Date & Time Title Speaker
Dec 24, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
The Spectrum of Wind Power Fluctuations

Mahesh M. Bandi, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Dec 23, 2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
Regulating a chromatin remodeling enzyme complex: From modifications to subunit architecture

Arnob Dutta, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, USA

Dec 22, 2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
(De)lithiation Mechanism of Vanadium Sulfide, a Promising Conversion Electrode Material for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries

Sylvia Britto, University of Cambridge, UK

Dec 17, 2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Engineering alloy development for high temperature applications

Divya Vadegadde Duggappa, University of Cambridge, UK

Dec 15, 2015

5:10 PM

Tuesday
Parallelizing Applications for Performance gains

Thomas Bradley, Compute DevTech organization, NVIDIA, UK

Dec 8, 2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Cell cycle regulator & coordinator: From tumor suppressor protein to centrosome

Priyanka Singh, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany

Dec 4, 2015

2:30 PM

Friday
Antipolar ordering of topological charges and universality in active liquid crystals

Anand U. Oza, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,NYU

Dec 1, 2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Stable-isotope Labeling Methods for Protein NMR Studies -Past, Present and Future

Masatsune Kainosho, Tokyo Metropolitan University & Nagoya University, Japan

Nov 30, 2015

4:00 PM

Monday
Chiral magnetism, skyrmions and nanoscale superparamagetism in oxide interfaces

Sumilan Banerjee, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Nov 27, 2015

4:00 PM

Friday
Topic I: Metal Complexes with Redox-Active Ligands: Electronic Structure Determination and Reactivities towards Small Molecule Activation
Topic II: Covalent Attachment of Catalyst Molecules to Carbon Electrodes: H2 Evolution from Catalyst Modified Electrode

Atanu Kumar Das,Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Nov 19,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Calcium and Redox signalling mediated vascular dysfunction in type-2 diabetes

Velmurugan G Viswanathan, TIFR – TCIS, Hyderabad

Nov 18,2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
Effect of wall geometry and phase change on the stability of shear flow

Mamta R Jotkar, TIFR – TCIS, Hyderabad

Nov 17,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Drift charge transport in organic solar cells

Chetan Raj Singh, University of Bayreu, Germany

Nov 10,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
A uniformly accelerated charge can radiate in a unified field theory of gravity and electrodynamics

Partha Ghose, National Academy of Sciences, India

Nov 9,2015

4:00 PM

Monday
Status of Mode-Coupling Theory of Glassy Dynamics: Activated Events and Nonperturbative Phenomena

Saroj Kumar Nandi Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden

Nov 6,2015

4:00 PM

Friday
Quantum mechanics-like behaviour of a classical object: a droplet walking on a vertically vibrated liquid surface

Saroj Kumar Nandi Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden

Nov 5,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Control Mechanisms In Quiescent Cells: Implications for Stem Cell Function

Jyotsna Dhawan, CCMB, Hyderabad

Nov 4,2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Life at the Cells Edge

Satyajit Mayor, NCBS, Bangalore

Nov 3,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Emergent states of quantum matter

Ross H. McKenzie; University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia

Oct 28,2015

11:00 AM

Thursday
Searches for Fundamental Particles at LHC

Shashi R Dugad, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Oct 27,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Spin-orbitronics: Electrical control of magnets via spin-orbit interaction

Pramey Upadhyaya, University of California, USA

Oct 23,2015

2.30 PM

Friday
Dissecting the glass transition through critical experiments on colloids

Shreyas Gokhale, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Oct 15,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Unravelling the mechanism of multicopper oxidases : From Ensemble to Single-Molecule

Ankur Gupta, University of Oxford, UK

Oct 7,2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
Collective behavior of cells and cytoskeletal networks and the spatial patterning of Drosophila epithelia

Maithreyi Narasimha, TIFR, Mumbai

Oct 6,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Spiropyran-Based Novel Stimuli-Responsive Molecules and Materials

Pintu K. Kundu, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Oct 1,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
UV/IR mixing in non-Fermi liquids

Ipsita Mandal, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ontario, Canada

Sep 24, 2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
A Mirror Image Protein Antagonist of VEGF-A: Total Chemical Synthesis and Racemic Crystallography of A Heterochiral Protein Complex

Kalyaneswar Mandal, University of Chicago, IL

Sep 23, 2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
Complex Molecules in Extreme Environments: Synthesis and Characterization

Surajit Maity, University of Basel, Switzerland

Sep 22, 2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Diving in the sea of chromatin states to understand gene regulation

Vibhor Kumar, Genome Institute of Singapore

Sep 15, 2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonded Networks: Imaging Bond Breaking Pathways

Amit Kumar Samanta, University of Southern California, USA

Sep 3,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Advances in functional optical microscopy

Varun Raghunathan, Agilent Labs, Santa Clara, CA

Aug 26,2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
Effect of Topological Defects in Quantum Mesoscopic Systems and in Quantum Solids

Debabrata Sinha TCIS, Hyderabad

Aug 20,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Translational nanomedicine: Disease-responsive biomaterials to prevent inflammatory/autoimmune diseases

Praveen Kumar Vemula, inStem – NCBS, Bangalore

Aug 7,2015

11:30 AM

Friday
Accelerating virtual discoveries by augmenting quantum mechanics with machine learning

Dr. Raghunathan Ramakrishnan,University of Basel, Switzerland

Aug 6,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Ultrathin membranes for NEMS and microscopy

Vivek P. Adiga, University of California, Berkeley

Jul 30,2015

4:00 PM

Thursday
Towards Understanding Natural and Artificial Light Harvesting - New Theoretical Insights and Optical Techniques

Vivek Tiwari, University of Colorado, Boulder

Jul 28,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Spectroscopy and Dynamics in molecular beams

Mausumi Goswami, University of Virginia

Jul 27,2015

4:00 PM

Monday
Modeling thixotropic yield stress fluids as a limit of viscoelasticity

Michael Renardy; Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, VA

Jul 22,2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
A tale of Waves and Eddies in a sea of Turbulence

Amrik Sen TCIS, Hyderabad, TCIS, Hyderabad

Jul 20,2015

4:00 PM

Monday
Sirtuins CoA(gulate) Complexity of metabolic sensing: Implications in aging and age-related diseases

Ullas Kolthur-Seetharam, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Jul 15,2015

4:00 PM

Wednesday
Two problems in hydrodynamics: a) Stability of a vortex column and b) Upstream swimming of a sperm cell

Prof. Anubhab Roy, Cornell University New York

Jul 14,2015

2:00 PM

Tuesday
Self-organization in the realm of Chemical and Biological Physics

Pushpita Ghosh, Rice University

Jul 10,2015

2:00 PM

Friday
DNA-coated colloids: valence and crystallization

David Pine, New York University

Jun 29,2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Understanding multiply-charged molecular ions through their break-up

Bhas Bhapat, IISER, Pune

Jun 23,2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Light Coherence and Quantum Mechanics

N.D. Haridass, TIFR-TCIS, Hyderabad & CQIQC, IISc, Bangalore

Jun 16,2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Leading bacteria to the death chamber: A kinder face of Cholesterol

Roop Mallik, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Jun 15,2015

4:00 PM

Monday
On yield in amorphous solids under oscillatory sheer

Turab Lookman, Los Alamos National Lab, NM, USA

Jun 8,2015

4:00 PM

Monday
Fundamental studies of Cathodic and Anodic Reactions in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)

Venkatesan Venkata Krishnan, NFTDC, Hyderabad

Jun 3, 2015

4:00 PM

Tuesday
Origin of Rigidity in Dry Granular Solids

Sumantra Sarkar ,Brandeis University, MA

Jun 2,2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Towards bottom-up design of materials: Molecular simulation studies of processes relevant to the environment

Sapna Sarupria, Clemson University, SC

May 28, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
A new twist in nano magnetism: Coherent soft X-rays view

Shrawan Mishra, ALS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA

May 27, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
alpha-synuclein aggregation associated with Parkinson's disease

Samir Maji, IIT-B, Mumbai, Mumbai

May 26, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
H2S mediated Ca2+ signalling in Obesity Inflammation-Diabetes

G. Velmurugan, TIFR-TCIS

May 20, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
An efficient data-driven approach to static and dynamic ambulance location for emergency medical services

Lavanya Marla, University of Illinois, Urbana

May 19, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Fluorescence Dynamics Reveal the mechanism of Riboswitches

G. Krishnamoorthy, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

May 15, 2015

11:30 AM

Friday
Biomolecular Solid-State NMR: Past, Present and Future

Vipin Agarwal, TIFR- TCIS, Hyderabad

May 14, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Understanding the role of electrostatic interactions and ultrafast dynamics in biophysical processes

Sayan Bagchi, CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory

May 13, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Low energy electron: Can it be a new tool to control chemical reactions?

Vaibhav Prabhudesai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

May 12, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Study of decay dynamics of di-and tri-atomic molecules using a recoil ion momentum spectrometer

Deepankar Misra, , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

May 8, 2015

4:00 PM

Friday
Synergistically Targeted Nanomedicine - A Boon For Cancer Treatment

Srivani Veeranarayanan , Toyo University, Japan

May 7, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Multifunctional Nanocrystals for Application in Energy & Medicine

Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose , Toyo University, Japan

May 6, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Early life experience and the programming of psychiatric vulnerability

Vidita A. Vaidya, , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

May 5, 2015

2:30 PM

Tuesday
Optomechanics with superconducting quantum circuits

Vibhor Singh, , Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU, Delft

May 5, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Aerosol-cloud interaction in the Indian context

Thara Prabhakaran, , Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

Apr 28, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Reversible structural fluctuations in a calcium sensor: struggling without NMR

Yogendra Sharma, CCMB, Hyderabad

Apr 22nd, 2015

11:30 AM

Wednesday
Adaptation dynamics of asexual populations

Sarada Seetharaman, JNCASR, Bangalore

Apr 21st, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Hydrogen Storage in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Opportunities and Trade-Offs

G Prabusankar, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

Apr 16,2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Electronic transport in InAs/GaSb composite quantum well: A candidate for 2D topological insulator

Atindra Nath Pal
TCIS, Hyderabad

Apr 14, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Structure-Function Correlations: Polymer Nanocomposites to Bioinspired Programmble Nanomaterials

Sunita Srivastava, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

Apr 9, 2015

04:00 PM

Thursday
Thin film, surface science and device physics

Dr. Karthik V Raman, TCIS, Hyderabad

Apr 8,2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Intracellular transport regulation of lipid droplets and surprising force adaptation

Babu Reddy J N , University of California, Irvine

Apr 7,2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Engineering of Collagen: Prospects in Material's World

P. Thanikaivelan , CSIR-CLRI, Chennai

Apr 1st, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Junctions of Dirac materials

Krishnendu Sengupta, Department of Theoretical Physics, IACS, Kolkata

Mar 31st, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Mesoscopic Methods in Physics & Biology

Anuj Chaudhri, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab,Berkeley, CA

Mar 25, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Single cell observation and manipulation – going beyond the mean in Biology

Aprotim Mazumder, TCIS, TIFR-Hyderabad

Mar 24, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Organic Semiconductor Based Plastic Solar Cell: Science, Expectation and Challenges

Supravat Karak, University of Massachusetts (UMass),USA

Mar 20, 2015

04:00 PM

Friday
Re-equilibration by crossing entropy barriers: Athermal martensite models

Subodh R. Shenoy, TCIS, TIFR-Hyderabad

Mar 18, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Crystal to crystal transformation in a 3-dimensional colloidal system

Anand Yethiraj, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Mar 17, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Active torque generation by the actomyosin cell cortex drives left-right symmetry breaking

Sundar Naganathan, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany

Mar 10, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Rapid production and screening of HIV-neutralizing antibodies

Kartik Shah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Feb 26, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Soft particles at ultrahigh densities

P.S. Mohanty, Lund University, Sweden

Feb 24, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Phase transitions in bacterial aggregation to chimera clocks: understanding and building active evolvable matter

Shashi Thutupalli, PrincetonUniversity, USA

Feb 18, 2015

11:30 AM

Wednesday
Regulation of kinesin and dynein mediated transport by tubulin post-translational modifications

Minhaj Sirajuddin, inStem, Bangalore Bio-Cluster, GKVK Campus, Bangalore

Feb 17, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Physics of long-range interacting systems

Shamik Gupta, Universite Paris-Sud, France

Feb 12, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Mechanism of Chaperonin-Assisted Protein Folding: Investigation at Single Molecular Resolution

Subhasis Haldar, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

Feb 10, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
H-Bonding Driven Supramolecular Assembly of Donor-Acceptor Chromophores and Amphiphilic Macromolecules

Suhrit Ghosh, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata

Jan 30, 2015

11:30 AM

Friday
A computational algorithm for network alignment reveals common dysregulation network underlying two neurodegenerative diseases

Manikandan Narayanan, Systems Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, NIH, USA

Jan 29, 2015,

11:30 AM

Thursday
Fluctuation dynamos: theory, simulations and observational consequences

Pallavi Bhat, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune

Jan 27, 2015

11:30 AM

Tuesday
Active motion: Exploring the path of microswimmers

Holger Stark, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Berlin

Jan 23, 2015

04:00 PM

Friday
Phase Transitions and Intermittency in an Aggregation-Fragmentation Model

Mustansir Barma, TIFR Mumbai

Jan 22, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Oxides for Energy Storage and Energy-Efficient Devices

Naga Phani Aetukuri, IBM Almaden Research Center & Stanford University, CA

Jan 21, 2015

04:00 PM

Wednesday
Electron transport through single molecular junctions: Molecular wires, switches to energy production/storage devices

Veerabhadrarao Kaliginedi, University of Bern, Switzerland

Jan 8, 2015

11:30 AM

Thursday
Phases and collective modes of Rydberg atoms in an optical lattice

Subhasis Sinha, IISER, Kolkata