Lysophosphatidylserine: An emerging signaling lipid with implications in human disease

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Infosys Prize Lecture

Lysophosphatidylserine: An emerging signaling lipid with implications in human disease

04:00 PM

July 22, 2025

PM Bhargava Auditorium, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad

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Lysophosphatidylserine: An emerging signaling lipid with implications in human disease.

Lipids are fatty compounds that perform important functions in the body. When we think of lipids, we tend to think in terms of cholesterol levels in our food. However, these compounds play a central role in important functions such as storing energy, synthesizing hormones and absorbing vitamins. While dietary lipids such as cholesterol and triglycerides are well known, lesser abundant yet biologically important signaling lipids have remained enigmatic to the public.

In this talk, Infosys Prize 2024 laureate Dr. Siddhesh Kamat will discuss one such enigmatic signaling lipid called lysophosphatidylserine and tell you what his lab has done towards understanding its importance in the human body, and its association with some human brain and immune system related diseases.

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Siddhesh Kamat

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune