Talk on Phenomenological modelling of bacterial growth

[BioBytes SRG]

Hello,

The first Biobytes talk of this semester is about phenomenological modelling of bactrerial growth laws which will be given by Dibyendu Dutta. The talk will be held in LT-001 on 13th March, Wednesday at 7p.m. Please find the poster of the event attached.

About the speaker:

Dibyendu is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering who works in fields of evolutionary and systems biology and he is one of the earliest members of our student reading group

A brief idea about the talk to get your gray matter stimulated:

We have utilized the many abilities of Microbes for the betterment of humanity. Starting from the early days of fermenting foods, creating wine, beer and raising bread, to being used to produce antibiotics, and with biotechnology have also been used to produce hormones like insulin. While most of the early uses of microbes have depended on empirical observations of microbial growth behaviour, it is important that we understand microbial growth physiology in much finer details today to truly unlock its potential.

Towards this end, an approach called the Bacterial Growth Laws have recently gained traction, and are trying to describe bacterial growth observed to internal parameters, and hence convert empirical models of bacterial growth to mechanistic ones. This will allow for better predictability of bacterial growth after different types of genetic modifications, which will lead to improved rational design/engineering principles of microbial biotechnology.

Hope to see you at the next talk! 

Best regards,

Vipul Ramtekkar, Soham Dibyanchintan and Jeyapriya TJ

BioBytes SRG

[BioBytes SRG]

Dear all,

The venue has been shifted to LT002 instead of LT001.

Regards

Biobytes conveners