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Colloquium | Regulation of Permeation in Aquaporins

Title	Regulation of Permeation in Aquaporins
Speaker	Shreyas Kaptan, Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany Dr. Shreyas Kaptan is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. He completed his PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany. He is pursuing a research career in multi-disciplinary areas of science using Computational and statistical modeling.
Date & Time	Tuesday, 03 January 2017 \| 11:30-12:30
Venue	Kelkar Laboratory Centre for Modeling and Simulation, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Abstract	Aquaporins are tetrameric channels that osmotically permeate water across the membrane boundary. It has been speculated that they also contribute to gas transport of molecules such as ammonia, oxygen and carbon dioxide. In this work we explore how the aquaporin structure and dynamics contributes to the selectivity of the channel in regard to the permeating specie. Using machine learning algorithms and molecular dynamics simulations we also study variety of ways in which members of the aquaporin family can regulate the permeability of the channel in response to various physiological conditions.
Organizer/Host	Bhalchandra Pujari and Mihir Arjunwadkar, Centre for Modeling and Simulation, Savitribai Phule Pune University

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