MKU UGC-NRCBS Summer School on Immunotechnology 2011

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XII UGC-NRCBS Summer School on Immunotechnology

9 to 23 May 2011

MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY (MKU)
Palkalai Nagar
Madurai 625 021 Tamil Nadu

Applications are invited from research scholars, post-docs, young faculty members and scientists of Indian universities/research institutions for the XII UGC-NRCBS Summer School on 'Immunotechnology' to be held from 9 to 23 May 2011.

ELIGIBILITY
 

Applicants should be young faculty members with Ph.D., Scientists or registered Ph.D. students working in research departments of Universities/ Research Institutes/ Colleges in India. Preference will be given to the candidates teaching and/orworking or intend to work in areas related to Immunology and/or Immunotechnology.

APPLICATION & SELECTION PROCEDURE
 

The application form can be downloaded from the UGC-NRCBS websites www.nrcbsmku.org or www.genomicsmku.org. Candidates should submit theirapplication form with supporting documents to Dr. K. BALAKRISHNAN, Convener, XII UGC-NRCBS Summer School on Immunotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021 on or before 25th April, 2011. Applications should be forwarded by their research supervisor/Head of the department or institution. Applications sent via e-mail will also be considered. The duly forwarded hard copy should reach within a week.
 

The candidates will be selected based on the qualification and research and/or teaching requirements.

TA/DA & ACCOMADATION
 

UGC-NRCBS, Madurai Kamaraj University will provide TA/DA to all the selected participants as per the University regulations. Participants should produce a certificate issued by the Head of the Department/Institute, that they have not been given TA/DA and the training period will be considered as 'On Duty' by the participants' parent institution. Accommodation will be arranged at the faculty guest house on Madurai Kamaraj University campus. 

Dr. K. Balakrishnan
Convener
XII School ofUGC-NRCBS Programme
School of Biological Science
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai - 625 021
Email: immunobala@rediffmail.com.
ugcnrcbsmku@gmail.com
Tel: 0452-2458269 Fax: 0452-2459873

ABOUT UGC-NETWORKING RESOURCE CENTRE IN BILOGICAL SCIENCES
 

University Grants Commission, New Delhi has created Networking Resource Centers in various subjects at leading University Departments/ Research Institutions in India. The major objectives of the Centers are to promote collaborative research, to provide access to advanced research facilities and to impart training to young researchers in frontier areas of the respective subjects. School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University has established a UGC-Networking Resources Centre in Biological Sciences in the year 2008.
 

UGC-NRCBS, MKU is functioning as resource Centre for training and research collaborations with state-of-art infrastructure facilities in Biological Sciences. The activities of the UGC-NRCBS include: 

i) organizing Summer and Winter Schools, 

ii) providing guidance to Ph.D. students of other institutes in learning advanced research methodologies,
iii) extending support for Ph.D. students who lack equipments/ laboratory facilities and iv) strengthening the collaborative research initiatives in Biological Sciences among Universities and Research Institutes. UGC-NRCBS conducts series of Winter and Summer Schools on various themes. Researchers from all over the country are trained in these Winter/ Summer Schools. The theme of this Summer School is "Immunotechnology". 

ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL

 
This course is based on well thought-out objectives to stimulate and strengthen the technical skills related to various immunological techniques pertaining to research and academic purposes. The course encompasses the techniques of humoral and cell mediated functional immunoassays of basic and applied nature. It includes theory and practical training in teaching and research techniques in various aspects of immunology to enable the participants to reproduce the same in research! teaching programme in their institution. Both conventional and applied immunotechniques will be covered. Emphasis will be given for individual hands-on-training in all practicals.
 

The Summer School provides a hands-on training on various immunological tools such as, bleeding techniques, immunizations protocols, antigen-antibody interactions using gel-based assays, T & B cell separation, NIH two-stage lymphocytotoxity testing, serological typing of HLA, functional assays for T & B cells, CD4/ CD8 enumeration using immunofluorescence, antibody purification and quantification, complement mediated functional assays, serum immunoelectrophoresis, ELISA and Western blotting for pathogen detection. In addition to this, the participants will be given hands on training in basic serological and agglutination tests pertaining to immunological research, diagnostics and health-care institutes.

Prof. P. GUNASEKARAN
Coordinator
UGC-Networking Resource Centre in Biological
Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai - 625 021
 

Email: ugcnrcbsmku@gmail.com
Tel: 0452-2458478 12459873 Fax: 0452-2459873

APPLICATION FORM FOR THE SUMMER SCHOOL ON "IMMUNOTECHNOLOGY "

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