MIT’s Arup Chakraborty to give Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture

On April 26, Discovery Park and the Department of Chemistry will host Arup Chakraborty, the Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering and professor of physics, chemistry and biological engineering at MIT as part of the Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series. 

Chakraborty’s work lies at the crossroads of immunology, evolutionary biology and statistical physics. In his talk, "How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts," Chakraborty will discuss bringing together theoretical/computational approaches from physics, engineering and statistical mechanics with immunology. The result of this combination develops principles necessary for a rational design of vaccines that may eliminate many pathogens with high mutability, such as HIV.

The lecture will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121, and is open to the public. Before the lecture, a reception will be held from 4 to 4:30 p.m. in the Burton D. Morgan Café.

Chakraborty was the founding director of MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; a founding steering committee member of the Ragon Institute of MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard; and an associate member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

The Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by the Lilly Endowment, with the purpose of bringing experts and thought leaders in the areas of science and technology to Purdue. For more information about Chakraborty’s lecture, or the Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series, contact Maria Longoria-Littleton at mlongori@purdue.edu.

Writer: Sarah Anderson, andersons@purdue.edu, 765-494-1386
Source: Cliff Wojtalewicz, cliffw@purdue.edu, 765-496-3961