Rahul Basu, a PhD student of Dr. Jayasri Das Sarma at the Department of Biological Sciences, IISER- Kolkata, is the recipient of the 2012 Du Pré grant. This prestigious research grant is awarded by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF) to young researchers from emerging countries to enable them to undertake short visits to established multiple sclerosis research centers, either to learn more from each other or to carry out parts of joint research projects. Rahul will use his £5000 grant to travel to the University of Pennsylvania, USA to spend 3 months working under the supervision of Dr Kenneth Shindler, looking at the role of conventional T cells and B cells in mouse hepatitis virus induced demyelination.