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SUMMARY:EVS TALK | Dr. Manvi Sharma | 14 July 2022 | 09:00- 10:00 AM (IST)
DESCRIPTION:What is a Lion’s share in the Anthropocene? Ecology of Predator-prey Interactions in Human-modified Landscapes \nAbstract: Animals show a fascinating diversity in solutions to similar problems. To escape predators\, a gazelle might jump and display\, whereas a cricket might camouflage to avoid detection. One reasonable explanation for such diversity is that it is adaptive and has been shaped historically by multiple selection pressures. However\, animals increasingly interact in novel conditions due to the intense modification of wildlife habitats by humans. This modifies the landscape of refuges for prey to escape or for the predator to ambush its prey. Through her work\, She argue for developing a theory that focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of species interactions in habitats where both humans and non-human animals are adapting to rapid change. Her research combines principles from behavioural ecology and evolution\, and population ecology to contribute to our understanding of the dynamics of predator-prey interactions in changing landscapes. In this talk\, She will discuss her work that is based on studying remarkably different predator-prey model systems – snow leopards and wild ungulates\, and dragonflies and mosquitoes – investigating multiple aspects of the predation sequence. She will discuss how mosquitoes have evolved bet-hedging as a strategy to escape predation\, and how bharal populations\, the main prey of snow leopards\, thrive in intensively grazed regions. As contemporary ecology increasingly studies highly modified systems\, future research needs to embrace the complexity of novel conditions to produce knowledge for conservation action. She will discuss how her work aims to understand the human-wildlife relationships for conservation in the ever-changing snow leopard landscapes. \nBio: Dr. Manvi Sharma is a behavioural ecologist interested in studying the diversity in predator and prey traits and how biological communities interact in the changing world. She is a post-doctoral fellow at the High Altitudes Program at Nature Conservation Foundation\, Bangalore\, where she is studying the predator-prey ecology of the charismatic snow leopard and wild ungulates in the Spiti Valley. She did her PhD from the Centre for Ecological Sciences\, Indian Institute of Science with Dr. Kavita Isvaran. For her doctoral thesis\, she combined experimental and observation based-approaches to study dragonfly and mosquito behaviour in the rock pools around the Rishi Valley school. Throughout her research career\, she has been interested in quantitative methods for ecological research and has been involved in organising discussions on data analyses and statistical modelling. She is deeply interested in the Himalayan landscapes and the human-nature relationships in these fragile mountain ecosystems. At the Nature Conservation Foundation\, she has worked closely with government departments and local villagers on assessments of snow leopard populations and work towards their conservation. If not talking about work\, she can be found playing Ultimate Frisbee\, solving cryptic crosswords\, or spending a day in a bookstore.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/evs-talk-dr-manvi-sharma-14-july-2022-0900-1000-am-ist/
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SUMMARY:EVS TALK | Dr. Vijayakumar SP | 14 July 2022 | 10:10- 11:10 AM (IST)
DESCRIPTION:On the Trail of Bush Frogs: Diversification and Endemism in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot  \n  \nAbstract: Biodiversity hotspots are irreplaceable regions of endemism in the world that are threatened by extinction forces. However\, in these regions\, many species and higher taxa are unknown or not well defined. In addition\, the historical processes underlying the high diversity and endemism in tropical biodiversity hotspots such as the Western Ghats (WG) of Peninsular India were poorly understood. He selected bush frogs\, a group of arboreal frogs\, as a model taxon to understand the diversity\, diversification\, and patterns of endemism in the WG. The talk will be along the following threads: \n1) Addressing biodiversity shortfalls and its consequences; \n2) Discovery of evolutionary radiation and its diversification; and \n3) Testing for areas of endemism and its importance. \nExtensive sampling across 15 mountains resulted in many new lineages. Phylogenetic reconstruction revealed the largest vertebrate radiation in the WG escarpment. The diversification analysis showed allopatric speciation\, small in situ radiations\, and the persistence of old lineages underlie the origin of the endemics. A substantial proportion (>70%) of endemics had ranges of less than 1° latitude (< 1000 km²). The analysis of endemism identified the high altitudes of the southern mountains as the main centres of paleo- and neo endemism. In summary\, the results show extreme local endemism among bush frogs\, and highlight the mountains in the Western Ghats as landscapes of endemic evolutionary histories. \nBio: Dr. Vijayakumar received his PhD in evolutionary biogeography from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Before embarking on his doctoral research\, he led expeditions to various regions\, including the Nicobar archipelago\, to map the distribution of amphibian and reptilian diversity and understand their ecological biogeography. After the 2004 tsunami\, he shifted his focus to the Western Ghats region\, where he addressed\, as part of his PhD research (with Dr. Kartik Shanker)\, questions on historical processes driving diversification and diversity in a bush frog clade. In his postdoctoral research at George Washington University\, his team discovered an ancient frog family. He was part of discovery and descriptions of over 20 species of frogs\, lizards\, and snakes. He is presently an independent researcher and his interests are in conservation biogeography. Besides research on endemism\, he enjoys teaching\, photography\, sound recording and making maps.\nWebsite: https://orientalbiogeographer.weebly.com
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/evs-talk-dr-vijayakumar-sp-14-july-2022-1010-1110-am-ist/
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SUMMARY:Networks in the brain and networks of brains
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brain is a complex network of neurons. Understanding how the properties of neurons\, synapses and connectivity structure shape the brain activity is one of the key challenges in modern neuroscience. In my talk I will summarize when and how neuron properties affect the activity of a biological neuronal network. We have found that the effect of most neuron properties is contingent on their connectivity and the activity dynamics of the network. Neuronal networks in the brain share many properties with complex networks used to describe physical and social systems. Sometimes the similarity between social and neural networks is uncanny and the study of biological neuronal networks can provide very interesting insights; for e.g. when an individual can make a difference in a society. To establish a formal link between social and biological neuronal networks\, inspired from the structure of biological neuronal networks\, we developed a new generative model to describe the structure of a network of agentic nodes. This model gives new insights into understanding several social phenomena such as integration of migrants\, or effect of economic stimulus packages.  \n  \nShort Bio: Arvind Kumar is an Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He is interested in understanding dynamics and the logic of information processing in neuronal networks in the brain. His work has unraveled principles of communication of information across brain regions. Currently\, his group is investigating the functional and dynamical consequences of neuronal diversity and the interplay of network connectivity and network dynamics. In addition\, he is developing mathematical models of brain diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s disease). Arvind Kumar studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering and obtained a Masters in Engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science\, Pilani\, India. In 2002 he moved to Germany to pursue his doctoral research in neuroscience and obtained a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from the University in Freiburg\, Germany in 2006. After a post doctoral research training at Brown University\, Providence\, USA in 2008 he joined the Bernstein Center Freiburg as a junior group leader. In 2015 he moved to KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He spends his free time either playing or watching Cricket and analyzing Cricket related data. More info: https://arvkumar.github.io/    \n 
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/networks-in-the-brain-and-networks-of-brains/
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SUMMARY:Networks in the brain and networks of brains
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brain is a complex network of neurons. Understanding how the properties of neurons\, synapses and connectivity structure shape the brain activity is one of the key challenges in modern neuroscience. In my talk I will summarize when and how neuron properties affect the activity of a biological neuronal network. We have found that the effect of most neuron properties is contingent on their connectivity and the activity dynamics of the network. Neuronal networks in the brain share many properties with complex networks used to describe physical and social systems. Sometimes the similarity between social and neural networks is uncanny and the study of biological neuronal networks can provide very interesting insights; for e.g. when an individual can make a difference in a society. To establish a formal link between social and biological neuronal networks\, inspired from the structure of biological neuronal networks\, we developed a new generative model to describe the structure of a network of agentic nodes. This model gives new insights into understanding several social phenomena such as integration of migrants\, or effect of economic stimulus packages. \n  \nShort Bio: Arvind Kumar is an Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He is interested in understanding dynamics and the logic of information processing in neuronal networks in the brain. His work has unraveled principles of communication of information across brain regions. Currently\, his group is investigating the functional and dynamical consequences of neuronal diversity and the interplay of network connectivity and network dynamics. In addition\, he is developing mathematical models of brain diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s disease). Arvind Kumar studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering and obtained a Masters in Engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science\, Pilani\, India. In 2002 he moved to Germany to pursue his doctoral research in neuroscience and obtained a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from the University in Freiburg\, Germany in 2006. After a postdoctoral research training at Brown University\, Providence\, USA in 2008 he joined the Bernstein Center Freiburg as a junior group leader. In 2015 he moved to KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He spends his free time either playing or watching Cricket and analyzing Cricket related data. More info: https://arvkumar.github.io/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/networks-in-the-brain-and-networks-of-brains/
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SUMMARY:Networks in the brain and networks of brains
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brain is a complex network of neurons. Understanding how the properties of neurons\, synapses and connectivity structure shape the brain activity is one of the key challenges in modern neuroscience. In my talk I will summarize when and how neuron properties affect the activity of a biological neuronal network. We have found that the effect of most neuron properties is contingent on their connectivity and the activity dynamics of the network. Neuronal networks in the brain share many properties with complex networks used to describe physical and social systems. Sometimes the similarity between social and neural networks is uncanny and the study of biological neuronal networks can provide very interesting insights; for e.g. when an individual can make a difference in a society. To establish a formal link between social and biological neuronal networks\, inspired from the structure of biological neuronal networks\, we developed a new generative model to describe the structure of a network of agentic nodes. This model gives new insights into understanding several social phenomena such as integration of migrants\, or effect of economic stimulus packages. \n  \nShort Bio: Arvind Kumar is an Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He is interested in understanding dynamics and the logic of information processing in neuronal networks in the brain. His work has unraveled principles of communication of information across brain regions. Currently\, his group is investigating the functional and dynamical consequences of neuronal diversity and the interplay of network connectivity and network dynamics. In addition\, he is developing mathematical models of brain diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s disease). Arvind Kumar studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering and obtained a Masters in Engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science\, Pilani\, India. In 2002 he moved to Germany to pursue his doctoral research in neuroscience and obtained a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from the University in Freiburg\, Germany in 2006. After a postdoctoral research training at Brown University\, Providence\, USA in 2008 he joined the Bernstein Center Freiburg as a junior group leader. In 2015 he moved to KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He spends his free time either playing or watching Cricket and analyzing Cricket related data. More info: https://arvkumar.github.io/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/networks-in-the-brain-and-networks-of-brains/
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SUMMARY:Networks in the brain and networks of brains
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brain is a complex network of neurons. Understanding how the properties of neurons\, synapses and connectivity structure shape the brain activity is one of the key challenges in modern neuroscience. In my talk I will summarize when and how neuron properties affect the activity of a biological neuronal network. We have found that the effect of most neuron properties is contingent on their connectivity and the activity dynamics of the network. Neuronal networks in the brain share many properties with complex networks used to describe physical and social systems. Sometimes the similarity between social and neural networks is uncanny and the study of biological neuronal networks can provide very interesting insights; for e.g. when an individual can make a difference in a society. To establish a formal link between social and biological neuronal networks\, inspired from the structure of biological neuronal networks\, we developed a new generative model to describe the structure of a network of agentic nodes. This model gives new insights into understanding several social phenomena such as integration of migrants\, or effect of economic stimulus packages. \nShort Bio: Arvind Kumar is an Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He is interested in understanding dynamics and the logic of information processing in neuronal networks in the brain. His work has unraveled principles of communication of information across brain regions. Currently\, his group is investigating the functional and dynamical consequences of neuronal diversity and the interplay of network connectivity and network dynamics. In addition\, he is developing mathematical models of brain diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s disease). Arvind Kumar studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering and obtained a Masters in Engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science\, Pilani\, India. In 2002 he moved to Germany to pursue his doctoral research in neuroscience and obtained a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from the University in Freiburg\, Germany in 2006. After a postdoctoral research training at Brown University\, Providence\, USA in 2008 he joined the Bernstein Center Freiburg as a junior group leader. In 2015 he moved to KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He spends his free time either playing or watching Cricket and analyzing Cricket related data. More info: https://arvkumar.github.io/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/networks-in-the-brain-and-networks-of-brains/
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SUMMARY:Networks in the brain and networks of brains
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brain is a complex network of neurons. Understanding how the properties of neurons\, synapses and connectivity structure shape the brain activity is one of the key challenges in modern neuroscience. In my talk I will summarize when and how neuron properties affect the activity of a biological neuronal network. We have found that the effect of most neuron properties is contingent on their connectivity and the activity dynamics of the network. Neuronal networks in the brain share many properties with complex networks used to describe physical and social systems. Sometimes the similarity between social and neural networks is uncanny and the study of biological neuronal networks can provide very interesting insights; for e.g. when an individual can make a difference in a society. To establish a formal link between social and biological neuronal networks\, inspired from the structure of biological neuronal networks\, we developed a new generative model to describe the structure of a network of agentic nodes. This model gives new insights into understanding several social phenomena such as integration of migrants\, or effect of economic stimulus packages. \nShort Bio: Arvind Kumar is an Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He is interested in understanding dynamics and the logic of information processing in neuronal networks in the brain. His work has unraveled principles of communication of information across brain regions. Currently\, his group is investigating the functional and dynamical consequences of neuronal diversity and the interplay of network connectivity and network dynamics. In addition\, he is developing mathematical models of brain diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s disease). Arvind Kumar studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering and obtained a Masters in Engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science\, Pilani\, India. In 2002 he moved to Germany to pursue his doctoral research in neuroscience and obtained a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from the University in Freiburg\, Germany in 2006. After a postdoctoral research training at Brown University\, Providence\, USA in 2008 he joined the Bernstein Center Freiburg as a junior group leader. In 2015 he moved to KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm Sweden. He spends his free time either playing or watching Cricket and analyzing Cricket related data. More info: https://arvkumar.github.io/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/networks-in-the-brain-and-networks-of-brains/
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