Molecular Life Sciences Conference – IBMBB – University of Colombo Sri Lanka

International Conference on Frontiers in Molecular Life Sciences at Colombo, Sri Lanka

Attention Researchers and Students of Molecular Life Sciences!

There is an International Conference on Frontiers in Molecular Life Sciences: Sailing towards New Horizons organized by Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombia to be held on September 17th (Thursday) and 18th (Friday), 2009.

Highlights of the conference include keynote speech by Prof. Ulf Pettersson from Department of Genetics and Pathology, University of Uppsala, Sweden on Genome Diversity in Health and Disease and Prof. Janet Hemingway from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom on Molecular Mechanism of Insecticide Resistance.

About IBMBB

Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB) is an Educational and Research Institute working as part of University of Colombo. IBMBB provides postgraduate specializations on Molecular Life Sciences, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Immunology.  Ongoing research areas at IBMBB includes parasitic diseases such as filariasis and malaria aimed at finding novel drug /vaccine targets, genetic studies on vector mosquitoes, genes predisposing to breast cancer, studies aimed at identifying predictors of low birth weight and pregnancy complications, medicinal plants used against cancer, inflammatory diseases and malaria, genetic studies on rice, tea, rubber, mustard, finger millet etc aimed at identifying markers for disease resistance, drought/salt tolerance or for improving quality.

Conference Venue :

Ceylon Continental Hotel Colombo,
48, Janadhipathi Mawatha,
P.O. Box 90
Colombo 1,
Sri Lanka

The main conference will be followed by a Post Conference workshop on Bioinformatics to be held on 19th, 20thand 21st September 2009.

Registration Fee:

Indian Students – Main Conference $200
Post Conference Workshop $100

Indian Scientists – Main Conference $350
Post Conference Workshop $200

How to apply:

Online Registration: http://www.ibmbb.lk/conference2009/index_reg.php

Travel and Accommodation:

Avail Travel Discounts: http://www.ibmbb.lk/conference2009/airline_res.htm

Accommodation Reservation: http://www.ibmbb.lk/conference2009/hotel_res.htm

For more information about the Conference, visit

http://www.ibmbb.lk/conference2009/index.htm

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