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Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY”

From 30.11.2020 to 04.12.2020 IMPORTANT DATES Organized by Last date for Registration: 25.11.2020

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

Prof. K. Balakrishnan Co-ordinator (ATAL-FDP) Department of Immunology, SBS, MKU Mobile: 98421141117 E - Mail: [email protected]

DEPARTMENT OF IMMUNOLOGY Dr. R. Ranjithkumar SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Deputy Co-ordinator (ATAL-FDP) & Department of Organic Chemistry, SOC, MKU SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY Mobile: 787722916 MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY E - Mail: [email protected] MADURAI KAMARJ UNIVERSITY biological systems and program cell / organism to perform novel tasks. Madurai Kamaraj University was started as Madurai University in the year 1965. MKU is one of the fifteen  Describes introduction and concepts about synthetic biology, universities in India with a status of University with Potential approaches and tools that enable each step of the Design- for Excellence. In addition to 77 Departments under 20 Schools, Build-Test (DBT) cycle. the University has 20 academic centres. The Madurai Kamarj  To learn how these technologies are incorporated in Synthetic University offers 41 PG, 35 M. Phil. And 17 Diploma/PG Biology. Diploma/Certificate courses in the various departments. Department of Immunology was starated in the year of 1969. PROGRAMME OUTCOME School of Biological Sciences is recognized by Centre for Students, Faculty members, and Scholars will acquire Excellance in Genomics Sciences by UGC and as a nodal centre knowledge in the areas that make up Synthetic Biology and for implementation of DBT-IPLS Programme. understand how these are incorporated into this new subject OBJECTIVES OF FDP area. They will learn how to link the information from different areas and use this to build and design new components, “Synthetic Biology” is the new field of science that pathways, cells and systems. The major elements of synthetic involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by biology: design, construction and modeling of metabolic engineering them to have new abilities. Synthetic biology pathways, antibody engineering, bioethics and societal issues in researchers and companies around the world are harnessing the Synthetic Biology, biochemical engineering and scale up of power of nature to solve problems in medicine, manufacturing complex biological materials. and agriculture. This FDP would bring the academicians, researchers and practitioners including industry experts from ATAL ACADEMY Engineering and Technology background including Life AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy is Sciences and Biological Sciences which are the common established with the vision “To empower faculty to achieve goals platform to disseminate their knowledge and share their of Higher Education such as access, equity and quality”. ATAL experiences during the workshop. Thus, the main aim of academy will conduct a series of such workshops in thrust areas Synthetic Biology will be to learn how to design / engineer identified by AICTE. TENTATIVE TOPICS OF THE FDP  Those who have an attendance of minimum 80% and score

 Synthetic Life. more than 60% in the test will be issued a digital certificate  Synthetic Chemistry vs. Synthetic Biology by the ATAL Academy.

 Synthetic Biology-How it started and where lies the future? ORGANIZING COMMITTEE  Synthetic Biology- Tools for Prokaryotic systems.

 Synthetic Biology: basic concepts and applications. CHIEF PATRON / DIRECTOR

 Immunobiosensors for point-of-care medical applications. Prof. M. Krishnan  Engineered Antibodies as a therapeutic tool - Synthetic Vice Chancellor Biology Perspectives. Madurai Kamaraj University

 Immuno-Transgenics. CO-PATRON  Genomic Data Mining. Prof. V. S. Vasantha  Yoga for Healthy Life. Registrar i/c

INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS Madurai Kamaraj University

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR  The FDP will be conducted in online mode.  Participants are expected to have the provision of laptop / Prof. K. Balakrishnan Department of Immunology desktop / smart phone with good quality internet School of Biological Sciences (SBS) connections. DEPUTY CO-ORDINATOR  No Registration Fee. An E-Certificate will be provided by the ATAL Academy, AICTE, New Delhi. Dr. R. Ranjithkumar  150 – 200 participants will be selected on first come first Department of Organic Chemistry served basis. Shortlisted candidates will be informed School of Chemistry

through email. COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 On completion of the course a Google Form based Prof. G. Kumaresan, Chairperson, SBS objective/quiz type assessment of all participants will be Dr. K. Jayakumar, SBS done. Dr. V. Shanmugiah, SBS Dr. B. Ashok Kumar, School of Biotechnology RESOURCE PERSONS Prof. N. Jayakumar Dept. of Bio-informatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore The resource persons for the programme shall include faculty members of the host institute and invited speakers from reputed Prof. K. Chandresekaran institutions like IITs, state and central Universities and Government Department of Physical Education recognized research institutions. Madurai Kamaraj University

Prof. Pawan Dhar Dr. Pon Murugan Synthetic Biology Group Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore School of Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi Dr. Sanjay Ghosh Prof. Guhan Jeyaraman Faculty Scientist Bioprocess & Metabolic Engineering Lab Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Bengaluru Chennai Dr. Kaplia Kumar Prof. M.G. Sethuraman Department of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Manav Rachna International Institute of research and Studies, The Gandhigram Rural Institution, Dindigul Faridabad

Prof. Kalpana Luthra Dr. Karunakaran Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, VHNS College, Virudhunagar All India Institute of medical Sciences, New Delhi Dr. Swathi Alagesan Dr. Mainak Das DST-Inspire Faculty Fellow Department of Biological Sciences and Bio Engineering Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology IIT, Kanpur Bengaluru

Prof. S. Karutha Pandian Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University

Prof. Joseph Selvin Deartment of Microbilogy, Pondicherry University

MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY (University with Potential for Excellence) Madurai – 625021

AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy

Sponsored Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY’

Organized by Department of Immunology & Department of Chemistry From 30.11.2020 to 04.12.2020

DATE SESSION-I 10.45-12.00 SESSION-II SESSION 10.00-10.40 12.00-1.30 2.30-4.00 30.11.2020 Dr. Wilson Aruni Dr. S. Karutha Pandian Prof. M. G. Sethuraman Inauguration Alagappa University, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Sathybama Institute of Karaikudi (TN) Dindigul (TN) Science and Technology Chennai "Synthetic Biology in “Biological Instagram” Functional Genomics for “Synthetic Discovery of Novel Microbiome”- Bioactives" redefining “Host- pathogen” modulations. 01.12.2020 Prof. Pawan Dhar Dr. Karunakaran Dr. N. Jeyakumar Jawaharlal Nehru University, VHNSN College, Bharathiar University New Delhi Virudhunagar (TN) Coimbatore (TN)

“Synthetic Biology: Fundamental “Immunobiosensor for point- “Genomic Data Mining. Concepts to Applications” of-care Medical Applications” Bioinformatics and Genomic Data Analysis” 02.12.2020 Dr. K. Chandresekaran Dr. Joseph Selvin Prof. Kalpana Luthre Madurai Kamaraj University Pondicherry University AIIMS, New Delhi

“Towards Synthetic Life- “Engineered Antibodies as a “Yoga for Healthy Life” Applications of Synthetic Therapeutic Tool – Biology in the Creation of Synthetic Biology Synthetic Life and Perspective” Bioprospecting” 03.12.2020 Dr. Sanjay Ghosh Dr. Sudipto Saha Dr. Swathi Alagesan Institute of Informatics and Applied Bose Institute Institute of Informatics and Biotechnology, Bangalore Kolkata, India Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore “The Synthetic Biology Revolution: “Systems and Synthetic Past, present and Future” Biology” “Synthetic Biology Tools for Prokaryotic Systems” 04.12.2020 Dr. Kaplia Kumar Prof. Guhan Jeyaraman Manav Rachna International Institute of Indian Institute of Technology, Test/Valediction Research and Studies, Madras Faridabad

“Synthetic Biology-How it started and “Synthetic Biology Tools for where lies the future” Metabolic Engineering”