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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
9:00 am -9:30 am
9:30 am -10:00 am
10:00 am - 11:20 am
11:20 am - 11:45 am
11:45 am- 12:45 pm
SESSION 1
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm
1:45 pm to 3:45 pm
SESSION 2
(Chairperson: Prof.
Avadhesha Surolia)
29th December, 2014
Registration
Breakfast
Opening ceremony
Welcome and Inauguration
Tea
Prof. C.V. Ramakrishnan Lecture
Prof. Avadhesha Surolia, Honorary Professor and CSIR Bhatnagar
Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Talk title: Genes and Lectins- a form and function perspective
Lunch break
PTMF Lecture
Prof. M.S. Patel, Department of Biochemistry, University at
Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
(1:45 pm-2:25 pm)
Talk title: Evolution and regulation of the human pyruvate
dehydrogenase complex
Prof. Harish Padh, Vice-Chancellor, Sardar Patel University,
Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat (2:25 pm-3:05 pm)
Talk title: Interindividual variation in drug response in Indian
population
Dr. Milind Gore, NIV, Gorakhpur, India (3:05 pm-3:45 pm)
Talk title: Targeting public health level delivery of a product: Start
from the beginning
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Tea break
4:30 pm to 6:30pm
Poster session
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
8.00 pm onwards
Cultural program
Banquet dinner
9:00 - 9:30 am
9:30 - 11:00 am
SESSION 3
(Chairperson: Prof.
BB Chattoo)
30th December, 2014
Breakfast
Prof. Girish Shah, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec,
Canada (9:30 am-10:00am)
Talk title: Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1: A multifaceted enzyme
in DNA damge responses of higher eukarytoic cells
Dr. Gotam Jarori, TIFR, Mumbai, India (10:00 am-10:30 am)
Talk title: House Keeping & Moonlighting: An Unconventional
Vaccine Candidate against Malaria
11:00 am – 11:30 am
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
SESSION 4
(Chairperson: Dr.
Gotam Jarori)
1:00 pm- 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
SESSION 5
(Chairperson: Prof.
Girish Shah)
Dr. Krishnakumar N Menon, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,
Kochi, Kerala, India (10:30 am-11:00 am)
Talk title: A Far-Western Clinical Proteomics Approach to Detect
Molecules of Clinical and Pathological Significance in the
Neurodegenerative Disease Multiple Sclerosis
Tea break
Dr. Suresh Balasubramanian, School of Biological Sciences
Monash (11:30 am-12:00 noon)
University, Australia
Talk title: Temperature perception and response in Arabidopsis
thaliana
Dr. Ashwin Kotnis, IISER Bhopal, India (12:00-12:30 pm)
Talk Title: Genetic predisposition to tobacco related cancers: Any
translational relevance?
Dr. Vihas Vasu, Dept. of Zoology, M.S. University of Baroda (12:30
pm-1:00 pm)
Talk title: Bioinformatics Driven Discovery of Novel Kinase Targets
for Drug Repurposing using Kinome Synthetic Lethal Screen
Lunch break
Dr. Sandhya P Koushika, TIFR Mumbai, India (2:00 pm-2:30 pm)
Talk title: Regulation of synaptic vesicle transport
Dr. C.N. Ramchand, Saksin Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. Chennai, India
(2:30 pm-3:15 pm)
Talk title: Development of Anti-angiogenic drugs against Age
Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
Development of naked magnetic nanoparticles based strategies for
industrial application.
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
3:45 pm - 4:45pm
SESSION 6
(Chairperson: Dr.
C.N. Ramchand)
6:00 pm onwards
8:30 to 9:00 am
9:00 to 9:30 am
9:30 am – 10:30 am
SESSION 7
(Chairperson: Dr
R.T. Ravi)
10:30 - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
SESSION 8
(Chairperson: Prof.
MS Patel)
12:00 pm onwards
Tea break
Dr. R.T. Ravi, KBIL, Hyderabad, India (3:45 pm-4:15 pm)
Talk title: Biochemist entrepreneur
Dr. Mahendra Dashora, Accurex Biomedical (4:15 pm-4:45 pm)
Talk Title: Scope of entrepreneur as career
Dinner
31st December, 2014
Breakfast
Inauguration
Chief Guest: Dr. S.K. Nanda,
Chairman and Managing Director
Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited, India)
Announcement of Poster Award
Vote of Thanks
Advances in Stem cell research
Dr. Ramesh R. Bhonde, Professor and Dean, School of
Regenerative Medicine, Manipal University (9:30 am-10:00 am)
Talk Title: History and Evolutionary Perspective of Stem Cells for
Regenerative Medicine
Prof. M.S. Patel, University at Buffalo, State University of New
York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. (10:00 am-10:30 am)
Talk Title: Cellular malprogramming during development for
obesity and diabetes
Tea Break
Dr. Mohan Wani, NCCS, Pune (11:00 am-11:30 am)
Talk Title: Role of IL-3 in regulation of migration and
osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells
Prof. Sarita Gupta, Department of Biochemistry, M.S. University of
Baroda ((1130 am-12:00 noon)
Talk Title:
Lunch