NCBS Annual Talks 2024
Title: Interconnected Life
2024 NCBS Annual Talks
January 10-12, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Speaker |
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9.00-9.45 am |
Rajan Sankaranarayanan |
Chirality enforcement during protein biosynthesis and its evolutionary implications |
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9.45-10.10 am |
Sandeep Krishna |
Towards building a Darwinian population of autocatalytic protocells: Theory |
10.10-10.35 am |
Shashi Thutupalli |
Towards building a Darwinian population of autocatalytic protocells: Experiments |
10.35-11.00 am |
Coffee |
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11.00 - 11.25 am |
Dimple Notani |
Non-canonical function of enhancers and RNA in ligand-dependent transcription |
11.25 - 11.40 am |
Sreesa Sreedharan |
A balancing act: how metabolic flux regulates intracellular phosphate pools |
11.40 - 12.05 pm |
Raghu Padinjat |
The control of human brain development by lipid phosphatase activity |
12.05-12.30 pm |
Satyajit Mayor |
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12.30-12.40 pm |
Venkat Srinivasan |
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12.40-1.00 pm |
Gita Chadha |
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1.00-2.00 pm |
Lunch, 1st floor canteen area |
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2.00-4.00 pm |
Posters |
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4.00-4.20 pm |
Utpal Nath |
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4.20-4.45 pm |
Rajesh Ladher |
Timing Differentiation and Regeneration during Auditory Development |
4.45-5.00 pm |
Harshith C Y |
Wound induced small-peptide mediated signalling cascade regulated by OsPSKR, dictates balance between growth and defense in rice |
5.00-5.25 pm |
Soumyashree Das |
Angiogenic molecules use distinct mechanisms to build organ-specific collaterals |
5.25-6.00 pm |
Coffee |
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6.00-6.20 pm |
Anusha Shankar |
Budgeting heat and energy: How do birds in the tropics do it |
6.20 – 6.35 pm |
Tiyasa Roy |
Molecular mechanisms involved in time-memory in honey bees |
6.35 – 7.00 pm |
R. Sowdhamini |
Understanding Sequence-Structure-Function relationships of proteins through Computational Approaches |
7.00 pm |
Dinner |
Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Speaker |
Title |
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9.00-9.20 am |
Samir Damare |
Unravelling the deep sea microbiome using "Omics" |
9.20-9.35 am |
Akshara |
Evolution of transcription factor harbouring superfamilies in eukaryotes. |
9.35-10.00 am |
Deepa Agashe |
The benefits of bias – mutation bias shifts as evolutionary engines |
10.00-10.15 am |
Simran Virdi |
Structure and Function of an insect leg mechanosensor |
10.15-10.40 am |
Krushnamegh Kunte |
Community Assembly Rules and the Evolution of Traits in Butterfly Mimicry Rings |
10.40-11.00 am |
Coffee |
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11.00 - 11.25 am |
L.S. Shashidhara |
Cell biology of organ development: Specification of size and shape |
11.25 - 11.45 am |
K. Kemparaju |
Echis carinatus venom-induced sustained tissue destruction, pathophysiology, and strategic remedy |
11.45 - 12.10 pm |
Vinothkumar Kutti Ragunath |
Positive allosteric modulation in metabotropic glutamate receptor |
12.10 - 12.25 pm |
Apurva Phale |
The functional dynamics of viral ubiquitin |
12:25 – 12:50 pm |
Shruthi Viswanath |
Localizing intrinsically disordered regions of proteins in integrative structures of large macromolecular assemblies. |
12.50 – 1:05 pm |
Savitha Chib |
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1.05-2.00 pm |
Lunch |
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2.00-4.00 pm |
Posters |
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4.00-4.25 pm |
Mukund Thattai |
Regulatory and Evolutionary Landscape of Eukaryotic Vesicle Traffic |
4.25-4.50 pm |
Abhishek Bhattacharya |
Molecular and functional diversity of C. elegans electrical synapses |
4.50-5.10 pm |
Reena Singh |
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5.10-5.25 pm |
Digvijay Lalwani Prakash |
Computationally studying the capsid assembly of a Leviviridae bacteriophage. |
5.25-5.50 pm |
Tapomoy Bhattacharjee |
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5.50-6.15 pm |
Coffee |
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6.15-7.00 pm |
Vandana Prasad |
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7.00 pm |
Dinner |
Friday, January 12, 2024
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
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9.00-9.45 am |
Amitabha Bandyopadhyay |
Developmental Biology of adult joint cartilage reveals clues for treating osteoarthritis |
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9.45-10.10 am |
Archishman Raju |
A Theoretical Perspective on Waddington's Genetic Assimilation Experiments |
10.10-10.35 am |
Madan Rao |
Decoding and Encoding of Molecular Information : the umwelt of the cell |
10.35-11.00 am |
Coffee |
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11:00 - 11:20 am |
Nitin Singh Chouhan |
The alternating nature of sleep |
11.20 - 11.35 am |
Vinu Varghese Pulikkottil |
Mechanical and chemical cross-talk between nascent synaptic spines. |
11.35 - 12.00 pm |
Hiyaa Ghosh |
Cellular plasticity in the adult brain: potential for homeostatic adjustments |
12:00 - 12:25 pm |
Vatsala Thirumalai |
Deciphering cerebellar computation at the single neuron, network and behavioral levels |
12.25 - 1.15 pm |
Panel Discussion |
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1.15 - 2.00 pm |
Lunch |
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2.00 - 4.00 pm |
Posters |
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5.30 pm |
Poster awards |
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6:15pm |
Cultural Program |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner |