76th AM SBCI ABSTRACTS NOVEMBER, 2007

Inaugural Address:
Prof S Jayarama Reddy
Vice Chancellor, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati

Presidents Address:
Prof. D Balasubramanian
LVPEI, Hyderabad

Key note speech: “Redox regulation of the NF-kB pathway by selenium in macrophages” Hema Vunta, Umamaheswari D, Palempalli Pradeep Bodumalla, Parisa Kalantari. Ryan, J. Amer, K. Sandeep Prabhu and C.Channa Reddy.

Plenary Lectures:

1. “Developmental Paradigm for the Silk Glands in the Mulberry Sillkworm: Molecular and Genetic Aspects”. By K.P. Gopinathan, IISc, Bangalore
2. “Structural basis for editing/proofreading during translation of the genetic code, Rajan Sankarnarayanan, CCMB, Hyderabad
3. NMR AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, Ramakrishna Hosur, Mumbai
   SBCI Award Lectures 2007:
4. PA Kurup Endoment Award Lecture
5. PS Sharma Memorial Award Lecture
6. M Sadakshara Swamy Endoment Lecture
7. 2007 BURMA MEMORIAL WARD LECTURE by Prof.. GP Talwar, NII, New Delhi Chairman: Prof. D Balasubramanian.

Invited Speakers:

Animal Physiology:

1. INSIGHTS IN TO THE HORMONAL REGULATION OF EPIDIDYMAL FUNCTION: A ROLE FOR ESTROGEN A. Jagannadha Rao, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore
2. Prof. Pradeep Kumar, Molecular insight into male factor infertility
   Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in Male Reproduction,
3. Prof. P. Reddanna, Centre For Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad- 500 046, India, E-mail:preddanna@yahoo.com)
4. Prof Muralidharan, DU

BIOCHEMISTRY

1. “Nitrosative stress response in yeasts” Dr. Sanjay Ghosh, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
2. “Heat shock Protein 90 as Potential Drug Target Against Malaria” Utpal Tatu, Department of Biochemistry, IISc, Bangalore.
3. “Plasmodium falciparum helicase 45 expressed during intraerythrocytic development cycles is essential for parasite growth” Renu Tuteja, Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067
4. Flavin Biosynthesis: Modeling of Riboflavin Kinase and FAD-Synthetase for Site-directed Mutagenesis, Sobhanadithya, OU

BIOINFORMATICS

1. N Srinivasan
2. Debashish Dash
3. Guruprasad
4. PV Balaji

BIOTECHNOLOGY

1. Girish Sahni
2. Ram Rajasekharan
3. PN Rangarajan
4. Naveen Khanna: EXPERIMENTAL DENGUE VACCINE International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

CANCER BIOLOGY

1. Surekha Zingde: Autoantibodies in oral cancer
2. Karunagaran D: Aberrations in TGF β signaling in human cancers
3. Soma Sundaram K: IT CAN: Identification of glioblastoma biomarkers with prognostic and therapeutic value using microarray.
4. R. Kalraiya (ACTREC): Poly N-acetyl lactosamine substituted β 1,6 branched N-oligosaccharides facilitate lung specific metastasis of melanoma cells.
5. Ulhas P Naik: “Junctional adhesion molecule A & its role in cancer cell metastasis” Meghana U.Naik, Teja.U. Naik & Ulhas .P.Naik.

CELL BIOLOGY

1. Yashoda Ghanekar (LVPEI, Hyd): Ocular Surface Reconstruction Using Autologous Oral Epithelial Cells
2. V. Radha (CCMB Hyd)
3. SK Manna (CDFD Hyd): Inhibition of rel A phosphorylation sensitizes apoptosis in constitutive NF kappa B expressing and chemostat resistance cells
4. U Bandopadhyay (Kolkata): Malarial infection induces hydroxyradical mediated mitochondrial dependent hepatocyte apoptosis.
5. KVA Ramaihah ( Univ Hyd): Apoptosis in spodoptera fruziperda (Sf9) Cells: Phosphorylation of eIF2alpha is a cause and consequence.

Immunology:

1. “HIV/AIDS pathogenesis and novel antiviral gene therapeutic approaches” Akhil C. Banerjea. New Delhi.
2. “A Journey into the world of HLA and Medicine” N.K.Mehra, New Delhi.
3. “Functional Genomics of serine threonine kinases of M.tuberculosis”. By Sujatha Narayan, Chennai.
4. Usha Sharma, Emeritus Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi.

MEDICINAL ORGANISMS

1. “IDENTIFICATION AND PURIFICATION OF CYCLIC PEPTIDES FROM CLITORIA TERNATEA”. Laldas KP( Kerala)
2. “Phytoceuticals: the future of plant derived health aids”. Dr. Suman PS Khanuja.
3. “Structural and Pharmacological Studies of Conotoxins from Indian Marine Snails Siddhartha P. Sarma, Sujit K. Sikdar, P. Balaram and K.S. Krishnan.
4. “The Indian experience with Yersinia enterocolitica – a food- and water-borne enteropathogen”. Dr. J.S. Virdi.

MEMBRANE TRANSPORT

1. Phosphorylation of Mitochondrial dependent anion channel: Apotential tool to control cyt c mediated cell death, Jyotirmoy B and Subhendu Ghosh, UDSC
2. Membrane Chaperones, Madhusudhana Rao, CCMB
3. Jyoti Basu, Bose Institute, Kolkata
4. Uday Bandopadhyay, IICB

MICROBIOLOGY

1. “Emerging infections diseases: Ochrobactrum infection in gastritis patients” Yogesh S. Shouche 1,*, Mahesh S. Dharne 1, Sri Prakash Misra 2, Vatsala Misra 3, Milind S. Patole 1, Hitendra Munot 1, Santosh Tiwari 4, Niyaz Ahmed 5, Aleem Khan 4, Chitoor M. Habibullah 4, Manisha Dwiwedi 2, Arjun Lal Kakrani 6.
2. “Glycosomal targeting of Hexokinase by an N-terminal PTS-2 peptide in Leishmania” P. K. Umasankar, R. Y. Parikh, S. V. Surve, Y. S. Shouche, A. Jardim*, M. S. Patole.
3. “FASCINATING MICROBES DEFEAT THE HOST: WHOSE WORLD IT IS ANYWAY!!” Sandeepa Eswarappa M., and Dipshikha Chakravortty
4. Metagenome: An abstract document of biogeochemical processes” Hemant J Purohit.
5. “Fungal dimorphism: Biochemical and molecular studies with respect to the ammonium assimilation, polyamine synthesis and the morphological transition “ M.V.Deshpande

MOLECULAR GENETICS

1. “Molecular Genetics of Primary Microcephaly: Indian Scenario” Arun Kumar1, M. Rao1 and S. C. Girimaji2
2. “Macromolecular uptake in Drosophila pericardial cells requires Rudhira function” Debjani Das, Rajaguru Aradhya T.C., Ashoka D. and Maneesha Inamdar.
3. “Association of Taq1B polymorphism in CETP gene and C514T polymorphism in hepatic lipase gene with lipids and lipoprotein classes” R.Lakshmy, M.Sharma, H.P.S.Sachdev, G.R.Chandak, K.S.Reddy, S.K.Bhargava.
4. “Evolution of Cellobiose Utilization in E. coli” Aashiq H. Kachroo1, Aswani K. Kancherla2, Nongmaithem S. Singh3, Umesh Varshney3 and S. Mahadevan1

PHARMACOLOGY & NUTRITION

1. “Role of vitamin A in the regulation of obesity in WNIN/Ob rat model” A.Vajreswari
2. “Iron and zinc cross-talk at the site of absorption: Implications in intervention programmes” K. Madhavan Nair
3. “Programming for adiposity & insulin resistance in WNIN rat offspring role of maternal micronutrient deficiencies. M. Raghunath .
   PLANT BIOLOGY
4. “A new pathway to engineer to maximize crop productivity in stress conditions” Narendra Tuteja .
5. “Enhancing crop productivity in saline soils” Ajay Parida.
6. “Auxin-induced genes and the F-box protein encoding genes in rice and their probable role in regulating plant development” Jitendra P. Khurana
7. “Signal transduction in guard cells: components during stomatal closure in abaxial epidermis by abscisic acid or methyl jasmonate or bicarbonate” Agepati S. Raghavendra