Theoretical & Computational Biophysics

Soft & Living
Adaptive Matter Lab

Led by Deb Sankar Banerjee · Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

We study the physics of living matter systems — how non-equilibrium forces and molecular interactions give rise to hierarchical self-organization, adaptive mechanics, and emergent information processing in biological systems. From cytoskeletal networks to biomolecular condensates to physical learning in tissues, we seek the universal organizing principles of soft adaptive matter.

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Assistant Professor ·S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences · Starting [Sep 2026]
Deb Sankar Banerjee
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Research Themes

Questions at the
Frontier of Living Matter

Cytoskeletal Dynamics & Self-Organization

How do microscopic kinetic rules governing filament assembly generate macroscopic morphologies and emergent mechanical response?

ActomyosinActive NetworksMorphogenesis
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Biomolecular Condensate Dynamics

How does the non-equilibrium mechanical environment fundamentally alter condensate nucleation, growth, coarsening, and spatial positioning?

Phase SeparationElastic NetworksLLPS
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Physical Learning in Active Matter

Does continual structural turnover and non-equilibrium driving fundamentally alter what physical systems — without neurons — can learn?

Physical LearningAdaptationNon-Equilibrium
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