Popular Science Lecture Series - 31

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020

Genome Editing


Venue: Webinar zoom &
Live on YouTube

October 31, 2020
11:00 am - 12:50 pm

Organised by Tamilnadu Science Forum

About Program







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.




Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.

இம்மானுவேல் சார்பென்டியர் மற்றும் ஜெனிபர் ஏ. டோனா ஆகியோர் மரபணு தொழில்நுட்பத்தின் கூர்மையான CRISPR / Cas9 மரபணு கத்தரிக்கோல் ஒன்றைக் கண்டுபிடித்துள்ளனர். இவற்றைப் பயன்படுத்தி, ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் விலங்குகள், தாவரங்கள் மற்றும் நுண்ணுயிரிகளின் டி.என்.ஏவை மிக அதிக துல்லியத்துடன் மாற்றலாம். இந்த தொழில்நுட்பம் உயிர் அறிவியலில் ஒரு புரட்சிகர தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது, புதிய புற்றுநோய் சிகிச்சைகளுக்கு பங்களிப்பு செய்கிறது மற்றும் பரம்பரை நோய்களைக் குணப்படுத்தும் கனவை நனவாக்கக்கூடும்.

Program Schedule

Time: 11:00 am to 12:50 pm - October 31, 2020

Virtual Meeting starts at 10:45 am onwards

11:00 am - 11:10 am

Introduction

11:10 am - 12:10 pm

Dr. Indumathi Mariappan
Research Scientist, Center for Ocular Regeneration,
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

Genome Editing

12:10 pm - 12:48 pm

Question & Answer

Speakers

Dr. Indumathi Mariappan

Dr. Indumathi Mariappan

Dr. Indumathi Mariappan completed her doctoral training in the area of Cell Biology and Molecular Biology at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in the year 2005. She also underwent a three year post-doctoral training at CCMB before joining the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at LVPEI in 2008. Dr Mariappan's lab is involved in basic and translational research towards addressing the problems of retinal and corneal diseases using different sources of adult and pluripotent stem cells. Her group is currently exploring the basic biology of limbal stem cells and the applications of embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) in disease modeling and regenerative medicine.

Venue

Webinar
Zoom

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