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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Greetings!

As the Vice Chancellor of this premier university, I am extremely pleased to share this space to converse with all of you. The University of Madras is a post- sesquicentennial institution which has forged a glorious path for itself and has been the site for significant scientific discoveries as well as the beacon for national and regional societal transformation. It has successfully managed to hold aloft its tradition even while keeping up with the emerging trends. One reason for this is the way in which the university has kept alive its interactions with all the stakeholders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced a ‘new normal’ and its impact is felt in the workings of the university as well. The students have been attending the lectures online. While online learning has the advantage of being anytime and anywhere, it has taken away the peer group interaction and peer learning which are integral aspects of the university experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the campus very soon. Meanwhile, our faculty and administration will continue to bring the best to the virtual classrooms. As students, you need to view the restrictions posed by the pandemic as a temporary deterrent. Your focus should be to gain the competencies to conduct application oriented research in order to evolve as useful citizens of our society.

Our university boasts of faculty with a high degree of knowledge and commitment to offer the best in teaching and research. Given the context of the pandemic, we need to redefine our teaching-learning processes to offer the best pedagogic experience to our students. Similarly, the post-pandemic era demands that we hone the employment potential and entrepreneurial capacity of our learners. This necessitates that we focus on sponsored research in cutting edge areas.

Our administrative staff have been the backbone of the university. While we move towards a transparent and complete e-governance model, we need more support from you. When the teaching-learning process at our university – from admission to certification -- is moving into the digital era, your skills and competencies need to keep pace.

At our university, we are gearing up for the final round of NAAC re-accreditation. This has offered us an opportunity to assess our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges. Further, it has made us more determined to reiterate our quality benchmarks in teaching, research and extension activities. We are aware of this responsibility and fully prepared for it because, our university has always encouraged individual thinking within the established frameworks. This is echoed in the words of Tim Burners Lee, who initiated the World Wide Web: “We are forming cells within a global brain and we are excited that we might start to think collectively. What becomes of us still hangs crucially on how we think individually.” Let us unite to make the educational experience at the University of Madras a synergy of the best minds and best thoughts.

Prof.Dr.S.Gowri

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras

Dr.B.UsharaniM. Sc, Ph.D

Assistant professor
Department of Genetics
4

Awards

28

Publications

50

Seminars / Conference

4

Projects

0

Ph.D Awarded

2

Ph.D Present

Seminar / Conference

National Seminar Organized

S.No Description Year Held
1

Convenor & Organiser Stem cell and criticality by Dr. R. Venkatesh, Indian Institute of Science. 2014

2014
2

Organised: National conference on Genetics of Non- Communicable diseases- A future perspective. 2017.

2017
3

Organized Invited talk:Neurogenetics and epilepsy by Dr. Lakshmi Ragunathan, Dean and Director of MMC & Government hospital

2018
4

Organized: National Conference CYGEN-2019 

2019
5

Convenor & Organizer of lectures- 2022 in the Department of Genetics, University of Madras

2022
6

Convenor & Organiser National conference on Genetics NCMG-2022, on 05.04.2022. Recent Trends in Molecular Genetics,

2022
7

Convenor & Organiser Two days National workshop / Training Program on April 21 & 22 “ BSL-III Laboratory Training Program & Ethnomedicinal Plants in Recent Trends”

2022
8

Convenor & Organiser Two days National workshop / Training Program on April 21 & 22 “ BSL-III Laboratory Training Program & Ethnomedicinal Plants in Recent Trends”

2022

National Seminar Participated

S.No Description Year Held
1

National Seminar on “Genomics and Proteomics” on 19th and 20th February 2003, Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras.

 

2003
2

Work shop on “Calibration, Biosafety and SIMS” 5th Sep to 7th Sep 2011, organized by NACO at the HIV National Reference Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Madras Medical College, Chennai.

2011
3

MICROCIENCIA-2012, 10th IAAM National Conference on “Exploring the Potentials of Microbes for Bioscience, Biotechnology & Medicine” on December 17th& 18th 2012 organized in Association with Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists.

2012
4

Presented: Validation of MTBDR line- probe assay for rapid detection of Rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in south india. Microciencia- December 17th & 18th 2012, Centre for Environmental Nuclear Reserch, Directorate of Research SRM University.

2012
5

National Workshop on "Microarray data analysis using R/Bio conductor”,  Next generation sequencing 16th to 18th of January 2013 at RGCB Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

2013
6

Presented:Characterization and mode of action of mosquitocidal proteins of Pseudomonas fluorescens migula on culex quinquefasciatus, EID  12th Feb 2013, Department of Genetic Engineering , School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

2013
7

Presented: Paper in the National Conference on ADVANCES IN DRUG DESIGN,DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT(NCADDD) on 25th July 2014 in the department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University, BIT Campus,Tiruchirappalli-24.

 

2014
8

Presented:GeneXpert and Management of drug Resistant Tuberculosis organized by Department of Microbiology,State TB training and Demonstration Centre,Government Hospital for Chest Diseases on 22nd November 2014

2014
9

 

Presented:Identification and purification of  Mosquitocidal  metabolite from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula,BIOZONE- 15th &16th september 2015Dr.MGR University, Maduravoyal campus.Chennai.

 

 

2015
10

Participated in National Seminar on Electronic Resources & Harvesting Techniques 14th may 2015. University of Madras.

2015
11

  

Presented:Molecular Characterization and Purification of a Metalloprotease from  Pseudomonas fluorescens  migula to control pests Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae).  Sarvasastra- 22nd & 23rd March 2016. Dr.MGR University, Maduravoyal campus.Chennai.

 

 

 

2016
12

 

Presented: The Role of GPI-Anchored functional Membrane Receptors in the molecular action of glycoprotein( Gyp) from Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula in 4th Prof.G. Jayaraman’s Endowment National workshop & Conference on Recent Trends in Genomics and proteomics.   

 

2016
13

 

 

Presented: The Role of micro RNAs targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in breast cancer and to identify the potential Biomarkers- Biblometric analysis. BRCP-2017.National Seminar on Biomarkers: From Research to clinical practice 30th & 31st January 2017.Meenakshi college for Women, Chetpet.


 

 

 

 

 

 

2017
14

Presented: Fibrinolytic activity of metalloprotease enzyme (Biomarker) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens. BRCP-2017.National Seminar on Biomarkers: From Research to clinical practice 30th & 31st January 2017. Meenakshi college for Women, Chetpet.

2017
15

 

Presented: Isolation of Flavonoid derived components Possible Bio- marker and anti-microbial activity of leaf extracts from the Indian medicinal plants. BRCP-2017. National seminar on Biomarkers: From Research to Clinical practice 30th &31st January 2017.Meenakshi college for Women, Chetpet. 

 

  

2017
16

  

Presented:Possible Mosquito Control by Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula B426" NanoGeneTechnology in Chennai Nano-gathering CNG-NCNN17, National conference on Nano materials & Nanobiotechnology February 8th 2017,Guindy campus,University of Madras. 

 

   

 

2017
17

 

Presented: Synthesis and characterization of Gold Nanoparticles from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula to control the mosquitoes. Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in NCNAZ - 16th & 17th February 2017.Guindy campus,University of Madras

 

 

 

2017
18

Organizing Committe member in the National conference on Genetics of Non- Communicable diseases- Afuture perspective. 16th &17th March 2017.

 

 

2017
19

Participated in the National Seminar on Nano medicine : Pharmacology and Toxicology on 24th &25th March 2017.

 

2017
20

Participated in Faculty Workshop of Holistic Education on 22nd February, University of Madras.

2017
21

Presented:Rifampicin resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and associated factors presumptive tuberculosis patients on (NATCON)74th National conference of tuberculosis and chest diseases organised by Tuberculosis Association of India and Anti-Tb association of Tamilnadu.on December 21 and 22,2019

2019
22

Presented:Trends in molecular screening and Management of drug resistance tuberculosis in the CMLE on Recent Advances in Laboratory Medicine organized by Mother Theresa Postgraduate and Research Institute in Health Sciences on16th April 2019

2019
23

Participated: As delegate in the74th National Conference of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases held on 21-22nd December 2019 at Chennai,Jointly organized by the Tuberculosis Association of India and Anti TB Association of Tamil Nadu

2019
24

Participated:UGC_SAP sponsored Seminor on Recent Innovations in Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics held at 6th March 2019 organized by Department of Pharmacology and Environmantal Toxicology,University of Madras

2019
25

Participated: National workshop on Emerging Techniques in Molecular Pathology organized by the Department of Pathology,University of mAdras on 14-16th March 2019.

2019
26

Presented: The effects of Electro acupuncture for Systematic Evaluation of Genetic Variants, Epigenetic and Transcriptional changes in polycystic ovary syndrome National Conference CYGEN-2019 Conference University of Madras.

2019
27
  1. Presented:Extracellular Novel Fibrinolytic Metalloprotease from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula and Its Potential as an Biocontrol Agent. on National ConferenceCYGEN -2019 conference,University of Madras.

2019
28

presented paper on National Conference CYGEN- 2019 Conference in the Prevalence and association of risk factors contributing to high prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in India. 27.09.2019 .University of Madras.

2019
29

 

 Presented paper on National Conference CYGEN-2019 Extracellular Novel Chitinolytic activity of metalloprotease  from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula and Its Potential as an Biocontrol Agent. 27.09.2019. University of Madras.

2019
30

 

presented paper on National Conference CYGEN2019 Conference in the Molecular Characterization and mode of action of Novel metalloprotease from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula on Dipterian species: Culex quinquefasciatus. 27.09.2019. University of Madras.

2019
31

Presented Effects of the Combined Therapy of Acupuncture with Herbal Drugs on Male & female Immune Infertility at Puducherry,South India.SSRN journal 

2019
32

 

presented paper on Cytogenetic Analysis of infertility with Accupuncture therapy case study series in Tamilnadu & Puducherry , Puducherry Institute of medical sciences.

2019
33

 presented paper on Serralysin from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula from pitcha varam Mangrove forests, Tamilnadu India and its invivocytotoxicity in Mosquito fish Gambusia affinis in the National conference Central University of Kerala.

2020

International Seminar Participated

S.No Description Year Held
1

Partipated in the Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing jointly organized by Rajiv Ganghi Centre for Biotechnology and European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute on 16-19,September 2014

2014
2

International Conference on “Structural and Functional Genomics” on January 6th- 7th 2016 School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.

2016
3

Presented:The Role of Matrix metalloproteinases in cardiovascular diseases isolated from Pseudomonas fluorescens migula in the International conference on Cardiovascualar Translational Researchon 22nd January  venue: IC & SR Auditorium, IIT Madras.

 

2016
4

Participated: As delegate in the International conference on Human Genetics. organized by Sankara netralaya, Vision Research Foundation (03.03.2016 to 05.03.2016) Chennai.

 

 

2016
5

 

Presented: Molecular Dynamics and structural based virtual screening of novel Met protein from Pseudomonas flourescens Migula- An oncoinformatics study ICRTB-2016. (US Patent Strain B426),  International conference on Recent Trends in Bio-sciences 07.09.2016, Alagappa university, Karaikudi.

 

 

2016
6

Presented: Assessment of Risk factors and Pattern of Genetic mutations associated with rifampicin and isoniazid resistance in drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients on IABMS conference organized by Chettinad University

2019
7

Completed 7 total hours on Module 2: Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis Identifying SARS-CoV-2 and its variants organized by Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster,KIIT-Technology Business incubator,Jeju National University,South Kores and Premas Life Sciences Pvt Ltd on 20-21,August 2021

2021
8

Completed 6 total hours on Module 3: Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis Advanced Osteoarthritis Research organized by Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster,KIIT-Technology Business incubator,Jeju National University,South Kores and Premas Life Sciences Pvt Ltd on 27-28,August 2021

2021
9

Completed 7 total hours on Module 1: Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis Online Instrument demonstration and Programming organized by Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster,KIIT-Technology Business incubator,Jeju National University,South Kores and Premas Life Sciences Pvt Ltd on 13-14,August 2021

2021
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