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Venue : Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology (5th floor), IIT Kharagpur
Date : 14th October 2025
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LIST OF SPEAKERS
Prof. M. R. N. Murthy is an Indian structural biologist renowned for pioneering X-ray crystallography of viral protein contributing approximately 100 protein crystal structures to the Protein Data Bank. He is currently an honorary professor in the Molecular Biophysics Unit at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and distinguished Professor and AstraZeneca Chair at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengaluru.
Title of the talk:
G.N. Ramachandran's contribution to crystallography.
Prof. B Jayaram is an Indian computational biologist, currently a professor at the Kusuma school of Biological Sciences at IIT Delhi. He is renowned for developing several useful computational tools such as Bhageerath, Sanjeevini and Chemgenome, which are pioneering in the field of protein structure prediction, genome annotation, and drug discovery.
Title of the talk:
Some interesting facts about proteins beyond conventional wisdom.
Prof. Dhananjay Bhattacharyya is a renowned computational biologist. He served as Senior Professor at the Computational Science Division of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Calcutta. Prof. Bhattacharyya’s research focuses on deciphering the structure–function relationship of nucleic acids. His group combines crystallographic data analysis, molecular dynamics simulations, and ab initio quantum chemical calculations to understand the interaction between nucleic acid bases and their recognition by ligands. His group has also developed several widely used computational tools, such as NUPARM, BPFIND, PyrHBFind, and RNAHelix.
Title of the talk:
Structural Bioinformatics of RNA.
Prof. Soumalee Basu is an Indian computational biologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of protein misfolding and amyloid formation in neurodegenerative diseases, utilizing molecular modeling and simulations. She also explores the therapeutic potential of natural compounds through phytochemical screening.
Title of the talk:
Phytochemicals as polypharmacological compounds in AD therapeutics.
Prof. Neelanjana Sengupta is an Indian computational biophysicist and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata. Her research employs molecular simulations and statistical mechanics to probe the structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of biomolecular complexes, often integrating machine learning to study systems under native and perturbed environments.
Title of the talk:
Effectiveness of Machine Learned Collective Variable Projection in Bio-molecular Energy Landscapes.
Prof. Sangram Bagh is a professor at the Biophysics and Structural Genomics division of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics. His research explores the interface of biology and artificial intelligence, aiming to understand the underlying neural networks in living organisms and harness this knowledge to engineer intelligent cellular systems. His group works on developing brain-like microcircuits, creating bio-computers and AI systems using synthetically engineered bacteria, and designing smart therapeutics and cellular sensors.
Title of the talk:
Towards AI Bacteria.
Dr. Richi V. Mahajan serves as a Scientist D in the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, and holds additional charge as Nodal Officer for the Biotechnology Research & Innovation Council (BRIC). His expertise spans systems biology, bioinformatics, and computational approaches for deciphering complex biological processes, with a focus on fostering innovation and research translation at the national level.