IIT Guwahati Online Workshop on Environmental Genomics and Genome Editing
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Online workshop
on
Environmental Genomics and Genome Editing
February 23rd – 27th 2021
Conducted by: Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati
overview:
an online workshop will be conducted by IIT Guwahati from 23rd-27th Feb 2021 on Genomics and Genome Editing. The workshop is designed for faculty members and young researchers to give them an overview of state-of-the-art genomic and genome editing technologies.
Topics to be covered:
- Pedagogy Session emphasized on environmental science education.
- Tools and techniques for metagenomics.
- Introduction to analysis of metagenomics data.
- Metagenomics and infectious diseases.
- Metagenomics and ecosystem biology.
- Genome Manipulation: Natural & Artificial.
- Genome editing tools in environmental health research.
- Engineering brand new proteins for environmental applications
- CRISPR, ZFN and TALEN: Basics & Applications.
- Processing of raw metagenomics data.
- Metagenomics data assembly.
- Metagenomics data retrieval and analysis tools.
- Functional annotations of metagenomics data.
- Biosafety and IPR issues in metagenomics.
- Ethical concerns of Genome Editing.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Scanned copy (by email): 12/02/21
- Hard copy must reach by: 17/02/21 DD
- for registration fee (non-TEQIP-III institutions) must reach by: 17/02/21
- Intimation of selection: 18/02/21