The Hindu : Global meet on parasitic diseases

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Sunday, Jan 11, 2004

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Global meet on parasitic diseases

BANGALORE, JAN. 10. Over 500 scientists from all over India, besides four American researchers and delegates from Indonesia, Iran, Bangladesh, and African countries, are expected to participate in the "Third Global Meet on Parasitic Diseases", to be organised here by Bangalore University and the Indian Society for Parasitology from January 12 to 16.

The five-day conference will be inaugurated by C.N.R. Rao, Linus Pauling Research Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. The former Director of the Indian Institute of Science, G. Padmanabhan, will deliver the keynote address, highlighting the new drug-targeting site which involves the heme-biosynthetic pathway of the malarial parasite.

The conference, which will have "Emerging and re-emerging parasite-borne diseases" as its theme, will deliberate upon topics including human, animal, and plant parasites. "The meet will focus on the recent developments in parasitology and new strategies in the control of parasitic diseases of medical and veterinary importance. Different aspects of both basic and applied parasitology will be covered during the met," the Director of the Bangalore University's Centre for Applied Genetics, N.J. Shetty, told presspersons here.

The meet will have 20 scientific sessions, 15 plenary sessions, and 50 lectures along with oral and poster presentations.

Among the main speakers are R.C. Mahajan, professor, who will speak on "Indian perspectives of parasitic diseases", and Michael Brown, who will give a talk on "Bistar — an effective internal and external residual surface and harbourage treatment for mosquito and biting midge control."

Special symposium

The university will organise a "DNA Special Symposium" on January 15 and 16 to commemorate 50 years of the discovery of the Double Helix by James Watson and Francis Crick. It will feature 17 lectures by eminent scientists covering various aspects of life sciences including botany, zoology, applied genetics, biotechnology, environmental science, microbiology, immunology, human genetics, and biochemistry. Nearly 800 delegates from various colleges affiliated to Bangalore University will participate, according to Mr. Shetty.

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