Fifth
Aparesh Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture, 2000 Professor
Drubajyoti Chatterjee
The Molecular Logic of Life Synopsis Cells, the unit of life, may be regarded as complex collections of organic molecules which are self-organizing and self replicating, which are capable of exchanging energy and matter with their environment. Understanding the group of organizing principles may be called the molecular logic of living matter. We always encounter a number of fundamental questions like, i) How did bio molecules arise? ii) How did organic molecules give rise to the first “living” structure? iii) How did the organic bio-molecules “learn” to interact with each other and organize themselves? Recent developments in different areas of science helped us to answer some of this fundamental questions and we have a more clearer picture of fundamental axioms in the molecular logic of living matter. About the Speaker Professor Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay is Guha Professor, Dr. B.C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta since 1997. His major area of research is regulation of gene expression of animal viruses, oxidative damage of different macromolecules in the cell and its mechanism etc. He has been awarded many distinctions including fellow of National Academy of Science, India, 1998 and UNESCO-IUMS-MIRCENS-SGM fellowship. He is member of different academic and research bodies including Biophysical Society. He is engaged in major research financed by DST, CSIR, AICTE.
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