Training Program for Women Scientists in Life Sciences (Proteomics Approaches) 3424 views

Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India in association with Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University has taken a lead to sponsor Training Program for the Women Scientists working in various disciplines of Life Sciences.

The focus of this Training Program is to train women scientists working on various aspects of plant, microbes and animal research with such specialized skills on chemical nature, behaviour, identification and functional characterization of proteins, proteome and proteomics and their linkages with the biological functions.

Objectives:

• To equip Women Scientists with hands-on practical exposure on the wet-lab proteomics and meta-proteomics approaches in the life science research
• To provide theoretical and practical knowledge about the methodologies, experimental designs, laboratory instrumentation and advanced equipment used for proteomic data generation
• To expose participants with the data analysis tools, software, databases, and bioinformatics techniques used for the analysis and interpretation of protein sequence data and connecting it to biological functions

Duration: The duration of the program is for 5 days in which both the Theoretical and Practical aspects of Proteomics will be thoroughly covered.

Training Calendar

• 1st Training Session: 4 Feb 2017 to 8 Feb 2017
• 2nd Training Session: 2 March 2017to 6 March 2017

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications are invited from all women scientists/women interested to pursue their career in research.
• Applicant must hold Master’s Degree in any branch of Life Sciences or Agriculture or equivalent Degree.
• Selection for the participants will be solely based on the merits of the participants and their career.

Fee:

• There is NO FEE for this Training Program.
• Train fare transport (AC-III ) and accommodation will be provided on sharing basis.

How to Apply:

• Applications to be sent in the prescribed format duly forwarded by the HOD/concerned Institute.
• Applications must reach Prof. Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Head, Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh

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