2014- Present: Handling editor, Journal of Neurochemistry. October 2018- Co-Section Head; Faculty of 1000 for the Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System Section (which forms part of the Neurological Disorders Faculty).

Anirban Basu is an Indian neurobiologist, who is primarily interested in neurovirology, a senior scientist at the National Brain Research Centre, a deemed to be university, located in Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana. He is internationally known for his studies on Japanese encephalitis.

Professor . Cells and Molecules . National Brain Research Centre . Qualification

Kanhaiya Kumawat National Brain Research Center, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, India Verified email at nbrc.ac.in

Dr Basu’s pre-doctoral studies were at School of Life Sciences, Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, doctoral work at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata and post-doctoral work at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA. Dr. Basu joined NBRC in June, 2004.

Dr. Anirban Basu. Ph.D. (Jadavpur), FNASc, FNA. Elected into the fellowship in 2018 under the Medicine section. Year of Birth: 1968. Specialization: Neurovirology, Neurobiology, Molecular Medicine, Drug Repurposing

National Brain Research Centre NH-8, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana-122 052, India Email Addresses +91 - 124 – 2845 200

2011 BASU, Anirban (b. 1968) PhD,FNA,FASc,FAAM Scientist VI, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana – 122052; Res. 202B, NBRC Campus, Manesar, Haryana – 122052; Tel: (0124) 2845225 (O); Email: [email protected]; Sp. Neurobiology/Neurovirology/Molecular Medicine/Repurposing ofDrug.

Basu joined National Brain Research Center in 2004. Since then he has been working on understanding how neurotropic viruses cause abnormality in brain function and development. The major emphasis of his research is directed towards discovering therapeutic strategies against neuro-inflammatory and neuro-degenerative disorders.