School of Biological Sciences – UGC-NRCBS Winter School on Gene Silencing

UGC – NRCBS Winter School on Gene Silencing

Institute Name:
School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai – 625 021

About Institute :
Madurai Kamaraj University, established in 1966, has 18 Schools comprising 73 Departments, 66 affiliated Colleges and 15 Institutions. The University Grants Commission, New Delhi has recognized MKU as a “University with Potential for Excellence”. Founded by late Prof. S. Krishnaswamy, the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) stands as an internationally reputed Centre of Excellence in research in modern biology. The SBS had pioneered in teaching Integrated Biology and Genomic Sciences. The focus of research shifted in consonance with the contemporary developments and the UGC elevated the SBS as the “Centre for Advanced Studies in Functional Genomics”.

Details:
Applications are invited from research scholars, post-docs, young faculty members and scientists of Indian Universities / Research Institutions for the UGC-NRCBS Winter School on “Gene Silencing” to be held from January 27th – February 10th, 2010.

Eligibility :
Applicants should be young faculty members / Scientists with Ph.D. degree, or registered Ph.D. students working in research departments of Colleges or Universities / Research Institutes in India. Preference will be given to the candidates working or intended to work on the gene silencing based methods in their research programme.

Application Process:
The registration form can be downloaded from the UGC-NRCBS website www.nrcbsmku.org or from www.genomicsmku.org. Candidates should submit the filled in registration form to Dr. G. Kumaresan, Convener, UGC-NRCBS Winter School on Gene Silencing, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625021 on or before 8th January 2010. Applications should be forwarded by their research supervisor/Head of the department or Head of the institution. Applications sent via E-mail are also accepted, but the duly forwarded hard copy should reach within a week. The candidates will be selected based on the qualification and research interests.

Contact:
Dr. G.Kumaresan
Convener
UGC-NRCBS Winter School on Gene Silencing
School of Biological Sciences,
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625021
Email: kumar@oncocellomics.org / ugcnrcbsmku@gmail.com
Tel: 0452-2456224 / 2459873 / 2456433; Fax: 0452-2459873
Prof. P. Gunasekaran
Coordinator, UGC-NRCBS programme
School of Biological Sciences
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625 021

Source : http://www.nrcbsmku.org/docs/Gene%20Silecning%20Winter%20School%20Brochure.pdf

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