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SUMMARY:Physics colloquium on Photonic quantum science and technologies
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Quantum mechanics is a cornerstone of modern physics. Just as the 19th century was called the Machine Age and the 20th century the Information Age\, the 21st century promises to go down in history as the Quantum Age. Quantum Computing promises unprecedented speed in solving certain classes of problems while Quantum Cryptography promises unconditional security in communications. In this talk\, I will discuss the world of single and entangled photons and also discuss ongoing work towards quantum communications\, quantum information and quantum computing in our Quantum Information and Computing lab at the Raman Research Institute\, Bengaluru\, India. The year 2022 is indeed special for scientists working with applications of photonic quantum science and technologies with the Nobel Prize in Physics having been awarded jointly to Alain Aspect\, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons\, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”. I will also briefly describe their Nobel prize winning contributions as a part of my talk. I will end with our broad vision for the future\, which includes establishment of long distance secure quantum communications in India and beyond involving satellite based\, fibre based as well as integrated photonics based approaches towards the global quantum internet.  \nSpeaker Bio: Urbasi Sinha is a Professor at the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore\, India. She is heading the Quantum Information and Computing (QuIC) laboratory at RRI. Prof. Sinha is a Simons Emmy Noether Fellow at the Perimeter Institute\, Canada as well as an associate faculty member at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)\, University of Waterloo\, Canada\, and the Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control\, University of Toronto\, Canada. She completed her PhD at Cambridge University\, UK\, on experiments in high temperature Superconductivity. She completed her M.Sc in Physics also from Cambridge. She has been a Gates Cambridge scholar during her Ph.D and a Nehru-Chevening scholar during her masters. She was a post-doctoral research associate in the Cavendish labs\, Cambridge as well as at IQC Canada. Her lab at RRI specializes in experiments on photonic quantum information processing including quantum computing and quantum communication\, primarily using single and entangled photons. She is heading India’s first project on satellite based secure quantum communications. Her scientific recognitions include the Homi Bhabha Fellowship in the year 2017 as well as the 2018 ICTP-ICO Gallieno Denardo Award in Optics. She was recognised as one of Asia’s Top 100 scientists by the Asian Scientist for the year 2019 and has also been awarded the Simon’s Emmy Noether Fellowship at the Perimeter Institute\, Canada. In August 2020\, she led the two member winning team as a mentor\, at the World Skills International Competition in Quantum Technology at the BRICS Future Skills Challenge\, organised by the Russian Quantum Centre in Moscow\, Russia with competitors from several countries worldwide. She won the ASSOCHAM Women in Cyber: Making a Difference award in the category “Cyber – Leading from the front” in 2021. Website: https://www.rri.res.in/~quic  
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/physics-colloquium-on-photonic-quantum-science-and-technologies/
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Role of Cytoskeleton Regulators in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding the Role of Cytoskeleton Regulators in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. \nAbstract: \nCell cytoskeleton is crucial for functions e.g.\, cell shape\, cell migration\, cell division\, and many more. Thousands of literatures in the field have suggested that every cell utilizes various types of actin and microtubule cytoskeleton networks with distinct architecture and dynamics to facilitate the fundamental processes. Every biological process e.g.\, neurite outgrowth and its navigation to appropriate targets is governed by tight regulation and careful coordination of both actin and microtubule network. Errors in neuronal connectivity are central to genetic mutations of these proteins leading to detrimental developmental defects\, associated with intellectual disability and deficits in learning and memory. Currently\, my research work focuses on deciphering the mechanistic function of cytoskeletal proteins involved in the neurodevelopmental disorder. Understanding the biology of these cytoskeletal modulators will provide the scope to change the treatment protocol to minimize the symptoms of the disease. \nAbout the speaker: \nPriyanka Dutta is a DST INSPIRE Faculty at National Centre for Cell Science\, Pune. Prior to join NCCS\, Pune she had worked for short time period with Dr. Aurnab Ghose in IISER Pune as DBT-RA. She is broadly interested to investigate the function of cytoskeleton modulators associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. She utilizes in vitro reconstitution systems\, single molecule TIRF microscopy and cell biology to understand the dynamics of cytoskeleton regulators. \nPriyanka had completed her PhD from IISER Kolkata with Dr. Sankar Maiti. In her PhD\, she had characterized the atypical function of non-canonical formin Delphilin which can explain the dendritic spine specific localization of Delphilin for stabilisation of actin structures. She had explored the expression and distribution pattern of formin family during the different developmental stage of mice. Apart from this\, she had also characterized the actin-binding motif present within the actin cross-linking domain of Vibrio cholerae\, responsible for destroying the host actin cytoskeleton machinery.  \n 
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/understanding-the-role-of-cytoskeleton-regulators-in-neurodevelopmental-disorders/
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