Event Date/Time: Friday, October 10, 2025 8:45 am - 6:30 pm (IST, Indian Standard Time, UTC +5:30)
Location: Asima Chatterjee Hall, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
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Organizer: Prof. Neelanjana Sengupta, IISER Kolkata, Indian Ambassador, Biophysical Society
Co-organizers: Prof. Bidisha Sinha, IISER Kolkata and Dr. Dipjyoti Das, IISER Kolkata
The advent of machine learning and artificial intelligence has opened diverse possibilities, not least in the form of extracting greater interpretability from extant and interpretable biophysical data. This event aims to trigger crosstalk between biophysicists, theoreticians and data scientists to see how seemingly different groups can mutually benefit from each other. It is hoped that that the exercise will facilitate novel collaborative ventures.
Event Speakers
| Prof. Debashree Ghosh |
Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata |
| Prof. Suman Chakrabarty |
Associate Professor, SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS) |
| Dr. Sangram Bagh |
Associate Professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata |
| Prof. Bidisha Sinha |
Professor, IISER Kolkata |
| Prof. Koel Das |
Professor, IISER Kolkata |
| Dr. Susmita Roy |
Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata |
| Ms. Shaheerah Shahid |
PhD Student, SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS) |
| Mr. Pallab Dutta |
PhD Student, IISER Kolkata |
| Ms. Upasana Mukhopadhyay |
PhD Student, IISER Kolkata |
| Mr. Hindol Chatterjee |
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PhD Student, IISER Kolkata |
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Event Schedule
(All times in IST, Indian Standard Time, UTC +5:30)
| Time |
Program |
| Session 1 |
| 08:00 AM - 09:15 AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM |
Event Inaugural and Welcome Address by Director, IISER Kolkata |
| 09:45 AM - 9:55 AM |
Remarks by Chair, DBS |
| 9:55 AM - 10:30 AM |
Prof. Debashree Ghosh, IACS Kolkata
Machine Learning to Predict Structure from Ensemble Properties of Heterogeneous Biomaterials |
| 10:30 AM - 11:05 AM |
Prof. Koel Das, IISER Kolkata
Application of Machine Learning in Cognitive Neuroscience |
| 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM |
Ms. Upasana Mukhopadhyay, IISER Kolkata
Understanding Mechano-regulation by Myomerger in Cell-cell Fusion |
| 11:45 AM - 12:20 PM |
Prof. Suman Chakrabarty, SNBNCBS Kolkata
Adaptive (Machine) Learning Approaches in Quantification and Exploration of Biomolecular Conformational Landscape |
| 12:20 PM - 01:55 PM |
Lunch |
| Session 2 |
| 02:00 PM - 02:35 PM |
Dr. Susmita Roy, IISER Kolkata
EVOLVE: A Statistical Mechanics-Guided Machine Learning Method for Protein Mutation Prediction |
| 02:35 PM - 03:10 PM |
Prof. Sangram Bagh, SINP Kolkata
Towards AI Wetware |
| 03:10 PM - 03:50 PM |
Brainstorming and Group Discussion:
"Challenges and Opportunities in Biophysics in the Context of AI"
Moderator: Prof. Neelanjana Sengupta
Panelists: Dr. Kripabandhu Ghosh; Dr. Saptarshi Pyne; Dr. Monidipa Das; Dr. Dwaipayan Roy; Prof. Sangram Bagh; Dr. Dipjyoti Das |
| 03:50 PM - 04:10 PM |
Mr. Pallab Dutta, IISER Kolkata
Membrane to Protein: All I Need is Your Attention! |
| 04:10 PM - 04:45 PM |
Prof. Bidisha Sinha, IISER Kolkata
Learning from Cell Membrane Fluctuations |
| 04:45 PM - 05:05 PM |
Ms. Shaheerah Shahid, SNBNCBS Kolkata
One Model, Many Predictions: Toward Unified ADMET Prediction in Drug Discovery with Adaptive Multi-Task Learning |
| 05:05 PM - 05:25 PM |
Mr. Hindol Chatterjee, IISER Kolkata
Probing Free Energy Landscape of Biomolecular Processes Implying Machine Learning Algorithms |
| 05:25 PM - 05:45 PM |
Valedictory Session |
| 05:45 PM - 0:600 PM |
High Tea |