Other Activities - Central Drug Research Institute

1MajorEvents OrganizedNational Seminar and W orkshop on MassSpectrometrySophisticated Analyti cal InstrumentFacility, CSIR-CDRI organized a National seminaron Mass Spectrometry followed by Workshopduring 11- 14 January 2011. Seventy threeparticipants from different academic institutionsand industries attended the seminar andworkshop. Invited speakers were all internationalexperts and had delivered the current state ofmass spectrometry with the highlights of hot topicsand potential future course of advances in mass spectrometry. Theworkshop provided a golden opportunity to experience the state ofthe art MS techniques and initiate lively discussion among veteranresearch scientists, academicians and budding researchers to sharetheir knowledge in the frontier areas of chemical and biologicalsciences.Diamond Jubilee International ConferenceName & Address of SpeakerTopicProf. Horst KesslerInstitute for Advanced Study, TU Munchen, Lichbergstrasse 4, 85747Garching, GermanyRational and combinatorial design ofselective integrin inhibitorsProf. David CrichCentre de Recherche de Gif, Institut de Chimie des SubstancesNaturelles, CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceNew methodology for the synthesis ofpeptides, glycosides and their conjugatesGeorge FleetDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansifield Road,OX1 3TA, UKMonosaccharides mimics and mirrorsProf. Med. Katja BeckerChair of Nutritional BiochemistryInterdisciplinary Research Center, Justus-Liebig University Giessen,Heinrich-Buff-Riff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, GermanyRedox-based antimalarial drug discovery anupdateProf. Roger NewExecutive Director & Cofounder, Proxima Concepts Limited, London NW36ZW, UKNew frontiers in protein therapeuticsProf. Malcolm WalkinshawDirector, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology School of BiologicalSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.The glycolytic pathway as a target forstructure based inhibitor designDr. Satyajit RathNational Institute of Immunology, New DelhiThe calibration of cellular responses tostimulation: A case study in T- lymphocytesAnnual Report 2011-12 81