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
