Friday, 27 September 2013

08:00

Registration

08:45

Welcome Address

09:00

M.N. VidyashankarPlenary Presentation

Inaugural Address
M.N. Vidyashankar, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnatka, India

10:10

Coffee Break and Networking


Session 1: Genomic and Proteomic Manipulations & Characterization/Session Chair: Dr. Divakar Goli

10:30

Nagasuma ChandraKeynote Presentation

From Genomics to Systems Biology: Insights for Drug Discovery
Nagasuma Chandra, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, India

11:05

Post Translational Modifications of Proteins and their Importance in Drug Development with Special Reference to Human Intracranial Tumors
Rajalakshmi Gope, Professor/Head, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, India

 

11:35

Proteomic Characterization of Ribosomal Inhibitory Protein (RIP) and its Applications in Cancer Therapy
S Vennila, Professor & Head, Karunya University, India

 

12:05

Role of Nucleic Acid Sensing Toll-like-Receptors in Inflammation
Manish Diwan, Associate Director, Daiichi Sankyo India Pharma Private Limited, India

12:35

Genome Wide Allelic Specific Expression(ASE) using Next Generation Sequencing - Impact on Susceptibility Estimation of Complex Trait Diseases
Sanjeev Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Biocos Lifesciences Private Ltd, India

13:05

Lunch Break and Networking


Session 2: Genomics and Proteomics - Applications and New Therepeutic Targets/Session Chair: Dr Tapas Kundu

14:00

Tapas KunduKeynote Presentation

Epigenomics and Disease: Targets for New Generation Therapeutics.
Tapas Kundu, Professor, JNCASR, India

14:35

Clinical Applications of Genomics Research
Sudeep Gupta, Associate Professor, Tata Memorial Hospital, India

15:05

Personalized Medicine in Post-Genomic Era: Opportunities and Challenges
Senthil Sundaram, Associate Professor, Wayne State University, United States of America

15:35

Dissection of the Complex Transcriptional Network of Gastric Cancers by Integrative Functional Genomics
G Kumaresan, Associate Professor & Head, Madurai Kamaraj University, India

16:00

Coffee Break and Networking


Session 3: Technologies and Approaches in NGS & RNAi/ Session Chair: Dr. Mittur Jagadish

16:20

Hakim DjaballahKeynote Presentation

Ten Years of RNAi Screening: Too Much Hay & Very Few Needles?
Hakim Djaballah, CEO, Institute Pasteur - Korea, Korea South

17:00

Next Generation Genomics Triggered Scientists to Dig-Deep into Biosphere
Malali Gowda, Director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, India

17:30

NGS Applications in Infectious Disease Research – from Bench to Bedside
Amit Singhal, Senior Research Scientist, Agency for Science Technology & Research A*Star, Singapore

18:00

End of the Day

Saturday, 28 September 2013


Session 4: Current Approaches in Genomics and Proteomics

09:00

Newer Approaches for Protein Molecular Function Inference
Debnath Pal, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, India

09:30

Integrated Data Analysis for Biomarker Discovery
Kshitish Acharya, Faculty Scientist, Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology, India

10:20

Coffee Break and Networking


Session 5: Analytical Techniques in Proteomics and Genomics/Session Chair: Dr Ravi Sirdeshmukh

10:40

Mikael KubistaKeynote Presentation

High throughput mRNA and Protein Expression Profiling by qPCR
Mikael Kubista, Professor/Founder, TATAA Biocenter AB, Sweden

11:20

High throughput Data Analysis
Anuradha Acharya, CEO, Ocimum Biosolutions, India

11:50

Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Protein Glycation and its Significance
Mahesh Kulkarni, Scientist, CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, India

12:20

A Critical Evaluation of Mass Spectrometry based Proteomics
Medicharla Jagannadham, Chief Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India

12:50

Translation Genetics - Bench to Bedside
Siddram J Patil, Consultant Clinical Genetics, Narayana Hrudayalaya Health City, India

13:30

Lunch Break and Networking


Session 6: Data Analysis and Computational Techniques/Session Chair: Dr Sanjay Gupta

14:20

Ravi SirdeshmukhKeynote Presentation

Integrated Proteomics, Transcriptomics and Regulatory miRNA and Biomarker Discovery
Ravi Sirdeshmukh, Distinguished Scientist & Associate Director , Institute of Bioinformatics, India

15:00

Integrated Genomic Analysis of Human Cancer
Amit Dutt, Principal Investigator, Scientist F, Tata Memorial Centre, India

15:30

Tm - DNA Melting Temperature: A Critical But Oft Neglected Parameter in Genomics
Naveen Kulkarni, CEO, Polyclone Bioservices Pvt Ltd, India

16:00

Coffee Break and Networking


Session 7: Epigenetics

16:20

Manika BhadraKeynote Presentation

Small molecules, Epigenetics and Drug discovery
Manika Bhadra, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India

16:55

Global Chromatin Modifications and their Implications in Development and Cancer
Sanjay Gupta, Principal Investigator/Scientific Officer F, Cancer Research Institute Tata Memorial Centre, India

17:20

Closing Remarks & End of the Conference