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14th Workshop on ‘Biomedical Informatics’, December 5-6, 2011
(Supported by DBT)
14th Workshop on Biomedical Informatics supported by DBT was held at Bioinformatics Centre, JBTDRC, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, during December 5 – 6, 2011.
Inaugural function was held on December 5. Dr. B. C. Harinath, Director, JBTDRC & Coordinator, BIC welcomed the Guest speakers, Delegates and addressed the audience and shared about the benefit of conducting such workshop in the rural area like Sevagram. Dr. M.V.R. Reddy, Professor & Head, Biochemistry addressed the gathering and elaborated on advantages on Biomedical Informatics in research. Dr. Satish Kumar, Professor, Biochemistry & Co Coordinator, BIC introduced the theme of Workshop. Dr. (Ms) S. Chhabra, Former Dean, MGIMS & Acting Secretary, Kasturba Health Society also graced the occasion and delivered the Presidential address. The Chief Guest of the Inaugural Function, Dr. G.D. Mogli, Chief Executive Officer & MD, Dr. Mogli Healthcare Management, Hyderabad, in his address, highlighted the importance of Information Technology in Healthcare. Mr. Lingaraja Jena, Information Officer, BIC proposed Vote of Thanks.
During two days, 12 lectures on Brief Introduction on the Theme of the Workshop & BIC’s Activities; Integration of Biomedical Services with Health Information Technology for Better Healthcare; Structural & Functional Analysis of HPV; Writing the Results Section of a Research Paper; Health Informatics: Basic Concepts; Drug Discovery Process & Intellectual Property Rights; AFM Studies on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms on Porous Silicon; Biomedical Information, its communication and Role of Information Scientists/Officers in Digital Era: A Case Study; Biomedical Resources on the Internet and their Access; The Best Practices; Genomics & Proteomics: Application in Medicine; Health Geographics; were delivered by Dr. B. C. Harinath (Sevagram); Dr. G.D. Mogli (Hyderabad); Dr. Satish Kumar (Sevagram); Dr. S. B. Deshpande (Varanasi); Dr. Dileep Bhale (Hingoli); Dr. Sanjay Toshniwal (Aurangabad); Dr. P. Gautam (Chennai); Dr. S. N. Singh (Pune); Mr. Ravi Dhande (Akot). Dr. Shripad B. Deshpande also conducted Hands on Sessions on ‘Scientific paper’. Delegates attended the sessions with enthusiasm and interest. Amongst Delegates, Dr. Anshuman Naik (Sawangi) also presented a paper on Indian Diabetes Risk Score.
Overall emphasis of the proceedings of the Workshop was on Medical / Health Care Informatics, Genomics, Proteomics, Drug Discovery Process, IPR and Biomedical Communication. 10 Speakers and 49 Delegates amongst 55 registered, attended the Workshop from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra and New Delhi. Delegates were Medial faculties, PG students, Medical & Research Officers, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics students, etc. The Scientific content and deliberations were well appreciated.
Participation in Meetings / Conference / Symposia:
Dr. B.C. Harinath
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Was the Chief Guest at Inaugural function at National Seminar on “Holistic Approach to the Management of Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease” organized by Arogya Bharati, at Dr. Hedgewar Smruti Bhavan, Nagpur during October 15-16, 2011.
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Delivered a Guest lecture on ‘Spirituality in Medical Practice’ in the CME on Spirituality and Psychiatry organized by Dept. of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (Deemed University), Sawangi (M) on November 25, 2011.
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Delivered a talk on ‘Brief Introduction on the Theme of the Workshop & BIC’s Activities’ at 14th Workshop on ‘Biomedical Informatics’ at Bioinformatics Centre, JBTDRC, MGIMS during December 5-6, 2011.
Dr. M.V.R. Reddy
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Delivered a Guest lecture on “Quest for filarial vaccines: novel candidates identified”at 5th National Congress of the Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (TROPACON-2011) held at Government Medical College, Nagpur during November 11-13, 2011
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Delivered a Guest lecture on “Ethical issues related to biomedical research and authorship in publications” at TROPACON-2011 held at Government Medical College, Nagpur during November 11-13, 2011
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Delivered a talk on “Ethical aspects of health research” as one of the faculty for the two workshops on Research Methodology for the post-graduate students of MGIMS held during October 3-10 and November 16-22, 2011.
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Chaired a Session in the CME on “Spirituality & Psychiatry” organized by Dept. of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (Deemed University), Sawangi (M) on November 25, 2011.
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Delivered a talk on ‘Written / Verbal / Non Verbal Skills & Presentation Skills’ in the Workshop on ‘Communication Skills, Aptitude and Professional Behaviour” for First MBBS students organized at MGIMS on December 9th, 2011
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Dr. M.V.R. Reddy, Dr. K. Goswami & Dr. Sameer Khan made presentations on “Written / Verbal / Non Verbal Skills & Presentation Skills’ in the Workshop on ‘Communication Skills, Aptitude and Professional Behavior” for First MBBS students organized at MGIMS on December 9th, 2011
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Dr. Kanchan Mohod attended Hands on training course on “Molecular Techniques in Practice” held at MUHS Regional Centre, Pune during November 23-25, 2011.
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Ms. Gauri Wankhade presented a poster on “Multi-antigen and antibody assays (SEVA TB ELISA) for the diagnosis of Tuberculous pleural effusion” in the 66th National Conference on Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases-2011 (Natcon-2011) at Dehradun during November 18-20, 2011.
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Dr. DhananjayAndure presented paper entitled “Comparison of protective efficacy of single and cocktail vaccine of Waucheria bancrofti Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and WbL2 proteins in mastomys” at TROPACON-2011 held at Government Medical College, Nagpur during November 11-13, 2011
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Ms. Kiran Pote presented paper entitled“Prophylactic potential of Brugia malayi triose phosphate isomerase against filarial infection” at TROPACON-2011 held at Government Medical College, Nagpur during November 11-13, 2011
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Dr. Manjusha Hivre attended Hands on training course on “Molecular Techniques in Practice” held at MUHS Regional Centre, Pune during November 23-25, 2011.
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Dr. Abhijit Ninghot attended Hands on training course on “Molecular Techniques in Practice” held at MUHS Regional Centre, Pune during November 23-25, 2011.
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Mr. Nitin Amdare presented paper entitled “Exploration of a novel prophylactic approach targeting Type-1 diabetes using filarial derived WbL2 in mouse model”at 38th Annual conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBICON-2011) held at Gwalior during Dec 4-6, 2011.
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Mr. Vishal Khatri presented paper entitled “Prophylactic treatment with filarial recombinant cystatin reduces experimental colitis in mice” at ACBICON-2011 held at Gwalior during Dec 4-6, 2011.
Awards and Recognition:
Research Publications:
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Sharmila S, Christiana I, Kiran P, Reddy MV, Kaliraj P. The adjuvant-free immunoprotection of recombinant filarial protein Abundant Larval Transcript-2 (ALT-2) in Mastomys coucha and the immunoprophylactic importance of its putative signal sequence. Exp Parasitol. 2011 Nov;129(3):247-53.
AROGYADHAM
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Dr. T. Karthickeyan attended National Seminar on “Holistic Approach to the Management of Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease” organized by Arogya Bharati, at Dr. Hedgewar Smruti Bhavan, Nagpur during October 15-16, 2011.
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Twenty one days residential Essence Workshop was organized and facilitated by Ms. G.L. Sampoorna (Ph.D), Counseling Psychologist and Founder, ONEIRIC, Chennai, at Arogyadham, Sevagram during October 27 to November 16, 2011.
About 12 participants from different places such as Chennai, Delhi, etc. and 2 from abroad (USA & Ireland) attended the Workshop and got benefited. Ms. G.L. Sampoorna, renowned psychologist with 30 years experience in counseling, meditation, mind coaching and training lead the workshop.
Dr. B. C. Harinath, Coordinator, Arogyadham, welcomed Ms. G.L. Sampoorna and the participants and briefed about the objectives and activities of Arogyadham. Dr T. Karthickeyan briefed on Importance and Management of disease through Naturopathy and Yoga, Diet and Lifestyle.
Daily schedule of Workshop starts at morning 6.00 AM with walking in beautiful sun rise and sounds of different birds flying in the Herbal garden, and continued with Yoga class which includes Asanas, Pranayama, Meditation, Kriyas, Relaxation techniques. Then prescribed Natural therapies and lectures followed by yoga philosophical study at post lunch session. Participants enjoyed morning walk in 220 acres of lush green Herbal Garden with different flora and fauna (rabbits, peacocks, parrots and many different birds’ sounds). Nutritious diet was served daily.
All participants enjoyed the Rejuvenating natural therapies as prescribed by Nature cure physician.
Ms. Sampoorna lead the workshop by teaching different interesting techniques such as anger release, forgiving, stress relieving etc. All Participants also observed one day complete Silence and awareness for one day. Vipasana meditation was also practiced. Herbal Garden walking, observing Nature, Watching birds in the morning, Group Meditation, relaxation etc. was observed.
The techniques such as Breathing exercise was taught to relieve stress; Visualization exercise was taught for developing the personality; Exercise for developing Positive thoughts; Visualization of inner child, Handling anger; Psychic dramas; Exercise for concentration, memory, right brain activation etc. was taught.
All participants are highly benefited by getting awareness on Yoga and Naturopathy and enjoyed the rejuvenating natural therapies under supervision of Nature Cure Physician.
HERBAL GARDEN
Work of the wasteland development of about 220 acres behind Medical Institute was started on October 2nd 2002 and developed into Arogyadham with Herbal Garden (Aonla – Medicinal plants), with the help of Jain Charities through JISL. Water is brought by a 5-6 Km pipeline from Pawnar river. Presently medicinal plants such as Aonla (22000), Ritha (50), Karanj (103), Neem (292) in addition to Ashoka (155), Custard apple (105) plants are grown.
The intercrops in between Aonla plants will help in prevention of growth of weeds and thus easy maintenance of Aonla medicinal plants. Premansoon cotton and onion seeds are taken as intercrops in between Aonla plants. |
