InCoFIBS-2010, Department of Life Science, National Institute Technology, Rourkela, Orissa

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE as on 08.09.2010

Day 1 (01.10.2010)
TIME / EVENTS
8.00-9.00 / Registration at Bhubaneswar Behera Auditorium
9.00-10.00 / Inauguration and felicititation
10.00-10.15 / Refreshment
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Session- 1
10.15-12.00 / Theme 1: Structural biology, membrane dynamics and cell signaling
Thematic lectures (3 X 20 min) followed by other 4presentations (10 min+5 min)
Plenary/thematic lectures by
  1. Prof. K Ravi Acharia, University of Bath
  2. Prof. Hans Hebert, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  3. Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
  4. Dr. Ashis Biswas, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
  5. Dr. Bijaya Ketan Sahoo, MITS, Orissa: An investigation into the molecular interactions of diactylcurcumin with human serum albumin
  6. Ms. Shilpa Chakravarty, University of Allahabad:Photic modulation of plasma membrane redox system by melatonin

12.00-1.00 / Lunch break
Session- 2
1.00-3.00 / Theme 2: Cancer biology
Thematic lecture (4 X 20 min) followed by other 3 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. F Mollinedo, University of Salamanca, Spain
  2. Prof. Andrew Chantry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
  3. Prof. Dulal Panda, IIT, Bombay
  4. Dr. Urmi Chatterjee, Calcutta University, Kolkata
  5. Dr. Boominathan, L, Genome Discovery, Puducherry: ∆N-p63 is an invasion, migration, and metastasis suppressor
  6. Mr. Vishmadeb Pramanik, Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata: K-ras mutation associated with gallbladder carcinoma patients of eastern part of India
  7. Mr. Biplab Bhattacharjee, Institute of Computational Biology, Bangalore: Mapping of the potential drug targets on the global cancer network with the aid of network biology

3.00-4.30 / Refreshment and POSTER session
Session- 3
4.30-7.00 / Theme 3: Epigenetics and molecular biology
Thematic lecture (4 X 20 min) followed by other 4 presentations (10 min+5 min)
1.Prof. Tapash K Kundu, JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore
2.Prof. Narayan G. Avadhani, Pennsylvania, USA
3.Dr. Vincent Dion, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
4.Dr. Tathagata Chaudhury, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
5.Mr. Matthew John, Unilever R&D, Bangalore:Regulation of theanine biosynthesis in Camellia species
6.Dr. Varsha Rathod, The Institute of Science, Mumbai:Allele frequencies and statistic parameters study of the short tandem repeat of HUMTH01 locus in Mumbai population
7.Dr. N. R. Jena, IISc, Bangalore: DNA Repair by Enzymes: Current Progress & Future Challenges
8.Mr. Sanjib K Nayak, TezpurUniversity:A Novel Approach to Discover Altered-GC Regions in Bacterial Genomes
8.00-9.00 / Gala dinner
Day 2 (02.10.2010)
Session- 4
8.00-10.00 / Theme 4: Bioinformatics and RNAi
Thematic lecture (2 X 20 min) followed by other 7 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. Tapash C Ghosh, Bioinformatics Center, Bose Institute, Kolkata
  2. Dr. J. Torrisani, Institut de Médecine Moléculaire de Rangueil, France
  3. Ms. Abhilasha Singh, AmityUniversity, Lucknow: Use of natural compounds as ache inhibitors for the treatment of early stage alzheimer’s disease- an insilico approach
  4. Mr. Rajesh K Guru, MITSEngineeringCollege, Orissa: In-silico mutational analysis of 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus genomic sequences and investigation of evolutionary selection pressure on genes
  5. Ms. Sandhya Deshpande, Shah & Anchor kutchhi Engineering, Mumbai: Parametric method for power spectrum estimation of HRV
  6. Ms. Viswa Teja S S Colluru, GITAM College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam: A structure based drug design study on VEGFR-2 inhibitors
  7. Mr. Prashantha Karunakar, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore: In-silico Docking Studies of Fenvalarate against Neural Cytoskeletal Protein Actin as Potential Insecticidal Target
  8. Ms. Sangeetha S.,AnnaUniversity, Channai: Computational Evaluation of Inhibitory potential for Histone Deacetylase-1 (HDAC1) for Breast Cancer
  9. Mr. Chandra Sekhara Rao, NIT, Warangal: Data mining and Bioinformatics analysis on Influenza virus database

10.00-10.15 / Refreshment
Session- 5
10.30-12.00 / Theme 5: Genomics and proteomics
Thematic lecture (2 X 20 min) followed by other 5 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof.S. Damaraju, University Alberta, Canada
  2. Prof. N. Bharathan, IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania, USA
  3. Dr. Doreen D Domingo, Mariana Marcos State University, Philippines: Effect of Different Levels of Confinement Stress at different Time interval to the Immune System of White Mice (Mus musculus L.)
  4. Dr. Srirupa Mukhopadhyay, IISER, Mohali: NDGA attenuates TNFa induced expression of VCAM-1 independent of nitric oxide: Potential role of focal adhesion kinase
  5. Dr. Tapas Medhi, TezpurUniversity:Properties of a soluble n-alkane monooxygenase from extracts of Cladosporium rasinae
  6. Ms. Deepika MLN, OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad:Correlation of ACE gene polymorphism and age at onset in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
  7. Ms. Priyanka Das, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar: Over expression of rice catalase B and its Mutant gene increases dry matter accumulation and confers both light and temperature resistance to Arabidopsis thaliana

12.00-1.00 / Lunch break
Session- 6
1.00-2.30 / Theme 6:Stem cell and tissue regeneration
Thematic lecture (1 X 20 min) followed by other 6 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. Sunil K Sarangi, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
  2. Mr. Darshan Raj CG, P.A College of Engineering, Mangalore: In vivo peritoneal antiangiogenesis, in vitro antiproliferative and in silico neuroprotective properties of (2E,5E)-2,5-bis(3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-benzylidene) cyclopentanone
  3. Dr. Aditi Patra, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal: Ultrasound imaging of ovary: An approach to detect ovulation in Black Bengal goat
  4. Dr. Ajay Thakur, Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur: In vitro plant regeneration in Brassica juncea L. Czern. & Coss var. NRCDR-02 using cotyledonary petiole explants
  5. Ms. Wong Kah Hui, University of Malaya, Malyasia: Medicinal mushroom Hericium erinaceus promotes functional recovery, axonal protein synthesis and expression of Akt and MAPK in dorsal root ganglia following crush injury to rodent peripheral nerve
  6. Ms. Chandana, T., JeppiaarEngineeringCollege, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Umbilical cord serum supplementation in human mesenchymal stem cell culture
  7. Ms. Kirti K Ghodke, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune:Antioxidant defense in early chick embryonic development

2.30-3.00 / Refreshment
Session- 7
3.00-5.00 / Theme 7: Drug delivery and vaccine approaches
Thematic lecture (2 X 20 min) followed by other 4 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. Neil Shaw, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  2. Dr. Palok Aich, National Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhubaneswar, India
  3. Dr. Rachna Prasad, IIT Delhi: Effect of Current Density on Transdermal Permeation of Methotrexate, Skin Histopathology and Reversibility
  4. Mr. Trilochan Satapathy, Inst of Pharmacy & Technology, Salipur: Microencapsulation of zidovudine using chitosan for controlled drug release
  5. Mr. Avinash Ramani, AnnaUniversity, Chennai: In-Silico evaluation of phytochemical compounds for assessment of EphA2 inhibitory properties to prevent liver cirrhosis induced by chronic renal failure
  6. Mr. Amrendar Kumar, Amity University Lucknow: Kinetic Modelling and Stimulation of Collagen induced Platelet Aggregation

Session- 8 (at A.N. Khosla Conference Centre)
5.00-7.00 / Theme 8: Tropical diseases and medicine
Thematic lecture (3 X 20 min) followed by other 4 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. B. Ravindran, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
  2. Prof. Ari Brazilai, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  3. Dr. Ranjana Srivastava, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
  4. Dr. Triveni Krishnan, NICED, Kolkata
  5. Ms. Nargish Parvin, IIT, Kanpur: Life Cycle Controlling of Pathogen Bearing Mosquitoes by Oral Ingestion of Soluble Carbon Dots
  6. Mr. Prakash Saudagar, IIT, Guwahati: Molecular modeling, virtual screening and comparative analysis of Trypanothione Synthetase from L. donovani and L. major for the identification of new inhibitors as a drug
  7. Ms. Aann Smitha Abraham, VITUniversity, Vellore: Transition from RRMS-SPMS and effects of various medications in a course of 28 years-A Case Study
  8. Mr. Musthafa Khaleel V.,P.ACollege of Engineering, Mangalore:One pot synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and antiviral studies on new thiazolopyrimidine carboxylate derivatives

7.30-8.30 / Cultural Night
8.30-9.30 / Dinner
Day 3 (03.10.2010)
Session- 9
8.00-10.00 / Theme 9:Environmental Science and evolutionary biology
Thematic lecture (2 X 20 min) followed by other 10 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. Subhas C Santra, KalyaniUniversity, West Bengal
  2. Prof. AL. Ramanathan, Jawharlal University, New Delhi
  3. Dr. Sanjit Dey, University of Calcutta, Kolkata: Damages of lung and other organs by mosquito repellent smokeare ameliorated by Moringa oleifera leaf extract
  4. Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhary, University of Calcutta, Kolkata: Reckoning the effect of environmental factors on the distribution and diversity of rhizosphere microfungi in mangrove habitat of Indian Sundarban
  5. Mr. Kesavan Sridhar, Sathyabhama University, Chennai: Bioenergy consumption and efficiency of emissions from stack gas
  6. Mr. Avinash Kumar, NIT, Durgapur: Treatment of steel industry wastewater by biochemical and advance oxidation process
  7. Ms. Arunima Ghosh, BCKV, Kalyani: Reproductive Phenology of Ceriops decandra (Griff.)Ding Hou: an important true viviparous mangrove species of Indian Sunderbans

10.00-10.30 / Refreshment
10.30-12.00 /
  1. Mr. Ekramul Islam, IIT, Kharagpur: Isolation and characterization of mercury resistant bacteria with high uranium uptake capability from Jaduguda underground uranium mine, India
  2. Mr. Sanjib Upadhyaya, Gauhati University: Nest-site selection criterions of Cotton Pygmy-goose in Assam, India
  3. Mr. Vinay K Singh, BHU, Varanasi:Biological Efficiency of Pleurotus species grown on different lignocellulosic wastes
  4. Dr. Alok C Samal, KalyaniUniversity, Kalyani: Biochemical responses of urban tree species and their performance evaluation: pollution tolerance index approach
  5. Dr. M. Siva Ramakrishnan, JNTU, Hyderabad:Biohydrogen production from sewage wastewater by using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Session- 10 (Parallel session at A.N. Khosla Conference Centre)
8.00-10.00 / Theme 10: Agricultural biotechnology
Thematic lecture (2 X 20 min) followed by other 10 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Prof. Debabrata Das, IIT, Kharagpur
  2. Dr. Bijaya K Sarangi, NEERI, Nagpur
  3. Dr. B. Sathish Kumar, JNTU, Hyderabad: Hydrogen production from the fermentation of rice husk wastes with acidification pretreatment process
  4. Ms. Alka Singh, BHU, Varanasi:Variation in soil microbial biomass in a tropical dryland agroecosystem: Impact of interaction of herbicide and soil amendments
  5. Mr. Sushant Singh, IIT, Guwahati: Oxidative stress analysis in germinated Chickpea seeds under Copper ions
  6. Dr. Binay Kumar Singh, Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Res, Bharatpur: Evaluation of cross-transferability and polymorphic potential of sequence tagged microsatellites (STMS) in wild species of Brassica and allied genera
  7. Mr. Samrat Roy Choudhary, ISI, Kolkata: Surface reactive nanosulfur: A brand new fungicide in Indian Agriculture

10.00-10.30 / Refreshment
10.30-12.00 /
  1. Mr. Chaitanya K Geda, CRRI, Cuttack: Transformation methods in rice- A comparative study
  2. Ms. Bornali Gohain, Toklai Experimental Staion, Jorhat: Deciphering the molecular trajectory in Darjeeling tea under biotic and abiotic stress
  3. Mr. Dattatraya Raju Sathe, Garware College, Pune: Effect of different media combinations on in vitro growth of potato varieties Kufri Jyoti and Kufri Pukharaj
  4. Ms. Gitishree Das, CRRI, Cuttack: Stacking of multiple biotic and abiotic stress resistance genes in rice
  5. Ms. Sumistha Das, ISI, Kolkata:Effect of gold nanoparticle on photosynthetic pigment content of C3 plants

12.00-1.00 / Lunch break
Session- 11
1.00-03.00 / Theme 11:Aquatic biology and marine biotechnology
Thematic lecture (3 X 20 min) followed by other 6 presentations (10 min+5 min)
  1. Dr. Joydeep Mukherjee, JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata
  2. Dr. Punyasloke Bhadury, IISER, Kolkata
  3. Dr. Tuhin Ghsoh, JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata
  4. Dr. Mrinal Samanta, CIFA, Bhubaneswar: Molecular cloning and characterization of interleukin-10 in Indian major carp, catla (Catla catla) and its expression analysis following A.hydrophila infection, LPS and poly I: C treatment
  5. Dr. Nandan Bhattacharya, JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata: Study of ‘intermediate disturbance hypothesis’ in relation to heavy metal pollution using freshwater molluscan community indices of three contrasting freshwater wetlands
  6. Dr. Anindita Mitra, JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata: Studies on a marine streptomycete H562 producing broad spectrum antimicrobial activity
  7. Dr. Palashpriya Das, IIT, Kharagpur:A new marine biosurfactant with enormous potential commercial applications
  8. Ms. Lilly Anne Devasia V, GoaUniversity, Goa: Extracellular polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from the marine protists, Thraustochytrids
  9. Ms. Rachna Panda, BerhampurUniversity, Orissa: Impact of Hydrographical Parameters on the Zooplankton Distribution in Rushikulya Estuary, Indian East Coast

03.00-3.30 / Valedictory function & Refreshment

Note: Organizing committee reserves the right to reschedule the programme, change/replacement of thematic speakers as and when necessary/applicable.