LA VIDA PRESENTS
BIO - O - RACLE
The cycle of learning never stops for anyone. Each of us, regardless of age, will have many interesting experiences. Let it be any interesting topics you are working on, any internship experience or a glimpse into any broad topic of your research interest. Present your thoughts and opinions to the audience of IISER Berhampur at BIO-O-RACLE, a student talk series by LaVida.
BS-MS and iPhD students who have completed a summer internship project or have an interesting topic to share are encouraged to take part in the talk series. The 2017 batch students are cordially invited to participate in this session and present their master thesis research projects. Apart from that, the PhDs of the department of Biological sciences are also requested to give a talk based on their research works and guide us towards this wide spectrum of research.
Episode-1
Pial Collateral Artery Formation in the Mammalian Brain
Speaker: Vinayak S
Collateral circulation plays a key role in the therapeutic effect of reperfusion therapies as it helps in delaying or even preventing neuronal cell death. The purpose of this study is to map the development and lineage of pial collaterals in the embryonic brain by combining immunofluorescence staining, whole-organ imaging alongside lineage tracing in transgenic reporter mouse lines.
Significance of Nuclear Mechanobiology in Epithelial Defence Against Cance
Speaker: Harish Kumar Senapati
Incorporating a technique- the 'gel compression microscopy'- a connection between monolayer compressibility differences and compressive forces involved in EDAC is predicted. Further experiments have highlighted the role of nuclear mechanics in the above study. Together, the work performed point towards a central role of the nucleus as a
mechanical actuator in epithelial defence against cancer.
Episode-2
Self-Incompatibility Mechanism in Alpinia Muticca Roxb. Plant
Speaker: Satyam Kumar Singh
Self-incompatability is genetically controlled pollen-pistil recognition system that provides a barrier to self and self-related pollen in flowering plants. Here, Alpinia mutica, a member of Zingiberaceae family follows ssi mechanism to avoid self-pollen.
The Role of RNA Demythylase, FTO on Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency
Speaker : Ibakordor Khyriem
m6A modification has been implicated to play roles in stem cell pluripotency and many diseases, including cancers by regulating alternative splicing of the transcript, stability, decay, and nuclear export. Here we investigate the role of the demethylase FTO in maintaining pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells, how they affect the cellular characteristics and gene expression of the mouse embryonic stem cells
Episode-3
My Entangled Relationship with MBD2 Methylation Renders Made Me Travel 4000 Miles
Speaker: Pratyush Mishra
MBD2 proteins are methylation mark readers that have an important role in heterochromatin assembly and gene repression. During my internship in TU Darmstadt, I worked on these proteins. Briefly it involved deciphering the role of the G/R and CC region of the protein and also to find out if a highly interacting residue in the CC domain has any impact on LLPS of those proteins.
Fishes Fulfilling My Wishes
Speaker: Kshitij Bahera
Mixed-species groups of reef fish are formed when different species of fish feed
together. Antagonistic interactions have been observed both within groups and towards groups by reef residents. Aggression towards groups generally occurs in herbivore
shoaling groups as territorial herbivores attempt to prevent foraging within their
territories. Attendant groups experience more antagonism between group members. Here we attempt to understand positional preferences
around nuclear goatfish species in following-and-scavenging and joint-hunting
groups. We will use positional data and antagonistic interactions between
followers to infer positional preferences in follower species. We will
then examine variation in preferences between following-and-scavenging and joint-hunting groups.