REPORT OF JOURNAL CLUB MEETING
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Event Name: Journal Club Meeting |
Date & Day:17th March 2021, Wednesday |
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Faculty Co-ordinator : Dr. Hemlata Srivastava Prof. Akanksha Jain |
Designation / Organization: Assistant Professor, School of Biosciences, IMS Ghaziabad |
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Topic: “Disease Biology” |
Schedule Timing: 2.30pm-3.30 pm |
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Number of Students: 30 |
Venue: Zoom Meeting |
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Budget Approved: NA |
Total Expenditure: NA |
Summary of the Event:
School of Biosciences, IMS Ghaziabad University Courses organized a “second Journal Club (JC_02)” meeting based on Research Paper Presentation by the IMS students. The theme of JC-02 meeting was “Disease biology” has organized on 17th March 2021, Wednesday. The primary goal of this club activity was to motivate the college students in the direction of research and development. In this respect, it is an endeavour to enhance the understanding and presentation 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. Abha Vashistha, the Program Chairperson, School of Biosciences by her motivational speech to the students and participants. She highlighted the importance of research and development in the field of biosciences and promoted this club activity for understanding, reading and extracting information from scientific literatures. She encouraged the students to inculcate the habit of critically analysing the scientific information.
In supervision of Dr. Hemlata Srivastava and Prof Akanksha Jain students of B. Sc. (Ist year) Biotechology, Nidhi Mishra, Janvi Sharma, Stayam Bathla and Bhupender Sahu have presented their reviews on selected research papers related to disease biology and discussed about the various disease that are spreading at international level such as Cancer, Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), African swine fever and hair greying problems due to stress. They have elucidated the present scenario and future effect of these diseases. They have also discussed the ongoing research work on the vaccine against these diseases and explained the efficient information in this context.
The session ended with a formal vote of thanks by Faculty Co-ordinator, Dr. Hemlata srivastava who appreciated the efforts of the students and motivated them to explore and take initiative. The session was informative and knowledgeable that represents the inclination of the students in the way of scientific research and inspires the scientific interactions among them.
