DNA 2013-“The 5th International Conference on Emerging trends in Applied Biology, Biomedicine and Bioforensics”

DNA 2013-“The 5th International Conference on Emerging trends in Applied Biology, Biomedicine and Bioforensics” was held at CRRao AIMSCS, University of Hyderabad. This historical event is first of its kind in south India which is organized from the year 2009. This year’s event was jointly organized by Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratories, BioAxis DNA Research Centre Pvt Ltd and AIMSCS, University of Hyderabad. For the first time this conference with the name DNA 2009, DNA-THE DECISIVE EVIDENCE was held in August 2009 at Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA) Hyderabad. 2^nd of it series The science of DNA Fingerprinting in Crime Investigation was held in October 2010 at Osmania University, Hyderabad, DNA 2011 was held at Lucknow Uttar Pradesh in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh Police Department and DNA 2012 at AIMSCS Hyderabad.

DNA Series conferences are initiative to strengthen the knowledgebase of the end users of DNA Fingerprinting and DNA Based technologies and its advancements in Criminal Investigation and Judicial systems. DNA 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 were very well received events by participation of more than 1000 attendees from different Investigation agencies, judicial agencies, Police departments, Scientists and the budding scholars. DNA Bill 2007 is drafted and India is stepping ahead to create its DNA Databank soon. Prime aim of this meeting is to contribute to society by creating awareness of this wonderful technology to use it responsibly. This technology has shown its promising role in Identification related issues in Mass fatality accidents, several sensational crime Investigation. Many innocents have been freed from the bars in the past 10 years throughout the world with the help of this wonderful technology.

His Excellency Shri ESL Narasimhan, Honorable Governor of Andhra Pradesh inaugurated the event on 30^th Nov 2013. This conference was also graced by the Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh Shri B Prasada Rao as Guest of Honor of the Inaugural Ceremony. Prof  Ramakrishna Ramaswamy Vice Chancellor, Central University of Hyderabad, Mrs Sharda Avdhanam Director APFSL, Dr VK Saraswat Former Chief of DRDO, Prof Allam Appa Rao, Former VC-JNTUK and Current Director AIMSCS, Dr Amit Kumar, CEO- BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Ltd were also a part of the Inaugural event from 10.15-11.15am on 30^th Nov 2013 at University of Hyderabad. Like the previous year conferences this year’s conference was also blessed by the message of Discoverer of DNA Technology Sir Alec Jeffreys, Leicester, United Kingdom. Department of Science and Technology Government of India and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Hyderabad Chapter were the Sponsors of this years conference.

Resource persons of this two day event included Smt Sharda Avadhanam, Director APFSL, Dr Amit Kumar, CEO of BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Ltd, Mrs Nilanjana Choudhry from Peers, Kolkata, Dr k Thangraj of Centre of cellular and molecular Biology Hyderabad, Dr PK Srivastava Scientist CDRI Lucknow, Dr GV Jagdamba.. They delivered expert talks and took part in important panel discussions on DNA Testing Applications and DNA Legislation during the two day conference. 200 officers and scholars witnessed this historical conference on DNA Technology in Hyderabad this year. Several Police departments from the country, Forensic Medicine department of Hospitals, Universities nominated their officers to attend this conference.

                                      DGP, Andhra Pradesh Sri B Prasada Rao arrives

                     Sri ESL Narasimhan, Governor Andhra Pradesh Inaugurates DNA 2013

                                                              Poster Session

                                     DGP Felicitating CEO Amit Kumar, BDRC Hyderabad

                                      Dr PK Srivastava to Director AIMSCS

                                           DGP with Young Scientist Awardees

Governor Narasimhan makes it light..

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Personalized Genomics; Boon to Indian Healthcare

Posted on June 21, 2013

Source; BDRC CEO Blog

We have to accept the fact that increasing load of health issues of a common man and absence of proper insurance coverage/facilities in India is slowly pushing the middle class towards lower class and the lower class towards the worst class (Which may come under existence soon). Best Healthcare facilities are mere a dream.

                                

It is rather an utter unfortunate for the country like India that higher percentage of its citizens don’t have the access to most of Government hospitals (Because of infinite procedures) and Good Private hospitals (Because of cost and poor Insurance coverage). One can easily sense people of this country fighting to fulfill the basic necessities like proper job, proper food, proper health etc , when is the time to using their intelligence? Still it is great that India is one of the big names in Science and Technology in world.

Now is the era of 5 star hospitals which is out of budget for many middle class families and just unreachable for the lower classes. Not to blame but somehow Insurance companies in India work on a concept of “How to not cover the medical condition” rather than to offer their best support towards the betterment of health of an individual. Imagine a condition of Heart attack of an individual in a high class rich family and observe the face of the relatives if they are offered to go to a Government hospital.,It would just be kind of no preference at all.! Infact many middle class families too would like to escape to a Private Hospital even if they don’t have insurance or they know it may be rejected by giving a solid reason, sometimes they just end up paying very high costs and loose lot of contingencies of their family which they accumulate working hard from years. Just imagine the Lower class now..,if the patient is in a serious condition, chances of losing his life are maximum or they just consult the nearest Government hospital and start with Hopes..hopes that their turn will come and they will get the patient admitted in the hospital, hopes of getting their patient attended properly, hopes that they will be behaved properly by the officials and doctors, hopes that they will get best treatment as much as possible. Mostly “Patients with Patience” reach the treatment phase here.

About 9.5 million deaths, which is about one in six deaths worldwide, occur in the country every year. Over three- quarters of these deaths take place in the home and more than half of these do not have a certified cause. Currently chronic diseases like Diabetes and Cardiac related problems have become so deadliest and and washing out the lives more than AIDS and any other vital infections in India. Every diagnosis of Diabetes, Heart disease, breast cancer, and the death from them, is an alarming sign that present medical science is not really competent enough to comply with the present conditions. Is it not the time to robust the medical productiveness which may meet the demands of treatment?

“Prevention is better than cure” seems to be a more realistic approach in the current scenario and using the tools like DNA test for prediction of the Predisposed and forthcoming medical conditions may prove to be a very effective method in medical science.  The challenge remains to take such advanced technology to the common man’s medical store so that it may help them properly utilize it for their betterment.

Forensic and Medical Bioinformatics Briefs

BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Ltd calls proposal for its Springer Brief on Forensic and Medical Bioinformatics. Accepted proposal wins Eur 200

Please send

1) Title of the Proposed Brief 

2) 25 lines on what the Brief would contain...something like an outline or a summary.....should highlight what the Brief is trying to address.

3) A “tentative” Table of Contents as they may appear in the book, if possible a brief abstract for each chapter would be good.
4) Number of illustrations the book would have (just a tentative number..this could change when the final manuscript is ready). How many of them would be in color and how many in B/W

5) An expected date to hand in the Final draft of the manuscript.

If your proposal is accepted and you are offered to go ahead with the brief.,maximum page limit of the brief is 125.

Email your proposals at helix@dnares.in

More Details: http://www.springer.com/series/11910

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DNA 2012, the 4thInternational Conference with the theme “INNOVATIONS IN THE CHANGING WORLD” was organized to keep the scientific world in the running track along with the contemporary world outside the fences of the individual demesne. The event brought together the knowledge from various related disciplines to implement the technologies of one domain to foster the standards of the other. The objective of the event was to Review and improve the applications of the DNA Based Technologies in the fields of Food technology; DNA based personalized medicine, Relationship establishment, Crime investigation, Tracing the identity of the victims in mass destructions etc.

DNA technology has engraved its name in improving the nutritional quality of the food by producing GM Foods. BT Cotton, Golden Rice, Flavor Saver tomato are the best examples of this advance technology that has improved the standards of the foods cultivated and consumed.

(From left Dr Naresh M-AIMSCS, Dr Amit Kumar-BioAxis DNA Research Centre, Prof Allam Appa Rao-AIMSCS, Mrs Sharda Awadhanam-AP Police Academy, Prof Seyed Hasnain-UGC, Prof CR Rao, Mrs Rao and Erin Sweeney-Bodetech USA at the Inaugural of DNA 2012;4th International Conference of BDRC on Innovations in the Changing world at Hyderabad", India

(From left Dr Naresh M-AIMSCS, Dr Amit Kumar-BioAxis DNA Research Centre, Prof Allam Appa Rao-AIMSCS, Mrs Sharda Awadhanam-AP Police Academy, Prof Seyed Hasnain-UGC, Prof CR Rao, Mrs Rao and Erin Sweeney-Bodetech USA at the Inaugural of DNA 2012;4th International Conference of BDRC on Innovations in the Changing world at Hyderabad", India

(From left Dr Naresh M-AIMSCS, Dr Amit Kumar-BioAxis DNA Research Centre, Prof Allam Appa Rao-AIMSCS, Mrs Sharda Awadhanam-AP Police Academy, Prof Seyed Hasnain-UGC, Prof CR Rao, Mrs Rao and Erin Sweeney-Bodetech USA at the Inaugural of DNA 2012;4th International Conference of BDRC on Innovations in the Changing world at Hyderabad", India