Join the First Online National Workshop on Philosophy of Science exploring foundational issues across sciences. Organized by InSIST, University of Mumbai, this free workshop on 24 Sept 2025 (9 AM – 1:30 PM IST) features renowned speakers in philosophy of science, mathematics, and physics. Pre-registration is mandatory. Students, researchers, and faculty are especially invited.
Researchers at IIT Bombay uncover how strain fields produced by embedded inhomogeneities within biomaterials influence cell alignment, reshaping our understanding of cell behaviour in development, disease, and tissue engineering.
The research led by Professor Abhijit Majumder, was published in Cell Reports Physical Science. The findings not only add to the fundamental understanding of how cells organise themselves, but also have important implications for tissue engineering, cancer research, and wound healing.
Speaker Name: Prof. Aloke Kumar (IISC Bangalore)
Date: 03-09-2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: LC002
In natural biological systems, self-organization occurs at multiple scales—from molecular self-assembly, organization of cytoskeletal elements, collective migration of cells to flocking of birds. In recent decades, advancements in microscopy, genetic engineering, biochemistry, and computational modeling have enabled us a more quantitative description of these processes. In this talk, I will show how tools from Statistical Mechanics can be used to develop predictive understanding from such quantitative data.