About the Program
Workshops and Trainings: At Merck, we believe in training the next generation scientists and making them ready for academic and industrial world. Through year-round workshops and training we help newbies and experienced research professional in understanding the basics of science, learning specific skill sets and getting insights into the functioning of biotechnology industry. Below mentioned are some of our foundation programs to help student explore the world of research and beyond-
Workshop series on fundamental and advanced techniques When young college graduates are introduced to the world of science either in academia or industry, there are multiple aspects of scientific research that are new to them. A lot of their valuable time is spent in finding answers to key fundamentals questions like- how to define research problems, how to plan experiments and how to record, analyse and handle their data. In addition, a significant amount of their time is invested in standardizing basic molecular biology techniques.
The workshop series on fundamental and advanced techniques is targeted to address these concern points of young researchers. Through a series of lectures, discussions and case studies, a panel of industry and academia experts will help students in developing skills to overcome these challenges. This will be coupled with a detailed and intensive hands-on workshop on. basic methods in molecular biology. Students will also use new and advanced methods and tricks that would be very useful in improving their scientific effectiveness.
Target Audience: This course is designed for researchers in their early career (B.Tech/M.Tech/M.Sc/B.Sc./Ph.D/Faculty) who would like to get trained in basic scientific practices and molecular biology techniques useful for exploring career in biotech/life science industries or academia. No previous experience scientific experience or training in molecular biology is required or expected.
About the Organizers
About AKS University & the Department
AKS University is promoted by the eminent Rajiv Gandhi Group of Institutions and value-driven professionals with an enviable track-record of molding almost 12000 students over last 19 years, is guided by the principle of Think Global and Act Local. The curriculum, course offerings, and the Centers of Excellence at the AKS University are all aimed at knowledge-creation & skill-development. The University is primed to fulfill its mission of developing & arming human resources with modern applied knowledge & competencies, harnessing knowledge for addressing multifarious local, regional & national challenges including creating skilled manpower to support the leapfrogging economic growth of India, enhancing engineering competitiveness through technology-development & technology-induction, enhancing agricultural productivity through Biotechnology & other innovations, environmental conservation through innovative technology & approaches. AKS University considers the paradigm of Think Global & Act Local as a key enabler in furtherance of its mission, vision and objectives, and towards this end, AKS is keenly exploring linkages with selected national & global Universities and Institutions of repute so as to maximize knowledge-exchange, joint research, faculty & student exchange, twinning programs, sharing best practices in higher education space; and thereby emerge as a globally-relevant institution in this interconnected world of today & future. Department of Biotechnology is running under the University with mission provide excellent and sensible teaching with maximum practical and research exposure to create skilled and well trained biotechnocrates and entrepreneurs as per academia and industry needs in the frontier areas of Microbiology and Biotechnology.
About Merck High-End Skill Development Centre
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology(IMTECH) announced a new partnership with Merck, a leading German science and technology company, to establish a'High End Skill Development Centre' in IMTECH, Chandigarh. Equipped with the next generation technologies, like gene editing & single-molecule biomarker detection, the centre will help accelerate healthcare research and train Indian students and researchers in latest life science technologies and make them industry ready. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, Merck in collaboration with IMTECH will use their expertise in Life Science to build acentre which will help researchers and students develop advanced competencies and analytical skills required for life science research. This willbe a first of its kind, academia-Industry-led, 'High End Skill Development Centre' laboratory in Chandigarh that has been established to augment Government of India's initiative for skilling India in the area of Life Science. This 'High End Skill Development Centre' will enrich skills by conducting workshops, trainings and seminar series on cutting edges life science processes, tools and techniques. The centre will facilitate hands-on experience to learning and real time sample analysis. The proposed state of the art Centre will integrate Work-based and Research-based learning by providing next generation lab set-up for carrying out real time sample analysis and learning workshops for selected group of technologies in the domain of Life Sciences. The Centre shall have skill development-oriented curriculum and real-time exposure to the cutting-edge technologies which will be further strengthened after assessing initial outcomes. This High-End Skill Development Centre will function on the principle of "no-profit, no-loss" basis and has been primarily created to augment Government of India's initiative for building skills in the area of Life Science.
Speaker of Workshops and Trainings At Merck
Calendar of Workshop Series
| S. No. | Workshop Name | Date of Workshop | Workshop Convenor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cancer tools & Techniques | 26 to 30 April, 2021 | Dr. Ashwini Waoo |
| 2. | Genome editing | 17 to 21 May, 2021 | Dr. Reni Nigam |
| 3. | Mammalian Cell culture | 07 to 11 June,2021 | Dr. Arvind Gupta |
| 4 | Realtime PCR and Data analysis | 21 to 25 June, 2021 | Dr. Lovely Mahawar |
| 5. | Plant genetic Engineering | 12 to 16 July, 2021 | Dr. Deepak Mishra |
| 6. | Immunobiological Techniques | 26 to 30 July, 2021 | Ms. Sandhya Pandey |
| 7. | Recombinant DNA Technology | 02 to 06 August, 2021 | Dr. Reni Nigam |
Chief Patron
Sh. B. P. Soni
Chancellor, AKS University, Satna (MP) India
Patrons
Sh. Anant Kumar Soni
Pro Chancellor & Chairman, AKS University, Satna (MP) India
Prof. P.K. Banik
Vice Chancellor, AKS University, Satna (MP) India
Co-Patrons
Dr. R. S. Tripathi, Pro-Vice Chancellor & Registrar (In-Charge), AKS University, Satna
Dr. Harshwardhan, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Development) AKS University, Satna
Prof. R. N. Tripathi, OSD AKS University, Satna
Convener of the Course
Dr. G.P. Richariya
Dean, Faculty of Life Science & Technology, AKS University, Satna (MP)
Co-Chairman
Prof. Shivesh Pratap Singh,
Secretary, NASI-Bhopal Chapter, Govt. PG College, Satna (MP)
Coordinator (IT Support)
Mr. S. K. Soni
Chief IT Administrator, AKS University, Satna.
Mr. Anurag Tripathi, Web Support
Mr. Ashish Kushwaha, Technical Support
Advisors
Prof. R. S. Nigam, AKS University, Satna
Dr. Shekhar Mishra, Controller of Examination, AKS University
Sh. Vivek Shrivastava, AKS University, Satna
Dr. S. P. Gupta, Director & Principal, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, AKS University, Satna
Dr.Mahendra Kumar Tiwari, Head, Environment Science, AKS University
Organizing Team Member
Dr. Ashwini A. Waoo
Dr. Deepak Mishra
Dr. Arvind Gupta
Mrs. Reni Nigam
Dr. Lovely Mahawar
Er. Arpit Shrivastav
Er. Shreyansh Parsai
Mrs. Keerti Samdariya
Ms. Sandhya Pandey
Mr. Virendra Pandey
Mr. Paras Koshe
MS. Monika Soni
Mr. Sourabh Singh
Mr. Vivek Agnihotri
Ms. Shilpi Singh
Ms. Priya Dwivedi
Mr. Ramjee Singh
Mr. Bharat Soni
Mr. Piyush Kant Rai
Mr. Bhupendra Singh
Program Coordinator
Dr. Kamlesh Choure
Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Faculty of Life Science & Technology AKS University, Satna (MP) 485001 India
Learning Objectives
After this course you should be able to:
- Identify, define and dissect research problems; design experiments using proper controls and sample size
- Maintain lab data records using basic and advanced tools
- Analyse data with proper use of statistics
- Culture cells in your laboratory using best practices
- Design primers, isolate, quantify and analyse DNA
- Perform PCR, program PCR machines,
- Isolate, quantify and analyse RNA
- Synthesize cDNA, perform expression analysis by q RT-PCR, importance of MIQE guidelines, analyse results
- Isolate protein, set up western blotting apparatus, perform and analyse the results
Workshop Series Modules
During this course you will learn:
- Research design- defining questions, designing experiments, data analysis and data handling
- Basics of cell culture and good practices
- Cancer tools and techniques
- DNA techniques- DNA isolation, basics of PCR, gel electrophoresis,
- RNA techniques- RNA isolation, electrophoresis and quality control
- Expression analysis- by RT-PCR, cDNA synthesis, data analysis
- Protein techniques- protein isolation, Western Blotting by SNAP-ID
- CRISPR based genome editing
- Plant genetic engineering
- Recombinant DNA technology