WEBINAR - An Update on Research to Combat COVID-19
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Presentation on – An update on research to combat COVID 19
Panel Discussion moderated by :
Dr .S.R.Rao, Vice President,
Dr Abhijit Poddar, Asst Professor,
Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pondicherry.
- Symptom based Diagnosis
- How different from other flues and fevers
- Disease dynamics – Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayanan
- How and when it will end??? Variation across countries?
- Diagnostic methods and platforms – Dr. Rathanagiri Polavarapu & Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi
- How Specific and Sensitive theyare???
- How to deal with false positives and negatives???
- Vaccines – Dr. UmeshShaligram
- When will be available and how it will be used? Is BCG effective?
- Raising general immunity with Comprehensive Nutrition – Dr. P.M Murali
- Is it true and Does it Help
- Repurposing of drugs or New Drug discovery – Dr. Ashok Kumar
- Is repurposing possible? How quick it can be???
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Speakers
Dr. S. R. Rao
Vice President of SBV and was former Senior Advisor in the department of Biotechnology and Ministry Of Science And Technology.Specializes in cross cutting areas of biotechnology Policy, research, regulations and biosecurity. https://sbvu.ac.in/
Dr. P.M Murali
Successful serial entrepreneur was formerpresident, Association Of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE).Founder of Jananom a full-service CRO in Synthetic Biology. Founder of Natural Nutrition making evidenced-based plant blends for health and wellness in modern food delivery form. https://jananom.com
Dr. Ashok Kumar
President - Center for Research and Development, IPCA Labs,. He has yeas expertise in the areas synthetic organic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, chirality, and stereochemistry. He is now leaving no stone unturned to exploit the biotech and drug discovery space. https://www.ipca.com/
Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayanan
Founder and Director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy in Washington, D. C., and He is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington and a visiting professor at the University of Kwazulu Natal. He is engaged now in COVID 19 diseases dynamics and potential impact of lock downs and long-term policy in India. https://cddep.org/
Dr. Rathanagiri Polavarapu
President & CEO Genomix Biotech Inc&Genomix Molecular Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd. He was well experienced in Molecular biology, Cell biology, Pathology, Oncology, Signal transduction pathways, functional Genomics, Proteomics, Gene expression and regulation research, Therapeutic intervention of Disease processes, Micro-arrays, Developing rapid detection Diagnostic kits and customer care. http://genomixbiotech.com/
Dr. Umesh Shaligram
Director of the Research and Development in the Serum Institute. His is basically focusing on the new vaccine development, regulation and international partnerships.
https://www.seruminstitute.com/
Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi
Clinical Professor and Head of Microbiology Section Associate Director, Animal Diagnostic Lab. He is on American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM) board and certified specialist in virology and immunology.
Dr. S. Lokesh
Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine. He Specializes in Ethics in Bio-Medical Research, Nephrology, Communicable and Non-communicable disease. His area of interest is in Diabetes Mellitus, Infectious diseases, Nephrology, Connective tissue disorders / Rheumatology, Clinical Trials, Ethics in biomedical research.
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