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Other ActivitiesAbout 19 participants from CSIR-CDRI underwent training under thisprogram.Vigilance Awareness Week 2011In accordance with the guidelines of Central VigilanceCommission, Vigilance Awareness Week was organised during 31October to 5 November 2011. All members of the CDRI staff tookpledge to ensure transparency, identify root causes of corruptionand eradicate it from the society at all cost to the best of theirabilities. Dr. G.K. Goswami, IPS, SSP, Indian Railway, Lucknowdelivered an interesting talk on the subject. During the week, severalprograms were organized including Lecture, Debate and Essaycompetition. Winners of the events were given prizes during thevaledictory function, chaired by Dr. T.K. Chakraborty, Director, CSIR-CDRI, held on November 5, 2011.November to 1 December 2011. The experts from ILS assisted theprogramme which includes preparation of samples, labeling samples,Hybridization, Image analysis using software and data interpretations.Since the workshop was hands-on in nature, participation waslimited to only ten research fellows, from different divisions.National Conference on Challenges in DrugDiscovery and DevelopmentIndian Society of Chemists and Biologists, India organizedits National Conference on “Challenges in Drug Discovery andDevelopment (CDDD-2011) on 9-10 December 2011. Dr. P.M.S.Chauhan, General Secretary of the ISCB was organizing secretaryof this conference. Prof. Anamik Shah, president of ISCB and Dr.G.C. Saxena, president of Indian Council of Chemists and former VCAgra and Avadh University were present in inaugural function. Thetwo days scientific programs included 17 invited lectures by theeminent scientists and 4 oral presentations. 50 posters werepresented by young scientists and Ph. D. students in three differentposter sessions. Several Scientists presented their work on DrugResearch, Chemical Sciences, Bionanotechology, Chemical Biology,Glycobiology and Biochemistry. About 150 delegates from India haveparticipated this conference. The close interaction of scientists withvaried interests in diverse fields of the research is important. Thisconference has provided common platform and opportunities to theresearchers in the areas of chemical sciences and biologicalsciences and other related areas to interact with each other formutual benefits.One day symposium on Antimalarials: Currentapproaches and future directionsA one day symposium on Antimalarials: Current approachesand future directions under the aegis of OSDDm, OSDDChemOutreach and MMV was organized on 16 November 2011. Theaudience included scientists, faculty and students from CSIR-CLRI,Chennai, CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum, IIT, Kanpur and Guwahati, IISER,Mohali, Calcutta University, CSIR-IITR, CSIR-CIMAP and CSIR-CDRI.The Director CSRI-CDRI Dr. T.K. Chakraborty initiated the meeting bywelcoming the guests from India and abroad. Dr. Chakrabortyemphasized on the role of the open science for the development ofanti-infectives and apprised the audience about the significance ofdifferent programs CSIR has initiated in the area. Dr. Jeremy Burrow,Head Discovery, MMV, Geneva was the first speaker of the day. Hegave a brief introduction about the functioning of the MMV, a virtualand “not-for-profit” foundation with the mission to discover, developand deliver antimalarial drugs. Speakers from India and abroad gavedeliberations on current approaches and future directions forantimalarials. Dr. Saman Habib, CSIR-CDRI gave a talk on proposedOSDDm program.One Day Conference on From Molecules to MedicineOne Day conference on From Molecules to Medicine washeld at CSIR-CDRI on 14 December 2011. Dr. Nitya Anand, FormerCommunal Harmony Week 2011In accordance with the guidelines of National Foundation forCommunal Harmony, the Institute celebrated Communal Harmony Weekduring 19-25 November, 2011. All staff members of the CDRI took apledge on this occasion to effectively promote the values of communalharmony and national integration amongst the people.Workshop on Gene expression studies on AffymetrixMicroarray platformA Workshop on Gene expression studies on AffymetrixMicroarray platform was organized in Toxicology Division from 2890 CSIR-CDRI
Major Events OrganizedDirector, CSIR-CDRI presided over the inauguration function. Dr. TKChakraborty, Director, CSIR-CDRI delivered welcome address.Scientific session was chaired by Prof. Manoj Kumar, VC, LucknowUniversity. Prof. CL Khetrapal gave a talk on Role of NMR in humanhealth. He discussed how NMR technique can be used to control themetabolic disorders and heart diseases. The interrelationshipbetween science and spirituality was discussed at length. Dr. NareshKumar, from Pharmalabs Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, discussed how moleculesfind their way to market and how simple techniques are useful increating novelty in the molecules so that it becomes a block buster.Dr. Anshuman Dixit from ILS, Bhuvaneshwar discussed the role ofmolecular modeling in drug discovery and different approaches tofatten the drug development. Prof. Manoj Kumar chaired the session.Dr. Nityanad ex- director CDRI presided over the function andfelicitated Dr. AK Saxena on occasion of his 60th Birthday. Dr. BNDhawan, ex-director CDRI also shared his views on this occasion.A gathering of scientists and students from different disciplinesinteracted during conference. Dr. RP Tripathi proposed a vote ofthanks.37th Mellanby Memorial LectureIn memory of Sir Edward Mellanby, Founder Director, CSIR-CDRI, the 37th Mellanby Memorial Lecture was organized on February10, 2012. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Samir K Brahmchari,Director General of CSIR, New Delhi. The topic of his lecture was“Science 2.0: Open Source Drug Discovery in Cyber Space”. Prof.Brahmachari discussed about the web based open innovationplatform which opens up new opportunities for a systems biologyapproach to identify the Achiilles’ heel in the Mtb bug. He said, usingthis new dataset, we have built a protein interaction map of Mtbincluding more than 1400 proteins and identified the set of proteinswhich are essential in maintaining the integrity of this protein networkfor the growth and survival of Mtb. The talk explored how such anapproach can make drug discovery faster and affordable.Annual Report 2011-12 91
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