Author: Mahendra IT

Date: 24.11.2023 (coming Friday).  Time and Venue: 16:30–17:30 Ramanujan Hall at TC. Speaker: Dr. Soumen Sarkar, IIT Madras Title: On cohomology of quasitoric manifolds over a vertex cut of a finite product of simplices Abstract: In this talk, I’ll classify the characteristic matrices associated to quasitoric manifolds over a vertex cut of a finite product of simplices satisfying a `sign condition’. I’ll… Continue reading On cohomology of quasitoric manifolds over a vertex cut of a finite product of simplices

Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 Time & Venue : 2:00 – 3:00 p.m, CVRH Name: Prof. Prasenjit Ghosh, Dept. of Physics, IISER Pune Title: Quantum Delocalization effects on Temperature Dependent Double Proton Transfer in Molecular Crystals of Terephthalic Acid Abstract: Double proton transfers (DPTs) are important for several physical processes, both in molecules and in the… Continue reading Quantum Delocalization effects on Temperature Dependent Double Proton Transfer in Molecular Crystals of Terephthalic Acid

Date & Time: 23rd November 2023 (Thursday), 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Venue:  C V Raman Hall, IISER Tirupati Transit Campus Speaker: Prof Maitrayee DasGupta ,Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University Title: “Symbiosis Receptor Kinase (SYMRK) guides the intracellular symbiosis between plants and diazotrophs” Abstract: Nitrogen fixation is an inherent trait exclusive to a select number of prokaryotes who enter… Continue reading Symbiosis Receptor Kinase (SYMRK) guides the intracellular symbiosis between plants and diazotrophs

Date: 17.11.2023 (Today).  Time and Venue: 16:30–17:30 Ramanujan Hall at TC. Speaker: Dr. Debanjana Mitra, IIT Bombay Title: Stabilization of time-periodic flows Abstract: First, I shall explain the stability and stabilizability of an ODE around a periodic trajectory. A characterization of the stability of ODEs around a periodic trajectory using the Poincare map and Floquet theory will be discussed. Then,… Continue reading Stabilization of time-periodic flows

Date: 15.11.2023 (today).  Time and Venue: 16:30–17:30 Ramanujan Hall at TC. Speaker: Prof. K N Raghavan, IMSc Title: Log-concavity of certain natural polynomials Abstract: The talk should be accessible to a general mathematical audience, even a general scientific audience.   Most of it will be about the independent polynomial associated with a matroid and its log-concavity.   The log-concavity… Continue reading Log-concavity of certain natural polynomials

Date & Time: 9th November 2023 (Thursday), 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Venue:  C V Raman Hall, IISER Tirupati Transit Campus Speaker: Dr Ghanshyam Swarup                 Scientist, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,                 Hyderabad-500007    Title: “Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration caused by mutations of optineurin” Abstract: My main research interest is to understand the function of the protein optineurin, and… Continue reading Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration caused by mutations of optineurin

Date: October 30, 2023 (Monday) Time: 5.30 – 6.30 PM (IST) Venue: C V Raman Hall, IISER Tirupati Transit Campus Title: Understanding the Emergence of RNA and DNA in terms of Structure-Function in the Context of Origins of Life Studies Speaker: Prof. Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy from the Scripps Research Institute, USA Abstract: Nucleic acids, RNA and DNA, are central to life as we know it and are… Continue reading Understanding the Emergence of RNA and DNA in terms of Structure-Function in the Context of Origins of Life Studies

Date: October 27, 2023 (Friday) Time: 3.00 – 4.00 PM (IST) Venue: C V Raman Hall, Transit Campus, IISER Tirupati Title: Super-resolution Imaging by Peptide-PAINT and Multivalent LCD-LCD Interaction in Regulating PAX3FOXO1 Transcription in Rhabdomyosarcoma Speaker: Dr. Barun Kumar Maity, The Chong Laboratory, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, USA Abstract-Barun Kumar Maity Chem seminar flyer – Dr. Barun Kumar Maity Biosketch-Barun Kumar Maity

Date: 27.10.2023 (Friday) Time and Venue:  4.30-5.30 PM at the Ramanujan Hall (Transit Campus) Speaker: Dr. Manjunath Krishnapur, Department of Mathematics, IISc Bangalore   Title: Log-concavity of certain probability distributions. Abstract:  Log-concavity of a sequence (a_n^2\ge a_{n-1}a_{n+1}) or function (f(x)^2\ge f(x-h)f(x+h)) or measure (\mu(C)^2\ge \mu(A)\mu(B) if C=(A+B)/2)  gives many strong conclusions, such as its decay or `concentration’ properties. For example, the… Continue reading Log-concavity of certain probability distributions.

Date: 26th October, Thursday, 2023 Time & Venue: 5:30 PM, Ramanujan Hall Speaker: Prof. Kamaraju Natarajan, IISER Kolkata Title: Exploring Physics in Condensed Matter Systems Using Ultrafast and Terahertz Pulses   Abstract:  Femtosecond pulses of visible, infrared, and terahertz electromagnetic radiation have been at the forefront of research in condensed matter physics and material physics since their inception. Their extensive use… Continue reading Exploring Physics in Condensed Matter Systems Using Ultrafast and Terahertz Pulses