Summary of the Event:

School of Biosciences, IMS Ghaziabad University Courses organized a “Fourth Journal Club (JC_04)” meeting. The theme of the JC-04 meeting was “Drug Discovery '' which was organized on 29th March 2022, Tuesday. The primary goal of this club activity was to motivate the graduation and post graduation students in the direction of scientific research. It is our endeavour to enhance the understanding of scientific literature and research papers through this club activity which is a major part of academics.

The session started with a welcome note by the Faculty Co-ordinator, Dr. Hemlata Srivastava. Furthermore, the session executed by Dr. Surabhi Johari, the Program Chairperson, School of Biosciences by her motivational speech to the students and participants.  She highlighted the importance of Journals in the field of biosciences and promoted this club activity for understanding, reading and extracting information not only from scientific literature but also from recent facts and reports. She encouraged the students to imbibe the habit of critical analysis. Further, the session was executed by club members Janvi Sharma (President), Anjali Godiyal (Vice-President), Kanishka Jasaul (Vice- President). The session was successfully presented by Aradhya Bhandari form BSc. (2^nd year) Biotechnology.

In supervision of Dr. Hemlata Srivastava students of M. Sc. (1^st year) Biotechnology, Nikita Arora, Jashan Joshan from B.Sc. (3^rd year), Bhupender Sahu from B. Sc. (2^nd year), Bhavya Sharma from B.Sc. (2^nd year) have presented their research paper on the theme of “Drug Discovery ''. They have discussed recent methods such as in silico and in vitro approaches of drug discovery against different diseases such as SARS- COV, arboviral disease (Dengue, Chickungunya, and Zika virus) and cancer.

Finally, the session was further directed by Dr. Umesh Kumar who has given his critical analysis on The Journal Club Meeting and motivated the students for considering critical approaches at the time of discussion of research methodologies. The session ended with a formal vote of thanks by Dr. Hemlata Srivastava who appreciated the efforts of the students and motivated them for their involvement. The session was informative and knowledgeable that represents the inclination of the students in the way of scientific research.