DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE

CBiOL – Crescent Bio Online Learning

Objectives

  • To conduct online courses, webinars, workshops
  • To establish as Teaching Learning Center (TLC) in biological sciences (MHRD)
  • To establish as skill development center in biotechnology (TNSCST and DST)
  • To establish virtual lab in biological sciences

Conducted online events (April-July 2020 (current)

  • International conference (1)
  • Faculty Development program (2)
  • Workshop(1)
  • Webinar series(6)
  • Courses(3)
  • Quizzes (7)

Crescent SLS YouTube Channel

Hosting all our online events and 121 video lectures

Webinar on “World Coconut Day – 2020” (10th September 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Resource Persons: Dr. S Praneetha, Professor and Dean, Coconut Research Station TNAU, Aliyarnagar.
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences.

 

 

Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and Post graduate Students, Research Scholars, Teachers, Faculties, Scientist
Total number of Participants: 99
Registration fee: Free
Registration Link: http://bit.ly/slsbsacist

Session 1: Transformed products of Coconut
Speaker: Dr. S. Praneetha, Professor and Head, Coconut Research Station, Aliyarnagar, TNAU
Video URL: https://youtu.be/gk8Fzm0k8IU
 
Session 2: Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Coconut
Speaker: Dr. Rajeswari, Associate Professor (Plant Pathology), Coconut Research Station, TNAU, Aliyarnagar
Video URL: https://youtu.be/Xl5t9i3x9j0

 

Webinar on “World Hepatitis Day” (28th July 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST & YRG CARE Hospital, Chennai
Resource Person: Dr. Amrose Pradeep, Chief Medical Officer, YRG CARE Hospital, Chennai
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences.
Coordinators: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar (Assoc. Prof.), Dr. C. Simon Durairaj (Sci. Asst.)

 

Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and Post graduate Students, Research Scholars, Teachers, Faculties, Scientist
Total number of Participants: 99
Registration fee: Free
URL: https://bit.ly/39fR033


 

Virtual Training on “Microbial Biofilm: Current Research and Applications” (23rd – 29th July 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Organizing Secretaries: Dr. R.Karthikeyan (Assoc. Prof.), Dr. Khurshid Alam Khan (Assoc. Prof), Dr. Soumen Bera (Asst. Prof.)
Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and Post graduate Students, Research Scholars, Faculties, Scientist
Total number of Participants: 100
Registration fee:Students/ Scholars – Free; Faculties / Scientist – Rs.500/-
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/6ZVR22XzU6Gf5EQZ8

 
 
Inaugural Address: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Dean & Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URL: https://youtu.be/D8HIjWARXus
 
Session 1: Phytochemicals as Emergent Strategy to Control Bacterial Biofilms
Speaker: Dr. FohadMabood Husain, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Video URL: https://youtu.be/z4xnaFqfSOM
 
Session 2: Biofilms & Food Industry Application
Speaker: Ms. K.Ramya, CEO, Hi-Rise Food Tech Lab, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/-GKoqL2ld34
 
Session 3: Biofilms and microbial Pathogenesis F1
Speaker: Dr. Imtiyaz Hassan, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
Video URL: https://youtu.be/veceNeRI6kg
 
Session 4: Emerging Drug Resistant Biofilm – Infections and Control Strategies
Speaker: Prof. Josepj Selvin, Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University
Video URL: https://youtu.be/rJRFLVvN4O0
 
Session 5: Biofloc an Highly Sought after Bioparticle in Aquaculture
Speaker: Dr. K.P. KumaraguruVasagam, Principal Scientist, Discipline: Animal/Fish Nutrition, Division: Crustacean Culture Division, Specialization: Aquaculture
Video URL: https://youtu.be/vlEueTUTZfw
 
Session 6:Microbial Biofilms – Is it Beneficial or Harmful?
Speaker: A. Gnanamani, CSIR-CLRI, Adyar, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/W2VRWFpWGPg

 

Webinar on “Emotional Well-Being During E-Learning” (14th July 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST & Kavithalyaa Counseling Centre
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. Faridha Begum I, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Parents, School & College Students, Teachers, Faculties, Online Trainers
Total number of Participants: 604
Registration fee:Free

Quiz URL:https://bit.ly/2Dkf8FR

 

 

Virtual One day seminar on “Pathogenesis and prevention of Zoonotic diseases” (6th July 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and post graduate students, Research Scholars, Professors, Scientist
Total number of Participants: 324
Registration fee: Free
URL:https://forms.gle/BUgHoiWFXEjLPPkF9

 

 

Workshop on “Food Safety, GMP and HACCCP” (29th & 30th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST & HiRise Food Tech Lab
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Resource Person: Ms. Ramya Kannan, CEO, Hi-Rise Food Tech Lab
Coordinators: Dr. M.K. Sangeetha (Asst. Prof.),Ms. S. Ranjani(Sci. Asst.), Dr. C. Simon Durairaj (Sci. Asst.).
Nature of Participants: Any life science students, people from food industry or small entrepreneurs.
URL:https://forms.gle/96df6fVcy5XXcqYC9

 

 

World Microbiome Day 2020 – Quiz (27th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants: 697
Registration fee: Free
Quiz URL:https://forms.gle/rwMSoNwkg3R1okG98

 

 

International Conference on Basic and Translational Cancer Research: Novel Ideas and Approaches (ICBTCR-2020) (25th – 27th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, W. M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging, University of Virginia, USA, TamilNadu State Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST)
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Speaker: Dr. Ammasi Periasamy, Director and founder, W M Keck Center for Molecular Imaging, University of Virginia, USA
Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and Post graduate students, Research Scholars, Professors, Scientist
Total number of participants: 277
Registration link: https://forms.gle/EFPkE2LU3YN8KZcx6

 

 

Day 1 (25.06.2020)

Session 1:
Inaugural address of ICBTCR-2020

Speaker: Dr. S. Hemalatha, Professor & Dean, President, ACER
Video URL: https://youtu.be/As5Y7FpG_58
 
About Association of Cancer Research & Education (ACER)
Speaker: Dr. Neesar Ahmed, Assistant Professor (Sel.Gr.), School of Life Sciences
Video URL:https://youtu.be/xheXarLP_-M
 
Introduction of Speakers
Speaker: Mr. Mohammed Abrar Basha, Scintific Assistant, School of Life Sciences
Video URL: https://youtu.be/4vALT5oYYF8
 
Session 2: Investigation of Metabolism in Living Prostate Cells: Two-Photon FLIM-FLIRR Microscopy
Speaker: Dr. Ammasi Periasamy, Professor & Center Director, WM Keck Center for Molecular Imaging, University of Virginia, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/JpjWOb473LU
 
Session 3: Electrical Therapies for Virus-Based Human Cancers: Another View
Speaker: Dr. Raji Sundararajan, Purdue University, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/R_D7ythYt6E
 
Session 4: Use of Quantitative Proteomics to Define Mechanisms of Lippia origanoides in Activating Apoptosis
Speaker: Dr. Ignacio G. Camarillo, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/dNy0xkyh_GM
 
Session 5: Targeting FOXO3 Signaling by Bio-active Natural Product in Breast Cancer Prevention
Speaker: Dr. A. Suresh Kumar, Senior Scientist, Biochemistry & Biotechnology Laboratory, CSIR-CLRI, Adyar, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/TSHxPLKRD-U

 

Day 2 (26.06.2020)

Session 1: Energy-Based Cancer Therapy
Speaker: Dr. Govind Srimathveeravalli, University of Massachusetts, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/bh_kwZHUOFE
 
Session 2: A 3D model to study electric field distribution in homogeneous tissue
Speaker: Dr Sieni, Department of Theoretical and applied science, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Video URL: https://youtu.be/gD1rYacvKwU
 
Session 3: Emerging Nanotechnologies for Cancer Immunotherapy Applications
Speaker: Dr. Ashish Kulkarni, University of Massachusetts, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/yPvtNpUzqIQ
 
Session 4: Exosomes: A Novel Biomarker for Cancer
Speaker: Dr. K. Anbarasu, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru
Video URL: https://youtu.be/BNehOpK9Ffw

 

Day 3 (27.06.2020)

Session 1: AXL Targeted Lung Cancer Therapy
Speaker: Dr. Raghuraman Kannan, University of Missouri, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/PC2Rl4nXqtE
 
Session 2: Targeting HMGA Protein Inhibits Retinoblastoma Cell Proliferation
Speaker: Dr. Anandhi Upendran, University of Missouri, USA
Video URL:https://youtu.be/PmqutLhMXpg
 
Session 3: Deletion of TRPV6 Channel Attenuates Alcohol & Stress-Induced Gut Barrier Dysfunction, Endotoxemia & Liver Damage
Speaker: Dr. Avtar Singh Meena, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/lIWW2CWqXA4
 
Session 4: Valedictory Session
ICBTCR2020 Report. Speaker: Dr. Soumen Bera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Video URL: https://youtu.be/BdXwtwSbITA
 
Valedictory Address
Speaker:Dr. Ammasi Periasamy, WM Keck Center for Molecular Imaging, University of Virginia, USA
Video URL: https://youtu.be/fW7yNqyFmAM
 
Announcement of awards
Speaker:Dr. C Simon Durairaj, Scientific Assistant, School of Life Sciences
Video URL: https://youtu.be/fS6YMZ1JtEo
 
Vote of Thanks
Speaker:Dr. Ashok Kumar Pandurangan, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
Video URL: https://youtu.be/NKXF4eHpKFU
 


 

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day 2020 – Quiz (19th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), MHRD
& Winpath Lab & Healthcare, Mandaveli
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor & UBA Vembedu, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants: 568
Registration fee: Free
Quiz URL:https://forms.gle/Y9DwzNkKNvvbvG25A

 

Desertification and Drought Day 2020 – Quiz (17th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), MHRD & Annavarshini Food LLP, Chennai
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor & UBA Vembedu, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants: 329
Registration fee: Free
Quiz URL:https://forms.gle/j5Ae47MkZLzUjmqL9

 

World Brain Tumour Day Quiz (9th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), MHRD & Winpath Lab & Healthcare, Mandaveli
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor & UBA Vembedu, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants: 41
Registration fee: Free
Quiz URL:https://forms.gle/wtrLfSiiTcBK4fus8

 

 

World Environment Day 2020 – Quiz (5th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology & Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), MHRD
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor & UBA Vembedu, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants: 1215
Registration fee: Free
Quiz URL:https://forms.gle/gSqNN4Mp7PRA1GYY6

 

 

Webinar on “Future Perspectives in Biotechnology” (4th May 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinators: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar (Associate Professor), Dr. I. Faridha Begum (Scientific Assistant), Ms. S. Ranjani (Scientific Assistant), Dr. C. Simon Durairaj (Scientific Assistant), Mr. M. Abrar Basha (Scientific Assistant).
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of participants: 1526
Registration Fee: Free
Registration link: https://forms.gle/kc18YxABQWDeZyX77

 
 

 

Day 1 (11.06.2020)

Session 1: Symptomatic and asymptomatic diseases
Speaker: Dr. S Ramesh Prabhu, Medical Review Safety Physician, Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
Video URL: https://youtu.be/7VCXBA3UG3k
 
Session 2: Wastewater Treatment
Speaker: Mr. Mohamed Najeeb, Managing Director, Pallavaram Tannery Effluent Treatment Company Limited, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/Dqkd99J4Tbk
 
Session 3: Tele-counseling
Speaker: Mr. Elayaraja, Counseling Psychologist, Managing Director, KavithalyaaCounseling Centre, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/G1rKQpMmzZs

 

Day 2 (12.06.2020)

Session 1: Disaster Management
Speaker: Mr. B. Prabhudoss, Head of Marketing and Communication, Regional Manager, 108 Emergency Response Service & 104 Health Helpline
Video URL: https://youtu.be/Re_fyJVtg_g
 
Session 2: Disease Diagnosis
Speaker: Dr. Thahore, Managing Director, Winpath Lab & Health Care, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/7BBiU8B-LP8
 
Session 3: Mushroom Nutraceuticals
Speaker: Mr. M. Nagarajan,Managing Director, Annavarshni Foods LLP., Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/ngb1FsoGXuo
 
Session 4: Terrace Gardening
Speaker: Mr. Narendiran, Jaya’s Bio Organic Concepts Garden Terrace Gardening & Landscaping, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/VN-16H28_yQ

 

Online Faculty Development Programme on “Multiomics and Traditional Approaches to Combat COVID-19 / Virus Outbreak” (21st May to 3th June 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST & Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST).
Dr. R.Srinivasan, Member Secretary, TNSCST
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinators: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Faculties, Scientist & Research Scholars
Total number of participants: 33
Registration Fee: Rs.1000/-
Fees Received: 32500/-
Registration link:https://forms.gle/xjamh7dqVctw56RH9

 

 

Day 1 (21.05.2020)

Inaugural Speech: Dr. S. Hemalatha, Professor & Dean, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Vandalur, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/GoSi2y5wEb8
 
Session 1: YOGA: A winning strategy to COVID-19
Speaker: Dr. A. Lavanya, Yoga expert, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/42aox6sbj_c
 
Session 2. Role of Siddha Medicine in COVID19 Mitigation
Speaker: Dr.P.SathiyaRajeswaran Assistant Director, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/Y8Z5CdtI-E0

 

Day 2 (22.05.2020)

Session 1. Stem Cells Therapy to COVID-19 Treatment
Speaker: Dr Balaji Ragavendran, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/XpqRLxci280; https://youtu.be/JLpxfVYJIXM
 
Session 2. Challenges and the development in Vaccine for COVID-19
Speaker: Dr. Murali Malliga Raman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/XKuYlA4B6KY; https://youtu.be/Fsu2cLynXjQ

 

Day 3 (25.05.2020)

Session 1. Real Time PCR for diagnosis of COVID-19
Speaker: Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/fi2GGIuOdfI
 
Session 2. Next Generation Sequencing and its Applications on Pathogen Characterization
Speaker:Dr. Subrata Patra, Senior Technical Officer, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani, West Bengal
Video URL:https://youtu.be/k5T1-AWQ900

 

Day 4 (26.05.2020)

Session 1. Immune regulation in COVID-19 infection
Speaker:Dr. Vimal Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/Bo8mKBW5zv4; https://youtu.be/TrOAKwEnm_4
 
Session 2. Proteomics Based Approaches for Combating COVID-19. Lessons Learnt from SARS and MERS
Speaker:Dr. Krupakar Parthasarathy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/S09J8mQd86w

 

Day 5 (27.05.2020)

Session 1. COVID-19: System biology and Drug design
Speaker:Dr. Mukesh Doble, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/M4i3Qgc5wgc
 
Session 2. Bioinformatics tools for analyzing COVID-19
Speaker:Dr. Subhamoy Banerjee, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/NNvz3QbIR7o

 

Day 6 (28.05.2020)

Session 1. CRISPR-Cas & COVID-19
Speaker:Dr. Madan Kumar P, Scientist, CSIR – Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru
Video URL:https://youtu.be/khzqyeA_6YQ
 
Session 2. Nano applications for COVID-19
Speaker:Dr. Karthikeyan R, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/J-oe8rsoEeM; https://youtu.be/W-viQrxLIu8; https://youtu.be/vh5zEZ2ibaA; https://youtu.be/orylbdTtNMo

 

Day 7 (29.05.2020)

Session 1. Challenges in the economy after COVID-19
Speaker:Prof. K. Jayaraman, Department of Economics, Periyar University, Salem
Video URL: https://youtu.be/vql8tTV5EiE; https://youtu.be/gtjYSxjvoo0
 
Session 2. Food Safety and COVID-19
Speaker:Ms. K. Ramya, CEO, Hi-Rise Food Tech Lab, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/E8GjBmNakCw

 

Day 8 (01.06.2020)

Session 1. Rapid Detection Kit for COVID-19
Speaker:Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/xOtdzm07R6A
 
Session 2. IL-6 Storm and anti-inflammatory agents on COVID-19
Speaker:Dr. Neesar Ahmed, Assistant Professor (Sel. Gr), School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology,Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/xhornRt8nzw

 

Day 9 (02.06.2020)

Session 1. Laser Surface modification for Anti-bacterial Applications
Speaker:Dr. Avinash Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITD&M), Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/94rl6WJP56M
 
Session 2. Mathematical Modelling of COVID-19 using SIR model
Speaker:Dr. Varun Mohan, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Sharda University, Greater Noida
Video URL:https://youtu.be/Duds1MtqBPI

 

Day 10 (03.06.2020)

Session 1. Covid19 – Global Explosion & Changing Host Factors
Speaker:Prof. S. Dhamodaran, Academic Director, Chief Scientist & Head, School of Biomedical Science and Clinical Research, CSM Academy International, Singapore
Video URL:https://youtu.be/44gBqCH-LOo
 
Session 2. Recombinogenic model System: Novel tool to explore the mechanism of pathogenesis
Speaker:Dr. S. Hemalatha,Professor & Dean, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST
Video URL:https://youtu.be/SOaGosOF4zg; https://youtu.be/6bHc0OvH6XE
 
Valedictory session
Special Address – Dr.R.Srinivasan, M.Sc., Ph.D.,F.I.C.S., M.A.C.S. (USA)., Member Secretary, Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology
Video URL:https://youtu.be/3r9yZvbH358
 
Valedictory address – Dr. S. Hemalatha, Professor & Dean, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/eqDcVJFZoc0
 
Summary of the Programme: Dr.P.Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
Video URL: https://youtu.be/oaglDGItcpM
 
Vote of Thanks – Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/L3ZTfySiMds

 

Webinar on “Bioinformatics: Scope and Applications” (18 & 19th May 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Association of Cancer Education & Research (ACER) & Crescent Bioinformatics Association in association with Tamilnadu State Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST)
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences.
Coordinators: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and Post-graduate students, Research Scholars, Professors, Scientist
Total number of participants: 28
Registration Fee: Students – Rs.100/-; Research Scholars & Faculties – Rs.500/-
Registration fee received: Rs.3200/-
Registration link:https://forms.gle/DiymTQgAakkqRqFcA

 
 
Schedule: Day 1 (18.05.2020)
Session 1: Resources and databases

Speaker: Dr. Sudarkodi Sukumar, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/bMaLwJ0MGbY
 
Session 2:Bioinformatics tools and analysis
Speaker: Dr. Sudarkodi Sukumar, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL:https://youtu.be/3kum_TfwBfg; https://youtu.be/JPYbuJSlwjM; https://youtu.be/lS0GLdM5uuE
 
Session 3: Overview on applications of bioinformatics in Covid-19
Speaker: Dr. Subhamoy Banerjee, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/lQHo0G2nIyo
 
Day 2 (19.05.2020)
Session 4: Immunoinformatics

Speaker: Dr. U. Vimal Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/_3PNVn0crgY
 
Session 5: Protein Structure Visualization by Pymol
Speaker: Dr. Md. Khurshid Alam Khan, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/lngmu22dtYs
 
Session 6: Bioinformatics and its applications in Plant Biology
Speaker: Dr. S. Hemalatha, Professor & Dean, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/ZvrrRRH3Uyc; https://youtu.be/IXRtqAi4jTs

 

Webinar on “Applications of Real-Time PCR for Rapid Diagnosis of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases” (4th May 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology.
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinators: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Undergraduate and Post-graduate students, Research Scholars, Professors, Scientist
Total number of participants: 574
Registration Fee: Free
Registration link:https://forms.gle/YZ4fvnX9PtHNmmef9

 

 

Session:Application of Real-Time PCR in diagnosing Covid-19 and other diseases
Speaker: Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BSACIST, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/qdESjhyt3Ww

 

 

Webinar on “Recent Advances and Applications of Biotechnology” (2nd May 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinators: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: School Teachers
Total number of participants: 241
Registration Fee: Free
Registration link: https://forms.gle/UMFwZY35dAj8bPwH7

 
 
Schedule
Session I: Recombinant DNA Technology and its application in Biotechnology
Topic I: Molecular Cloning
Speaker: Dr. Soumen Bera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/_oqDRxW6p5s
 
Topic II: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Speaker: Dr. Soumen Bera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/AuBDaSQwp9k
 
Topic III: Plant Tissue Culture
Speaker: Dr. Wasima, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/kWqpyPnvhLs
Topic IV: Microbial Applications
Speaker: Dr. Karthikeyan Ramalingam, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URLs:https://youtu.be/UoUacOGcTH4;
https://youtu.be/S7hssFYvde8; https://youtu.be/epRY3KNNYdw; https://youtu.be/Xhz-8uikaR4
 
Session II: Molecular Diagnostics
Topic V: Gene Therapy
Speaker: Dr. Soumen Bera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URL: https://youtu.be/ftyzBhoxbRA
 
Topic VI: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for rapid detection of diseases (ELISA)
Speaker: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/w-fJypPKhx8
 


 

Online Certificate Courses – Phase II (13th May 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences,
Nature of Participants: Students
Total number of participants: 126
Registration Fee: Rs.100/-
Fees Received: 10550/-
Registration link:https://forms.gle/HS2xd77gCvAXsWAw5

 
 
 
 
Courses
C.elegans an invivo model system

Instructor: Dr. Hemalatha, Professor &Dean, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/72TQLn1RIJ0; https://youtu.be/8hwOFIXguFw
 
Nano Emulsions and its applications
Instructor: Dr. R. Karthikeyan, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/J-oe8rsoEeM; https://youtu.be/W-viQrxLIu8; https://youtu.be/vh5zEZ2ibaA
 
Forensic Science
Instructor: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/sGOGElX0YwQ; https://youtu.be/8FkrQXKa4k0; https://youtu.be/6iAeR9r0e6c; https://youtu.be/RiuuvpLrtIE; https://youtu.be/GlFhbF4vdc8
 
CRISPR-Cas 9 technology and its applications
Instructor: Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/HIIu7mSarkk; https://youtu.be/4GVDO5Vx_uQ; https://youtu.be/vu5nHJzDejI
 
Protein folding and stability
Instructor: Dr. Khurshid A. Khan, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/0RI2D29_Ae8; https://youtu.be/1hmVZKU4vbk; https://youtu.be/WuDuwPTQHr8; https://youtu.be/XYH0Ewg-O4A
 
Oncoinformatics / cancer informatics
Instructor: Dr. Subhamoy Banerjee, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs:https://youtu.be/_GqmIpuluoA; https://youtu.be/JSSlrRal9wQ; https://youtu.be/TH0ZHCOxCOA
 
Neuropharmacology
Instructor: Dr. M. Waseem, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/W2asMq-ozZU; https://youtu.be/GWNlq0B8n7w; https://youtu.be/Bnixwsi2znY
 
Algal culture and its applications
Instructor: Dr. D. Mubarak Ali, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/5Trn5fFJ6BE; https://youtu.be/hNwO6PdpInQ
 
Species identification by molecular techniques
Instructor: Ms. Ranjani, Scientific Assistant School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/05fc1tO-YZk
 
Animal cell culture
Instructor: Dr. C. Simon Durairaj, Scientific Assistant, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
Video URLs: https://youtu.be/6CMUFJaI6vk; https://youtu.be/xYYdS-MhDCw

 

Online Certificate Courses – Phase I (27th April 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences.
Nature of Participants: Students
Total number of participants: 9533
Registration Fee: Free
Registration link:https://forms.gle/TCvui9LyU56M2njHA

 

 

Courses

Cancer Biology:https://forms.gle/yNKywtFhKpNzpAUy5
Instructor: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai.
 
Molecular Cloning:https://forms.gle/MYNZx8sdMwQts7fR8
Instructor: Dr. SoumenBera, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
 
Microbial Applications in Daily Life: https://forms.gle/6Wsi8ZhMD1VBut369
Instructor: Dr. Karthikeyan Ramalingam, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
 
Nano Robotics: https://forms.gle/Qxf4LoQ8kgpevd2N7
Instructor: Dr. D. Mubarkali, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
 
Plant Tissue Culture:https://forms.gle/sFTMEwqWCT6Awiom7
Instructor: Dr. Wasima, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
 
Immunology:https://forms.gle/LjUNdeM5mm33iyHt8
Instructor: Dr. Waseem M, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
 
COVID-19:https://forms.gle/jV18XKumZa3nkgAa8
Instructor: Dr. U. Vimal Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
 


 

NEET Mock Test Series (Series I – 25th April 2020), (Series II – 27th April, 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: 12th standard school students
Total number of Participants: 35
Registration fee: Free
Mock Test URL
Series I – https://forms.gle/1WSp2oGPDArBaPJm6
Series II – https://forms.gle/conADc5DvnVcDDxd8

 

 

World IPR Day Quiz (26th April 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology & Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor & UBA Vembedu, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants: 7224
Registration fee: Free
Quiz URL:https://forms.gle/297ceVabWqP9qHbq7

 

 

Quiz on Covid-19 (19th April 2020)

Organized by: School of Life Sciences, BSACIST & Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)
Convener: Dr. S.Hemalatha, Professor & Head, School of Life Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. P. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor & UBA Vembedu, School of Life Sciences
Nature of Participants: Anyone
Total number of Participants:3456
Registration fee:Free
Link: https://forms.gle/EfM7J3nmMr6m7ShAA

Videos

C.elegans – An invivo model system part 1 by Dr. Hemalatha

C.elegans – An invivo model system part 2 by Dr. Hemalatha

Nanoemulsion and its Applications Part 1 by Dr. R.Karthikeyan

Nanoemulsion and its Applications Part 2 by Dr. R.Karthikeyan

Nanoemulsion and its Applications Part 3 by Dr. R.Karthikeyan

Forensic Science – Part I by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

Forensic Science Part II – History of Forensic Science by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

Forensic Science III – Crime Scene investigation by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

Forensic Science – Part IV – Blood Stain Pattern Analysis by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

Forensic Science – Part V – Latent print examination by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

CRISPR Cas9 Lecture 1 by Dr. SoumenBera

CRISPR Cas9 Lecture 2 by Dr. SoumenBera

CRISPR Cas9 Lecture 3 by Dr. SoumenBera

Protein Folding and Stability – Part 1 by Dr. Khurshid A.K

Protein Folding and Stability – Part 2 by Dr. Khurshid A. K

Protein Folding and Stability – Part 3 by Dr. Khurshid A. K

Protein Folding and Stability – Part 4 by Dr. Khurshid A. K

Oncoinformatics – Part 1 by Dr. Subhamoy B

Oncoinformatics – Part 2 by Dr. Subhamoy B

Oncoinformatics – Part 3 by Dr. Subhamoy B

Neuropharmacology – Part 1 by Dr. M.Waseem

Neuropharmacology – Part 2 by Dr. M.Waseem

Neuropharmacology – Part 3 by Dr. M.Waseem

Algal culture and its applications – Part 1 by Dr. D.Mubarak Ali

Neuropharmacology – Part 3 by Dr. M.Waseem

Algal culture and its applications – Part 1 by Dr. D.Mubarak Ali

Algal culture and its applications – Part 2 by Dr. D.Mubarak Ali

Species identification by molecular techniques by Ms. Ranjani

Animal cell culture by Dr. C.Simon D

Molecular Cloning by Dr. SoumenBera

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) by Dr. SoumenBera

Plant Tissue Culture by Dr. Wasima

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) by Dr. SoumenBera

Plant Tissue Culture by Dr. Wasima

Microbial Applications – Part 1 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Microbial Applications – Part 2 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Microbial Applications – Part 3 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Microbial Applications – Part 4 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Gene Therapy by Dr. SoumenBera

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for rapid detection of diseases (ELISA) by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

Application of Real-Time PCR in diagnosing Covid-19 and other diseases by Dr. SoumenBera

Resources and databases by Dr. Sudarkodi S

Bioinformatics tools and analysis – Part 1 by Dr. Sudarkodi S

Bioinformatics tools and analysis – Part 2 by Dr. Sudarkodi S

Bioinformatics tools and analysis – Part 3 by Dr. Sudarkodi S

Applications of bioinformatics in Covid-19 by Dr. Subhamoy Banerjee

Immunoinformatics by Dr. U.Vimal Kumar

Protein Structure Visualization by Pymol by Dr. Md.Khurshid A K

Bioinformatics and its applications in Plant Biology – Part 1 by Dr. S.Hemalatha

Bioinformatics and its applications in Plant Biology – Part 2 by Dr. S.Hemalatha

Multiomics and Traditional approaches to combat COVID-19 Virus outbreak by Dr. S.Hemalatha

YOGA: A winning strategy to COVID-19 by Dr. A.Lavanya

Role of Siddha Medicine in COVID19 Mitigation by Dr.P.Sathiya Rajeswaran

Stem Cells Therapy to COVID-19 Treatment – Part 1 by Dr Balaji Ragavendran

Stem Cells Therapy to COVID-19 Treatment – Part 2 by Dr Balaji Ragavendran

Challenges and the development in Vaccine for COVID-19 – Part 1 by Dr. Murali Malliga Raman

Challenges and the development in Vaccine for COVID-19 – Part 2 by Dr. Murali Malliga Raman

Real Time PCR for diagnosis of COVID-19 by Dr. SoumenBera

Next Generation Sequencing and its Applications on Pathogen Characterization by Dr. Subrata Patra

Immune regulation in COVID-19 infection – Part 1 by Dr. Vimal Kumar

Immune regulation in COVID-19 infection – Part 2 by Dr. Vimal Kumar

Proteomics Based Approaches for Combating COVID-19. Lessons Learnt from SARS and MERS by Dr. Krupakar Parthasarathy

COVID-19: System biology and Drug design by Dr. Mukesh Doble

Bioinformatics tools for analyzing COVID-19 by Dr. Subhamoy B

CRISPR-Cas & COVID-19 by Dr. Madan Kumar P

Nano applications for COVID-19 – Part 1 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Nano applications for COVID-19 – Part 2 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Nano applications for COVID-19 – Part 3 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Nano applications for COVID-19 – Part 4 by Dr. Karthikeyan R

Challenges in the economy after COVID-19 – Part 1 by Prof. K. Jayaraman

Challenges in the economy after COVID-19 – Part 2 by Prof. K. Jayaraman

Food Safety and COVID-19 by Ms. K.Ramya

Rapid Detection Kit for COVID-19 by Dr. P.Ashok Kumar

IL-6 Storm and anti-inflammatoryagents on Covid-19 by Dr. Neesar Ahmed

Laser Surface modification for Anti-bacterial Applications by Dr. Avinash Kumar

Mathematical Modelling of COVID-19 using SIR model by Dr. Varun Mohan

Covid19 – Global Explosion & Changing Host Factors by Prof. S.Dhamodaran

Recombinogenic model System: Novel tool to explore the mechanism of pathogenesis – Part 1 by Dr. S. Hemalatha

Recombinogenic model System: Novel tool to explore the mechanism of pathogenesis – Part 2 by Dr. S. Hemalatha

Symptomatic and asymptomatic diseases by Dr. S.Ramesh Prabhu

Wastewater Treatment by Mr.Mohamed Najeeb

Tele-counseling by Mr. Elayaraja

Disaster Management by Mr. B.Prabhudoss

Disease Diagnosis by Dr. Thahore

Mushroom Nutraceuticals by Mr. M.Nagarajan

Terrace Gardening by Mr. Narendiran

Investigation of Metabolism in Living Prostate Cells: Two-Photon FLIM-FLIRR Microscopy by Dr. Ammasi Periasamy

Electrical Therapies for Virus-Based Human Cancers: Another View by Dr. Raji Sundararajan

Use of Quantitative Proteomics to Define Mechanisms of Lippiaoriganoides in Activating Apoptosis by Dr. Ignacio G. Camarillo

Targeting FOXO3 Signaling by Bio-active Natural Product in Breast Cancer Prevention by Dr. A.Suresh Kumar

Energy-Based Cancer Therapy by Dr. Govind Srimathveeravalli

A 3D model to study electric field distribution in homogeneous tissue by Dr Sieni

Emerging Nanotechnologies for Cancer Immunotherapy Applications by Dr. Ashish Kulkarni

Exosomes: A Novel Biomarker for Cancer by Dr. K. Anbarasu

AXL Targeted Lung Cancer Therapy by Dr. Raghuraman Kannan

Targeting HMGA Protein Inhibits Retinoblastoma Cell Proliferation by Dr. AnandhiUpendran

Deletion of TRPV6 Channel Attenuates Alcohol & Stress-Induced Gut Barrier Dysfunction, Endotoxemia & Liver Damage by Dr. Avtar Singh Meena

Phytochemicals as Emergent Strategy to Control Bacterial Biofilms by Dr. FohadMabood Husain

Biofilms & Food Industry Application by Ms. K.Ramya

Biofilms and microbial Pathogenesis F1 by Dr. Imtiyaz Hassan

Emerging Drug Resistant Biofilm – Infections and Control Strategies by Prof. Joseph Selvin

Biofloc an Highly Sought after Bioparticle in Aquaculture by Dr. K.P.KumaraguruVasagam

Microbial Biofilms – Is it Beneficial or Harmful? by A. Gnanamani