Ilika Ghosh, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFneuro #ATP #synapticplasticity #mitochondria

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

Excited to share our latest preprint!
Grateful to @RangarajuVidhya for the advanced training that made it possible for me to lead this project.
We show how neurons power up precisely where and when they need energy to form new memories—in real time!
#Neuroscience #BrainEnergy

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

📢New preprint alert!

We watch ATP, the energy currency, in tiny compartments of brain synapses to show that synapses talk to their local mitochondria to produce energy right when needed during plasticity:
https://t.co/VJqVEcCVqS

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

New year, new look! ✨🧠🔬🧪

Kicking off 2026 with the launch of our brand-new lab website. Check it out for the latest on our research, meet the team, and see what we are up to in the lab:
https://t.co/J53JxVhVaz

@ilikaghosh09 @RuolinFan @NitheyaaS @ojaseee

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

It was an honor to present my work at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia. I’m deeply grateful to my mentor, @RangarajuVidhya for the opportunity and advanced training, and to @MPFNeuro for the cutting-edge infrastructure. Thank you to everyone who attended my talk!

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

@MPFNeuro Thank you so much!

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Congrats to Dr. Ilika Ghosh of MPFI’s Rangaraju Lab for being selected to speak at #CellBio2025 and awarded an ASCB Travel Grant! Attending the meeting? Don’t miss her Dec 8 talk in the Compartmentalized Signaling in Neurons symposium.

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

Day 1 of #CellBio2025 in Philly was packed with energizing talks on mitochondrial genome and stress regulation. For more mito power, come to my talk on Monday, Dec 8, 11am, in Room 121! I’ll share how neurons power up precisely where and when they need energy⚡️🤩

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

Thank you Felipe (@coffee_lipe) at @preLights for highlighting our recent preprint! @ilikaghosh09 @RuolinFan @ojaseee @MPFNeuro

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Today we celebrate Max Planck’s birthday — and yes, even the statue is excited.
We owe so much to his revolutionary thinking and relentless curiosity.
#MaxPlanck #PhysicsPioneer #BirthdayHatEnergy

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

Thanks to our powerhouse postdoc, @ilikaghosh09, who made this project a reality, and @3i_inc for helping us build the custom microscope 🔬 that made these ultra-precise measurements possible inside dendritic spines and mitochondria!

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

I’m incredibly grateful to receive the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation grant for the next three years to study the energy supply mechanisms of memory formation. Huge thanks to my mentor @RangarajuVidhya for the advanced training and @MPFNeuro for the cutting-edge infrastructure.

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Thank you to the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation for featuring MPFI postdoc @ilikaghosh09, who works in the lab of @RangarajuVidhya. The DeSantis Foundation generously supports Ilika's work into how the brain uses energy to form memories properly. Read more about Dr. Ghosh, as well as the foundation and its mission: https://t.co/r7wotIQekA

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

🥳Our lab’s first NIH grant is here, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award! We will discover new mitochondrial mechanisms driving memory formation. Thank you to my excellent team who make our ambitious research pursuits possible @MPFNeuro #NIHHighRisk https://t.co/XBn3FhaJTb

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

Super proud to work with my incredible boss @RangarajuVidhya and the neuroenergetics team at @MPFNeuro 🎉

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

Thank you @ChanZuckerberg for the Ben Barres Career Acceleration Award!

With this funding, my lab sets on a fresh new direction to tackle #ALS, a devastating motor neuron disease.

We are excited to make a difference in the fight against ALS 🧠
https://t.co/7RVAYOdtt5

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Prospective Grad Students can meet Dr. Ryohei Yasuda @Ryohei_Neuro today from 12 to 2 at MPFI's SfN Grad Fair Booth #85. Dr. Yasuda is a Scientific Director at MPFI and is happy to answer any questions you may have about getting a Ph.D. with MPFI.

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Congratulations to @RangarajuVidhya, who was awarded the @cziscience Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award! This support will enable her lab to utilize novel approaches to uncover the causes of mitochondrial dysfunction in #ALS.
Learn more: https://t.co/F5ONyYSJ1X

[Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD @RangarajuVidhya]

Our lab's first graduate student, Monil, successfully defended his PhD proposal today. Congratulations, Monil! I look forward to many more exciting results from your thesis. Monil is also an IMPRS PhD student, and applications are now open to the program: https://t.co/Oj1JFcH8b3

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Attention postdocs! Only one week left to apply for the Max Planck NeuroMEETS series! Don't miss out on this opportunity to visit MPFI to present your research, receive feedback, and network with our scientists. Apply by July 14th! https://t.co/6tlvfTcetg

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

Thank you @MPFNeuro It was an honor to share the frame with such distinguished women in #neuroscience

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

As Women's History Month comes to a close, we want to celebrate and express gratitude to all of the women around the world who have worked to advance scientific understanding, including all of the women at Max Planck Florida. Thank you!

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

@KateEMaier @SalilBidaye @ProfessorOge @JWScience Congratulations Kate!

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

Looking forward to this event!

[Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @MPFNeuro]

Register for our last Science Meets Music of the season: “Neurons in Concert: How the Brain Plays Music” with @DanielaSammler & @patinc91 on April 5, 2023. Doors open at 6 pm; the event begins at 6:15 pm. Science meets Music is FREE. Register at https://t.co/IvbdRx3FFf #neuroarts

[Ilika Ghosh, PhD @ilikaghosh09]

And it’s a wrap- #sunposium23 was incredible! Thank you @MPFNeuro for the opportunity to learn the latest and gather new ideas. Also, had a lot of fun at the photo booth! Can’t wait for Sunposium 2025! 😁 #neuroscience #conference