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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE Talks SERIES  "Understanding Host-Pathogen Interactions 
 Across Scales"
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Rahul Roy\, Department of Chemical Engineering\, Indian 
 Institute of Science\, Bangalore (IN)\nWEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES (sand
 wiches provided)\n\nAbstract:\nThroughout their lives\, humans come into r
 epeated contact with countless pathogens. Over time\, both humans and path
 ogens have evolved strategies to combat each other. In this talk\, I will 
 discuss how we unravel the intricate relationship between hosts and pathog
 ens across different biological scales. At the molecular level\, I will de
 scribe the mechanisms by which pore-forming toxins disrupt lipid membranes
 . Using single-molecule imaging techniques\, we elucidate the precise mole
 cular interactions that govern the penetration of bacterial toxins into ho
 st cell membranes. At the cellular process level\, I will discuss how math
 ematical modeling can aid in dissecting the dynamics of lifecyle of positi
 ve strand RNA viruses within host cells. Lastly\, I will talk about popula
 tion-level interactions captured via viral genomics\, investigating how in
 teractions between virus and the host immune system can drive the evolutio
 n of viruses in complex ways.\n\nBio:\nRahul Roy earned his PhD in Biophys
 ics and Computational Biology from University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champai
 gn in 2007. After a post-doctoral stint at Harvard University\, Rahul join
 ed the Indian Institute of Science\, Bangalore in 2012 where he is current
 ly an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering and an Associate Faculty
  in Bioengineering. His lab is leading an interdisciplinary research progr
 am aimed at innovating and engineering novel technologies to help understa
 nd and manage infectious diseases using single-molecule detection\, quanti
 tative genomics\, and high-resolution imaging.\n\n\n\nZoom link (with one-
 time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely: https://go
 .epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks\n\n\nInstructions for 1st-year Ph.D. students who a
 re under EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance rule:\nIN CASE you cannot a
 ttend in-person in the room\, please make sure to\n\n	send D. Reinhard a n
 ote well ahead of time (ideally before seminar day)\, informing that you p
 lan to attend the talk online\, and\, during seminar:\n	be signed in on Zo
 om with a recognizable user name (not any alias making it difficult or imp
 ossible to identify you).\n\nStudents attending the seminar in-person shou
 ld collect a confirmation signature after the talk - please print your own
  signature sheet beforehand (71 kB pdf available for download here). IMPOR
 TANTLY: hang on to this sheet as no signature record is being kept by anyo
 ne else!
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