Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

Funds received worth Rs.0.136 million) ;
International Strategic Partnership in Research & Education under British
Council (Donor Agency: “INSPIRE” British Council, Funds received worth
Rs.4.959 million).
International Centre of Physics (CIF), Colombia
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CIF celebrated its 25 foundation anniversary on December 4, 2010.
The Director CIF, Dr. Eduardo Posada Flórez, and researchers and
scientists of CIF expressed pleasure in 25 years full of experiences
and achievements, contributing to advancement of science in
Colombia. The Department-wise activities of CIF for the 2010 are
reported as follows:
Biophysics and Biology of Membranes Research Group
Annual Report 2010
During 2010, the Biophysics and Biology of Membranes Research Group
published two research articles in the Journals ‘Acta Biológica Colombiana’
and ‘Experimental Parasitology’. The articles were about interactions of
intracellular parasites (Leishmania-macrophage) with their host cells and the
changes in the cells’ membrane-properties.
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The Group participated in the ASCB 50 Annual Meeting poster notification -
Control ID: 935102, XXIX Chemical Latin-American Congress; XVI
Colombian Chemical Congress; and VI Colombian Chromatography
Congress.
The group produced one Ph.D. and supervised two Magister theses
supporting the Chemical Department Programmes of the National University
of Colombia.
The Group also supervised five Bachelor theses in Biology of the National
University of Colombia and the Quindío University.
Colciencias (Colombian Administrative Department of Science, Technology
and Innovation) granted funding for two new projects submitted by the Group,
while the National University of Colombia funded another project of the Group.
In collaboration with the Colombian Microscopy Association (ASCM) and the
Microscopy Unit of the University of Cauca, Colombia, the Group organized a
Workshop on Microscopy Fundamentals and Applications, in Bogotá
(Colombia), from August 11 to 14, 2010. The focus of the workshop was at the
versatility of microscopy as a tool for basic research and having applications in
a number of industries.
Biophysics and Cellular Physiology Group
The Biophysics and Cellular Physiology Group supervised three Biology theses and a
Physiology Magister thesis related to melanopsin mediated photoreception and
signal mechanisms, studied in chicken (Gallus gallus) embryo retina.
Biotechnology Group
During 2010, the Biotechnology Group concluded two applied research
projects:
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