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IIT Delhi: 2026-27 (Semester 1): Biophysics (BBL7048/BBL446)
Brief summary- This course introduces the physical principles and quantitative approaches used to understand living systems across molecular, cellular, and microbial scales. Topics include molecular processes and energy landscapes, stochastic processes and diffusion, intracellular transport, directed search, molecular motors, microbial motility and chemotaxis, and the mechanics of biological materials. The course also explores biological networks, robustness and dynamics, and applications of AI/ML in imaging, data analysis, and biological systems modelling.
IIT Delhi: 2025-26 (Semester 2): Fluid Mechanics (CLL231B)
Brief summary- This course introduces the fundamental principles governing fluid behavior and their applications in biological and engineering systems. Topics include fluid properties, fluid statics and dynamics, kinematics and conservation laws, differential formulations of fluid motion, and dimensional analysis. The course further covers viscous and compressible flows, boundary layer theory, turbulence and mixing phenomena, as well as transport through porous media and fluidized systems. Emphasis is placed on understanding flow physics, mathematical modeling, and applications to biological and biotechnological processes.
IIT Delhi: 2025-26 (Semester 1) : Seminar Course I
Brief summary- This course develops scientific communication and critical thinking skills through student-led presentations in multiple formats including pitch talks, short talks, and long-format seminars. Students will engage with contemporary research topics, receive structured feedback, and interact with invited external senior faculty speakers to gain broader academic and research perspectives.
IIIT Delhi: Winter semester (2025): Bioinspired Algorithms and Optimal Control (BAOC)- BIO525
Brief summary- This course introduces bioinspired algorithms and optimal control, with a focus on applications in biological systems. We explore optimal control problems, the limitations of classical optimization, and bioinspired approaches that address these challenges. The course emphasizes applications and numerical methods. Optimization methods are applied to systems, including microbial growth, epidemic modeling, drug dosing strategies and ecological applications. We cover bioinspired algorithms, focusing on genetic algorithms and swarm optimization techniques.
University of Luxembourg: Liquid Liquid Phase Separation in Biology
Brief summary- The lecture introduces classical thermodynamics and soft matter principles that govern liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS), using frameworks like Flory–Huggins theory. Biomolecular condensates formed via LLPS behave like liquid droplets, showing fusion, surface tension, and dynamic molecular exchange. Cells utilize LLPS to organize biochemical reactions, regulate signaling pathways, and respond to stress, while misregulation of this process is linked to neurodegenerative diseases. Experimental methods such as FRAP and fluorescence microscopy, along with computational approaches like coarse-grained molecular dynamics, are discussed to investigate the physical properties and dynamics of these phase-separated biological systems.
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Notes
Lecture Notes on Continuum Physics by Prof. Eran Bouchbinder, 2016.
Theory of elasticity, Landau and Lifshitz.
Lecture on balance laws in Continuum Physics by Prof. Krishna Garikipati.
B. Audoly and Y. Pomeau. Elasticity and Geometry.
Elementary Differential Geometry, Pressley.
An introduction to differential geometry with applications to elasticity, PG Ciarlet.
Life at Low reynolds number by E.M Purcell.
The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms by Lauga and Powers, 2009
Lecture Series by Prof. J.F. Joanny at EMBO school at RRI - NCBS, Bangalore, 2017.
Course given by Prof. KPN Murthy at Chennai Mathematical Institute, 2017.
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria and ongoing research to tackle this issue, September, 2022.
*These handwritten notes are not crafted in final form and might have some errors.
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