National Seminar on
CURRENT TRENDS IN SECONDARY PLANT METABOLITE RESEARCH
March 19 – 20, 2012
Organized by
DEPARTMENT OF Biotechnology
Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard
New Delhi 110062
DEPARTMENT OF Biotechnology :
The Department of Biotechnology was established in 1997. It offers two formal programmes of study; two year post-graduate course leading to M.Sc. in Biotechnology and doctoral research leading to Ph.D degree. Besides, it offers opportunity for post-doctoral research. The faculty members of the Department have been able to attract a large number of extramurally funded research projects. At present the department has ongoing research projects sponsored by DBT, DST, CSIR, ICAR, DRDO, UGC, DOEn, ISM&H, CCRUM, AYUSH, and World Bank. The Department has inter-institutional collaboration with ICGEB (New Delhi), AIIMS (New Delhi), NII (New Delhi), Dabur Research Foundation (Ghaziabad), NICD (New Delhi), NCBS (Bangalore), CDRI (Lucknow), TERI (New Delhi), IARI (New Delhi), JNU (New Delhi), University of Delhi South Campus (New Delhi), IGIB (New Delhi), CDFD (Hyderabad). IIIM (Jammu), IITRC (Lucknow), DRDO (New Delhi), University of Calcutta (Kolkata), Kalyani University (Kolkata), THSTI (New Delhi) and NIPGR (New Delhi).
CENTRE FOR TRANSGENIC PLANT DEVELOPMENT :
The Centre is a unit of Department of Biotechnology. It is equipped with the state of art facilities to train the Ph.D and post doctoral students to carry out research in various disciplines of plant and microbial Biotechnology. The major R & D activities include cloning and characterization of novel genes linked with tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses and quality traits of medicinal and crop plants; authentication and standardization of crude components of herbal formulations; nano vehicle assisted gene delivery and expression in medicinal and crop plants.
The thrust areas of centre also include improving the quality of medicinal crops through genetic engineering of metabolic pathways; in vivo and in vitro conservation of medicinal plants; proteomics of host-pathogen interactions; development of easy, rapid, sensitive, cost effective method for aflatoxigenic mould detection in the groundnut kernels and soil; and identification and quantification of aflatoxins in the food and feed.
AREA OF FOCUS :
Plants synthesize a wide array of secondary metabolites, often with highly complex structures, which are used as drugs, flavouring agents, fragrances, natural colours, sweeteners etc. Plantderived drugs in western countries also represent a huge market value. Currently one-fourth of all prescribed pharmaceuticals in industrialized countries contain compounds that are directly or indirectly via semi-synthesis, derived from plants. The most pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites are isolated from wild or cultivated plants as their chemical synthesis is not economically feasible. The concentration of these metabolites in plants is however, very low, making their commercial production non-economic. Therefore, efforts are being made globally to enhance the concentration of these metabolites in plants through metabolic engineering. The overall objectives of the seminar is to exchange ideas and knowledge on recent advances in the field of secondary plant metabolite research. This will help researchers in designing strategies to improve the biosynthesis and production of secondary metabolites.
THEME AREA :
1. Phytochemistry and Biochemistry of plant secondary metabolites.
2. Impact of environmental stress on secondary plant metabolites.
3. Metabolic engineering of secondary plant metabolites.
4. In vitro culture and micropropogation of medicinal plants for increasing the production of secondary metabolites.
5. Molecular and Proteomic approach in secondary plant metabolite research.
6. Molecular markers for conservation of medicinal plants.
IMPORTANT DATES :
Abstract Submission : 5th March, 2012
Last date for Registration : 5th March, 2012
Intimation of Acceptance : 9th March, 2012
Seminar Dates : 19th & 20th March, 2012
ADDRESS FOR ALL COMMUNICATIONS :
Organizing Secretary
Professor M.Z. Abdin
Dean, Faculty of Science
Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University)
Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062
Phone No: 011-26059688
(5500, 5503, 5581)
email : mzabdin@rediffmail.com
(alternate mail-id: jamia.biotechnology@gmail.com) mzabdin@jamiahamdard.ac.in
Deadline : 05.03.12
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