Author: Mahendra IT

Date & Time: 30th April 2024 (Tuesday), 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Venue:  UG lab Lecture Hall at Permanent Campus Speaker:  Dr. Kavita Babu                  Associate Professor,                  Centre of Neuroscience, IISc, Bangalore Title: “ Cool behaviours that can be studied using the little worm”. Abstract: Foraging is important for sustenance of animals. In Caenorhabditis elegans, it is an amalgam of… Continue reading Cool behaviours that can be studied using the little worm

Date: 26.04.2024 (Today).  Time and Venue: 16:30–17:30 in LH3. Speaker: Dr. Sreekar Vadlamani, TIFR CAM, Bangalore. Title: Geometry of random fields: an integral geometric view   Abstract: Given a (smooth) random function $f:\mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$, studying its excursion sets $f^{-1}[u,\infty)$ has a long history with motivations coming from statistical hypothesis testing, cosmology, stereology, and integral geometry, to name a few.… Continue reading Geometry of random fields: an integral geometric view

Date: 25/04/2024 Time & Venue: 5:30 PM, LH at UG Lab Block, PC Speaker: Prof. Amit Ghosal, Department of Physics, IISER Kolkata Title: Enigma of two-dimensional melting in a disordered environment Abstract: We will present the results from our study of melting in a two-dimensional system of classical particles with Gaussian-core interactions in disordered environments. The clean system validates the… Continue reading Enigma of two-dimensional melting in a disordered environment

Date: 19.04.2024 (today).  Time and Venue: 17:30 in LH3 at PC. Speaker: Prof. Gadadhar Misra, Honorary Visiting Professor, ISI Bangalore and IIT Gandhinagar. Title: Can you see the puncture in a piece of plane paper with eyes closed?  Abstract: The fundamental theorem of calculus says that any real valued continuous function defined on the interval [a,b] admits a primitive. How about multivariable functions?… Continue reading Can you see the puncture in a piece of plane paper with eyes closed? 

Date: Thursday, 18th April 2024 Time & Venue: 5:30 PM, LH, UG Lab Complex, Permanent Campus  Speaker: Prof. Maheswar Gopinathan, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore Title: Distance and Dynamics of Molecular Clouds Abstract: The Galaxy is a dynamic environment. Dense molecular clouds residing in it are regions of interstellar medium of gas and dust where a new… Continue reading Distance and Dynamics of Molecular Clouds

Date & Time: 4th April (Thursday), 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Venue: UG lab Lecture Hall at Permanent Campus Speaker: Prof Shekhar C. Mande, PhD, FNA, FNASc, FASc                Honorary Distinguished Faculty                Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune Title of the talk: Electron transfer and free radical transfer mechanisms in ribonucleotide reductase complex of M. tuberculosis.  Abstract: Our… Continue reading Electron transfer and free radical transfer mechanisms in ribonucleotide reductase complex of M. tuberculosis. 

Date & Time: 5th April (Friday), 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Venue: UG lab Lecture Hall at Permanent Campus Speaker: Prof Sharmila Mande, PhD, FNA, FNAE,               Advisor to Life Sciences R&D at TCS Research               Ayush Distinguished Scientist Chair, Ministry of Ayush               Visiting Guest Professor, IIT-Gandhinagar & IIT-Kanpur Title: Microbiome: A new age health-descriptor for health and wellness Abstract: Recent advances… Continue reading Microbiome: A new age health-descriptor for health and wellness

Date: March 29, 2024 (today) Time: 4.00 – 5.00 PM (IST) Venue: C V Raman Hall, Transit Campus, IISER Tirupati Speaker: Dr. Subhajit Bhunia, University of Texas at El Paso Title: Dynamic Covalent Chemistry: A Fascinating Way to Heterogenize  Molecular Active Site Choosing Different Topology Abstract & biosketch_Subhajit Chem seminar flyer – Dr. Subhajit Bhunia