Centenary celebrations of Department of Biochemistry, IISc
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was founded in the year 1909 at Bangalore and it started functioning from 24 July 1911 with three departments: General Chemistry, Applied Chemistry and Electrical technology. Gilbert Fowler, a professor at the Applied Chemistry Department, was appointed as the first Chair of Biochemistry on 16 February 1921, almost nineteen years after Benjamin Moore was appointed as the first Chair of Biochemistry in U.K. at the University of Liverpool in England in 1902. It is interesting to note that the Biochemical Journal and the Journal of Biological Chemistry were started in 1906 and 1905 respectively. Thus, Biochemistry as a distinct discipline was gaining momentum in the first quarter of 20th century.
(Stay tuned for updates) International Conference
Includes lectures in frontier areas of biochemistry by invited speakers and Alumni
Biological Sciences Auditorium / Faculty Hall,
IISc,
Bangalore
Email: office.bc@iisc.ac.in
Formal Inauguration
Venue : Ground floor Auditorium, Biological Sciences Building IISc, Bangalore
21 Feb 2020
Centenary celebrations were formally inaugurated by Prof. C N R Rao, Bharat Ratna and Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Dept. Of Biotechnology, Govt. Of India
10.00 - 10.10
Welcome by Prof P N Rangarajan
Welcome by Prof P N Rangarajan
Chair, Department of Biochemistry
10.10 - 10.15
Opening Remarks by Prof D N Rao
Opening Remarks by Prof D N Rao
Chair, Centenary Celebrations Committee
10.15 - 10.20
Remarks by Prof. Anurag Kumar
Remarks by Prof. Anurag Kumar
Director, IISc
10.20 - 11.00
Inaugural address
Inaugural address
Prof. C N R Rao, Bharat Ratna
Chairperson: Prof. M. R. S. Rao
11.00 - 11.30
Tea
Tea
11.30 - 12.15
Keynote address
Keynote address
Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary
Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
Chairperson: Prof. G Padmanaban
12.15 - 12.30
Remarks by
Remarks by
Dr. P. R. Krishnaswamy
12.30-12.45 PM
Remarks by
Remarks by
Dr. Mahtab Bamji
12.45 - 12.50
Vote of thanks
Vote of thanks
12.50 - 13.20
Inauguration of Exhibition by
Inauguration of Exhibition by
Dr. Renu Swarup
Chair: Prof. Umesh Varshney
14.30 - 15.15
Prof. Graham Walker, Dept. of Biology, MIT, Boston, USA
Prof. Graham Walker, Dept. of Biology, MIT, Boston, USA
Unravelling Mutagenic Translesion DNA Synthesis:
A Journey from the Ames test to Cancer Chemotherapy
15.15 - 16.00
Dr. Anand Swaroop, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
Dr. Anand Swaroop, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
Rediscovering mitochondria through neurodegeneration, gene networks and epigenome
16.00 - 16.30
Tea
Tea
Chairs: Dr. Ajith Kamath and Dr. Y. V. B. K. Subrahmanyam
16.30 - 16.50
Dr. Neetu Gupta, Associate Professor,
Dr. Neetu Gupta, Associate Professor,
Dept. of Inflammation & Immunity, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
Systems biology analysis of healthy and pathogenic B lymphocytes at the bench and bedside
16.50 - 17.10
Dr. B V Ravi kumar, CEO, Xcyton Diagnostics,
Dr. B V Ravi kumar, CEO, Xcyton Diagnostics,
Bangalore, India
Molecular Diagnostics for Data Driven Insights for
Management of Critical Infections
17.10 - 17.30
Dr. C S Ramesha, CEO, Medhus Bio, LLC.,
Dr. C S Ramesha, CEO, Medhus Bio, LLC.,
Mountain View, CA, USA
Biomarkers for Wearable devises
17.30 - 17.50
Dr. Shama Bhat, CEO, Bhat Biotech,
Dr. Shama Bhat, CEO, Bhat Biotech,
Bangalore , India
17.50 - 18.10
Dr. K. Nandabalan, CEO, InveniAI,
Dr. K. Nandabalan, CEO, InveniAI,
Guilford, CT, USA
The Nexus of Technology and Biology in Drug Discovery:
An Entrepreneurial Journey
18.10 - 18.30
Dr. George Thomas, Director, R&D,
Dr. George Thomas, Director, R&D,
SciGenom, Cochin India
Next-Gen Technologies for Crop Improvement
18.30 - 18.50
Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Dean,
Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Dean,
School of Life Sciences,
Central University of Tamil Nadu, India
My adventures with lipids
18.50 - 19.10
Dr. Girish Sahni,
Dr. Girish Sahni,
CSIR - Institute of Microbial Technology , Chandigarh,India
Tangy-sweet memories of an "All-you-Can-Learn" period at IISc
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