18th January 2008

 

 

8:00 am to 8:45 am

Tea and Breakfast

   
0815 Onwards Registration

 

 

0900 – 1015

Inauguration

 

 

1015 – 1045

Address by Chief Guest - Prof Dr. A.D. Sawant
Pro Vice Chacellor, University of Mumbai

 

 

1045 – 1100

Tea

 

 

1100 – 1130

Towards 2020 – A Vision of the Enormous Potential of Marine Biotechnology for the Social, Environmental and Economic Benefit of India

Plenary Lecture by Guest of Honor

Prof. Joe Baker AO, OBE, FTSE

Chief Scientific Advisor, Dept. of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia

 

 

Marine Ecology and Microbiology

 

 

1130 – 1200 noon

Application of molecular genetic studies to understand phytoplankton distribution and ecology

Ms. Anna Godhe

University of Goteborg , Sweden

 

 

1200 – 1230

Human pathogens in the coastal environment

Dr. Ann Sofi Rehnstam-Holm

Department of Medical Bacteriology, University of Goteborg, Sweden

 

 

1230 – 0100

VIABLE NONCULTURABLE BACTERIA IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Dr. B. B. Nayak

Senior Scientist, Central Institute of Fishery Education, Mumbai

 

 

0100 – 0200

Lunch

 

 

Fishery and Aquaculture

 

 

0200 -0230

Advances in Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Dr. S. V. Somvanshi

Director General, Fishery Survey of India, Government of India

 

 

0230 – 0300

BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY AND ITS APPLICATION IN AQUACULTURE

Dr. Indrani Karunasagar

Director, UNESCO CENTRE for Marine Biotechnology, Mangalore

 

 

0300 – 0330

Molecular diagnostics for shrimp viruses

Dr. K. V. Rajendran

Senior Scientist, Central Institute of Fishery Education, Mumbai

 

 

0330 – 0345

Tea

 

 

0345 – 0415

CONSERVING GIANT CLAMS THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSERVATION RESERVE IN LAKSHADWEEP ARCHIPELAGO

Dr. Deepak Apte

Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai

 

 

0415 – 0515

Contributing session I – Marine Ecology, Microbiology, Bioactive

Parallel Poster Session

Parallel
Poster Session I

   
0515 - 0630 Brain storming session with Dr. Joe Baker

 

 

19th January 2008

   
0800 - 0845 Tea and Breakfast

 

 

Conservation, Bioinvasion and Climate Change

 

 

0900 – 0930

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON MARINE RESOURCES

Dr. Rakesh Kumar

Scientist and Head, NEERI, Mumbai

 

 

0930 – 1000

Harmful Algal Blooms and Molecular Biotechnology for their Research

Dr. Fukuyo

The University of Tokyo, Asian Natural Environmental Science, Japan

 

 

1000 – 1015

Tea

 

 

Material Science and Bioenergy

 

 

1015 – 1045

BIOFUELS FOR INDIA – FUTURE ENERGY INDUSTRY

Prof. Arvind Lali

Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UICT, Mumbai

 

 

1045 - 1115

Harnessing Bioenergy: Market Development Perspective

Mr. Ajit Pandit

Director, ABPA Infrastructure Advisory Ltd., Mumbai

 

 

1115 – 1145

CONCEPT OF SMALL COGENERATION PLANTS USING BIOMASS AND BIOGAS

Mr. H. M. Kamat

Director, Anama Energies Pvt. Ltd., Pune

   

Bioremediation and Biofouling

 

 

1145 – 1215

BIOSURFACTANTS/BIOEMULSIFIERS FROM MARINE MICROORGANISMS

Dr. B. A. Chopade

Director, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Department, University of Pune

 

 

1215 – 1245

BIOREMEDIATION OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS: A TALE OF TWO MARINE-DERIVED FUNGI

Dr. C. Raghukumar

Biological Oceanography, NIO, Goa

 

 

1245 – 0145

Lunch

 

 

Bioactive

 

 

0145 – 0215

Marine Natural Products : A potential source of bioactive compounds

Dr. C. G. Naik

Head, Dept. of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIO, Goa

 

 

0215 – 0245

Identification of a novel anti-HIV-1 molecule from a Marine Bivalve

Dr. Debashish Mitra

NCCS, Pune

 

 

0245 – 0315

THRAUSTOCHYTRID PROTISTS: PRODUCTION OF THE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID, DHA AND FUTURE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROSPECTS

Dr. S. Raghukumar

Myko Tech Pvt. Ltd., Dona Paula, Goa

 

 

0315 – 0330

TEA

   
0330 - 0430 Contributing session- II – Bioactive, Material Sciences Poster Session II
   
0430 - 0500 Dr. Shrikumar Suryanarayan

Advisor, Research and Development, Biocon Ltd., India

 
0500 - 0530 Dr. Gopal Dasika

Research Leader and Head, Biology at Reliance Life Sciences, India

 

 

0530 - 0630 Panel Discussion
   

20th January 2008

 

 

0800 - 0845 Tea and Breakfast
   

Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics

 

 

0900 – 0930

ROLE OF STRUCTURE IN BIOLOGY – STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS

Mrs. Annama Anil

Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UICT, Mumbai

 

 

0930 – 1000

Control of Shrimp Viral Diseases using RNA Interference

Dr. Aparna Chaudhary

Senior Scientist, Central Institute of Fishery Education, Mumbai

 

 

1000 – 1030

 

Significance of molecular biological tools in the discovery of marine natural products

Dr. Narsinh Thakur

Dept. of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIO, Goa

 

 

1030 – 1045

Tea

 

 

1045 – 1145 pm

Open Space

 

NATURAL PRODUCTS AS SOURCES OF NEW CHEMICAL ENTITIES: EXPERIENCE AT NICHOLAS PIRAMAL RESEARCH CENTRE

Dr. Viswakarma

Vice President, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry,

Nicolas Piramal Research Centre, Mumbai

Mr. Bhushan Lawande

Director, Lawande's Management School, India

 

 

1145 – 0115

Contributing session

Bioremediation and Biofouling, Conservation, Bioinvasion and Climate change, Aquaculture and fishery, Material Science and Bioenergy, Molecular Biology

   

0115 – 0215

Lunch

 

 

0215 – 0300

Valedictory function