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Workshops/Symposium/Guest Lectures/Visits Organized (National and International)

Workshops
  • Two day workshop on “Drug discovery research to pre-clinical and clinical developments” during 5-6 August, 2010 organized in collaboration with Laila pharmaceuticals Ltd., Chennai.
  • Two day lecture series on “Proteomics and Bioseparation”, during 4-6 September, 2009 in collaboration with Proteomics Society India.
  • Workshop on Hands-on training course on Monolithic Chromatographic Systems held on 16th and 17th February, 2007
  • Workshop with "Hands on Course" on "Monolithic Chromatographic Systems", 31st January and 1st February 2005
SYMPOSIA
  • International Symposium "Bioprocess Industry-Academia Interaction" during 24-27 July, 2011. Web: http://www.vit.ac.in/events2011/cbst/index.html
  • International Symposium “Gene to Vial concept for biotechnology based healthcare molecules” during 7-10 February, 2010, organized in collaboration with Society for Biochromatography and Nanobiotechnologies (SBCN), France, International Society for Molecular Recognition (ISMR), USA and Proteomics Society India (PPSI), India. Web: http://www.vit.ac.in/events2009/gene/index.html
  • International Symposium on "Biochromatography and Nanobiotechnology " held from 11th to 15th February, 2007.
  • With efforts of Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi, a special issue on the proceedings of above conference was published in the peer reviewed international journal "Journal of Chromatography B, Vol. 861, Issue 2, 15 January 2008.
  • First National Symposium on Bio-separation: Theory and Practice, 7-9 March, 2005

Guest Lectures
  • Dr. Georges Freyssinet, Scientific Direction, Limagrain Services Holding, France.
  • Dr. Martine Freyssinet, Bayer Corporation, Germany.
  • Prof. Kailash C. Chadha, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA.
  • Prof. Yamamoto, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
  • Prof. Gerd Birkenmeier, Inst. of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany.
  • Ms. Monica Isaacs, PALL Life Sciences, Australia - Lecture on "Membrane Technologies for Health Care Biotechnology" - 29-06-2007
  • Prof. Grillot Courvalin, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France - Lecture on "Engineered E. coli for protein and gene delivery into mammalian cells - Applications to vaccine and gene therapy". 22-11-2006.
Visits
  • Dr. Shiv Krishnan, Vice-president, Sanofi Aventis, USA, former Ph.D student of Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi
  • Prof.Yves Gnanou, Director - CNRS Laboratory for Polymer Research, Bordeaux, France and Director Ecole Poly technique, Paris - regularly visits for initiating projects.
  • Dr. Ravi Sirdeshmukh, CCMB, Hyderabad, India during 30-03-2010 to 04-03-2010
  • DBT higher officials - Month of August' 2008.
  • CEO and Vice-President of Sudarshan Biotech, Hyderabad visited CBST to have an industrial collaboration with the centre.
  • Dr.Fatima Dacosta of Goodwin Biotech (Shaw Wallace group) Goa, visited and had a small work session with students at CBST.
  • Officials of SPAN Diagnostics, Surat and France.
  • Dr.Marko Banjac, Application scientist for BIA separation, Slovenia, under the DST bilateral project, spent one week at CBST, interacted with the students to help them and mentor in monolith technology
Invited Guest Speeches (within India and Abroad) - By Prof. M.A. Vijayalakshmi, Director, CBST
  • Plenary speeches and chairmanship in 'AFFINITY 2011', 19th Biennial ISMR meeting held at Tavira, Portugal (June 16th to 19th, 2011).
  • Invited lecture at National Symposium on Prospects for Research in Ocean Based Enterprises in the 21st century (PROBE-21) at Naval Base, Visakhapatnam (April 1st & 2nd, 2011).
  • Special lecture at the 12th international SBCN meeting at Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France (October 19 to 22, 2010). One of the sessions was named after Prof. Vijayalakshmi as a tribute to her contribution to the field of separation science.
  • Plenary lecture at the “14th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS) and Exhibition: Biotechnology for the Sustainability of Human Society” at Rimini, Italy (14-18 September, 2010).
  • Plenary lecture at the 4th Monolith Summer School and Symposium (MSS2010) at Portoroz, Slovenia (29 May - 02 June, 2010).
  • Invited lecture at “The 4th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity” at Singapore (11-13 September, 2009).
  • Invited as the Chairman and for plenary and short lectures for Summer School and Symposium 2008, Slovenia. She was also the president of the committee for selecting the best poster award.
  • Invited as the Committee member and the Chairman and the Organizer of the full Section, comprising of 7 sessions on "Industrial Biotechnology" of the IUPAC symposium "International Bio-Tech 2008" at Dalian University of Technology, China.
  • Brain storming special lectures at Department of Biochemistry, IISc., Bangalore - 2008
  • Monolith summer school, Slovenia, Debate on Bio-Tech scenario - 2008
  • Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi-Symposium organized by Department of Atomic Energy - 2008
  • Plenary lectures at Genetix Industrial Workshop, Delhi May 5th 2008.
  • Plenary speeches and chairmanship in 'AFFINITY 2007', 17th Biennial ISMR meeting held at New York University, NY, USA (8th to 12th Jul 2007).
  • Invited Key note lecture at the International Symposium on Separation Science and Technology, Beijing University, China (2007)
  • Chairman and organizer of International Symposium on "BioChromatography and Nanobiotechnologies 2007" held at VIT University, Vellore.
  • Women in Science, Asian wing of women in science, at IGCAR - 2007
  • Women in science, organized by NUEPA, Delhi - 2007
  • Special lecture in BIOCON, Bangalore - 2007
  • Special lecture and evaluation committee member, IICB, Calcutta. - 2007
  • A series of specialist lectures at BIA workshops at Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad, attended mostly by Indian industrialists. - 2007
  • Special lecture at Serum Institute, Pune - 2007
  • Special lecture at IMTECH, Chandigarh - 2007
  • EU-Asia Biotechnology Vienna, Austria - 2006
  • A series of specialized lectures at PALL workshops at Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad, attended mostly by Indian industrialists. - 2006
  • PALL Life sciences Inauguration lecture, Bangalore - 2006
  • "Bio-Tech 2006" Conference by BSI held at CCMB, Hyderabad, India
  • Biotechnology Scenario in India, addressed to Bulgaria Consortium of Biotechnology. 2005- 2006