Author: Mahendra IT

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

Speaker: Prof. Jaya N Iyer, Senior Professor from IMSc, Chennai. Date: 20.10.2023 (Today).  Time and Venue: 17:30–18:30 Ramanujan Hall at TC.   Title: Chow Lefschetz theorems for smooth hypersurfaces on smooth varieties. Abstract: We recall classical Lefschetz theorem for ample divisors on smooth projective varieties. We pose a conjectural Chow version of  this theorem and verify it in a few cases. The talk… Continue reading Chow Lefschetz theorems for smooth hypersurfaces on smooth varieties.

Speaker: Prof. Devendra K. Ojha,  Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, TIFR Date: 11th October, 2023 Time & Venue: 5:30-6:30 pm at CV Raman Hall, Transit Campus Title: Observational understanding of star formation in the Milky Way and infrared instrumentation Abstract: Understanding how stars form within the Universe is one of the fundamental questions in modern astrophysics and… Continue reading Observational understanding of star formation in the Milky Way and infrared instrumentation

Date: September 15, 2023 (Friday) Time: 3.00 – 4.00 PM (IST) Venue: C V Raman Hall, Transit Campus, IISER Tirupati Title: Design and Development of Pore Functional Metal and Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy and Environmental Applications Speaker: Dr. Prasenjit Das, TU Berlin, Germany  

Date: August 31, 2023 (Today) Time: 5.30 – 6.30 PM (IST) Venue: C V Raman Hall, Transit Campus, IISER Tirupati Title: Programmable Protocells: Synthetic Compartments to Functional Cytomimetic Materials Speaker: Dr. Ananya Mishra, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK

Date & Time: 30th August 2023 (Wednesday), 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Venue: C V Raman Hall, IISER Tirupati Transit Campus Title: Understanding Biological Molecular Machines-Order, Intrinsic Disorder and Allosteric Determinants Speaker: Prof Balasubramanian Gopal,                Professor, Division of Biological Sciences,                Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Abstract: Form, in context, defines function.  This, we contend, is particularly relevant in the context of… Continue reading Understanding Biological Molecular Machines-Order, Intrinsic Disorder and Allosteric Determinants

Date: August 1, 2023 (Tuesday) Time: 4.00 – 5.00 PM (IST) Venue: C V Raman Hall, Transit Campus, IISER Tirupati Title: Odyssey of Small Molecules as Therapeutic Agents to Combat Critical Human Diseases: A Way Forward Speaker: Prof. Vibha Tandon, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi