Author: Biotech Express

It has been 5 years since Biotech Express was started with a notion to unite scattered Biotech academia and industry when there was no source of Indian news and information for academicians, scientists and industrialists. In August 2013 the first issue of Biotech Express was released and at that time our main focus was entirely to cover Academia and research of Biotech, so we started with the very basic topic of Model organisms in Biological research because no experiment can be completed without having starter culture. So in 12 issues we covered model organisms from smallest to largest which are…

The 4th Edition of International Conference on Plant Genetics and Genomics “Next Gen Crops for Sustainable Agriculture” was organized on July 19-20, 2018 in the Hotel Hometel, Chandigarh, India in which about 135 Scientists participated. This grand two days event witnessed around 27 enlightening Invited Talks, 5 Oral Presentations, 51 Poster Presentations and an Exhibition featuring Technology Giant like Merck Life Sciences. During the Welcome Address of the Conference, Dr Sanjay Bajaj, Managing Director, Select Biosciences India greeted all the Speakers, Delegates and Exhibitors while introducing the organization and its activities to the audience. This was followed by Speaker Introduction…

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. Formerly, he was Eminent Scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali and Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division and Centre for Biofuels at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, industrial…

Introduction Long-term undifferentiated cell culture systems derived from inner cell mass of developing embryos are called as embryonic stern (ES) cell culture systems (Evans and Kaufman, 1981; Martin, 1981). These cells are pluripotent in nature and can be induced to differentiate into cells of different lineage. Which is found in multicellular organisms. Stem cells manly divide into two broad category, embryonic stem cells, which are isolated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and second is adult stem cells, which are found in several tissues. In adult animals, stem cells and precursor cells act as a repair system for the…

Introduction Man is the most evolved animal on earth and thus could be considered as the fittest living being nature has ever produced. Using the vast knowledge that nature has endowed him with, man has further shored his own defenses by an impressive range of weaponry. Yet, sadly all his ammunitions fails when it comes to defending his own body against the multitude of invisible, microscopic, disease causing organisms and molecules that surrounds him (Phondke, 1992). We are floating in an ocean of enemies of cunning microbes along with some deadly other factors such as automobile exhaust, radiation, cigarette smoke,…

Nipah Visrus has emerged as a deadly pathogen for South Asian countries and poses great threat if transmitted from one region to another. CDC and WHO have issued various guidelines and research grant schemes to combat deadly disease and to prevent its transmission into other parts of world. The disease has claimed 100s of life alone in Bangladesh and India after it was first reported in 1999. Though it seems that it has taken few lives but if ignored it can turn this earth into graveyard. In this article every aspect has been included to understand this deadly virus and…

Introduction From the very beginning of Science career, we are made of aware of IIT-JEE and Medical entrance exams (now NEET), and several among us get admission in coaching classes, even fromClass V/ VII; so we see people get really serious when career is concerned. And the moment we think of coaching classes, a city called Kota in Rajasthan comes to our mind. It has become a hub for producing future Engineers and Doctors. This development led to the development of Kota, generating employment/self-employment to thousands of people through shops, restaurants, hostels, etc. by Piyush Kumar, PhD

Two International Conferences “Biomarkers- From Research to Commercialization” and “Antibody Drug Conjugates” were organized on May 24- 25, 2018 in Hotel Le Meridian Bangalore, Bengaluru in which about 75 Scientists from India and abroad participated. These two day events witnessed above 30 enlightening invited talks, 7 oral presentations, 4 company presentations and an exhibition featuring technology giants like Agilent, Sartorius, GeNext Genomics and Krishgen Biosystems. During his welcome address, Dr Sanjay Bajaj, Managing Director, Select Biosciences India Pvt. Ltd. greeted all the speakers, delegates and exhibitors and introduced the organization and its activities to the audience. This was followed by…

Introduction It was the start of millennium when Biotech coachings started to enter in this new phase of revolution. These were the institutes and people who thought of strengthening roots of future generation of India. This entrepreneurship for some people and institutes gave them satisfaction and new heights to crawl. There are only few good coachings out of a total of 65 coachings which are providing teaching assistance to Biosciences students of India, though the people offering biotech and life sciences coaching are much more than this number. These all are spread in different parts of India and some have…

THE EMERGENCE OF GYAN BINDU ACADEMY WAS SERENDIPITOUS Brief background of Dr. Poonam Sharma Dr Poonam Sharma studied at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi and successfully obtained her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from there in 2000. She has published over a dozen of research papers and review articles in several refereed and reputed national and international journals. She has attended several national and international conferences/seminars related to her area of academic research interests. She has already published eight books while another two are in the press. She is the Founder and Director of Gyan Bindu Academy Pvt. Ltd., a 2005…