HANDS ON WORKSHOP IN FERMENTATION AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY, WITH EMPHASIS ON DRUG DISCOVERY AND INSTRUMENTATION.
In association with niTza Biologicals (P) Ltd., SGI Departments of Biotechnology are building on their sound reputation for high quality programmes in biotechnology by offering a four-day (1st - 4th February) workshop on state-of-the-art techniques in Fermentation Biotechnology, Drug Discovery and basic techniques in Molecular Biology and Immunology.
In association with niTza Biologicals (P) Ltd., SGI Departments of Biotechnology are building on their sound reputation for high quality programmes in biotechnology by offering a four-day (1st - 4th February) workshop on state-of-the-art techniques in Fermentation Biotechnology, Drug Discovery and basic techniques in Molecular Biology and Immunology.
AIM
This workshop aims at giving the participants, undergraduate, postgraduate students, and technical staff from academia and industrial firms, invaluable “hands-on-experience” of “state-of-the-art” fermentation biotechnology techniques.
Module I: Fermentation Biotechnology (Day 1 & 2)
Presenters:
Mr.Murly KrishnaFermentation Specialist at E.I.DuPont India Pvt Ltd
Mr. Shailesh Kumar, Saint-Gobain, Performance Plastics-Biopharm
Mr. Sanil KV, Sr.Scientist, Program manager for process development and fermentation, Avesthagen
Dr. P N Panda, formally from NII, Presently Asst Prof. of SCM in Sharda University
Learning Objectives:
A Two-Day session of “hands-on-experience” of bacterial and fungal fermentation processes as implemented on industrial scales; details on applications.
Participants will also be acquainted with:
Preparation of inoculum and inculcation of fermentors
Sampling and harvesting of biomass and desired end-product
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this 2-day session (Module I), the participants will be able to:
1. Assemble, conduct and appraise bacterial and fungal fermentation processes.2. Measure and follow the increase in biomass spectrophotometerically by following the increase in optical density (OD) at a given wave length that is specific to growth conditions3. Construct a growth curve and determine various growth parameters, e.g., growth rate and specific growth rate.4. Detect and determine the pattern of product formation for primary and secondary metabolites.
Case Studies: A number of case studies have been added to the curriculum of this workshop so that participants may gain deeper understanding of fermentation biotechnology. This is implemented as a response to the feedback we received from last year participants and you are encouraged to appraise our workshop in the hope that we can make better our effort for next year.
Module II: Drug Discovery (Day 3)
Presenters:
Dr. Surendra Chikara,Head Genomics, Research and Development, Xcelris labs Ltd, Ahmadabad.
Prof. Surat Kumar, Head, Applied Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra
Dr Amla Chopra, Head, Department of Biotechnology, Anand Engineering College, Keetham, Agra
Learning Objectives:
New Drug Target Discovery using Next Generation Genomics technology
Basic Concepts of Drug DNA interactions.
DNA Cancer Vaccine: An immunological approach for treatment of breast cancer.
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this 2-day session (Module I), the participants will be able to Understand:
Next generation of genomics technology.
The mechanism and mode of action of Drugs.
Validation and identification of drug target within a given pathway.
Multi-drug target recognition and development.
Concepts how the structure of drugs interact with major and minor groove of DNA.
Principle of DNA vaccine.
Difficulty working with tumor antigen.
Method for enhancing therapeutic efficacy of DNA cancer vaccine.
Module III: Bio Instrumentation (Day 4)***
Presenters:
Mr. Asit Dutta, Perkin Elmer
Dr. Arun Chopra, HCST
Module I: Fermentation Biotechnology (Day 1 & 2)
Presenters:
Mr.Murly KrishnaFermentation Specialist at E.I.DuPont India Pvt Ltd
Mr. Shailesh Kumar, Saint-Gobain, Performance Plastics-Biopharm
Mr. Sanil KV, Sr.Scientist, Program manager for process development and fermentation, Avesthagen
Dr. P N Panda, formally from NII, Presently Asst Prof. of SCM in Sharda University
Learning Objectives:
A Two-Day session of “hands-on-experience” of bacterial and fungal fermentation processes as implemented on industrial scales; details on applications.
Participants will also be acquainted with:
Preparation of inoculum and inculcation of fermentors
Sampling and harvesting of biomass and desired end-product
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this 2-day session (Module I), the participants will be able to:
1. Assemble, conduct and appraise bacterial and fungal fermentation processes.2. Measure and follow the increase in biomass spectrophotometerically by following the increase in optical density (OD) at a given wave length that is specific to growth conditions3. Construct a growth curve and determine various growth parameters, e.g., growth rate and specific growth rate.4. Detect and determine the pattern of product formation for primary and secondary metabolites.
Case Studies: A number of case studies have been added to the curriculum of this workshop so that participants may gain deeper understanding of fermentation biotechnology. This is implemented as a response to the feedback we received from last year participants and you are encouraged to appraise our workshop in the hope that we can make better our effort for next year.
Module II: Drug Discovery (Day 3)
Presenters:
Dr. Surendra Chikara,Head Genomics, Research and Development, Xcelris labs Ltd, Ahmadabad.
Prof. Surat Kumar, Head, Applied Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra
Dr Amla Chopra, Head, Department of Biotechnology, Anand Engineering College, Keetham, Agra
Learning Objectives:
New Drug Target Discovery using Next Generation Genomics technology
Basic Concepts of Drug DNA interactions.
DNA Cancer Vaccine: An immunological approach for treatment of breast cancer.
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this 2-day session (Module I), the participants will be able to Understand:
Next generation of genomics technology.
The mechanism and mode of action of Drugs.
Validation and identification of drug target within a given pathway.
Multi-drug target recognition and development.
Concepts how the structure of drugs interact with major and minor groove of DNA.
Principle of DNA vaccine.
Difficulty working with tumor antigen.
Method for enhancing therapeutic efficacy of DNA cancer vaccine.
Module III: Bio Instrumentation (Day 4)***
Presenters:
Mr. Asit Dutta, Perkin Elmer
Dr. Arun Chopra, HCST
Principles of basic techniques used in Biotechnology
Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of DNA sample and visualise the genetic fingerprint under UV.
Sodium Dodecyle Sulphate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of a number of proteins. Stain, detect and visualize the protein bands after electrophoresis.
Amplification of DNA by PCR
Importance of Animal Tissue Culture
Use of Gas Chromatography
Learning Objectives:
Bioinformatics approach for identification of new drug targets
Basic Concepts of Drug DNA interactions
DNA Cancer Vaccine: An immunological approach for treatment of breast cancer
Learning outcomes:
Upon the completion of this one-day Session (Module III), participants should be able to:
Understand the principals and use of instrumentation.
*** Depending upon the time maximum techniques would be covered.
For more details login to http://www.hcst.edu.in/departments/biotechnology/workshop/index.html
Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of DNA sample and visualise the genetic fingerprint under UV.
Sodium Dodecyle Sulphate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of a number of proteins. Stain, detect and visualize the protein bands after electrophoresis.
Amplification of DNA by PCR
Importance of Animal Tissue Culture
Use of Gas Chromatography
Learning Objectives:
Bioinformatics approach for identification of new drug targets
Basic Concepts of Drug DNA interactions
DNA Cancer Vaccine: An immunological approach for treatment of breast cancer
Learning outcomes:
Upon the completion of this one-day Session (Module III), participants should be able to:
Understand the principals and use of instrumentation.
*** Depending upon the time maximum techniques would be covered.
For more details login to http://www.hcst.edu.in/departments/biotechnology/workshop/index.html
