This is part of its efforts to popularize science to the General Public and Students who are pursuing science as their career. TNSF attempt to focus on students on higher science as everyone knows
that learning of science at college within the curriculum is not enough to acquire holistic knowledge of science at the appropriate time. Hence, to fill the gap between what students are acquiring through the curriculum and what
it is required, TNSF is planning its activities on higher science to students who are pursuing higher education.
Coronaviruses are ubiquitous pathogens causing significant respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in humans and many animals. The viruses are enveloped and contain a large positive stranded RNA genome. Coronaviruses
contain at least three envelope proteins: membrane (M), spike (S) and envelope (E). These proteins, along with the genomic RNA and nucleocapsid (N) protein assemble by budding at membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate
(ERGIC) compartment.
Dr.Pavithra Venkatagopalan
Founder Director - Care Health
PhD (Microbiology), Arizona State University.
Understanding the virus and facts about the current epidemic
Dr.Thirunavukkarasu Dharmalingam
Asst.Professor
Governmohankumaramangalm medical college,Salem India
Lab Diagnosis and Prevention of Coronavirus
Question & Answer
Dr.Pavithra Venkatagopalan is an alumnus of Center of Biotechnology, Anna University. She completed her B. Tech in Biotechnology in 2005. She then performed research in the areas of structural and functional aspects of Coronaviruses proteins using light, confocal and electron microscopy at Arizona State University. She was awarded a PhD in 2012. She has since relocated to India and is the founder director of her own diagnostic center - Care Health, an NABH certified center, in Chennai.
Dr.Thirunavukkarasu Dharmalingam is an Asst.Professor of Microbiology, Governmohankumaramangalm medical college,Salem India from 1996