AIIMS International Conference on DNA Structure in Health & Disease | 11-13 April 2015

International Congress on Friedreich’s Ataxia and International conference on “DNA Structure in Health & Disease”

11-13 April, 2015

Organized By

Department of Biochemistry
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi – 110029, India

AIM OF THE CONFERENCE

The conference is aimed to bring together leading academic scientists and young research scholars to exchange & share their latest experimental data. The scientific program includes Plenary Lectures, Invited talks by a number by renowned scientists from India and abroad. The conference will provide a forum to stimulate ideas and establish collaborations as well as to initiate intense discussions.

THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE

150 years of Friedreich’s Ataxia
 Diagnosis & Prognosis: Novel methods including biomarkers
 Pathogenesis, genetic and molecular mechanisms
 Role of (GAA) triplets and genomic instability
 Frataxin Current therapeutic approaches:
 Novel strategies in treatment: Stem cells, gene therapy and HDAc inhibitors etc
 FRDA Patient perspective by SAMAG, India
 Panel Discussion on
o “FRDA in India: Current status and need for better management”
DNA Structure in Health & Disease
 Interactions of DNA with drugs, proteins etc.
 Computational aspects of DNA structure
 Non-B -DNA structures : Biology & molecular mechanisms
 Genomic disorders: DNA structural rearrangements, repair
 Mitochondrial DNA: Structure, evolution &disease.
 Decoding Diseases and Health at DNA structure level
 Translational Genomics
 Role of repeats in Human genome & disease
 DNA as therapeutic targets in human diseases
 Animal & Cellular Models in development of DNA targeted drugs
 Role of Industry in Genomics Research and Technology
 DNA as nanomachine and its applications

LEVEL OF PARTICIPANTS

Professors, Scientists, Research scholars from Indian Universities, research institutes, medical colleges, etc could attend the conference.

Email: dshd2015@gmail.com

Website: http://www.aiims.edu/images/pdf/conference/DSHD_2015/home.htm

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