International Symposium on Biotechnology Successfully Held
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International Symposium on Biotechnology
(Education, Research & Industrialization) was successfully held on 14thJune 2009 organized by School of Biotechnology, White House College of Science
& Engineering (WHCSE) in collaboration with Nepal Academy of Science and
Technology (NAST), Nepal Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Tribhuvan
University (Department of Biotechnology), University Grant Commission Nepal
(UGCN) and Prubanchal University. The
symposium was conducted inside the seminar hall of the newly inaugurated
building of WHCSE located at Khumaltar, Lalitpur.
The Seminar hall was
enthusiastically attended by a remarkable number of international delegates,
scientists, academicians, entrepreneurs and students representing various
institutions related to biotechnology and life sciences. We would like to thank
the organizers for inviting BSN to the program where four of our executive
members – Ms. Barsha Poudel, Mr. Niran Maharjan, Mr. Raunak Shrestha and Ms.
Sujita Mainali attended the program.
The symposium was divided into
three sessions – the inaugural session, preliminary session and in-house
session. Read More.....
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Bacteria Cells Programmed to Count
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June 9, 2009 -- Escherichia coli bacteria may be simple organisms, but scientists have now created ones that can count to three.
The advance by scientists from Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could lead to environmental or biological sensors that measure toxins and then self-destruct once their job is done.
"We didn't teach the bacteria to count, we programmed them to count," said James Collins, a professor at Boston University and a co-author on the study, which appeared in a recent issue of the journal Science.
"We can use this new ability as a read-out mechanism or control switch."
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