell function and limits tumor growth. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January. (3rd Best Oral Presentation Award) 

Pal P, Paul S, Wahi P, Meitei TH, Sahu A, Lal G (2024) Complement deficiency results in the increased effector function of natural killer (NK) cells and control tumor growth and metastasis. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January. 

Karmakar S and Lal G (2024) Antagonizing serotonin receptor HTR2B improves antigen-specific CD8 T cell response by modulating innate and adaptive immune response to colorectal cancer. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January. (First Best Oral Presentation Award)

Karmakar S and Lal G (2024) Blocking serotonin receptor, HTR2B improved the efficacies of suboptimal doses of immune checkpoint blockers and chemotherapeutic drugs in colorectal cancer. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January. 

Karmakar S, Suresh R, Mishra A and Lal G (2024) Substance P alters the anti-tumor immune response to control colon cancer growth.. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January.

Yadav S and Lal G (2024) Inhibition of acetylcholine receptor signaling through muscarinic receptors restricts tumor growth. 5th Annual Congress of Society of Immuno-Oncology of India (IOSICON2024) held at NCCS, Pune from 12-14 January. 

Lal G (2024) Role of T cell in autoimmune rheumatic diseases and T cell-targeted intervention. Lecture Series on Biologics in Autoimmune Rheumatic disease by Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore. On 3rd January 2024. (Invited

Lal G (2023) Costimulatory blockade alters the localization of gamma-delta T-cells in the secondary lymphoid to promote transplantation tolerance. 33rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT2023) held at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata on 6th-8th October. (Invited Talk)

Karmakar S., Lal G. (2023) Serotonin receptor 5-HTR2B antagonism promotes antigen-specific T cell response and inhibits the growth of colon cancer. International Conference on Cancer Biology (ICCB23): Molecular Mechanisms, Genomics and Novel Therapeutics, held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai on 14-16th September (Invited Talk).

Lal G (2023) Neuroimmune Communication in shaping the T cell response in inflammation and autoimmunity. 7th Annual Conference of Society of Inflammation Research: Autoimmunity and Inflammation – A New Epidemic. Held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 16-17th September. (Invited talk)

Ghosh S, Halder N., Dhali S, Kumar D, Lal G (2023) Choline acetyltransferase modulates CD4+T cell differentiation and function during gut inflammation and colitis. 7th Annual Conference of Society of Inflammation Research: Autoimmunity and Inflammation – Anew Epidemic. Held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 16-17th September. (Poster Presentation and Second Best Poster Award)

Karmakar S., Lal G. (2023) Antagonizing serotonin receptor 5-HTR2B improves antigen-specific tumor immunity in colon adenocarcinoma. 18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2023) to be held at Cape Town, South Africa, between 27th November to 2nd December 2023. (Oral Presentation; IUIS Travel Award)

Karmakar S., Lal G. (2023) Serotonin receptor 5-HTR2B antagonism promotes the efficiency of immune checkpoint blockade therapy of colon cancer. 18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2023) to be held at Cape Town, South Africa, between 27th November to 2nd December 2023. (Poster Presentation)

Lal G, Meitei HT, Kulkarni N, Rapole S (2023) Gut-homing chemokine receptor CCR6 intrinsic signaling alters Th17 cell metabolism during gut inflammation. 18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2023) to be held at Cape Town, South Africa, between 27th November to 2nd December 2023. (Oral Presentation, AAI-IUIS 2023 Travel Award)

Lal G, Halder N., Ghosh S., Kumar D. (2023) Cholinergic system in CD4 T cells promotes regulatory CD4 T cells and controls gut inflammation. 18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2023) held at Cape Town, South Africa, between 27th November to 2nd December 2023. (Oral Presentation)

Pal P, Paul S, Wahi P, Meitei HT, Sahu A, Lal G (2023) Complement C3 deficiency enhances the effector function of CD8+ T cells and inhibits tumor growth. 29th International Complement Workshop 2023 held at Newcastle, United Kingdom, from 31st August to 5th September 2023. (Poster Presentation)

Halder N, Ghosh S, Kumar D, Lal G (2023) CD4 T cell-derived acetylcholine protects against intestinal inflammation by modulating regulatory CD4 T cells. FOCIS European Advanced Course and Conference on Immunology to be held at Rouen, France on August 27-31. (Oral Presentation and International Travel Award).

Lal G (2023) Immunopathology of psoriatic arthritis. In 2nd lecture series on AIRD and Inflammation organized by the Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore on 20th May 2023 (Invited talk).

Lal G (2023) Antigen presentation and its importance in autoimmunity, alloimmunity and immunity. 3rd Immunology workshop CMC Vellore 2023 on Advanced Immunology concepts and Techniques, held at Jacob Chandy Hall, CMC Vellore on 31st March 2023. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2023) Development of T cells – Importance in autoimmunity and tolerance. 3rd Immunology workshop CMC Vellore 2023 on Advanced Immunology concepts and Techniques, held at Jacob Chandy Hall, CMC Vellore on 31st March 2023. (Invited Talk)

Mishra A, Halder N, Kumar D, and Lal G (2023) Tachykinins: potential target to treat gut inflammation. India|EMBO Lecture course on “Complement in Kidney Diseases” held at NCCS, Pune, from 31st January to 3rd February. (Poster Presentation)

Lal G (2023) Importance of regulatory networks in maintaining human diseases. An invited talk at the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur, on 21st January.

Ghosh S, Halder N, Dhali S, Kumar D, Lal G (2023) Choline acetyltransferase in CD4+ T cells controls gut inflammation and colitis. India|EMBO Lecture course on “Complement in Kidney Diseases” held at NCCS, Pune, from 31st January to 3rd February. (Poster Presentation)

Halder N, Gosh S, Kumar D, Lal G (2023) muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 3 controls the CD4 T cell differentiation and function during colitis. India|EMBO Lecture course on “Complement in Kidney Diseases” held at NCCS, Pune, from 31st January to 3rd February. (Poster Presentation)

Suresh R, Karmakar S, Mishra A, Lal G (2023) Tachykinin signaling promotes anti-tumor immune response and controls colon cancer growth. India|EMBO Lecture course on “Complement in Kidney Diseases” held at NCCS, Pune, from 31st January to 3rd February. (Poster Presentation)

Pal P, Paul S, Meitei HT, Wahi P, Sahu A, Lal G (2023) Deficiency of complement C3 enhances the anti-tumor effector function of CD8 T cells and reduces tumor growth. India|EMBO Lecture course on “Complement in Kidney Diseases” held at NCCS, Pune, from 31st January to 3rd February. (Poster Presentation)

Karmakar S, Lal G (2023) Serotonin receptor 5-HTR2B signaling antagonism promotes antigen-specific effector immune response and inhibits the growth of colon cancer. India|EMBO Lecture course on “Complement in Kidney Diseases” held at NCCS, Pune, from 31st January to 3rd February. (Poster Presentation)

Lal G (2023) Importance of neuroimmune communication in cancer immunotherapy. 4th Annual Congress of Immuno Oncology Society of India (IOSICON 2023), Jaipur on 20-22nd January. (Invited Talk)

Karmakar S, Suresh R, Mishra A, Lal G (2023) Neurotransmitter Substance P alters the anti-tumor immune response and controls the growth of colon cancer. 4th Annual Congress of Immuno Oncology Society of India (IOSICON 2023), Jaipur on 20-22nd January. (Oral presentation)

Karmakar S, Lal G (2023) Antagonizing serotonin receptor 5-HTR2B promotes antigen-specific anti-tumor immunity to solid tumors. 4th Annual Congress of Immuno Oncology Society of India (IOSICON 2023), Jaipur on 20-22nd January. (Oral Presentation)

Lal G (2022) Development and Education of Immune cells in health and diseases. Lecture given at the Indian Immunology Society CME and Workshop on Immunological Perspectives in Transplantation and Cancer organized at Department of Biochemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on 16th December. (Invited talk.)

Lal G (2022) Neuroimmune communication in controlling Gut Inflammation and autoimmunity. 49th Annual conference of the Indian Immunology Society, at PGIMER, Chandigarh on 23-26th November. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2022) Gut-brain connection in the inflammation and autoimmune diseases. International Conference on Recent Advances in research and Innovations in Life Sciences held at Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur, MP-482002 on 17-19 November (Online Invited Talk).

Lal G (2022) Neuroimmune Communication in health and diseases.14th TCS Annual Conference to be held in Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad on 14-15 October 2022. (Invited talk).

Mishra A, Halder N, Kumar D, Lal G. (2022) Tachykinin receptor 1 (TACR1) is a potential target to treat gut inflammation. 6th Annual conference of the Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 2022) was held at NCCS, Pune on 24-25th September. (Oral Presentation)

Halder N, Ghosh S, Kumar D, Lal G. (2022) Role of acetylcholine in CD4+ T cell response in gut inflammation and autoimmunity. 6th Annual conference of the Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 2022) was held at NCCS, Pune on 24-25th September. (Oral Presentation, and Best presentation award)

Pal P, Paul S, Meitei HT, Wahi P, Sahu A, and Lal G (2022) Absence of complement 3 leads to increased effector function of NK cells in reducing tumor growth. 6th Annual conference of Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 2022) was held at NCCS, Pune on 24-25th September. (Poster Presentation)

Suresh R, Karmakar S, Mishra A, and Lal G (2022) Substance P affects the effector CD8 and CD4 T cell subsets and controls the growth of colon cancer. 6th Annual conference of the Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 2022) was held at NCCS, Pune on 24-25th September. (Poster Presentation)

Karmakar S, Lal G (2022) Serotonin receptor 5-HTR2B signaling alters the antigen-specific cytotoxic T cell response and controls the growth of colon cancer. 6th Annual conference of the Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 2022) held at NCCS, Pune on 24-25th September. (Oral Presentation)

Meitei HT, Kulkarni N, Rapole S, Lal G (2022) CCR6 intrinsic signaling fine-tunes Th17 cell metabolism and drives its pathogenicity during gut inflammation. 6th Annual conference of the Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 2022) was held at NCCS, Pune on 24-25th September. (Oral Talk and Best Poster Presentation)

Pal P, Paul S, Meitei HT, Wahi P, Sahu A, and Lal G (2022) Complement C3 deficiency increases the anti-tumor immunity of NK cells and controls tumor growth. 37th Annual Meeting of Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer to be held in Boston, USA from 10th-12th November. (Poster Presentation)

Giri S, Meitie HT, Sonar SA, Lal G (2022) Foxp3+CD8+ regulatory T cells promote oral tolerance in gut. 55th Annual meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology to be held at Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, USA from 26-29th October. (Travel Award; Poster Presentation)

Halder N, Ghosh S, Kumar D, Lal G (2022) Acetylcholine produced by CD4 T cells drives the differentiation of regulatory CD4 T cells in the gut inflammation and autoimmunity. 55th Annual meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology to be held at Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, USA from 26-29th October. (Travel award and Oral Presentation)

Lal G. (2022) T-cell targeted therapy in the inflammation and autoimmunity. 7th Lecture Series on Inflammation organized by Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore on 23rd October. (Online)

Lal G. (2022) Regulatory function of gamma-delta T cells in transplantation tolerance. 48th Annual Meeting of Indian Immunology Society, to be held at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi from 8-9th July. (Invited Talk) Online.

Giri S., Meitei HT, Misha A, Lal G (2022) Anti-CD40L antibody promotes the differentiation of V2+ regulatory T cells and controls skin allograft survival. The Annual Conference of The Transplantation Society (TTS) 2022 meeting was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 10-14th September. (Oral Talk and TTS Scientific Travel Award). Transplantation. 106(9S):S76.

Lal G (2022) Tumor Microenvironment, Inflammation, and Cancer. A one-day symposium on Inflammation on 14th July at Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad. (Invited talk)

Meitei HT, Kulkarni N, Rapole S, Lal G (2022) CCR6 intrinsic signaling fine-tunes Th17 cell metabolism during gut inflammation. 48th Annual Meeting of Indian Immunology Society, to be held at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi from 8-9th July. (Poster presentation)

Meitei HT, Kulkarni N, Rapole S, Lal G (2022) CCR6 intrinsic signaling alters Th17 cell metabolism during gut inflammation. Gordon Research Conference on Immunometabolism in health and disease, to be held at Bryant University, Rhode Island, USA from June 19-24. (Poster Presentation)

Lal G (2022) The nervousness of the gut in health and disease. At Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Gurgaon on 17th June 2021.

Mishra A, Halder N, Kumar D, Lal G. (2022) Tachykinin receptor 1 (TACR1) signaling promotes Foxp3+ regulatory CD4 T cell differentiation and controls gut inflammation. In Cell Symposia: Neuroimmune Axis: Lisbon, Portugal, on 11-13 September 2022 (poster) Travel Award from DBT-CTAP)

Lal G (2022) A good education, discipline, and territorial restriction of immune cells is important for mounting an effective immunity. Lecture on Short term program in Pharmaceutical Sciences organized by Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune on 12th January. (Invited Talk).

Karmakar S, Lal G (2021) Exploiting the neuroimmune communication in anti-tumor immunotherapy. 47th Annual Conference of Indian Immunology Society organized at IICT Kolkata on 18-19th December 2021. (Invited Talk)

Meitei HT, Kulkarni N, Sharma PK, Mujeeb VR, Srivastava S, Shirolkar A, Rapole S, Lal G (2021) Chemokine receptor CCR6 signaling alters the Th17 cell metabolism and promotes its pathogenic function. 47th Annual Conference of Indian Immunology Society organized at IICT Kolkata on 18-19th December 2021. (Oral Presentation)

Meitei HT and Lal G (2021) Chemokine receptor CCR6 signaling in CD4 T cells drive the metabolic adaptation of inflammatory Th17 cells in inflammatory colitis. 3rd National Biomedical Research Competition-2021 (NBRCCOM 2021) organized by the Society of Young Biomedical Scientists, India on 6-10th December 2021. (Oral Presentation).

Lal G (2021) Immunological mechanism of neuroinflammatory diseases. Virtual Bi-monthly lecture series on Immunology and Inflammation organized by Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore on 20th November. (Invited talk)

Lal G. (2021) Current status of Immunooncology research in India- Challenges and remedies. 3rd Annual Congress of Immuno-Oncology Society of India 2021 held onlin on 8-10th October 2021. (Invited Talk)

Lal G (2021) Contribution of gamma-delta T cells in allogenic transplantation tolerance. 13th Annual Conference and workshop of the Cytometry Society (TCS-2021) to be held online on 29-30th October 2021. (Invited Talk)

Halder N, Kumar D, Lal G. (2021) Acetylcholine receptors control the CD4+ T cells response during gut inflammation and autoimmunity. 5th Annual conference of Society of Inflammation Research (SIRCON 21) tob held online on 2nd and 3rd October 2021. (Oral Presentation) (Best oral presentation Award).

Lal G. (2021) Education and Learning of Immune Cells in Health and Diseases. Invited Keynote Address on occasion of Orientation programm at Amity University, Haryana on 4th September.

Lal G (2021) Opportunity for CD4 T cell migration, plasticity, and its communication at the gut brain axis. Invited talk at Innovation Center, Tata Chemicals Limited, Pune on 30th June.

Lal G (2021) NK cell role in Inflammation and regulation. Virtual Bi-monthly lecture series on Immunology and Inflammation organized by Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore on 9th May. (Invited talk)

Lal G (2021) Pathophysiological importance of gut-tropic chemokine receptors in inflammation and autoimmunity. International conference on Infectious diseases and immunopathology (IDIP-2021), organized by Department of Biotechnology, SPPU, Pune on 22-24th April.(Invited talk).

Lal G (2021) Importance of territorial restriction and education of immune cells in mounting effective immunity. Invited lecture in Faculty Induction Programme -IV at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 25th February. (Invited online Talk).

Lal G (2021) Role of natural killer (NK) cells and NKT cells in controlling the anti-tumor immunity. International webinar on New Horizons and Breakthrough in cancer research in present era organized by B. N. Patel Institute of paramedical and Science, Anand, Gujrat on 27th March. (Invited Speaker).

Lal G (2021) Cell receptors, cellular communication and linked-diseases. Virtual Bi-monthly lecture series on Immunology and Inflammation organized by Society of Inflammation Research, Bangalore on 7th March. (Invited talk)

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M.Sc. 
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Ph.D. Student
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Date of Joining : August 2021

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M.Sc. 

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Ph.D. Student
M.Sc.
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Ph.D. Student
M.Sc.
Date of Joining : August 2024

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Ph.D. Student
M.Sc.
Date of Joining : August 2024

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Ph.D. Student
M.Sc.
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