IBAB Research Seminar Series

S. No.DateSpeaker NameSpeaker AffiliationSubject matter/Title
8028-Jan-2025Dr. Sweta SrivastavaSt. Johns medical hospital Bengaluru From Migration to Stemness: The Evolution of RhoC as a Critical Regulator in Cervical Cancer
7921-Dec-2024Dr. Vikash ChandraPrincipal Investigator, Faculty of Medicine, University of HelsinkiCandidate genes to drug target for Type 1 Diabetes
7818-Dec-2024Dr. Sooryanarayana VaramballyDepartment of Pathology Director of Translational Oncologic Pathology Research Senior Scientist, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science and O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Alabama at BirminghamFrom genes to proteins- Data analysis platform development for target discovery in cancers
7704-Dec-2024Dr. Kushagra BansalFaculty Fellow, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur, BangaloreRegulators of genome superstructure in the immune system
7620-Nov-2024Dr. Radhika NairCentre for Human Genetics, Bengaluru.Metastasis the silent assassin
7530-Oct-2024Prof. Tobias KarakachAssistant Professor,Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, CanadaComputational Methods to Access Biological Information From Omics Data
7425-Sep-2024Dr. Meetali SinghAssistant 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
7320-Sep-2024Dr. Sowmyashree Mayur KakuAssistant Professor, Centre for Advanced Research and Excellence in Autism and Developmental Disorders (CARE-ADD), St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, BengaluruFrom Lab to Life: Turning Research into Real-World Health Wins
727-Aug-2024Prof. Uthaman GowthamanDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts
Chan Medical School, USA		Mechanisms of Allergy: Discovery of a Novel
Proallergic T cell subset
7123-Jul-2024Dr. Kedar NatarajanAssociate Professor at DTU Bioengineering, DenmarkInvestigating cell-fate paradigms during development using
single-cell genomics
7001-May-2024Prof. Shashi GujarDalhousie University, CanadaImmuno-metabolomics for Guiding Immunotherapy Developments
6921-Mar-2024 Dr. Kasthuri VenkateswaranSenior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, USAExtreme Microbial Frontiers: Deep Sea to Deep Space
681-Mar-
2024		Dr. Jose FernandezProfessor, Dep. of Physical Chemistry, Fac. of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), B Sarriena S/N, Leioa, SpainLipid Imaging Mass Spectrometry: What? Why? How?
6716-Jan-2024Dr. Aswin SeshasayeeNational Centre for Biological Sciences, BangaloreThe evolution of transcription regulation
664-Jan-2024Prof. D SundarInstitute Chair Professor,Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT-DelhiLeveraging representation learning for drug discovery and genome editing workflows
6529-Nov-2023Dr. Meghna Manae Post-doctoral fellow in the Theoretical Molecular Quantum Dynamics Unit at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.Quantum Effects in Photosensitization: Possibility of Tunnelling?
6413-Nov-2023Dr. Sibi Raj B PillaiProfessor at Indian Institute of Technology BombayA Rate Distorted Perspective of Epigenetic Fidelity
637-Nov-2023Dr. Jer-Lai Kuo Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, TaiwanA Deep-Learning Neural Network Assisted Exploration on the Complex Landscape of Bio-Molecules with First Principles Accuracy
626-Nov-2023Prof.  Edwin Sibert Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, USA.Exciting Molecular Vibrations to Probe Conformational Preferences of Molecular Systems
619-Oct-2023Dr. Bhaswar GhoshAssistant Professor, IIIT-HyderabadScaling and memory in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression
6025-Sep-2023Dr. Tripti BametaScientific Officer, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), MumbaiAI aiding Pathologists in expediting the reporting process
5917-Aug-2023Dr. Bharathwaj SathyamoorthyIndian 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
587-Aug-2023Dr. Priyanka ParteScientist F, of National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, MumbaiDecoding the Epigenetic / Genetic Influence of Testis Specific Histone Variants TH2A and TH2B on Sperm Function
5726-Jul-2023Dr. Tavpritesh SethiPhysician-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
5617-Jul-2023Dr. Abhishek Ghose Director in the Data Sciences Group of
[24]7.ai, at their headquarters in San Jose, California		Explainable AI (XAI)
5505-Jun-2023Dr. Sooryanarayana VaramballyMS., Ph.D., MBA. Professor University of Alabama at Birmingham Integrative Data Analysis Using UALCAN platform For Cancer Biomarker Discovery and Therapeutic Targeting
5420-May-2023Prof. Bushra AteeqProfessor & Joy-Gill Chair Senior Fellow, DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance, IIT-KanpurMolecular Characterization of Prostate Cancer: prospects of precision medicine in India
5324-Apr-2023Dr. Santu SahaTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, UKExploring new combination treatment with conventional chemo-radiotherapy in cancer
5212-Apr-2023Prof. Jayadeva BhatProfessor, IIT BombayMolecular evolution of ammonium Transporters: What lesson did we learn?
5110-Apr-2023Dr. Shovamayee MaharanaAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru RNA-RBP condensates sense cellular RNA and buffer immune response
5027-Mar-2023Dr. Farah IshtiaqPrincipal Scientist, TIGS, Bengaluru Wastewater-based Epidemiology and genomic surveillance: An Opportunity Beyond SARS-CoV-2
4913-Feb-2023Prof. Sangram BaghAssociate Professor, Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, KolkataBuilding computers with genetically engineered cells, which can compute, solve mazes and add and subtract numbers
4830-Jan-2023Dr. Krishanpal KarmodiyaAssistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), PuneDissecting transcriptional heterogeneity in Plasmodium falciparum
4717-Jan-2023Dr. Renu Verma Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford, CA, United StatesA 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
4626-Dec-2022Prof. SowdhaminiNCBS and IBABProtein bioinformatics
4519-Dec-2022Dr. Krishna KurthkotiRajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, TrivandrumMechanisms that contribute to genetic heterogeneity in mycobacterial biofilms
4412-Dec-2022Prof. Vidita VaidyaTIFR, MumbaiNeurobiology of emotion
435-Dec-2022Dr. Senthil Kumar ThangarajEPFL, Lausanne, SwitzerlandNeuroscience and protein engineering
422-Dec-2022Prof. R Manjunatha KiniDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of SingaporeSnake venoms
4112-Sep-2022Prof. Manoj MishraAlabama State UniversityCancer immnuobiology
4016-Aug-2022Dr. Pushwinder BawaCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Boston UniversityComputational biology
392-Aug-2022Dr. Sridhar NIH/NCI, USAComputational biology
386-Jul-2022Dr. Sankar BasuAsutosh College (affiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India) Structural bioinformatics
3720-Jun-2022Dr. Satyanarayan RaoUniversity of Colorado, DenverComputational biology
3613-Jun-2022Prof. Attila TóthMedical Faculty of the TU Dresden, Dresden, GermanyGenome stability and germline development
3523-May-2022Dr Torben MentrupInst Physiol Chem, Technische Universität DresdenMolecular basis of spermatogenesis
3410-May-2022Dr. Anand SrivastavaNIAB, HyderabadThileria immunology
3311-Apr-2022Dr. Samya ChakravortyBiocon Bristol Myers Squibb Research & Development Center (BBRC), BengaluruFunctional Genomics
3221-Mar-2022Dr. Appu Kumar SinghIIT KanpurStructural Biology
3128-Feb-2022Dr Moushumi MutsuddiBHUInsights into neuronal Development and Disease using Drosophila model
3014-Feb-2022Dr. Prabhakara ReddiUniv of Illinois UC, USA
2924-Jan-2022Dr. Viji DraviamQMUL, UKChromatin biology/ Industry partnerships
2810-Jan-2022Dr. Anshu BharadwajCSIR-IMTECHBioinformatics and Antibiotic resistance
2720-Dec-2021Dr. Dhiraj BhatiaIIT-GnBioengineering
266-Dec-2021Dr. Uma RamakrishnanNCBSTiger conservation/ diversity/ genomics
2515-Nov-2021Dr. Arun SripatiIISc, BengaluruVision neuroscience
248-Nov-2021Dr. Shailja SinghJNUPlasmodium cell signaling and drug discovery
2325-Oct-2021Dr. Divya KumarJSS, MysoreMetabolism/Diabetes/ Inflammation
2223 August 2021Dr. RajyalakshmiInStem, BengaluruBacterial Transcription and Amino Acid Metabolism
212 August 2021Dr. Jeya MaheswariAMRF, MaduraiFungal keratitis, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma with a focus on understanding the pathogenesis underlying these diseases using proteomics approaches
2026 July 2021Dr S. ChandrasegaranEmeritus Professor, John HopkinsSynthetic biology
1919-July-2021Dr. Rohini GargShiv Nadar University, GautambuddhnagarPlant epigenomics
1828-June-2021Prof. Erik ThompsonSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity (EMP) in Cancer Progression and Therapy Resistance
177-June-2021Dr. Stefano De RenzisEMBL, GermanyDevelopmental Biology; Shaping Cells and Tissues: from Embryonic Development to Synthetic Morphogenesis
1624-May-2021Dr. Lipi ThukralIGIB, DelhiMolecular Simulations of autophagy proteins and membrane interaction
1510-May-2021Dr. Rama DamerlaKasturbha Medical College, ManipalCancer genomics and diagnostics
1426-Apr-2021Dr. Deepa SubramanyamNCCS, PuneIntracellular trafficking in early mammalian development and disease
1330-Mar-2021Dr. Karishma KaushikSavithribhai Phule Universtiy, PuneBiofilm formation and antibiotics
1216-Mar-2021Dr Arun K ShuklaAssociate Prof, BSBE, IIT KanpurRecent progresses on GPCR structural biology in India
118-Mar-2021Dr. Florence BesseInstitute of Biology Valrose, Nice, FrancePost-transcriptional control of neuronal plasticity
1024-Feb-2021Dr. Niti KumarCDRI-LucknowProtein quality control machinery in malaria parasites
918-Jan-2021Dr. P. StevanatoUniv of PadovaGenomics of beet
821-Dec-2020Dr. Debojyoti ChakrabortyCSIR-IGIBFELUDA: CRISPR and COVID
77-Dec-2020Dr. Pramod WangikarIIT Bombaysynthetic biology/flux analysis
630-Nov-2020Dr. Jayashree NageshIIScTheoritical Chemistry and Quantum Biology
521-Nov-2020Prof. Joris A. VeltmanDean, Newcastle University Biosciences InstituteDe novo mutations in infertility
49-Nov-2020Dr. Praveen VemulaInStem, NCBS, BengaluruTranslational research
327-Oct-2020Dr. Parimalan RanganICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, PUSA Campus, New DelhiEvolution of C4 photosynthesis in grains – novel insights from transcriptome data
212-Oct-2020Dr. Suvendranath BhattacahryaIICBmiRNA-mediated gene control in mammalian cells
128-Sep-2020Dr. Aarti RameshNCBSIron-sensing by riboswitches: Lessons from the Sensei