Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines

A minimal “push–pull” bistability model explains oscillations between quiescent and proliferative cell states

Krishna S, Laxman S, Lew DJ. 2018. A minimal “push–pull” bistability model explains oscillations between quiescent and proliferative cell states. Molecular Biology of the CellMolecular Biology of the Cell. 29(19):2243-2258.

Submitted by siddharthk on Wed, 2018-09-19 18:18

Exploring the effects of sparse restraints on protein structure prediction

Mandalaparthy V, Sanaboyana VRamana, Rafalia H, Gosavi S. 2017. Exploring the effects of sparse restraints on protein structure prediction. Proteins: Structure, Function, and BioinformaticsProteins: Structure, Function, and BioinformaticsProteins. 86(2):248-262.

Submitted by siddharthk on Wed, 2018-09-19 18:12

Intrinsic Disorder in a Well-Folded Globular Protein

Mascarenhas NManuel, Terse VL, Gosavi S. 2018. Intrinsic Disorder in a Well-Folded Globular Protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry BThe Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(6):1876-1884.

Submitted by siddharthk on Wed, 2018-09-19 16:52

Breakdown of effective temperature, power law interactions and self-propulsion in a momentum conserving active fluid

A. Vishen S, Prost J., Rao M. 2018. Breakdown of effective temperature, power law interactions and self-propulsion in a momentum conserving active fluid. ArXiv e-prints.

Submitted by siddharthk on Tue, 2018-09-18 12:51

A random first-order transition theory for an active glass

Nandi SKumar, Mandal R, Bhuyan PJyoti, Dasgupta C, Rao M, Gov NS. 2018. A random first-order transition theory for an active glass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(30):7688.

Submitted by siddharthk on Tue, 2018-09-18 12:47

Maximal Fluctuations of Confined Actomyosin Gels: Dynamics of the Cell Nucleus

Rupprecht J.-F., A. Vishen S, Shivashankar G.V, Rao M, Prost J.. 2018. Maximal Fluctuations of Confined Actomyosin Gels: Dynamics of the Cell Nucleus. Physical Review LettersPhys. Rev. Lett.. 120(9):098001-.

Submitted by siddharthk on Tue, 2018-09-18 12:31

Soft inclusion in a confined fluctuating active gel

A. Vishen S, Rupprecht J.-F., Shivashankar G.V, Prost J., Rao M. 2018. Soft inclusion in a confined fluctuating active gel. Physical Review EPhys. Rev. E. 97(3):032602-.

Submitted by siddharthk on Tue, 2018-09-18 12:28

The spectral theorem

Date & Time: Friday Sep 14, 4pm (Tea/Coffee at 3:45pm)
Location: Simons Centre, Ground Floor.
Speaker: Arundhathi Krishnan, ISI Bangalore

Title: The spectral theorem

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Beyond Correlation - Introduction to Causality and Counterfactual Reasoning

Date & Time: Friday Aug 17, 4pm (Tea/Coffee at 3:45pm)
Location: Simons Centre, Ground Floor.
Speaker: Tanmayee Narendra, IBM Research.
Title : Beyond Correlation - Introduction to Causality and Counterfactual Reasoning

Abstract:
Consider the following questions-

1. How can we test the effectiveness of a drug as a treatment for a particular disease? In other words, how can we know that the drug can cause the disease to be cured?

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Ramanujan and the circle method

Date & Time: Friday July 20, 4pm (Tea/Coffee at 3:45pm)

Location: Simons Centre, Ground Floor.

Speaker: Prof. Kaneenika Sinha, Mathematics group, IISER Pune.

Title : Ramanujan and the circle method

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