Lecture inspire for students 7 9-2018
The document summarizes opportunities in life sciences and agriculture that were presented at a conference organized by Dr. M.A. Shah of NIT Srinagar on September 7, 2018. Over 250 high school students attended the conference at Nund Reshi Conference Center. Some opportunities discussed included careers in fisheries, zoology, forestry, medicine, agriculture, veterinary science and horticulture. New areas of research discussed were growing meat on trees, edible vaccines, glowing plants and animals, genetically engineered drought-tolerant crops, and using nanotechnology to target cancer treatments. Advanced research in farm animals included producing multiple offspring from elite animals and cloning goats and buffalo. Improving vaccine safety for poultry
Lecture inspire for students 7 9-2018
- 1. Opportunities in life science and agriculture Nazir A Ganai SKUAST-Kashmir Date 7-9-2018 Venue Nund Reshi Conference Center Organiser Dr M A Shah NIT Srinagar Participants 250 high school students
- 3. • Anatomy: • Biochemistry: • Bioengineering: • Bioinformatics: • Biophysics: • Biotechnology: • Botany: • Cell biology: • Developmental biology: • Ecology: • Entomology: • Epidemiology: • Ethology: • Evolutionary biology: • Genetics: • Microbiology: • Molecular biology: • Neuroscience: • Physiology: • Population biology: • Structural biology: • Toxicology:
- 4. Size of DNA in Human Body • 6.4 billion base pairs in one nucleus • 500 books each of 500 pages • Length of DNA present in one adult human is calculated as: – 2.0 × 1014 meters = 2 x 1011 Km – Distance earth –sun: 1.5 x 108 Km • That is the equivalent of nearly 1000 trips from the earth to the sun and back.
- 5. Growing Meat on Tress
- 6. Spare Parts in different parts of body
- 8. Glowing Plants on road sides in dark Glowing cats shed light in dark
- 10. Hunger & Nutritional DeficiencyHunger & Nutritional Deficiency
- 11. High Density Apple 10 ton vs 70 ton / ha
- 14. Real Environmental Challenge Biofuels from waste Real Environmental Challenge Biofuels from waste
- 15. Dying Dal Lake Voracious Grass eating fish??? Voracious Grass eating fish??? Solution Genetically Engineered Fish Solution Genetically Engineered Fish
- 16. Oil Spills Super Bug Bioremediation – cleaning oil spills (hydrocarbon-chewing microbes)
- 19. BT Cotton
- 20. Hydroponics in Agri-Horticulture Growing Plants in soil less medium or Aquatic based environment
- 21. Nanotechnology- Nano robots delivers drug to Cancer Cells
- 22. ADVANCED RESEARCH IN FARM ANIMALSADVANCED RESEARCH IN FARM ANIMALS MULTIPLICATION OF ELITE (HIGH PRODUCING) ANIMALSMULTIPLICATION OF ELITE (HIGH PRODUCING) ANIMALS Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer: 10 calves from 1 cow in an year SAMRUPA’ –world’s first cloned Buffalo calf First Pashmina goat cloned at SKUAST-Kashmir in 2012 The Story of “NOORI”
- 23. SAFE AND BETTER VACCINES FOR POULTRY AND LIVESTOCKSAFE AND BETTER VACCINES FOR POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK Viral vaccines can turn into dreadful viruses and cause disease and mortality Improving genetic-stability can improve safety of these vaccines