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Australia-India biotechnology conference in Bangalore
New Delhi, Feb 06: Top Indian and Australian scientists will meet in Bangalore next week to take forward their cooperation in biotechnology.
New Delhi, Feb 06: Top Indian and Australian scientists will
meet in Bangalore next week to take forward their cooperation in
biotechnology.
The Indo-Australian conference on biotechnology in medicine will be opened by Indian Institute of Science Professor G Padmanaban on February 9. Professor Michael Good, Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, will deliver the keynote address on the theme, looking to the future - impact and challenges for translating biotechnology and medical research into better health. The three-day conference, jointly organised jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Australian High Commission, will address issues concerning the use of biotechnology in medicine with particular focus on immunology, infectious diseases, genomics and pharmacogenomics, and cancer. The conference will be held at the Indian Institute of Science.
The Kasturba medical college, Manipal and the Christian medical college, Vellore are also collaborting in the conference.
''The conference is being held at a time when Australia-India links are surging and when interest in closer collaboration between India and Australia in education, science and training has never stronger,'' said Australian high commissioner to India, Penny Wensley.
Ms Wensley said major delegations from Australia would visit India this year to discuss a range of issues in the fields of the social sciences, humanities, engineering, biotechnology, pure sciences and legal and financial services.
The high commissioner said the high-level representation from Australia at the conference would open up possibilities for new science partnerships between India and Australia. Seven hundred young Indian biotechnology scholars will attend the conference along with their senior colleagues.
Bureau Report
The Indo-Australian conference on biotechnology in medicine will be opened by Indian Institute of Science Professor G Padmanaban on February 9. Professor Michael Good, Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, will deliver the keynote address on the theme, looking to the future - impact and challenges for translating biotechnology and medical research into better health. The three-day conference, jointly organised jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Australian High Commission, will address issues concerning the use of biotechnology in medicine with particular focus on immunology, infectious diseases, genomics and pharmacogenomics, and cancer. The conference will be held at the Indian Institute of Science.
The Kasturba medical college, Manipal and the Christian medical college, Vellore are also collaborting in the conference.
''The conference is being held at a time when Australia-India links are surging and when interest in closer collaboration between India and Australia in education, science and training has never stronger,'' said Australian high commissioner to India, Penny Wensley.
Ms Wensley said major delegations from Australia would visit India this year to discuss a range of issues in the fields of the social sciences, humanities, engineering, biotechnology, pure sciences and legal and financial services.
The high commissioner said the high-level representation from Australia at the conference would open up possibilities for new science partnerships between India and Australia. Seven hundred young Indian biotechnology scholars will attend the conference along with their senior colleagues.
Bureau Report