Dear Participants,

The 21st century is poised for innovations and technological developments. The last decade of the 20th century has witnessed a proliferation of numerous terms with the suffix ‘omics’ included in broad term molecular medicine. Molecular diagnostics, a driving force for drug development, is one of the most promising areas in the pharmaceutical world.

Molecular diagnostics are increasingly used in the areas of genetic disorders, hepatitis, preimplantation screening and cancer applications. Molecular diagnostic technologies are also involved in development of personalized medicine based on pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics.

The scientific community is progressing quite rapidly in developing molecular diagnostics with the aid of several PCR-based technologies, FISH, peptide nucleic acids (PNA), biochips, Nanotechnology and Proteomic technologies. Therefore, these technologies play an important role in the practice of medicine, public health, pharmaceutical industry, forensics and biological warfare.

Jnanarjana 2007, A National Symposium on ‘Breakthrough in Molecular Diagnostics’ to be conducted on 22nd & 23rd March 2007, is therefore organized to give the students a first hand comprehensive insight into the field of molecular diagnostics from renowned speakers from various backgrounds. This symposium is hosted by The PG Department of Life Science, The Oxford College of Science, Bangalore.

Jnana, The knowledge is eternal and grows with sharing. Jnanarjana2007 aims at empowering students and faculty with the thoughts and knowledge from eminent speakers from the Academia as well as industry. This symposium will provide a platform for the young minds to interact and share their views with a more open and free mind so as to develop a better perception about the industrial requirements. The symposium is spread over two days –Day one will comprise of Keynote address and technical session in the field of Molecular diagnostics. Day Two will consist of competitive events for evaluating the sporting and challenging skills of the participants to make the symposium more interactive. The star event of Day two would be a Panel discussion between eminent speakers from both academia and industry.

We believe that this symposium would truly be an excellent opportunity for the participants to imbibe knowledge and take back sweet memories with a more clear and focused mind at the end of the day.

Wishing you all the best

Organizing Committee