March 18 & 19, 2013 Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram

Application of the discoveries from basic sciences in health sciences and the several questions arises from clinical findings require a collaborative approaches by

a team of laboratory scientists, clinicians, physician scientists and basic scientists. The colloquium was organized jointly with Kerala biotechnology Commission. The program consisted of a series of lectures by eminent scientists in different areas of biomedical sciences and Translational health sciences.

Collaboration between researchers in Basic sciences, clinicians and physician scientists and partnership between groups and

Institutions were emerged out of the interaction. The participants were experts in translational health research, physician scientists and researchers from different areas of science and technology.

List of Speakers


1. Dr K.R. Thankappan, Achuta Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram

Prevention and Control of non-communicable disease: Kerala needs to lead to rest of India

2.Dr T.S. Ganesan, Madras Cancer Institute, Madras

System Biology with reference to Lung Cancer


3.Dr N. R. Jagannathan, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Role of MRI and invivo MR Spectroscopy in translational Research


4.Dr P.N. Rangarajan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Promises and Perils of Translational Research


5.Dr S. Vidyasagar, College of Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Enterade-r Mitigates Gastrointestinal Radiotoxicity: Taking Science from Bench to the Bed side

 
6.Dr G.R. Chandak, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,Hyderabad

Can Genetics Explainthe Epidemic of Type 2 Diabetics in Indians? Foetal Programming as a probable answer

7.Dr P. Kondaih, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Identification of Novel Gene Expression profiles that predict prognosis in Indian Breast Cancer Patients

8.Dr Satheesh C Raghavan,  Indian  Institute  of  Science,Bangalore

Identification of a novel inhibitor of homologues DNA End Joining- Implications in DNA Double Strand Break Repair, Apoptosis and Cancer Therapeutics

9.Dr Smithy Sanel, Dhanya Mission Hospital, Pota

Can Life Style Intervention Promote Normal Delivery?


10.Dr V. Usha Menon, Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Thyroid Disorders, Iodine status and Auto immunity in a central Kerala Population (ADEPS).

10.Dr Joseph K Joseph, Little Flower Hospital, Angamaly

Lipid Lowering effect of Snake Venom Enzymes


11. Dr  Jaideep  C  Menon,  S.N.  Institute  of  Medical Sciences, Ernakulam

Risk score for Vascular Disease in an Indian population


12.Dr  N.V.  Giridharan,  Amritha  Institute  of  Medical Sciences, Kochi

Obesity – Consequences and control – Lesson from Animal Studies


13. Dr  Ruby  John  Anto,  Rajiv  Gandhi  Centre  for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram

Curcumin as chemosensitizer: An evaluation of the translational potential


14 Dr G.G. Gangadharan, Institute of Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine, Foundation for Revitalisation of Local health Tradition, Bangalore

The need for trans-disciplinary Research in Ayurveda- A journey from Reductionistic to Holistic approach