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,