Around 200 members were registered including research scholars and faculty members were participated from various universities and institutes across India.
Coimbatore: TNAU’s Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology organized a National conference on “Integration of Multi-omics Approaches for Crop Improvements” on 4th & 5th March 2024.
In the inaugural session, welcome address was delivered by Dr.A.John Joel, Professor and Head, Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Dr.N.Senthil, Director, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology delivered the introductory remarks of the conference.
The technical sessions by the guest speakers Dr.R.Sowdhamani, Senior Scientist and JC Bose fellow, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru presented on the topic “Genomics of Medicinal Plants”, Dr.Shaileshkumar, Scientist IV, NIPGR, New Delhi shared his expertise on “Surge of genomic datasets for the identification of novel RNAs in plants” and Dr.S.Manjula, Scientist F, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Tiruvananthapuram gave insights on “Proteome and transcriptome of Piper nigrum”.
Dr.M.Raveendran, Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore in his presidential address, mentioned the applications of multi-omics approach in crop improvement to enhance the food production. Dr.D.Uma, Professor, Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics delivered vote of thanks. Around 200 members were registered including research scholars and faculty members were participated from various universities and institutes across India.
In the inaugural session, welcome address was delivered by Dr.A.John Joel, Professor and Head, Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Dr.N.Senthil, Director, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology delivered the introductory remarks of the conference.
The technical sessions by the guest speakers Dr.R.Sowdhamani, Senior Scientist and JC Bose fellow, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru presented on the topic “Genomics of Medicinal Plants”, Dr.Shaileshkumar, Scientist IV, NIPGR, New Delhi shared his expertise on “Surge of genomic datasets for the identification of novel RNAs in plants” and Dr.S.Manjula, Scientist F, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Tiruvananthapuram gave insights on “Proteome and transcriptome of Piper nigrum”.
Dr.M.Raveendran, Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore in his presidential address, mentioned the applications of multi-omics approach in crop improvement to enhance the food production. Dr.D.Uma, Professor, Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics delivered vote of thanks. Around 200 members were registered including research scholars and faculty members were participated from various universities and institutes across India.