Biology is essentially an interdisciplinary field and is in the forefront of modern physics and information sciences. The goal of this school is to:
(i) expose undergraduate students from mathematics, physical sciences and engineering backgrounds to exciting problems in biology through research talks by biologists, physicists and computer scientists. Topics include: the structure and function of biomolecules; the organization of cells; the development of organisms from embryos to adults; the structure and function of the brain; populations and ecosystems; and aspects of evolution.
(ii) provide pedagogical instruction on a range of mathematical topics, so that students will be better prepared to enter Ph.D. programmes in computational biology, systems biology, biophysics, and related areas. Topics include: biophysics and soft-matter physics, ranging from aspects of molecules to those of cells and tissues; information processing and decision making, at the level of cells or of the brain; stochastic processes in molecules or populations; genetic networks and feedback systems; biomechanics and robotics.
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Jun 15 - Jun 22, 2018Venue: Malgova lecture hall, 2nd floor, Southern Lab Complex (SLC), NCBS
| June 2018 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Time/Days | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thur | Fri |
| 8:15-9:15 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 9:30-11:00 | Mukund | Sandeep | Shashi | Leelavati | Rahul | Vijay | Manoj | Presentations |
| 11:00-11:30 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Mukund | Sandeep | Shashi | Leelavati | Rahul | Vijay | Manoj | Presentations/Wrap-up |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Tutorials | Tutorials | Tutorials | Tutorials | Tutorials | Tutorials | Tutorials | Departure |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Akash | Sridhar | Raj | Arati | Open discussion | Shivaprasad | Uma | |
| 17:00-19:30 | Project work | Project work | Project work | Project work | Project work | Project work | Project work | |
| 19:30-20:15 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
15th
Mukund Thattai (NCBS, Bangalore)
Introduction: Numbers in biology
Akash Gulyani (InStem, Bangalore)
Sensing across scales: Visualising activity in cells and discoveries in natural light sensing
16th
Sandeep Krishna (NCBS, Bangalore)
Complex networks
Sridhar Hannenhalli (UMIACS, Maryland)
Computational Biology: What's in it for me?
Shashi Thutupalli (NCBS, Bangalore)
Nonlinear dynamics
Raj Ladher (NCBS, Bangalore)
The ingenious inner ear
18th
Leelavati Narlikar (NCL, Pune)
Introduction to machine learning
Venkatakrishnan Ramaswamy (NCBS, Bangalore)
Tutorial on machine learning
Arati Ramesh (NCBS, Bangalore)
Control freaks! Signaling through RNA switches
19th
Rahul Siddharthan (IMSc, Chennai)
Strings, sequences, and algorithms in biology
Open discussion
20th
Vijaykumar Krishnamurthy (ICTS, Bangalore)
Physics of soft and biological matter
P. V. Shivaprasad (NCBS, Bangalore)
Small RNAs: The dark matter of genomes (a walk around the NCBS campus)
21st
Manoj Gopalkrishnan (IITB, Mumbai)
From atoms to intelligence
Uma Ramakrishnan (NCBS, Bangalore)
Tigers on islands
Selected participants list
1. Abin Bassam, IISc Bangalore
2. Abishek Chakraborty, St. Stephen's College
3. Amita Varma, VIT Vellore
4. Amruta Chandrasekhar Vurakaranam, Azim Premji University
5. Ananya Dash, University Of Hyderabad
6. Ananya Saha, Indian Institute of Science
7. Anumita Jawahar, Azim Premji University, SLS
8. Anurag Kashyap, BITS Pilani, Goa campus
9. Anwesa Dey, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Centre of Applicable Mathematics
10. Ashwin Suryanarayanan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
11. Chetan Yadav, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
12. Dhanya Bharath, Indian Institute of Science
13. Dibya Saha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
14. Firas Daler, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus
15. Govinda Srinivasan
16. Harish Kumar Senapati, IISER Berhampur
17. Isha Tyagi, M.J.P Rohilkhand University
18. Prabhu Prasad Swain, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
19. Pragyadeep Roy, Indian Institute of Science
20. Prithiv Natarajan, Indian Institute of Science
21. Pulkit Madaan Indraprastha, Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
22. Rajat Bansal, Indraprastha Institute of Information and Technology, Delhi (IIITD)
23. Revathy Menon, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
24. Roshni Shetty, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
25. Sahana Maddali, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)
26. Sahil Kulshrestha, Currently working as ML RnD engineer at Ipsoft
27. Sakshi Satyanand, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences- Pilani (BITS)- Hyderabad Campus
28. Sameera Shridhar, Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore
29. Sankalp Choudhuri, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
30. Sankalpa Venkatraghavan, IIT Madras
31. Satwik Pasani, AIIMS, New Delhi
32. Shivaramakrishna Srinivasan, SASTRA Deemed University
33. Shreya Pramanik, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
34. Shruti Kaushal , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
35. Sriraksha Srinivasan, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bangalore
36. Srividya Pattisapu, AIIMS, New Delhi
37. Subham Thakur, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani
38. Varada Bhatawadekar Savitribai, Phule Pune University
39. Yajushi Khurana, Ashoka University
40. Yeshwanth M Siddaganga, Institute of Technology(SIT), Tumkur
41. Zoha Hamid, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi