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Sengupta Lab focuses on developing integrative biophysical frameworks which explain, generalize, and importantly, predicts the if-s, the how-s, and the why-s of microbe-environment interactions, especially relevant for the environmental trends we see today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section section wp-block-unilux-blocks-headline-text-and-image\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"microbial-biophysics-of-adaptation-to-environmental-changes\"\n    >\nMicrobial Biophysics of Adaptation to Environmental Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper flex flex-wrap lg:-mx-32\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper w-full lg:w-7\/12 lg:order-2 lg:px-32\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-image-video-wrapper\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Scales_SenguptaLab_PLM8pxGrV.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Scales_SenguptaLab_PLM8pxGrV-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Scales_SenguptaLab_PLM8pxGrV-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Scales_SenguptaLab_PLM8pxGrV-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Scales_SenguptaLab_PLM8pxGrV-1536x872.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Scales_SenguptaLab_PLM8pxGrV.jpg 2000w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 100.00% 46.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 100.00% 46.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 3\/2; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper w-full lg:w-5\/12 lg:order-1 lg:px-32\">\n<p><strong>Living In Fluctuating Environments<\/strong><br><br>We develop and apply state-of the-art cross-disciplinary approaches, covering the domains of physics, biology, engineering, mathematics, statistics and machine learning, to capture microbial BEHAVIOUR, RESPONSE and RESILIENCE triggered by local environmental variations mimicking those due to shifts in climate and lifestyle choices. <br>See our short short video profile of the Group, taken during the early days of its inception. Since then, the Sengupta Lab has diversified, on both fundamental and translational fronts. <br><br>See list below for details of the projects currently running in the Sengupta Lab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"research-projects\"\n    >\nResearch projects<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-24 -mx-16  wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card\">\n    <li class=\"w-full sm:w-1\/2 lg:w-1\/3 px-16  wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card-item\">\n    <div class=\"ulux-card card-project-related bg-theme\">\n        <div class=\"ulux-card__container card__container\">\n                        <div class=\"ulux-card__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-content-card-item-body\">\n    \n<span 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