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Preamble
National of Academy of Biological Sciences [NABS] established in 2004 is providing opportunities to young biologists to interact on various aspects of biological sciences ever since it was founded by organizing Interactive Workshops during its annual meeting. The present Seminar is 6th in its series of interactive workshops. Taking a cue from the spontaneous response of students and young biologists the present one is organized as a National Seminar with the theme “Microbes and Human Welfare” as microbes are the key to sustain and preserve the ecosystem of the planet earth.
Microbes are omnipotent and omnipresent. There is No Life on planet earth without microbes!. Microbes play such important roles in their ecosystems. In spite of being extremely small, the sheer number of microbes living on the planet, have large effects on cycling of nutrients and compounds, both essential for the survival of all organisms. To survive in so many types of habitats, microbes have evolved a great number of mechanisms to find energy, digest food and reproduce. Scientists use the skills and potential of microbes in a number of ways in different fields of biological sciences, including agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and health care, food industries, energy production, medicine and warfare and so on... The richness of biodiversity in plants, animals by and large depend on type of microbes of that ecosystem in which they dwell and mutually benefitting. The science of agriculture including forestry, animal husbandry, food industry and several other fields have taken advantage of the association of microbes with the ecosystem to utilize them for the benefit of human welfare at large. It is the responsibility of human kind to conserve these microbes to sustain the varied ecosystems of the universe and utilize them most efficiently. The seminar is aimed to take stock of the present day development in specific field and to provide a platform for the young biologists to share their experiences on these specific theme areas.
About the organizers i. National Academy of Biological Sciences [NABS] NABS was founded on 31 December, 2004 by (Late) Prof. Dr. S. Kannaiyan, the then Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India., Chennai, Tamil Nadu with a vision to provide a common platform for the biologists to interact with each other for mutual benefit and to further the knowledge on areas of biological sciences. The Academy was registered as "National Academy of Biological Sciences" under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 (TN Act 27 of 1975) on 10th March, 2005 at Chennai South, Saidapet, Chennai- 600 015 with Certificate of Registration No. 110 / 2005. The academy, as on date, has enrolled 500 members spread over in all States of India and abroad. It organized its regular Annual Meeting coupled with Interactive Workshop / Seminar on specific themes. In the annual meeting, the Fellowship /Associate fellowship besides, NABS-Best Woman Scientist Award and NABS-Best Research Paper award are conferred. Prof. S. Kannaiyan Memorial Award is also conferred on eminent scientists of the country every year since 2012.
ii. Bharathidasan University
Bharathidasan University, (BDU) named after the revolutionary
Tamil poet Bharathidasan (1891- 1968), was established in 1982.
It is situated in the historic city of Tiruchirappalli. The
motto of the University, “We will create a brave new world” has
been framed from Bharathidasan’s poetic Words. BDU endeavours to
be true to such a vision by creating in the region a brave new
world of academic innovation for social change. BDU has been
nationally accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC which is one among
those recognized by the University Grants Commission for
receiving grants as per section 12b of UGC Act. It is a member
of the Association of Indian Universities and the Association of
Commonwealth Universities. This vibrant institution celebrated
its silver jubilee in 2007 with a new vigour and continues in
making rapid strides in the field of education and research. The
University’s affiliating jurisdiction is over 8 districts
including Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur,
Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Pudukottai with 104
colleges and 13 approved institutions. The University main
campus is located in an area of 1000 acres of land, situated 16
km away from Tiruchirappalli Junction on Tiruchirappalli –
Pudukottai National Highway. Tiruchirappalli is well connected
by Air, Rail, and Road with other parts of States of India. Department of Microbiology The Department of Microbiology emerged from the parent Department of Botany during 1992. Prof. G. Subramanian (former Head, Dept. of Microbiology) has also established National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria (NFMC) (sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India), a unique facility dedicated to marine cyanobacterial research. A Post Graduate course on Microbiology was started jointly with NFMC during 1994. Since June 2007, the present Department of Microbiology has been bifurcated into a separate department and M.Phil (Full Time) course was started in the same year. With in the short span of five years, the department has received UGC -NON-SAP and DST-FIST grants and equipped with basic to advance instrumentation facilities for running the M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. and Post Doctoral programs. All the faculties in the department are well recognized by their research contribution at National and International levels. They have received project grants of around Rs. 6 crores from various government funding agencies such as CSIR, DBT, DST, ICMR, IFS, INSA, MoEF, MoES, UGC, etc., Research is actively going on in basic and applied aspects of microbiology in areas of biodiversity, ecobiology, molecular taxonomy, DNA fingerprinting and barcoding, establishment of functional microbial repository, development of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, bio-energy from various microbes, microbial nanoparticles, leptospirosis, molecular diagnostics, metagenomics, probiotics, rhizosphere biology, anti-quorum sensing, bioremediation etc.
About Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli is called as Trichinopoly (as per records of British
India), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is the fourth largest
municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu and also the Fourth largest urban
agglomeration in the State. It is located at 10.8050°N
78.6856°E; the average elevation being 88 metres (289 ft).
The city spread over an area of 146.7 square kilometres
(56.6 sq mi) is situated on the plains between the
Shevaroy Hills to the north and the Palni
Hills to the south and south-west. The city is situated at
the head of the Kaveri
Delta, which commences 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of
Tiruchirappalli where the Kaveri River branches into two streams
forming the island
of Srirangam. It is located almost at the geographic centre of the State of Tamil Nadu. Ancient religious references to Chirapalli Sivan temple comes from the devotional poetry called Thevaram written by Appar and Sambanthar where they refer to Chirapalli by name. Thiru is a Tamil prefix for holy. Palli means a gate where toll is collected.
The city has a number of historical monuments, the Rockfort, Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam and Jambukeswarar temple at Thiruvanaikaval being the most prominent among them.
Climate: Tiruchirappalli is hot and dry for at least eight months of the year. Tiruchirappalli experiences a moderate climate from July to October while it will be cool and balmy from November.
Accommodation
Accommodation will be arranged on payment basis in hotels. The
charges for single and double bed rooms may vary from Rs. 750 to
2500/- per day. Delegates are requested to convey their
requirements (Ac / Non-Ac) for accommodation to Dr. G.
Muralitharan, Assistant Professor Department of
Microbiology, Bharathidasan University (vide contact). Limited
accommodations available in the educational and research
institutes will be allotted to the Students / Scholars on
priority basis. Sponsorship The organizers will approach funding support from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST), University Grant’s Commission (UGC) and other organizations.
Theme Areas i. Microbes in Agriculture and Forestry ii. Microbes in Animal Health iii. Microbes in Food Industries iv. Microbes and Biotechnological Innovations v. Diversity and Conservation
Technical Sessions
Each session will begin with a lead paper presentation followed by oral presentations of selected papers. A separate Poster session for each theme will also be organized.
Registration Details
Guidelines to prepare Abstract, full papers and poster presentations
General:
Preparation of Abstract:
How to cite references
To cite a journals Selvam, P., Murugesh, N., Witvrouw, M., Keyaerts, E., and Neyts, J. 2009. Studies of antiviral activity of cytotoxicity of Wrightia tinctoria and Morinda citrifolia. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Studies, 71(6): 670-672. To cite Proceedings / Book chapters Ajanta Birah, Singh, D. R., Ramamurthy, V.V. and Srivastava, R.C. 2009. Surveillance of insect pests of Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) in Andaman. In: (Eds.) P. Rethinam and T. Marimuthu, Proceedings of Fourth National Symposium on Noni for Empowerment and Prosperity, Oct., 24-25, pp: 40-50. To cite Books Peter, P.I. 2009. Compendium of Noni Research, World Noni Research Foundation, Chennai, p.884. Poster display: Display board of size 3’ x 2’ will be available at the venue
Mode of Payment and submission of Papers Abstract / Full papers along with the registration fee as DD / Multicity Cheque drawn in favour of National Academy of Biological Sciences payable at Chennai should be mailed to:
Prof. Dr. T. Marimuthu,
C/o, World Noni Research Foundation,
Dates to remember
Download the Registration Form : MS-Word / PDF
Venue of Seminar University A/C Auditorium, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India
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