Vol. No. 110 May 2017 Email: sbcihq@gmail.com http://www.biochem.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/

OFFICE BEARERS OF SBC(I) 2017

PRESIDENT

Dr. Umesh Varshney

IISc, Bangalore

VICE-PRESIDENTS

Dr. P. Kondaiah

IISc, Bangalore

Dr. B. J. Rao

TIFR, Mumbai

Dr. Rakesh Mishra

CCMB, Hyderabad

SECRETARIES

Dr. Arun Kumar

IISc, Bangalore

Dr. N. Ganesh

IISc, Bangalore

Dr. Gaurishankar Sa

Bose Institute, Kolkata

TREASURER

Dr. Deepak K. Saini

IISc, Bangalore

Dear Friends,

I take this opportunity to wish you all the very best in your scientific activities, and greet you as a valued member of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), a Society that began its activities way back in 1930. A few months ago (November 21-24, 2016), we gathered for a very successful annual meeting of the Society at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (popularly known as CFTRI), in the beautiful city of Mysore, a newer IT hub in the state of Karnataka. A lot goes into organizing a successful event of this nature. Congratulations to the organizers for doing an excellent job!

The annual meetings of our Society provide a forum to discuss our latest research findings and explore the complete spectrum of ongoing biology research in the country. The meetings also provide an excellent opportunity to network with our colleagues to discuss the possibilities of collaboration. I must say that the spontaneity in these discussions, often during the breaks between the sessions, is what is most rewarding. Biological systems, by their very nature, are complex. And, for a wholesome and meaningful understanding, a multidisciplinary effort cutting across the biological and physical sciences becomes necessary.

Scientific research in our country develops at isolated centers in individual groups. This historic context has made the science in India a very much of an individualistic effort. Fortunately, in most places in our country, we now have multiple research groups covering areas of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. However, we are yet to pool and exploit these resources to address complex biological phenomenon. By and large, we remain naïve about the expertise available right next door to our own laboratories. We need to encourage the interdisciplinary science at all centers and appreciate the value of the combined efforts. We need to evolve mechanisms that allow individual growth even if the participation of a scientist is solely in a joint effort. For the purpose of our discussion here, if we leave aside the complexities of the joint first and corresponding authorships, we must appreciate that there can be only one name that appears first, and only one that appears last in the author line of a research publication. And, if we limit our recognitions and appreciations to only the names that appear first or the last, we will continue to avoid addressing larger multidisciplinary questions in biology, and leave them to be addressed by those who appreciate the value of the collaborative research and know how to reward the contributors appropriately to make such research efforts possible.

A first step in this direction would be to use the author line on a publication only for the real contributors, and leave the acknowledgements to the acknowledgement section of the paper. A combined force is what is required to address today’s (and the future) problems. Individually, we will remain weak, and ineffective.

Merely as an example, personalized medicine is now becoming a reality. However, to achieve the goal we need the expertise in genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, chemical and physical sciences, bioinformatics, and of course, medicine to look at the aspects of genes and the genomes, metabolism, metabolomes, proteomes, etc. of the individuals for a meaningful treatment strategy. How are we to become ‘all-in-one’? We have no choice. We need to collaborate, and collaborate actively!

Certainly, the Society would like to do its bit towards promoting the collaborations by encouraging inter-lab visits of the researchers and reemphasizing its commitment to granting travel fellowships to our young researchers.

Kindly note the change in website address: http://www.biochem.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/

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Biology is all too important and a wonderful resource to design efficient systems relevant to even the engineers. I hope that, with the active participation and co-operation of you all, the Society will grow in its activities and promote the purpose of biology research in the country in the coming years and become an all-inclusive organization to promote research on interdisciplinary problems. I want to urge you all to make use of the existing opportunities to make the best, and make it a point to electrify the numerous India wide Chapters of the Society to promote the local talent. In a country of over 1.3 billion of mostly the young minds, there are bound to be a lot of future leaders of science! So the local Chapters have a lot to contribute to the activities of the Society.

Coming back to the annual meetings of the society, the next meeting of the society will be held in the capital city of New Delhi (November 16-19, 2017), at the all very well-known Jawaharlal Nehru University. I strongly encourage you all for your full time participation in the meeting and contribute by not only proudly presenting science you do, but also by motivating the young scientists, and by asking how one’s expertise could help others to address a more complex biological phenomenon.

Umesh VarshneyPresidentSociety of Biological Chemists (India)

86th SBC(I) Annual Meeting at JNU, New DelhiTheme of the Meeting: Emerging Discoveries in Health and Agricultural Sciences

Dates and venue of the Meeting – 16th to 19th Nov, 2017 at the Convention Centre, JNU, New Delhi.

Please refer to the following website for more information regarding meeting.www.sbc2017.org

Abstract Details –It should be in English and within 300 words and should clearly state: Aims, Methods, Results and Conclusions. No figures or tables are to be included in the abstracts. The preferable font size for abstracts title is Times New Roman 14 and Body text is Times New Roman 12.Title-Not more than 2 lines.

Registration Fee details-

Early Bird (On or before 31July, 2017)

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Student $ 250 $ 300 ` 4,000 ` 3,500 ` 4,500 ` 4,000 ` 5,500

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Includes: Food and Travel From Hotel to Venue, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Gala Dinner and Cultural Evening.

Themes for the poster –1. Plant- Microbe Interaction2. Disease and Pathogenesis3. Bioinformatics and Metagenomics4. Ayurveda and Yoga in Health Sciences5. Cancer Biology6. Nano Sciences and Targeted Drug Delivery7. Genetic Disorders and Lifestyle Diseases8. Marine and Veterinary Sciences9. Molecular Chemistry and Pharmacology10. Human Physiology and Endocrinology

11. Aging and Cosmaceuticals12. Environment Biotechnology13. Stem Cell Research and Immunotechnology14. Enzymes / Protein Biochemistry and Structural Biology15. Food and Dairy Sciences16. Virology and Vaccine Development17. Innovations in Agricultural Sciences18. Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity19. Bioengineering/ Fermentation and Enzyme Technology20. Genetics/ Epigenetics

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Report on the 85th SBC(I) Annual Meeting held at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore

The 85th SBC(I) Annual Meeting held at the CSIR–CFTRI from 21st to 24th November, 2016, was organized under the joint convenership of Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Director, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, Prof. P.N. Rangarajan, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Prof. K. Kemparaju, Department of Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Mysore. The theme of the Symposium was “Innovations in Biological Research For Health and Diseases”.

The inaugural function was held on 21st November, 2016, afternoon in the newly renovated International Food Technology Training Centre (IFTTC) Auditorium, CFTRI. Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Director, CSIR-CFTRI and Convener SBC-2016 welcomed the gathering. Prof. Samir. K Brahmachari, former DG-CSIR, Chief mentor, OSDD, CSIR-IGIB inaugurated the symposium by lighting the lamp and presented a key note address entitled “P4 Medicine the future: Convergence of genomics, traditional medicine and big data”. Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao, Hon. President SBC(I), delivered the presidential address which was in tune with the theme of the symposium. A special lecture in the memory of Prof. P.S. Sastry was delivered by Dr. B. V. Ravikumar, Founder & CMD, XCyton, Bengaluru. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. G. Muralikrishna, Chief Scientist, Head of the Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-CFTRI and the convener, local organizing Committee.

The SBC(I) award winning lectures were delivered by the following faculty:

1. D. P. Burma Memorial award lecture: Intratumoral immune landscape: From immunogenicity to tolerogenicity– Prof. Gaurisankar Sa, Bose Institute, Kolkata.

2. P.S. Sarma Memorial award lecture: Delineating the role of essential serine/ threonine protein kinases and the phosphatase in modulating the growth and survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis– Dr. Vinay Kumar Nandicoori, NII, New Delhi.

3. P. A. Kurup award lecture: Cross talk between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host immunity role of new virulence factors in pathogenesis– Prof. Avinash Sonawane, Dean, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubhaneswar.

In addition to the above award winning lectures, 7 Plenary lectures and 48 invited lectures were delivered by eminent scientists under the 16 themes enumerated below at 4 different venues of CSIR- CFTRI i.e., Assembly Hall, IFTTC Auditorium, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology.

1. Plant Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology2. Systems Biology3. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology4. Cell Biology and Signalling5. Stem Cell Research6. Innovations in Agriculture7. Computational Biology and Drug Discovery8. Immunology

9. Dietary Oils and Fats10. Proteins and Enzymes11. Genetics and Epigenetics12. Nutrition and Health13. Virology14. Recent Trends in Food Science15. Nanobiology16. Metabolism and Gene Regulation

The Poster session was inaugurated by Prof. P.N. Rangarajan in the afternoon of 22nd November, 2016. A total of 410 posters were presented by doctoral/post-doctoral students and faculty representing various institutes, state/central universities in the afternoons of both 22nd and 23rd November, 2016. Twenty best posters were chosen for awards based on the evaluation of panel of judges.

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On the last day of the symposium, a panel discussion was held on the topic entitled “Wellness” which was chaired by Dr. Dayananda, Deputy Director of Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka, Bengaluru & Prof. of Community Medicine, MMCRI, Mysuru. Several specially invited experts have participated in the panel discussion along with the enthusiastic delegates. Dr. Shylaja Dharmesh, Senior Principal Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, coordinated the event. The valedictory session was held on the forenoon of 24th November, 2016. Prof. K. Kemparaju, Co-Convener, SBC-2016 welcomed the gathering. Prof. Mohan Rao, Hon. President, SBC(I) chaired the session and distributed the poster awards. He and Prof. Patrick De’Silva, Hon. Secretary, SBC(I), in their concluding remarks lauded the efforts of Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Director, CSIR-CFTRI, and the organizing team CSIR-CFTRI for having organized the symposium in a highly meticulous fashion and also appreciated the great hospitality of CSIR-CFTRI. They have special appreciations for the cultural programs organized on 22nd and 23rd November, 2016. At the end, Prof. P.N. Rangarajan, Co-Convener of SBC-2016 wrapped up the valedictory session by proposing the vote of thanks.

NOMINATIONS FOR 2017 SBC (I) AWARD

This year Sreenivasaya Memorial Award, Prof. I. S. Bhatia Award, Prof. A.N. Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award and A. Krishnamurthy Award (best paper published in Indian Journal) will be given at the Annual Meeting to be held at JNU, New Delhi. Please send the nominations including the date of birth, member status, brief resume of scientific contributions and a list of publications and few selected reprints in five copies of the nominee to:

Hon. SecretarySociety of Biological Chemists, India, D-Wing, 1st Floor, New Biological Sciences BuildingIndian Institute of ScienceBangalore 560012Phone: 080- 23601412Email: sbcihq@gmail.com

The complete application should reach the SBC(I) office on or before 30th September, 2017.

CRITERIA FOR 2017 AWARDS

SREENIVASAYA MEMORIAL AWARD

Year of Commencement : 1972Frequency : Once in three yearsValue : Rs.10,000/- with a citation

Eligibility: 1. The award is for the best work done in the field of Biochemistry and Allied Sciences in

India.2. The recipient of the award should not have completed 50 years before January 1st in the

year for which the award is announced.3. The award has to be nominated by a life member of the society and no self nomination is

accepted.4. A lecture will be scheduled at the Annual Meeting of SBC(I) and presentation will be made

at that time.

PROF I. S. BHATIA AWARD

Year of Commencement : 2000Frequency : Once in three yearsValue : Rs.10,000/- with a citationField of research : Original research contributions in Plant Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Allied Sciences

Eligibility1. The Award will be considered for “life time” achievements in the above disciplines.2. The award has to be nominated by a life member of the society and no self nomination is

accepted.3. The Awardee should give a lecture at the Annual General Body Meeting of the Society of

Biological Chemists (I) and should have been a member of the Society for at least two years

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PROF. A. N. BHADURI

MEMORIAL LECTURE AWARD

Year of Commencement : 2006Frequency : Once in three yearsValue : Rs. 10,000/- with a citation

Eligibility :1. The recipient of the award should be below 50 years of age on December 31st of the year

of the award.2. The award is open to all Indian Scientists who hold a permanent position in Universities,

public funded Institutes and National laboratories.3. The award is given for Biological Chemistry and Allied Sciences, preferably related to

parasitic infections. 4. The award has to be nominated by a life member of the society and no self-nomination is

accepted.5. A lecture will be scheduled at the Annual Meeting of SBC(I) and presentation will be made

at that time.6. The awards will be given during the Annual Meeting

A. KRISHNAMURTHY AWARD

Year of Commencement : 1976 Frequency : AnnuallyValue : Rs.2,000/- with a citation

Eligibility:1. The recipient of the award should be below 30 years of age on January 1st of the year of

the award.2. The paper should be in the area of Biological Chemistry and Allied Sciences and the work

should have been carried out in India.3. The paper published in any Indian Scientific Journal in the previous year will be considered

for the award.4. In the case of multiple authorship, the senior author can nominate one of the authors or

could be shared by all the eligible authors.

2016 ANNUAL AWARDS

The Society announced the Annual Awards for the year 2016 at its Annual Meeting held at the CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, during November 21-24, 2016. This year three awards were given and the Society congratulates all the awardees and wishes them good luck in pursuing their goals. A brief description of the research interest as provided by the awardees is given below:

P. S. SARMA MEMORIAL AWARD

Dr. Vinay Kumar Nandicoori

NII, New Delhi

Cell signaling in M. tuberculosis

Tuberculosis has been a long-standing problem in our country and due to the emergence of drug-resistant strains, the search for new drug targets continues. Despite the best efforts, the mechanisms underlying pathogenesis, virulence, and persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection associated with the drug-resistance strains are not very well understood. A common mode of regulation of the cell’s response to external cues is via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of specific target proteins that lead to cellular responses like altered subcellular localization, protein turnover rates, and protein-protein interactions. While phosphorylation events are mediated by kinases, dephosphorylations are mediated by the action of phosphatases. Mycobacteria possess 11 Two-components systems. Besides this, pathogenic bacteria also possess Ser/Thr phosphorylation systems in which a protein that has been phosphorylated by a Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase (STPK) would be dephosphorylated by a serine/threonine phosphatase. Analysis of the M. tuberculosis (Mtb) whole genome sequence identified 11 eukaryotic-like STPKs (PknA-L, except PknC), one Ser/Thr phosphatase (PstP), one tyrosine kinase (PtkA), and two tyrosine phosphatases (PtpA and PtpB). The Mtb STPKs affect key mycobacterial processes including determining cell shape, morphology, cell division, virulence, adaptation and growth within the host.

We investigated the role of PknG and PknG mutants in the pathogenesis of mycobacteria in mice, and showed that the expression of PknG in non-pathogenic mycobacteria allows the continued existence of these bacteria in host tissues. We characterized PknK and showed that it modulates

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P. A. KURUP ENDOWMENT AWARD

Avinash Sonawane Professor and Dean, School

of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar

Cross-talk between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host immunity: Role of New virulence factors in pathogenesis

Research Interest: Role of mycobacterium glycoproteins in modulation of host innate immunity and biofilm formation

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, employs various strategies to facilitate its persistence in macrophages. These include modulation of host derived antimicrobial peptides, biofilm formation and synthesis of glycoconjugates that remodel the bacterial cell surface. Our group is engaged in understanding the role of newly identified Mtb glycoproteins in the development of resistance against anti-bacterial molecules and in evasion of host immune responses. Recently, we have captured and identified several new Mtb glycoproteins using multi-lectin system and studied their role in the initiation and progression of TB infection. We have shown that mannosylated phosphoribosyltransferase (Man-PRT) aid intramacrophagic bacillary survival by inhibition of autophagy, and reactive oxygen species through the MAPK signalling pathway. Using zebrafish infection model, we showed that the deletion of Man-PRT encoding gene resulted in significant reduction in skin lesions, hemorrhaging, and zebrafish death. Another putative Mtb glycoprotein Rv2346c, belonging to ESAT-6 like family protein, was found to abrogate macrophage immunity by inducing host cell death and genomic instability in infected macrophages. We observed significant increase in the appearance of several DNA damage markers, micronuclei and COMET tail formation in infected macrophages. Mtb EsxL, another member of Mtb ESAT-6 family protein, was found to repress class-II transactivator (CIITA), MHC-II expression and antigen presentation by inducing histone H3 Lysine 9 (H3K9me2/3) hypermethylation in the CIITA promoter. This induction in hypermethylation was found to be dependent on euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2, nitric oxide production and p38-MAPK pathway.

Several reports have shown that macrophages are able to kill Mtb through the action of antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin. We found that Mtb lipoprotein LprE helps bacteria to survive by down-regulating the expression of cathelicidin (CAMP) in infected human macrophages. We showed that the down-regulation of CAMP expression by LprE was due to inhibition of p38 MAPK, 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase (Cyp27B1) and vitamin-D receptor (VDR) via the TLR-2 signaling pathway. Mtb LprE was also found to inhibit phago-lysosome fusion by down-regulating the expression of several endosomal markers and cytokines.

Role of Mtb Biofilms in drug resistanceBacterial species are capable of living as biofilm and/or planktonic forms. Role of biofilms in the pathogenesis of several human pathogens is well established. However, in case of Mtb infection the role of biofilms and the genetic requirements for biofilm formation remains largely unknown. Recently, we have shown that Mtb peptidoglycan amidase is responsible for resistance against two prominent anti-tuberculosis drugs isoniazid and pyrazinamide. We further report that Mtb

the transcriptional activation of mycobacterial monooxygenase operon, through phosphorylation of the transcriptional regulator VirS. Protein kinases A and B, encoded by pknA and pknB respectively, are part of the operon carrying cistrons coding for protein phosphatase pstP, rodA (involved in cell shape control) and pbpA (involved in peptidoglycan synthesis). Investigations carried out in the laboratory have identified acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GlmU) and enoyl-ACP reductase InhA to be novel substrates of PknA & PknB in M. tuberculosis. Work from the lab also showed that phosphorylation of InhA, the primary target of the first-line anti-tuberculosis drug isoniazid, impacts mycobacterial growth and survival. We demonstrated that while PknB mediated phosphorylation of GlmU does not affect its uridyltransferase activity; it significantly modulates the protein’s acetyltransferase activity. We performed a comprehensive study dissecting the role of GlmUMtb in arbitrating the survival of the pathogen both in vitro and in vivo. Our study established GlmUMtb as a strong candidate for intervention measures against established tuberculosis infections. We found that stringent regulation of PknB expression necessary for cell survival, with depletion or over expression of PknB leading to cell death. Data from lab suggested that both PknA and PknB are independently critical for growth in vitro and survival of the pathogen in the host. Our recent work suggests an important role for PstP in establishing and maintaining infection, possibly via the modulation of cell division events. The work carried out in our lab towards investigating the roles of phosphorylation events in modulating cellular processes, both in mycobacterium and in eukaryotes, has shed light on how cell signaling enables the survival of the pathogen in the host.

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peptidoglycan amidase induces biofilm formation and also increases cell wall hydrophobicity resulting in cell aggregation and drug resistance.

Role of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in M. tuberculosis infectionRecent study has shown that Mtb persists not only in macrophages but also in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) even after successful antibiotic treatment. We observed that Mtb infection down-regulates the expression of cathelicidin not only in macrophages but also in BM-MSCs to facilitate its survival in bone marrow. In contrast, avirulent mycobacteria such as M. bovis-BCG and M. smegmatis were readily killed by inducing the expression of cathelicidin in BM-macrophages and MSCs. We demonstrated that Mtb infection modulated the expression of cathelicidin in BM-MSCs by the p38 MAPK pathway via TLR-4, myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88), interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 (IRAK-4) and NF-kB. Altogether, we have shown that Mtb glycoproteins play an important role in drug resistance and also manipulate innate immunity to facilitate its persistence in host cells.

D. P. BURMA MEMORIAL LECTURE AWARD

Prof. Gaurisankar Sa Bose Institute, Kolkata

Professor Gaurisankar Sa, Fellow of National Academy of Science, Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, received his Doctoral degrees in Biochemistry from University of Calcutta, in 1989. Then he joined Virginia Tech, USA, as Visiting Faculty. Thereafter, he moved to Cleveland Clinic, USA, to work on cell signaling. In 1994, he joined Bose Institute, India, where he is now working as a Senior Professor of Molecular Medicine. He is the Editor-in–Chief of International J. Immunology, Editor of ,J Cancer Research & Molecular Medicine, Austin J. Clinical Immunology, Head & Face Medicine and Editorial board member of a no. of Scientific Journals. He has made significant contribution in the field of cancer biology and tumor immunology. His work, for the first time, demonstrated that the critical signaling events for cell cycle progression take place during G1-phase in normal cells and G2-phase in cancer cells. Thus G2-phase plays a critical role in controlling hyper-proliferative status of cancer cell and is susceptible to chemotherapy. His work is unique in establishing the “missing link” between mitogenic and apoptogenic signaling triggered by oncogenic RAS. Prof. Sa’s recent work aims at understanding the mechanisms of immune-evasion of cancer so that immunotherapy can be reinforce into cancer patients. He has contributed substantially to understand the mechanisms of cancer-induced immune-dysfunction that includes loss of effector/activated T-cells, type-2 cytokine bias and T-regulatory cell expansion. He identified a novel population of FOXP3-positive IL10-producing T-regulatory cell which contributes to type-2 cytokine bias in cancer patients. These Treg cells are the reasons for enhanced tumor angiogenesis and metastasis, the root causes for the malignant properties of tumor. Prof. Sa convincingly established the well-known transcription factor FOXP3 as a co-transcription factor of locus-specific transcription factor STAT3. Prof. Sa’s current interest is to understand micro-RNA-mediated transcriptional and regulatory networks involved in the generation of Treg cells to control its augmentation. His findings are highly recognized by various National and International Scientific Communities as is evident from his publications in high-impact journals, receiving various National/International awards, and granting number of patents.

85th Annual Meeting of SBC(I): Best Poster Awards, 2016

B. S. Narsinga Rao Best Poster AwardMs. Hasitha Pynam, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru “Inflammation and gut microbiota changes during skin cancer progression: effect of dietary intervention.”

Ms. Manjula Ramu, NIMHANS, Bangalore “Screening of modulators for hSOD1 stabilization in familial ALS.”

D.P. Burma Poster AwardMr. Meisam Bagheri, IISc, Bangalore “ATM-ROS-iNOS axis regulates nitric oxide mediated cellar senescence.”

Ms. Ramya R, Vision Research Foundation, “Role of paraoxonase 2 in attenuatingSankara Nethralaya, Chennai AGE induced inflammation in macro vascular endothelial cells.”

P.R. Sudhakaran Poster AwardMr. Sudheesh AP, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram “Nuclear phosphoinositide coupled variant poly (A) polymerase star-PAP regulates metastatic cell invasion.”

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Report on the International Conference of Korea Society of Molecular and Cell Biology

Best Poster Awards

Mr. Sivasankar S, Vision Research Foundation, “Gallic acid inhibits TNF alpha inducedSankara Nethralaya, Chennai angiogenesis and inflammation by potentially binding with TNF apha-receptor-1.”

Ms. Vanaja R Golconda, UoH, Hyderabad “A novel identified non-histone protein substrate for hHDAC8 is alpha tubulin.”

Ms. Vineetha MS, Jain University, Bangalore “In vitro anti-venom potential of Canthium parviflorum root extract against Echis carinatus venom using chick embryo as an alternative model.”

Mr. Deepinder Kaur, IISER, Mohali “OmpV, an outer membrane protein of Salmonella typhimurium modulates host immune system.”

Ms. Reema Kathuria, IISER, Mohali “Implication of Cholesterol in regulating the membrane-interaction mechanism of Vibrio cholera cytolysin, a beta-barrel pore-forming toxin.”

Mr. Shaik Abdul Dileep, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru “Sucrase inhibitor from sugarcane for controlling calorie intake in mammals.”

Mr. Arnab Kumar Ghosh, “Beta-Estradiol protects hepatic University of Calcutta, Kolkata mitochondria against Cu-ascorbate induced oxidative damage: an in vitro study.”

Ms. Punitha Jain, JNU, New Delhi “Sirtuin mediated autophagy increases lifespan in Dictyostelium discoideum.”

Mr. Mohammed Azharuddin Ko, “Common parasite antigens induce aChristian Medical College, Vellore cancerous melieu in cells of the brain.”

Mr. Shamila Sarwar, Bose Institute, Kolkata “Anti-cholera of ZnO Nanoparticles.”

Mr. Panchada Ch V Govindu, “Anchoring of barbituric acid onto theCentral University of Karnataka, Kalaburgi disulphide containing consupeptide through cysteine sulfenic acid.”

Mr. Mohan Kumar BV, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru “Modification of wheat flour using prolyl endopeptidase to reduce its immunoreactive wheat flour proteins.”

Mr. Touseef Khan Md., CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru “Maternal hypercholesterolemia is associated with altered in-utero mineralization of the offspring’s bone.”

Mr. Pradeep PM, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru “Phenolic compounds from little millet (Panicum sumatrense) and its milled fractions effectively inhibit dipeptidylpeptidase-4 and starch hydrolyzing enzyme activities.”

Mr. Kishore Vaddadi, UoH, Hyderabad “Co-circulation and co-infection of all dengue virusserotypes enhance the DHF/DSS cases.”

Dr. Rakesh K. Mishra, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad

South Korea has made tremendous progress in modern biology including stem cell biology, molecular biology and genome editing technologies, to name a few. This visit was to represent SBC(I) from the Indian side as it was a selected talk in this context. In addition, this visit was to establish contact and explore future collaborations in the areas of mutual interest using the Global Networking session of the meeting in which I delivered the talk. My talk was in the very first session of the meeting and that, being very well attended and discussed, made a good platform to exchange views and assess areas of mutual interest.

South Korea has a strong research activity in the area of stem cell regeneration using adult stem cells. I discussed at length with the scientists involved in the area and created a basis for future interactions. With continued dialogues, we may be able to develop programs in the areas of stem cell biology and genome editing areas. During the meeting, there were very high quality talks that overlapped with my research interest in the areas of epigenetics, genome editing and ageing. These talks and related discussions were of great relevance to my future research work.

We can establish new collaborations with the South Korean scientists, and they have complementary expertise and high level of understanding of this area. Several scientists showed keen interest in this direction. Major contacts made are: Dr. Jeong Kyo Yoon

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BRANCH ACTIVITIES 2016

KARNAL CHAPTER Convener: Dr. R.K. Sharma

1. Prof. Pradeep Srivastava, School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, delivered lecture on “Knowledge Management: IPR and Innovation with reference to India” on 1.6.2106.

2. Dr. Grish C. Varshney, Chief Scientist, Cell Biology and Immunology, IMTECH, Chandigarh delivered lecture on “Combined application of monoclonal antibodies and phage display system in infectious diseases” on 8.8.2016,

3. Dr. S. K. Batra, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, USA. delivered lecture on “Pathobiological Implications of Mucins in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer” on December 1, 2016.

MANIPAL CHAPTER Convener: Dr. K. Satyamoorthy

SBC(I) Coastal Karnataka Chapter5th Annual meeting/symposium

5th November, 2016

The fifth Annual SBC(I) Meeting/Symposium was inaugurated at the Interact building of Manipal University on Saturday, 5th November, 2016. It was organized by the Coastal Karnataka Chapter of SBC(I) and the School of Life Sciences, Manipal University. The event was inaugurated by Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Vice chancellor, MU and Dr. D. N. Rao.

Dr. H Vinod Bhat, during his inaugural address, expressed that quantity of research output in the country is on the rise, but the quality of it too should improve by leaps and bounds, which will be possible only if students, researchers and scientists get together and put in all their efforts towards this cause. This was the clear message by the Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University. Speaking on the occasion, he also suggested the possibility of organizing research methodology workshops for aspiring students who want to become scientists and researchers, with due credit, to promote and improve the quality of research in the country.

[Professor, Stem Cell Biology, Muscle Homeostasis and Regeneration, Soon Chun Hyang University, Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-Bio Sciences (SIMS); Director, WIS-SIMS Research Center for Tissue Regeneration)], Dr. Eui-Dr. Jeon Woo [Principal Scientist / Professor (UST), Disease Target Structure Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea], and Dr. Rho Hyun Seong [Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Editor in Chief, Molecules and Cells].

There were intense discussions about stem cell therapy, genome editing technology and its future applications, epigenetics mechanisms in ageing and other biological process. These were the particular areas where I had interest and contributed to the conference. It is highly recommended to enter into bilateral programs that are of immense interest for the two countries. These areas include stem cell biology, genome editing and epigenetic mechanisms in different processes.

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Dr. Rao, in his address, spoke about the rich history and accomplishments of the SBC(I) and pointed out that the coastal Karnataka chapter was aimed at providing a platform for young researchers to present their work in the presence of renowned scientists. Earlier Prof. K. Satyamoorthy (Director, SLS) welcomed the gathering. The one-day symposium had about 160 participants and 12 lectures and 27 Poster Presentations on topics covering bacteriology, virology, molecular biology, food toxins, biophysics, plant sciences and bioinformatics.

MUMBAI CHAPTER Convener: Dr. Prashant S. Phale

One day Annual SBC(I) (Mumbai Chapter) meeting held on Oct. 1, 2016

D. Y. Patil University, Navi Mumbai

The Annual SBC(I) Meeting (Mumbai Chapter) was held on 1st October, 2016 at the School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, D. Y. Patil University, Navi Mumbai on the theme “Recent Advances in Molecular Chemistry and its Applications”. Professor Debjani Dasgupta, Director, School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, D. Y. Patil University, Navi Mumbai convened this year's meeting in her University. Dr. Surekha Zingade, Former Deputy Director, ACTREC, Mumbai was felicitated for her contributions to the field of cancer research by the SBC(I) Mumbai chapter. The Chief Guest for the meeting was Dr. Amitabh Chattopadhyay, Outstanding Scientist, CCMB, Hyderabad, who delivered the key note address on “GPCR-Cholesterol Interaction: Novel Sights In Health and Disease”. The SBC(I) Meeting comprised of 4 sessions with about 3-4 speakers in each session.

Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay, Director, Bio Sciences Group, BARC Mumbai chaired first session. Dr. Anand Ballal, Senior Scientist, BARC, delivered a talk on “The role of catalase in combating oxidative stress in photosynthetic bacteria”. Dr. Sanjeev Srivastava, IIT, Mumbai spoke on “The proteomics approach for identification of potential prognostic serum biomarkers in case of Malaria and understanding the pathobiology of the disease” and Mr. Manan Desai, a Ph.D. scholar from Institute of Science, Mumbai presented his work on the “Disordered protein structure and its role in bacterial cell division”.

Dr. Susan Eapen, Former Scientist, NA & BTD, BARC chaired second session. Dr. Roop Mallik, TIFR, delivered his lecture on the “Correlation between the metabolic state of liver and lipolysis and the molecular mechanism involved in the transport of lipid particles”. Dr. Sameer Maji, IIT, Mumbai presented his recent work on the “Use of amyloids based hydrogel as biomaterials for genetic engineering applications and drug delivery” and Dr. Manas Kumar Santra, NCCS, Pune, presented his work on the “Protective role of F-box protein FBXO31 in oncogenic transformation”.

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Dr. Prashant Phale, IIT, Mumbai and co-convener of SBC(I) meeting, Mumbai chapter, chaired third session. Dr. Ruchi Anand, IIT, Mumbai, spoke on “Structure based design of aromatic biosensors for water quality monitoring”, Dr. Anuj Tripathi, BARC, Mumbai, spoke on the “Thermally controlled one-step polymerization process for the synthesis of cryogels and provided evidence for the use of these polymeric scaffolds to support cells and biomolecules and Dr Mayuri Gandhi, IIT, Mumbai, presented her work on the “Quantum dots and nanophosphors”.

Dr. Deepak Modi, Senior Scientist, NIRRH, Mumbai, chaired the forth session. Dr. Subash Bihani, BARC, Mumbai, delivered his work describing the “Crystal structure and functional novelty of the enzyme and its modulation by the cadmium stress”. Dr. H. Muthurajan, University of Mumbai, on “Packaging of dry electrodes for bio-potential measurement of and their clinical testing standards”. Dr. Susan Thomas, Scientist, NIRRH, Mumbai on the “Design of modulators of human follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR)” and Mr. Vivek Trivedi, a Ph.D. scholar, IIT, Mumbai, presented his Ph.D. work on “Biochemical and evolutionary aspects of carbaryl-degrading soil isolate Pseudomonas sp.”

The meeting ended with vote of thanks by Prof. Debjani Dasgupta, D. Y. Patil University, Navi Mumbai, followed by Prof. Hari Misra, BARC and the convener, SBC(I) (Mumbai Chapter).

NAGPUR BRANCH Convener: Dr. M. Patil

S.N. Date Name & Address Subject of Discussion/Interaction1 11/01/2016 Dr. N.R..Akarte,.Manoshanti Apt. Shivaji Nagar, Nagpur Cholesterol and need of body2 04/02/2016 Dr. Surendra Gole, Director, NIT, Nagpur Human excellence3 04/02/2016 Dr. Rajpal Kashyap, Research Officer, CIIMS,

NagpurDiagnosis of brain TB: How small steps lead to big changes

4 04/02/2016 Dr. H.J..Purohit, Scientist F, NEERI, Nagpur “Dynamics of regulatory network under redox stress: A study using E. coli”

5 04/02/2016 Dr. V.K..Tule, Director, Genetic & RIA Lab, Nagpur Genetic Counseling: A Need of the Day6 05/02/2016 Mr. Suhas Talmale, Dept. of Biochem.. RTMNU,

NagpurNoble prize 2014 and Noble prize 2015

7 05/02/2016 Dr. Namita Mukharji, Asst. Prof. LAD College, Nagpur Human Population Genetics8 05/02/2016 Dr. Supriya Kashikar, Director, R&D, GNG

corporation, NagpurAntibody: A Magic bullet to target disease

9 06/02/2016 Dr. Jayashri Pendharkar, Nutritionist, CIIMS, Nagpur Nutrition and Health10 06/02/2016 Dr. Ravi Satpute, Scientist, DRDO, Nagpur Organophosphates and their effects11 23/02/2016 Dr. Pratikshamayee, Scientist, Ankur seeds, Nagpur A. thaliana, a plant research model12 23/02/2016 Dr. Asfia kureshi, Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur E.coli, a microbe par excellence for research13 08/03/2016 Dr. Issac Sinha, Kolkata Health care in government hospitals14. 22/04/2016 Dr. N.R. Akarte, Manoshanti Apt., Shivaji Nagar, Nagpur Biochemistry of metabolic diseases15. 25/05/2016 Dr. H.J. Purohit, Scientist F, NEERI, Nagpur Biodegradation of organic compounds16. 5/6/2016 Dr. Amul Sakharkar, S.P. Univ., Pune Maldi ToF and its applications17. 05/07/2016 Dr. G.P. Meshram,Retd. Scientist, DRDO, Gwalior Beneficiary effects of spices in kitchen to combat

toxic effects of some chemicals.18. 29/07/2016 Dr. Amitava Das, IICT, Hyderabad Immunological aspects & role of stem cells19. 24/10/2016 Dr. S. S. Mande, TCS, Pune Microorganisms affecting the human behavior20. 08/11/2016 Dr. Dharmesh Singh, Inspire Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur Ecological aspects of Biodiversity21. 25/11/2016 Dr. Uday Padigel, Director, Dignitic laboratory, Chennai Role of Diagnotic kits in pathological Investigations22. 14/12/2016 Dr. Nandedkar, USA Safety and Security norms in laboratories

UDAIPUR CHAPTER Convener: Dr. Vimal Sharma

The SBC(I) Udaipur chapter in collaboration with Department of MBBT, RCA, had organized one day Hands on Training on “Direct PCR and its applications” at the MBBT Department on 13-02-2017. Overall, 75 PG and Ph.D. students of the Departments of MBBT, Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding and Genetics along with the Life members of SBC(I) Udaipur chapter attended this event. This training comprised of the lectures and post lunch hands on training session. Dr. Govind Vyas and Dr. Neeraj Kumar from Genetix Life Science Pvt. Ltd. delivered the lectures on “Direct PCR approach” and “gene integration and transgenic analysis”, respectively, and also conducted the Hands on Training session. Dr. MM Simlot, Retd. Prof. and first convener of the SBC(I) Udaipur chapter was the chief guest during the valedictory ceremony also shared his views and thoughts. Dr. Vimal Sharma, Convener of the chapter explained that how the SBC(I) Udaipur chapter came in existence. Dr. SK Khandelwal, Local Chapter Secretary SBC (I), welcomed the guest and explained about the activities of the chapter. The programme ended by the certificate distribution to the participants and vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Devendra Jain, Training Coordinator, SBC (I) Udaipur Chapter.

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Society of Biological Chemist(I), Udaipur ChapterDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,

Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur-313001 RajasthanJuly 2016 to December 2016

The SBC(I) Udaipur chapter organized a lecture on 08.08.2016 by Dr. OP Perera, Research Scientist, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA on “Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles in Cry1Ac Resistant and Susceptible Strains of Heliothis virescens” at Directorate of Research, MPUAT, Udaipur. Dr. US Sharma, Hon’ble VC- MPUAT, Dr. GS Ameta, Director Research and Prof. Vimal Sharma, Prof. and Head, MBBT & Convener SBC(I) Udaipur Chapter welcomed Dr. Perera and actively participated along with the Heads of Departments of Entomology and Pathology. A total of 50 students and faculty from the college attended the meeting.

The SBC (I) Udaipur chapter had organized a training session for the students and staff of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology on “CRISPER Genome Editing” by Dr. OP Perera, Research Scientist, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA, on 12.08.2016 at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Udaipur. Dr. Vimal Sharma, Prof. and Head, MBBT & Convener SBC (I) Udaipur Chapter welcomed Dr. Perera and briefly explained the initiatives and activities of the SBC (I) Udaipur chapter. A total of 20 students and faculty from the MBBT Department participated in this event.

NORTH EAST CHAPTER Convener: Dr. B. G. Unni

MEETING REPORTNational Seminar on Technology, Youth and Career: A Paradigm Shift

A two day National Seminar was organized by School of Distance Education (SDE), Assam down town University, Guwahati on 24th & 25th of March, 2017. The seminar was jointly convened by Dr. Sangeeta Kakoty, Dy. Director, SDE and Dr. Yamin Hassan, Dy. Controller of Examinations, SDE with the aim to provide a platform to the young stars to share views and ideas on the latest advancement of technology and its cumulative impact on recent education system showing development and opportunity in their career forming. The event witnessed a good number of participants coming from various reputed Universities, Colleges and Educational Institutions from different corner of India with various field of studies. Several ideas were discussed on these two days, mainly on how this technological advancement has transformed our lives, how it affected and influenced human livings, what will be the future of this technology, its positive or negative impact etc.

Guest of Honour, Prof. Shikhar Kumar Sarma, Registrar, Cotton College State University, in his speech emphasized on how paradigm shift has led the young generation of the world to using latest technology. He said, “To be very much specific is what the approach should be today”. There are also enough sources of information ready to provide any kind of knowledge we are searching for. The challenge of this date is not to have access to information but how to grab that information, choose the correct one and use it for further purpose. An individual should have the knowledge, information and some skill to be able to benefit any organization. He lastly said that the fundamental approach for any youth to reach the topmost point of their career is to not imitate others and be unique and to be happy in every step of life and keep striving to achieve more.

Dr. Bharat Bhushan, Former Director, DEB-UGC, New Delhi, delivered the Keynote Speech titled “Information and Communication Technology in Distance Education”. He spoke on the theme of the seminar saying India has abundant resources in the form of youth and it becomes the responsibility of the nation to give proper education and training to this generation. As far as use of technology is concerned, the most conducive system of education which can make the best use is distance education. Use of Information and Communication Technology is expanding rapidly in developing countries like India and thus offer excellent opportunities for delivery of materials in open and distance learning system. He ended his talk saying it is a challenge for the education system in India both for conventional and distance education but can be accomplished if the knowledge of using modern tools reaches even the remote areas.

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There were four technical sessions categorized as “A”, “B”, “C” and “D”. Dr. B. G. Unni, Research-Director, Assam down town University, was invited to talk on the theme for Technical Session “A” which was on “Recent Advancements in Technology” and was chaired by Prof. H. Goswami, Head, Deptt. of Management. Dr. Unni initiated the deliberations with the topic “Technological Evolution and its Impact on the Society: An Overview”. He emphasized the importance of technological usage and mentioned that it depends on the user on how they can draw out benefits from the facilities provided. In his talk he said that technology has brought about revolutionary changes in the field of science and medicine, economy, environment, personal lives of human and education and so on. He summarized saying “Technology has changed and will continue changing the entire structure of education and stimulations are the models of real-world activities”. In the new global economy, knowledge is the greatest asset and Technology is having a tremendous impact on education

Technical Session “B” on Tools in Modern Education System started with the key note address by Prof. Anjana kakoti Mahanta, Head, Dept. of Computer Science, Gauhati University. This session was chaired by Prof. U. C. Kalita, Academic Director, AdtU. Prof. Mahanta’s talk was entitled as “Plagiarism, its Practice and Detection Methods”. She spoke on about the literal and intelligent plagiarism and extensively discussed about intrinsic and extrinsic approaches of plagiarism. Prof. Mahanta conveyed information about the techniques of detecting plagiarism in any content in this session.

Prof. Manohar Lal, Former Director, SOCIS, IGNOU, New Delhi was designated to deliver talk for the Technical Session “C” on “New Trends in Education for Youth” and was chaired by Dr. B. K. Dey, Director, down town Group of Institution. In his lecture Prof. Lal spoke about the “Challenging Technological Problems for Better Future” where he brought into notice certain points like clean energy production and harmful consequences of various technologies. Furthermore Prof. Manohar Lal broadly discussed on the status and impact of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in women empowerment. Environmental degradation due to advancements in technology was another area covered by the speaker. For that he suggested that the makers of technology should maintain certain kind of environmental ethics to make the world a better place to live in.

The fourth session that is Technical Session D: Career and Academic Challenges was again initiated by Prof. Manohar Lal. This session was chaired by Dr. Arup JD Sarma, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Physics, AdtU. Prof. Lal delivered a talk on the topic “Role of Academicians in Minimizing the Potential Harm to Humanity in Period of Ever-Increasing Pace of Technological Advancement”. In this session he broadly discussed on the intended and unintended effects of technology on humanity. The role of academicians, as he said, is to figure out what changes can a technology bring in the future of a learner. He pointed out that the worst challenge in the field of education is Rationality. Scholars are challenged with new philosophical questions and hence are required to analyze deeper in their attempts to teach something.

The topics broadly covered technological aspects in the field of education and how ICT has changed the scenario of teaching today. Also many of the presenters talked about Women’s Empowerment in Education through Technological Advancement.

Dr. Sangeeta Kakoty, and Dr. Yamin Hassan, conveners of the seminar presented the summary of the presentations at the concluding session. Each session witnessed interactive question and answer round which also ended with a healthy discussion between the presenters and the resource persons. Any inaccuracy of facts was then and there corrected by resource persons. The interactive session provided every participant the best required feedback and the advantage of interacting with highly knowledgeable academicians. There were a total of 30 participants who came from various Colleges and Universities of India. Every delegate was provided with participation certificate at the valedictory function. The seminar was coordinated and repertoire by Ms. Haina Narzary and Ms. Nayana Adhikari.

Dr. Sangeeta Kakoty, Associate Professor, CSE Department & Deputy Director, School of Distance Education, Dr. Yamin Hassan, Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, Haina Narzary, Nayana Adhikari School of Distance education and (*)Dr.BG Unni, Director Research , Assam down town University, Panikhaiti, Assam 781026 (*)email : dir_rsrch@adtu.in

CAMA MEMORIAL TRAVEL GRANT

Scientists attending and presenting a paper in an International Congress or FAOBMB meeting held once in 2 years or at infrequent intervals may apply for the award.

The candidate should be a member of SBC(I) for at least two consecutive years.

The candidate should have obtained partial support from other agencies, and there should be a proof to that effect.

Society of Biological Chemists (India) awards one advertised travel grant each year in the news letter.

Applicants are invited to respond appropriately to the details informed in the advertisement. The application should reach the following address before 1st April of the year of the award.

Hon SecretarySociety of Biological Chemists (India), New Biological Sciences BuildingIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012

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FELLOWSHIPS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

The SocieTy of Biological chemiSTS (india) haS inSTiTuTed “financial SupporT for reSearch” Scheme To SupporT young reSearch workerS To carry ouT ShorT Term Training/reSearch acTiviTieS in well eSTaBliShed laBoraTorieS/ inSTiTuTionS in india. The value of The fellowShip iS fixed aT rS.5,000/- per Term per SelecTed fellow, and The ToTal numBer of fellowShipS awarded every year will Be up To 10.

Terms and Conditions;1. Funding Rs. 5,000/- per fellow for periods up to 6-8 weeks.2. The grant of Rs. 5,000/- will be awarded in the form of Rs.1,000/- for the fellow as personal maintenance/allowance for

a minimum period of 6 weeks and Rs. 4,000/- as contingencies for the purchase of laboratory items including stationery, preparation of reports, photographs and other expenses related to the research work.

3. The Research/Training may be conducted in any of the leading research institutions/ laboratories/universities, with approval from SBC(I).4. The candidate should be below the age of 32 years at the time of application.5. The SBC(I) Membership is compulsory for eligibility for the fellowship award.6. The fellowship amount will be released by the SBC(I) to the research supervisor by the 2nd or 3rd week of the training program.7. The application should be forwarded through the investigator-in-charge of the laboratory in which the candidate

proposes to undergo training.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS

GUIDELINES FOR AWARDING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS FOR Ph.D. STUDENTS BY THE SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTS (INDIA)

One travel fellowship of Rs.15,000/- per quarter (Two awards per year) will be awarded

* Award period ** Last Date for receipt of applicationI. Jan- Mar ………Dec 31 Previous YearII. Apr-June ………Mar 30III. July-Sept ………June 30IV. Oct-Dec ……….Sept 30

For example, those who wish to attend an International meeting scheduled to be held during July –Sept’2017 should submit the application by 30 June 2017.

*Award period refers to the period during which the meeting is scheduled to take place.** The Committee will meet on these days to decide on the award.This award is meant for Ph.D. students only.

The applicant should currently be a member of the SBC(I) and should have been a member for at least two consecutive years.

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We are looking for young talents who can contribute to the SBC (I) News letter, which we are planning to bring every few months. Submit your contributions to us and of course the best contribution will be rewarded!

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