Time: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 10:00-11:00
Location: B416, Medical Science Building

Art and science are often considered to be mutually exclusive. But the best scientific discoveries often happen when the artist overwhelms the scientist. By using simple definitions of Art and Science and focusing on the “process” of science and art, rather than the final product, I will try to connect the two. Using a number of examples where new concepts were developed in science, the talk will attempt to identify cases where scientific discoveries could not have happened without Art.

Gautam Basu was born in Kolkata, India, in 1961. He studied Chemistry at Presidency College and IIT Kanpur in India and completed his PhD from Cornell University in USA in 1992. After postdoctoral work in Japan he joined the Bose Institute in India as a faculty member in 1995 where currently he is a professor of Biophysics. He has published extensively in the field of structural and computational biophysics. Specifically, his research focus is on protein structure and interactions, peptide design and therapeutics, electrostatics and evolution. He is also a translator, science communicator and extensively involved in science outreach programs for school children and the general public.

Source: School of Life Sciences