IBAB Research Seminar Series
| S. No. | Date | Speaker Name | Speaker Affiliation | Subject matter/Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 20-Nov-2024 | Dr. Radhika Nair | Centre for Human Genetics, Bengaluru. | Metastasis the silent assassin |
| 74 | 30-Oct-2024 | Prof. Tobias Karakach | Assistant Professor,Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Canada | Computational Methods to Access Biological Information From Omics Data |
| 73 | 25-Sep-2024 | Dr. Meetali Singh | Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. | Small RNAs and their role in epigenetic inheritance |
| 72 | 20-Sep-2024 | Dr. Sowmyashree Mayur Kaku | Assistant Professor, Centre for Advanced Research and Excellence in Autism and Developmental Disorders (CARE-ADD), St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru | From Lab to Life: Turning Research into Real-World Health Wins |
| 71 | 7-Aug-2024 | Prof. Uthaman Gowthaman | Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA | Mechanisms of Allergy: Discovery of a Novel Proallergic T cell subset |
| 70 | 23-Jul-2024 | Dr. Kedar Natarajan | Associate Professor at DTU Bioengineering, Denmark | Investigating cell-fate paradigms during development using single-cell genomics |
| 69 | 01-May-2024 | Prof. Shashi Gujar | Dalhousie University, Canada | Immuno-metabolomics for Guiding Immunotherapy Developments |
| 68 | 21-Mar-2024 | Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran | Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, USA | Extreme Microbial Frontiers: Deep Sea to Deep Space |
| 67 | 1-Mar- 2024 | Dr. Jose Fernandez | Professor, Dep. of Physical Chemistry, Fac. of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), B Sarriena S/N, Leioa, Spain | Lipid Imaging Mass Spectrometry: What? Why? How? |
| 66 | 16-Jan-2024 | Dr. Aswin Seshasayee | National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore | The evolution of transcription regulation |
| 65 | 4-Jan-2024 | Prof. D Sundar | Institute Chair Professor,Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT-Delhi | Leveraging representation learning for drug discovery and genome editing workflows |
| 64 | 29-Nov-2023 | Dr. Meghna Manae | Post-doctoral fellow in the Theoretical Molecular Quantum Dynamics Unit at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. | Quantum Effects in Photosensitization: Possibility of Tunnelling? |
| 63 | 13-Nov-2023 | Dr. Sibi Raj B Pillai | Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | A Rate Distorted Perspective of Epigenetic Fidelity |
| 62 | 7-Nov-2023 | Dr. Jer-Lai Kuo | Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan | A Deep-Learning Neural Network Assisted Exploration on the Complex Landscape of Bio-Molecules with First Principles Accuracy |
| 61 | 6-Nov-2023 | Prof. Edwin Sibert | Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, USA. | Exciting Molecular Vibrations to Probe Conformational Preferences of Molecular Systems |
| 60 | 9-Oct-2023 | Dr. Bhaswar Ghosh | Assistant Professor, IIIT-Hyderabad | Scaling and memory in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression |
| 59 | 25-Sep-2023 | Dr. Tripti Bameta | Scientific Officer, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Mumbai | AI aiding Pathologists in expediting the reporting process |
| 58 | 17-Aug-2023 | Dr. Bharathwaj Sathyamoorthy | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. | Mapping the conformational flexibility of DNA G-quadruplexes - Influence of polymorphism and implications on biological functions |
| 57 | 7-Aug-2023 | Dr. Priyanka Parte | Scientist F, of National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai | Decoding the Epigenetic / Genetic Influence of Testis Specific Histone Variants TH2A and TH2B on Sperm Function |
| 56 | 26-Jul-2023 | Dr. Tavpritesh Sethi | Physician-scientist and Associate Professor of Computational Biology at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi and a fellow of the Wellcome | Fulfilling the Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Informatics: Opportunities and Challenges |
| 55 | 17-Jul-2023 | Dr. Abhishek Ghose | Director in the Data Sciences Group of [24]7.ai, at their headquarters in San Jose, California | Explainable AI (XAI) |
| 54 | 05-Jun-2023 | Dr. Sooryanarayana Varambally | MS., Ph.D., MBA. Professor University of Alabama at Birmingham | Integrative Data Analysis Using UALCAN platform For Cancer Biomarker Discovery and Therapeutic Targeting |
| 53 | 20-May-2023 | Prof. Bushra Ateeq | Professor & Joy-Gill Chair Senior Fellow, DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance, IIT-Kanpur | Molecular Characterization of Prostate Cancer: prospects of precision medicine in India |
| 52 | 24-Apr-2023 | Dr. Santu Saha | Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, UK | Exploring new combination treatment with conventional chemo-radiotherapy in cancer |
| 51 | 12-Apr-2023 | Prof. Jayadeva Bhat | Professor, IIT Bombay | Molecular evolution of ammonium Transporters: What lesson did we learn? |
| 10-Apr-2023 | Dr. Shovamayee Maharana | Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | RNA-RBP condensates sense cellular RNA and buffer immune response | |
| 50 | 27-Mar-2023 | Dr. Farah Ishtiaq | Principal Scientist, TIGS, Bengaluru | Wastewater-based Epidemiology and genomic surveillance: An Opportunity Beyond SARS-CoV-2 |
| 49 | 13-Feb-2023 | Prof. Sangram Bagh | Associate Professor, Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata | Building computers with genetically engineered cells, which can compute, solve mazes and add and subtract numbers |
| 48 | 30-Jan-2023 | Dr. Krishanpal Karmodiya | Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune | Dissecting transcriptional heterogeneity in Plasmodium falciparum |
| 47 | 17-Jan-2023 | Dr. Renu Verma | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States | A Rapid Pharmacogenomic Assay to Detect NAT2 Polymorphisms and Guide Isoniazid Dosing for Tuberculosis Treatment and ‘A Nanopore sequencing-based pharmacogenomic panel to personalize TB treatment dosing |
| 46 | 26-Dec-2022 | Prof. Sowdhamini | NCBS and IBAB | Protein bioinformatics |
| 45 | 19-Dec-2022 | Dr. Krishna Kurthkoti | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum | Mechanisms that contribute to genetic heterogeneity in mycobacterial biofilms |
| 44 | 12-Dec-2022 | Prof. Vidita Vaidya | TIFR, Mumbai | Neurobiology of emotion |
| 43 | 5-Dec-2022 | Dr. Senthil Kumar Thangaraj | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland | Neuroscience and protein engineering |
| 42 | 2-Dec-2022 | Prof. R Manjunatha Kini | Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore | Snake venoms |
| 41 | 12-Sep-2022 | Prof. Manoj Mishra | Alabama State University | Cancer immnuobiology |
| 40 | 16-Aug-2022 | Dr. Pushwinder Bawa | Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston University | Computational biology |
| 39 | 2-Aug-2022 | Dr. Sridhar | NIH/NCI, USA | Computational biology |
| 38 | 6-Jul-2022 | Dr. Sankar Basu | Asutosh College (affiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India) | Structural bioinformatics |
| 37 | 20-Jun-2022 | Dr. Satyanarayan Rao | University of Colorado, Denver | Computational biology |
| 36 | 13-Jun-2022 | Prof. Attila Tóth | Medical Faculty of the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany | Genome stability and germline development |
| 35 | 23-May-2022 | Dr Torben Mentrup | Inst Physiol Chem, Technische Universität Dresden | Molecular basis of spermatogenesis |
| 34 | 10-May-2022 | Dr. Anand Srivastava | NIAB, Hyderabad | Thileria immunology |
| 33 | 11-Apr-2022 | Dr. Samya Chakravorty | Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb Research & Development Center (BBRC), Bengaluru | Functional Genomics |
| 32 | 21-Mar-2022 | Dr. Appu Kumar Singh | IIT Kanpur | Structural Biology |
| 31 | 28-Feb-2022 | Dr Moushumi Mutsuddi | BHU | Insights into neuronal Development and Disease using Drosophila model |
| 30 | 14-Feb-2022 | Dr. Prabhakara Reddi | Univ of Illinois UC, USA | |
| 29 | 24-Jan-2022 | Dr. Viji Draviam | QMUL, UK | Chromatin biology/ Industry partnerships |
| 28 | 10-Jan-2022 | Dr. Anshu Bharadwaj | CSIR-IMTECH | Bioinformatics and Antibiotic resistance |
| 27 | 20-Dec-2021 | Dr. Dhiraj Bhatia | IIT-Gn | Bioengineering |
| 26 | 6-Dec-2021 | Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan | NCBS | Tiger conservation/ diversity/ genomics |
| 25 | 15-Nov-2021 | Dr. Arun Sripati | IISc, Bengaluru | Vision neuroscience |
| 24 | 8-Nov-2021 | Dr. Shailja Singh | JNU | Plasmodium cell signaling and drug discovery |
| 23 | 25-Oct-2021 | Dr. Divya Kumar | JSS, Mysore | Metabolism/Diabetes/ Inflammation |
| 22 | 23 August 2021 | Dr. Rajyalakshmi | InStem, Bengaluru | Bacterial Transcription and Amino Acid Metabolism |
| 21 | 2 August 2021 | Dr. Jeya Maheswari | AMRF, Madurai | Fungal keratitis, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma with a focus on understanding the pathogenesis underlying these diseases using proteomics approaches |
| 20 | 26 July 2021 | Dr S. Chandrasegaran | Emeritus Professor, John Hopkins | Synthetic biology |
| 19 | 19-July-2021 | Dr. Rohini Garg | Shiv Nadar University, Gautambuddhnagar | Plant epigenomics |
| 18 | 28-June-2021 | Prof. Erik Thompson | School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity (EMP) in Cancer Progression and Therapy Resistance |
| 17 | 7-June-2021 | Dr. Stefano De Renzis | EMBL, Germany | Developmental Biology; Shaping Cells and Tissues: from Embryonic Development to Synthetic Morphogenesis |
| 16 | 24-May-2021 | Dr. Lipi Thukral | IGIB, Delhi | Molecular Simulations of autophagy proteins and membrane interaction |
| 15 | 10-May-2021 | Dr. Rama Damerla | Kasturbha Medical College, Manipal | Cancer genomics and diagnostics |
| 14 | 26-Apr-2021 | Dr. Deepa Subramanyam | NCCS, Pune | Intracellular trafficking in early mammalian development and disease |
| 13 | 30-Mar-2021 | Dr. Karishma Kaushik | Savithribhai Phule Universtiy, Pune | Biofilm formation and antibiotics |
| 12 | 16-Mar-2021 | Dr Arun K Shukla | Associate Prof, BSBE, IIT Kanpur | Recent progresses on GPCR structural biology in India |
| 11 | 8-Mar-2021 | Dr. Florence Besse | Institute of Biology Valrose, Nice, France | Post-transcriptional control of neuronal plasticity |
| 10 | 24-Feb-2021 | Dr. Niti Kumar | CDRI-Lucknow | Protein quality control machinery in malaria parasites |
| 9 | 18-Jan-2021 | Dr. P. Stevanato | Univ of Padova | Genomics of beet |
| 8 | 21-Dec-2020 | Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty | CSIR-IGIB | FELUDA: CRISPR and COVID |
| 7 | 7-Dec-2020 | Dr. Pramod Wangikar | IIT Bombay | synthetic biology/flux analysis |
| 6 | 30-Nov-2020 | Dr. Jayashree Nagesh | IISc | Theoritical Chemistry and Quantum Biology |
| 5 | 21-Nov-2020 | Prof. Joris A. Veltman | Dean, Newcastle University Biosciences Institute | De novo mutations in infertility |
| 4 | 9-Nov-2020 | Dr. Praveen Vemula | InStem, NCBS, Bengaluru | Translational research |
| 3 | 27-Oct-2020 | Dr. Parimalan Rangan | ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, PUSA Campus, New Delhi | Evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grains – novel insights from transcriptome data |
| 2 | 12-Oct-2020 | Dr. Suvendranath Bhattacahrya | IICB | miRNA-mediated gene control in mammalian cells |
| 1 | 28-Sep-2020 | Dr. Aarti Ramesh | NCBS | Iron-sensing by riboswitches: Lessons from the Sensei |