Sunday, September 18, 2016. The last day of INDO GERMAN CONVENTION OF LINDAU ALUMINI witnessed a mega-footfall of life science enthusiasts at TMA Pai hall II. The mega events for the second half were the closing ceremony and certificate distribution. The certificate distribution ceremony was presided over by Dr. Pragna … Continue Reading
DAY 4 TALK Dr. SATISH CHANDRA
Dr Satish Chandra’s topic “Overview of Polio Endgame Strategy: Rationale of Introduction of IPV and bOPV” made for a very interesting talk indeed. He spoke about the endgame plan and the rationale for withdrawal of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) eventually and the simultaneous introduction of the inactivated polio vaccine … Continue Reading
DAY 4 TALK Dr. SATYA TAPAS
Dr Satya Tapas of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, Bengaluru gave a small insight into the world of molecular biology with his talk on “Molecular Structure to Medicine: A Journey of 100 Years”. He spoke about the history of solving structures of various proteins using diffraction and how it … Continue Reading
DAY 4 TALK Mr. HARSHAVARDHAN REDDY
The last talk of the morning session was by Mr Harshavardhan Reddy. His topic was “Photonics for Health Care: A Lab on Fiber”. He spoke about the concept of a ‘lab on a chip’ which are devices that integrate various laboratory functions on a chip. According to his research, a … Continue Reading
DAY 4 KEYNOTE TALK Dr. IVO STEINMETZ
The keynote of IGCLA 2016, Dr Ivo Steinmetz spoke about the riveting topic “One Health Approach in Infectious Diseases: Melioidosis as a Prime Example”. According to the one health approach, the health of humans, animals as well as the environment is interconnected and to effectively understand the disease one must … Continue Reading
DAY 1 COMPOS MENTIS
The annual national level inter-college forensics quiz conducted by the Department of Forensic Medicine, KMC Manipal marked the start of IGCLA 2016. The day long quiz saw participants from various colleges engaging in a battle to prove themselves the best.
The opening ceremony began with lighting of the lamp, after … Continue Reading
DAY 1 QUIZZES
Very rarely do you have such a large turnout and even larger amount of enthusiasm for an academic based quiz. But not in the case when you have the best quizmasters conducting it!
The Quizzes began with the preliminary round of Emergency Medicine Quiz. It was conducted by Dr. Naman … Continue Reading
DAY 1 SPECIAL SESSION: DISASTER MANAGEMENT
The Disaster management workshop was one of the special events held this year by the IGCLA association. It was attended by a group of twenty five people. The session was presided over by Dr. Edmond Fernandes. The workshop began with a quick brushing up of basic terminologies regarding disaster risk … Continue Reading
DAY 1 WORKSHOPS BIG DATA ANALYSIS
How do you perform research with so many facts and figures?
With that amount of data, analytics and statistics, rather than the actual clinical correlatives, the research data become your Damocles’ sword.
Big data analytics examines large amounts of data to uncover hidden patterns, correlations and other insights. With today’s … Continue Reading