Programe Schedule
Venue : Biological Sciences Auditorium, IISc
10.00 - 10.10 AM
Welcome by Prof P N Rangarajan
Welcome by Prof P N Rangarajan
Chair, Department of Biochemistry
10.10 - 10.15 AM
Opening Remarks by Prof D N Rao
Opening Remarks by Prof D N Rao
Chair, Centenary Celebrations Committee
10.15 - 10.20 AM
Remarks by Prof. Anurag Kumar
Remarks by Prof. Anurag Kumar
Director, IISc
10.20-11.00 AM
Inaugural address
Inaugural address
Bharat Ratna Prof. C N R Rao
Chairperson: Padmasri Prof. M R S Rao
11.00 - 11.30 AM
Tea
Tea
11.30 – 12.15 PM
Keynote address
Keynote address
Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary
Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
Chairperson: Padmabhushan Prof. G Padmanaban
12.15 - 12.30 PM
Remarks by
Remarks by
Dr. P. R. Krishnaswamy
12.30-12.45 PM
Remarks by
Remarks by
Dr. Mahatab Bamji
12.45 - 12.50 PM
Vote of thanks (BICS Secretary)
Vote of thanks (BICS Secretary)
12.50 – 1.30 PM
Inauguration of Exhibition by
Inauguration of Exhibition by
Dr Renu Swarup
1.30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
Venue : Biological Sciences Auditorium, IIsc
Chair: Prof. Umesh Varshney
2.30 PM – 3.15 PM
Prof. Graham Walker, Dept. of Biology, MIT, USA
Prof. Graham Walker, Dept. of Biology, MIT, USA
Unravelling Mutagenic Translesion DNA Synthesis:
A Journey from the Ames test to Cancer Chemotherapy
3.15 PM – 4.00 PM
Dr. Anand Swaroop, National Eye Institute, NIH, USA
Dr. Anand Swaroop, National Eye Institute, NIH, USA
Rediscovering mitochondria through neurodegeneration, gene networks and epigenome
4.00 – 4.30 PM
Tea
Tea
Venue : Biological Sciences Auditorium, IIsc
Chair: Dr. Girish Sahni
4.30 PM – 4.50 PM
Dr. B V Ravi kumar, CEO Xcyton Diagnostics, Bangalore, India
Dr. B V Ravi kumar, CEO Xcyton Diagnostics, Bangalore, India
Molecular Diagnostics for Data Driven Insights for Management of Critical Infections
4.50 PM - 5.00 PM
Dr. C.S Ramesha
Dr. C.S Ramesha
Biomarkers for Wearable devises
5.00 PM – 5.20 pm
Dr. Shama Bhat,
Dr. Shama Bhat,
CEO, Bhat Biotech, Bangalore , India
5.20 PM - 5.40 PM
Dr. Satish Menon
Dr. Satish Menon
Developing Botulinum Neurotoxins as commercial therapeutics
5.40 PM - 6.00 PM
Dr. K. Nandabalan, CEO InveniAI, Guilford, CT 06437, USA
Dr. K. Nandabalan, CEO InveniAI, Guilford, CT 06437, USA
The Nexus of Technology and Biology in Drug Discovery : An Entrepreneurial Journey
6.00 PM – 6.20 PM
Dr. George Thomas
Dr. George Thomas
6.20 PM – 6.40 PM
Dr. Ram Rajasekharan
Dr. Ram Rajasekharan
6.40 PM – 7.00 PM
Dr. Girish Sahni
Dr. Girish Sahni
Venue: Jawahar Guest House Lawns
Chair: Sandeep Eswarappa & Purusharath Rajyaguru
7.30 PM- 8.15 PM
Reminiscences (5 min talks by alumni)
Reminiscences (5 min talks by alumni)
4.50 PM - 5.00 PM
Dr. C.S Ramesha
Dr. C.S Ramesha
Biomarkers for Wearable devises
T.Ramasarma
N.Appaji Rao
G. Padmanaban
S. Mahadevan
S. Anand Kumar
J Rao
MRS Rao
H.S. Savithri
Anjali Karande
K Sankar Rao
S.K. Poddar
R. Manjunath
K.Muniyappa
S. Vijaya
P.Ajit Kumar
Sandhya Visweswariah
Rajan Dighe
Varsha Singh
Y.V.B. K Subramanyam
Ajit Kamath
Srinivas Bharath
Sudha Srinivasan
CFTRI- BR Lokesh, TP Krishna Kant, SG Bhat, YP Venkatesh
8.00 PM