Talks

​Invited/Selected Talks:

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1. 3D confinement physically regulates cell cycle in budding yeast - MechBio 2026, IIT Hyderabad, (upcoming)

2. Physico-chemical regulation of living matter across scales - seminar talk at IBEC Barcelona, Sept. 2026

3. Marvellous moving machines: how bacterial tricks make car wheels turn - talk at the 13th Undergraduate Lecture Series, NCBS Bangalore, May 2026

4. Oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular state - Cancer Genomics Workshop, NCBS Bangalore, Dec 2025

5. Physico-chemical regulation of living matter across scales - Molecules to Medicine pan-IIT Bioengineering Conference, IIT Madras, Dec 2025

6. Physico-chemical regulation of living matter across scales - Division of Soft Matter Virtual Students' Conference, Nov 2025

7. Oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular state - EMBO Frontiers in Cytoskeletal Research Workshop, IISER Pune, Nov 2025

8. Oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular state - Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting, ICTS, Oct 2025

9. Physical regulation of biological growth - Gordon Research Seminar on Soft Condensed Matter Physics, held at Colby-Sawyer College, New Hampshire, Aug 2025.

10. Oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular state - Genome Informatics Across Scales Conference, held at NCBS, April 2025

11. Physical confinement selectively favors bacterial growth based on cell shape - Young Biophysicists’ Meeting, Mar 2025

12. Microenvironmental regulation of active biological matter - IISER Tirupati Biology Club, Feb 2025

13. Physical confinement selectively favors bacterial growth based on cell shape - NCBS Annual Talks, Jan 2025

14. An oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular behavior - Repair, Regeneration, and Remodelling Journal Club at InStem, Oct 2024

15. Physical confinement selectively favors bacterial growth based on cell shape - PhD Cafe Seminar Series, organized by India Bioscience, Sep 2024

16. The biophysics of bacterial motion - Monsoon School on Physics of Life, NCBS Bangalore, July 2024

17. Designer platforms for 3D cell culture and 3D bioprinting - InStem Regulation of Cell Fate meeting, May 2024

18. Understanding cellular behavior using designer 3D platforms - IISER Bhopal Biology Club, Jan 2024

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Contributed Talks:

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1. Physico-chemical regulation of living matter across scales - M Sreepadmanabh and Tapomoy Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2026

2. Distinct Chemical Cues Reprogram Cellular and Multicellular Phenotypes in Ovarian Cancer Spheroids - M Sreepadmanabh, Meenakshi Ganesh, Jimpi Langthasa, Ramray Bhat, and Tapomoy Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2026

3. 3D granular mechanical milieus alter the self-organisation dynamics of cancer cells - Rujula Jagadeesh, M Sreepadmanabh, and Tapomoy Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2026

4. 3D confinement physically regulates cell cycle progression in budding yeast - M Sreepadmanabh, Mridul Gautam, Nikita Bagade, Sunil Laxman, and Tapomoy Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2026

5. Dissecting the root-fungal interface in 3D reveals spatially distinct signalling landscapes - Syona Thomas, M Sreepadmanabh, Vidha Srivastava, Abhirami Puzhakkal, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, and Amey Redkar; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2026

6. Physical confinement selectively favours bacterial growth based on cell shape - M Sreepadmanabh, M Ganesh, P Sanjenbam, C Kurzthaler, D Agashe, and T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2025

7. Physical confinement regulates nematode motility in 3D granular yield-stress environments - S Dey, M Sreepadmanabh, S Kundu, A B Arun, D Hewitt, S P Koushika, S Thuttupalli, and T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2025

8. An oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular morphology in 3D - T Bhattacharjee, M Sreepadmanabh, M Gautam, N Hariharan, and D Palakodeti; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2025

9. Dimensionality determines how oxo-mechanical regimes regulate cellular morphology - U S Thrishna, M Sreepadmanabh, D Palakodeti, and T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2025

10. Bacteria in a 3D transparent biphasic solid matrix - N K Babu, M Sreepadmanabh, and T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2025

11. Combinatorial role of mechano-chemical cues in cell mechanics and state transitions - M Sreepadmanabh, A B Arun, N K Babu, N Chaudhary, D Palakodeti, and T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2024

12. Single-cell morphology dictates bacterial growth dynamics under 3D confinement - T Bhattacharjee, M Sreepadmanabh, M Ganesh, P Sanjenbam, C Kurzthaler, and D Agashe; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2024

13. Growth dynamics of yeast in 3D granular media - A B Arun, M Sreepadmanabh, S Laxman, T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2024

14. Nematode Motility in Granular Media - T Bhattacharjee, S Dey, M Sreepadmanabh, S P Koushika; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2024

15. Substrate stiffness-dependent bacterial growth dynamics in 3D - M Sreepadmanabh, S Dey, P Sanjenbam, C Kurzthaler, D Agashe, and T Bhattacharjee; Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2024