We are happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series of the Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA).The Inaugural Lecture of this series will be delivered by Prof. Y. S. Mayya, Adjunct Professor, IIT Bombay.
With rising bacterial resistance there is a dire need to develop a molecular understanding of the interactions of antimicrobial molecules with the complex topology of the bacterial cell envelope. The translocation pathways associated with molecules from the extracellular environment into the bacterial cell is poorly understood. In this talk I will summarize our ongoing efforts aimed at understanding the barrier properties of the bacterial cell envelopes of both Gram-negative and Gram-positive strains.
The plasma membrane of our cells form the first line of defence to external threats. Protein-membrane interactions dominate this landscape, playing an important role in our understanding of a myriad of bacterial and viral infections. Phenomena range from membrane-assisted protein aggregation, oligomerization and folding. Pore-forming toxins a subclass of proteins expressed by bacteria form their primary arsenal responsible for over 30 % of bacterial infections.
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Chemical reaction in convective diffusion flow fields is a common setting for problems in Chemical Engineering. The convective diffusion operator for non-uniform flow fields is generally non-self-adjoint. However, by a suitable choice of Hilbert Space and inner product, the governing operator can be shown to be self-adjoint whose spectral resolution can be used to construct solutions to many problems of engineering interest.
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Dr. Roland Goetz ( BASF - Germany) will present an overview of process development at BASF in the context of Crop Protection products using several case studies. He will highlight some strategies for safety and sustainability evaluations of chemical processes developed by his group over the years. The talk will also describe the role of the Mumbai-BASF facilities in process development and opportunities for students in process development careers.
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