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GII News -
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Bio-piracy: India wins case against 15 patents ….See Details
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Indian Scientists at CRRI invent rice that doesn’t need cooking ….See Details
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Interview with Nobel Laureate: Prof. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ….See Details
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INDIAN ACADEMY of SCIENCE FELLOWSHIPS for Students and Teachers - 2010 ….See Details
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Indian origin scientist, Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan wins NOBEL PRIZE in CHEMISTRY, 2009 ….See Details
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Publication Note: RECONSTRUCTING INDIAN POPULATION HISTORY, Nature 461, 489-494 (24th September 2009) ….See Details
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TWAS Regional Young Scientists Conference on "FOOD, HEALTH AND FUEL: PLANTS FOR THE FUTURE", Malaysia ….See Details
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Monsanto's Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program: Applications will be accepted until May 31, 2009….See Details
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Indian
scientists develop buffalo clone….Read
More
- GII’s revered Advisor Dr. GS Khush, a world renowned rice
breeder, recently donated $750,000, i.e. Rs. 3.5 crores (all his accumulated
prize money from various awards) to his alma mater, the Punjab Agricultural University….Read More
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Vote
and comments of GII members for the article entitled “Narrow
genetic and apparent phenetic diversity in Jatropha curcas: initial
success with generating low phorbol ester interspecific hybrids”
will
be highly appreciated
….Click Here
- Dr.
Vidya Gupta,
a senior scientist from NCL, Pune received prestigious CSIR Rural Development
award from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. Dr.
Gupta’s research accomplishments were highlighted in the GII’s
member-in-spotlight (Sep-2005)….Read more
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- “GII President Dr. Kole has proposed
two-lettered abbreviated names of all the States and Union Territories of India
which will be proposed to our Indian Postal Service authority. We request all
the members to kindly go through the list and let us know your valuable comments
on the same”. Click here to view the List
- Tata
donates $50 million to US
varsity: Tata Education and Development Trust, a philanthropic entity of
the Tata Group, has decided to donate a whooping $50 million (about Rs 240 crore
at current exchange rates) to the prestigious Cornell University in New York. Ratan Tata is
an alumnus of the university.......Read more
- GII
congratulates Dr. Harald zur Hausen for his research on "discovery of human papilloma
viruses causing cervical cancer" and Drs. Françoise
Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their outstanding achievements
in the "discovery of human immunodeficiency virus". They secured the most
prestigious 'Nobel Prize' in Physiology or
Medicine 2008 .....Read more
- 2nd
Annual Contract Manufacturing in Pharma 2008..Choosing manufacturing partner for safe,
cost-effective operations....1st - 2nd December 2008, BSG Conference Centre, London, UK...See Details.
- Indian, Pakistani immigrants to US face prostate, breast cancer risks: A team of researchers at West Virginia
University (WVU) has shown that US immigrants from India and Pakistan take on
the habits of their adopted country, increasing their risks of prostate cancer
among male immigrants and breast cancer among females......Read more
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“International
Conference on Current Trends in Biotechnology and Implications in Agriculture”
Feb 19-21, 2009, Meerut, India……Details and Registration
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Opportunities:
Scholarships, Nanobiotechnology Training Course, Biotechnology Training from
Life Science Foundation, India @ http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/jun102008/1528.pdf
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Impacts
of human disturbances on medicinal NTFP species: Tropical
forests show great potential as a source of major bioactive compounds. The
growing commercial trade of plant natural products has resulted in an increase
in medicinal NTFP harvest from their native habitats and has, therefore, raised
concerns over loss in genetic diversity....Read more
- IISc: One Hundred Years and Beyond: The
IISc Centenary Celebrations are being organized to mark one hundred
illustrious years of leadership in science, technology, and innovation. The
celebrations begin on May 27, 2008 and will conclude on May 27, 2009....more @ http://www.iisc.ernet.in/centenary-conf/
- "International
conference on Plant
Biotechnology and Molecular Biology" Aug. 15-17,
2008, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India...Details
and Registration
- Indian gene decoded: The largest
ever study to understand the genetic diversity of India's one
billion people by a team of top genetic experts has thrown up
some interesting data and concludes that India has one of the
most genetically diverse populations in the world ...
Read more @http://biospectrumindia.ciol.com/content/CoverStory/10805071.asp
- Sandal genetic
resources under threat: A recent
study shows a strong correlation between the lack of genetic
diversity and the poor population density of sandalwood trees
in south India. Penalties and absence of uniform laws have been a
deterrent to nurturing this treasure....
Read more @ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/May62008/snt2008050566414.asp
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GII Couple
Recognized for Excellence: Drs. Madhugiri Nageswara Rao
and Jaya R Soneji whose teamwork is making a high-tech impact at the
University of Florida’s, Citrus Research and Education Center
have been appraised by UF\IFAS International Programs. Read
More
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Dr.
Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao’s exceptional endeavors:
His research achievements have been appraised by the ‘News
Chief’ newspaper, ‘In the Field’
magazine, ‘The Science Advisory Board’ and
‘UltimateCitrus.com’ a web source which covers
current happenings in the field of citrus and agriculture.
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any news/headlines to share please contact the Secretariat,
India Head Office.
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