ICAR Sponsored Short Course on
Molecular Approaches for Diagnosis of Animal Cancers and Strategies for Developing Cancer Vaccines
1st -10th November, 2014
Sponsored by
Education Division
Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Organized By
Genetic Engineering of Virus Laboratory
Division of Veterinary Biotechnology
INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Izatnagar-243 122 (UP) INDIA
About the Course: The course is aimed to provide hands-on training on various techniques used in cancer research such as bio-informatics tools in cancer genomics, identification of cancer molecular markers using PCR and real-time PCR; biosensor approaches and enzyme based immunoassays for identifying serum cancer biomarkers; microarray based gene expression profiling; FISH, IHC, FNAC and histopathology for cancer diagnosis; surgical and other modalities for cancer treatment; designing and delivery of siRNA for cancer therapy; developing mouse tumour model for in vivo delivery of drugs or therapeutic gene constructs and analyzing their effects on tumour regression and B & T cell immune responses; development of gene constructs for cancer immunotherapy and strategies for developing cancer vaccines; designing and delivery of
peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) to cancer cells; synthetic peptide based targeted delivery of biomolecules; nanotechnology approaches in cancer diagnosis and therapy etc.
Eligibility:
The candidates holding the rank of Assistant Professor/Scientist and above or equivalent in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) including State Agricultural Universities, Deemed Universities, Central Agricultural Universities, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Agricultural and Allied Science Faculties of other Universities, and possessing Master's or Doctoral degree in Veterinary Science, Animal Sciences, Agricultural and Allied Sciences, Biotechnology, Life Sciences and relevant basic sciences are el igible to apply for the short course.
Brochure : www.ivri.nic.in/trainingresearch/ShCorseDrSonalVet2914.pdf
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