National Seminar on MICROBIAL DIVERSITY-POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
28 th & 29 th January, 2012
Sponsored by
ANDHRA PRADESH STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION (APSCHE)
Organized by
DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGYPALAMURU UNIVERSITYMAHABUBNAGAR - 509 001 A P
THEME OF THE SEMINAR
Interest in the exploration of microbial diversity has been spurred by the fact that microbes are essential for life since they perform numerous functions essential for the biosphere that include nutrient cycling and environmental detoxification. The vast array of microbial activities and their importance to the biosphere and to human economies provide strong rationale for understanding their diversity, conservation and exploitation for society. The microbial world is the largest unexplored reservoir of biodiversity on the earth. Microbial diversity needs to be explored, as microbes are essential for life since they are having biotechnological applications with extreme commercial value.
The research on microorganisms once confined to phenotypic studies, is now aiming at to explore the genetic makeup with an objective to exploit the potentials of the organisms to the extent of built in capacity and even beyond that. Microbial diversity is a great source for biotechnological exploration of novel organisms, products and processes. Polyphasic studies integrate different aspects of microbial diversity and provide a more complete picture of microbial diversity and a deeper understanding of the interactions in microbial ecosystems. Recent advances in exploration of microbial diversity, molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics and genetic engineering have brought into focus several unforeseen applications of the microorganisms. With the availability of new molecular marker techniques, amazing microbial diversity of extreme habitats, unexplored habitats is unfolding. Consequently, there is a renewed interest shown in the applications of new microbes and their products.
SUB THEMES OF THE SEMINAR
Diversity of Microorganisms
Industrial Biotechnology
Agricultural Biotechnology
Environmental Biotechnology
Microbial genomics
Bioprospecting for novel metabolites and genes
Metagenomics
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Technical sessions include keynote address, lead lectures, oral and poster presentations by researchers and M.Sc. students.
ABSTRACTS
Participants are requested to email a softcopy of their abstract typed in MS-word, title of the paper followed by author(s) name to pumicroseminar@gmail.com Hardcopy of the abstract along with registration from and DD(S) towards registration and/ accommodation should be send to the Organizing Secretary, National Seminar, Department of Microbiology, Palamuru University latest by 18th January, 2012.
