Talk1: 09/09/2023
Speaker: Dr. Kshatresh Dutta Dubey
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shiv Nadar University
Title: Cytochrome P450 Enzymes -The Nanomachines of Living Matter
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Talk2: 14/10/2023
Speaker: Dr. Suneel Kumar BVS
Affiliation: Director of Computer Aided Drug Discovery at Molecular Forecaster, Monteral, Quebec, Canada
Title: Application of NLP in Drug Discovery
Talk3: 25/11/2023
Speaker: Dr. Areejit Samal
Affiliation: Professor at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai
Title: A phytochemical atlas to harness traditional Indian knowledge
Abstract: He will present their effort to map and analyze the phytochemical space of Indian medicinal plants. This has led to the largest digital resource, IMPPAT, which provides an extensive natural product chemical space for ongoing research efforts in drug discovery and human wellbeing.
IMPPAT is accessible at: https://cb.imsc.res.in/imppat
Talk4: 23/12/2023
Speaker: Dr. Debi Prosad Dogra
Affiliation: Associate Head and Associate Professor at Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar
Title: Application of AI and Computer Vision for Infant Neurological Examinations
Using computer vision in healthcare is a promising way to assess babies' neurological development, especially for preterm infants, by taking advantage of advancements in image and video processing technology. The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) is crucial for this purpose, as it helps minimize the risk of neural disorders through preventive measures.
Dr. Dogra has introduced a semi-automatic application that helps doctors efficiently perform HINE examinations. The application has a user-friendly interface, making it easy for even inexperienced staff to use. It simplifies the examination process by using videos and images, and it's currently in use at the NICU of IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, India. This application streamlines and automates the HINE examination, ultimately improving healthcare services for infants.
Talk5: 19/04/2024
Speaker: Dr. Biswarup Mukherjee
Affiliation: Assistant Professor at the Center for Biomedical Engineering at IIT Delhi; Head of the Rehab, Instrumentation and Sensory Engineering Lab (RISE Lab).
Title: Development of Wearable, Miniaturized, Low-Power Ultrasound Imaging for In-Vivo Muscle Activity Monitoring
Abstract:In recent years, there has been an immense push towards developing “human-like”, multi-articulated bionic arms, capable of realistically replicating dexterous movements and sensing tactile environmental cues. Despite the enormous investment of resources in the development of upper limb prosthetics, “difficulty of use” and “non-intuitive control” continue to be limiting factors often cited by prosthesis users for abandoning their devices. For past 50 years, surface electromyography (sEMG) has been the predominant method for sensing muscle activation. However, sEMG signals suffer from poor amplitude resolution and low signal to noise, resulting in an unreliable and non-intuitive control paradigm. In this talk, I will introduce sonomyography, or ultrasound-based sensing muscle activity as an alternative to myoelectric control. Ultrasound imaging provides a non-invasive sensing modality that can spatially resolve individual muscles, including those deep inside the tissue, and detect dynamic activity within different functional compartments in real-time. In sonomyography, mechanical muscle deformations are sensed using ultrasound, as compared to electrical activation, and therefore the resulting control signals can directly control the position of the end effector. Hence, sonomyographic control is congruent with the remaining proprioception within the amputee’s residual limb. I will present results demonstrating how this intuitive nature of sonomyography leads to better motion discriminability, as well as fine proportional control in individuals with limb loss with significantly reduced training burden.
I will share translational aspects of my research towards developing wearable, miniaturized and low-power ultrasound imaging instrumentation for in-vivo monitoring of muscle activity. I will talk about applications of this wearable sonomyographic system as an interface for biomechatronic devices in particular, and for rehabilitation in general.
Speaker Bio:Dr. Biswarup Mukherjee is currently an Assistant Professor at the Center for Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi where he heads the Rehab, Instrumentation and Sensory Engineering Lab (RISE Lab). He is also a faculty at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Prior to joining IIT Delhi, Dr. Mukherjee was a Research Assistant Professor at George Mason University, USA. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, USA. His broad research interest is to develop sensors and instrumentation to augment function in individuals with motor disabilities. He has been the recipient of several awards including the best doctoral thesis award from IIT Madras and Innovation Discovery Award at MGH.
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