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Day 1
17th April 2026
17th April 2026
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
Registration
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening remarks by Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee, Chair BE
Opening remarks by Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee, Chair BE
Session 1
Session 1
Cell-fate decisions
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Identifying and Predicting Non-Genetic Inheritance of Gene Expression States
Archishman Raju | NCBS Bangalore
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Low dimensionality of phenotypic space as an emergent property of coordinated teams in biological regulatory networks
Low dimensionality of phenotypic space as an emergent property of coordinated teams in biological regulatory networks
Mohit Kumar Jolly | IISc Bangalore
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Bistability in cell signalling, cell fate and drug targets
Bistability in cell signalling, cell fate and drug targets
Samrat Chatterjee | THSTI Faridabad
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Tea Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Studying leaf metabolism using constraint-based models
Sanu Shameer | IISER Thiruvananthapuram
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Towards a population genetics of evolving ecosystems
Akshit Goyal | ICTS Bangalore
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Barcoded by Gene Sets: How Macrophage Fates Are Chosen
Nagasuma Chandra | IISc Bangalore
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. - Break
Session 2
Session 2
Physics of embryonic development
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Modelling collective cell movement in health and disease
Philip Maini | Oxford University
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Decoding the role of mechanics in organ morphogenesis
Priti Agarwal | NCBS Bangalore
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Creep and Stress Relaxation Response of Collagen Fibrils at the Nanoscale
Creep and Stress Relaxation Response of Collagen Fibrils at the Nanoscale
Debashish Das | IISc Bangalore
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
A Dynamic Vertex Model Reveals Coupling Between Contractility and Adhesion in Polarized Tissue Flow
A Dynamic Vertex Model Reveals Coupling Between Contractility and Adhesion in Polarized Tissue Flow
Bandan Chakrabortty | IISER Thiruvananthapuram
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Poster Session & High Tea
Day 2
18th April 2026
18th April 2026
Session 3
Session 3
Multi-scale population dynamics
Multi-scale population dynamics
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Cells, Forces and Phase Separation
Cells, Forces and Phase Separation
Aayush Kant | IIT Delhi
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
A Mechanobiological Framework for Cell Extrusion: Coupling Nuclear Integrity to Tissue Remodeling
A Mechanobiological Framework for Cell Extrusion: Coupling Nuclear Integrity to Tissue Remodeling
Tamal Das | TIFR Hyderabad
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Probing cancer biomarkers using a biophysical approach
Tatini Rakshit | Shiv Nadar University
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Tea Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Decoding Diversity in Hippocampal Synaptic Designs: Form Follows Function
Decoding Diversity in Hippocampal Synaptic Designs: Form Follows Function
Suhita Nadkarni | IISER Pune
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Microphysiological Intervertebral Disc Model for Elucidating Multicellular Mechanisms of Discogenic Pain and Inflammation
Greeshma Thrivikraman | IIT Madras
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Self-Organisation of Migrating Multicellular Communities
Giulia Celora | Oxford University
1:00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. - Break
Session 4
Session 4
Quantifying and modulating cellular behaviour
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Active Collective Transport in Cells and Embryos
Amitabha Nandi | IIT Bombay
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Liver Under Construction: How Growing Kids Heal Differently
Liver Under Construction: How Growing Kids Heal Differently
Sumeet Pal Singh | Shiv Nadar University
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
A microfluidic device to measure the deformability and heterogeneity of red blood cells in health and disease
Debjani Paul | IIT Bombay
3:30 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. - Tea Break
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Regulation of cell membrane heterogeneities by actomyosin cortex and endocytic machinery
Bidisha Sinha | IISER Kolkata
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Matrix interplays in tissue and tumor microenvironments
Matrix interplays in tissue and tumor microenvironments
Ramray Bhat | IISc Bangalore
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Unusual contacts in unusual contexts: The dynamic world of the T cell cortex
Sudha Kumari | IISc Bangalore
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Poster Awards & Valedictory Session
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