The meeting was organized on Dec. 13 and 14, 2015 at NISER, Bhubaneswar. Prof. P. Balaram, IISc, Bangalore delivered Prof. K.S. Krishnan Memorial lecture and inaugurated the meeting on Dec. 13. This was followed by the keynote lecture by Prof. Abba J. Kastin, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. The plenary talks were delivered by Jackson Bittencourt, University of Sao Paulo, Nishikant Subhedar and Aurnab Ghose, IIER, Pune; Gaiti Hasan and Axel Brockmann, NCBS, Bangalore; Herbet Herzog, Gravan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia; Soumya Iyengar, NBRC, Manesar, India; Weihong Pan, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Sumit Sarkar, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, USA. Posters on work carried out by young MS and Ph.D. students were displayed during the meeting. The students had one to one interaction with the scientists in the meeting and received inputs to improve their work further. M.Sc. and PhD students from different parts of the country actively participated in the meeting. The meeting has also provided a platform for the scientists to exchange their ideas and incubate collaborative projects.
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Dr. Praful Singru