Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Abul Mandal
University of skovde,Sweden
Keynote: Genetic engineering of tobacco plants by expressing arsenic responsive genes of Lysinibacillus sphaericus and Arabidopsis thaliana for removal of arsenics from the contaminated lands
Time : 09:45-10:45
Biography:
Abul Mandal has completed his PhD from University of Agriculture in Cracow, Poland and Postdoctoral studies from University of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, he was appointed as a Professor of Molecular Biology at the System Biology Research Center of the University of Skövde, Sweden. Currently, he is heading the Biotechnology Research Group at the same university. He also functions as the Academic Coordinator of the School of Bioscience. He has three patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the USA and one PCT patent that has been granted by the Patent Office in India. He has also published more than 100 papers in reputed peer reviewed journals. Since 2010, he has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of several scientific journals.
Abstract:
Contamination of foods and water with heavy metals, such as arsenic is a severe threat to human health and the environment. Long-term exposure to arsenic leads to chronic poisoning of human health and results in severe diseases such as keratosis, gangrene, kidney damage, neurovascular disorders and many forms of cancer. In this paper we report our recent results on genetic engineering of tobacco plants for removal of arsenics from the contaminated lands so that arsenic free foods and fodders can be obtained from these soils. Previously, by using bioinformatics, molecular biology and microbiology tools, we have identified and studied three key genes suitable for this purpose. One of these genes (PCS1) was isolated from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the other two genes (arsB and arsC) were isolated from an arsenic resistant bacterium Lysinibacillus sphaericus collected from an arsenic contaminated land in South East. Our modeling studies show that by overexpressing PCS1, it is possible to increase the uptake and accumulation of arsenic in the roots of the model plant A. thaliana by 38%, which means that the arsenic content in the growth medium could be reduced by the same amount. Preliminary results obtained very recently in the laboratory experiments show that transgenic Escherichia coli strains overexpressing arsB and arsC genes of Lysinibacillus sphaericus can reduce arsenic content in the liquid growth medium by 46%. Now we have transferred these genes into tobacco plants in various combinations by using Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA mediated gene transfer system and transgenic tobacco lines have been regenerated. Evaluation of bioremediation potentials of these plants (increased uptake and accumulation of arsenics) will be discussed.
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Khwaja Hossain
Mayville State University, USA
Keynote: Uptake and translocation of bio-based polymer in plant tissue
Time : 11:00 - 11:30
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Tingting Deng
Chinese academy of Inspection and Quarantine, China
Keynote: Quantitative identification of species and GM ingredients in food
Time : 11:30-12:00
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Mokrish Ajat
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Keynote: Cholesterol uptake in mammalian cells supplemented with edible bird nest (EBN) extract
Time : 12:00 - 12:30
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Soraya Siabani
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Keynote: Why pregnant women do not adherent to iron/folate supplementation? A cross-sectional study
Time : 12:30 - 13:00
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A M Alseaf
Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Keynote: Molecular characteristics of Aradi goats with prediction equation of growth pattern
Time : 14:00-14:30
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Jessica D Rey
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Keynote: Assessment of seed dispersal through metagenomic analysis of the DNA-barcoded fruit-bat species diet in the tropical lowland forest of Palanan, Isabela
Time : 14:30-15:00
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Jessica D Rey is Assistant Professor in University of Philippines, Philippines
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Daniel Mavu
University of Namibia, Namibia
Keynote: A review of rise of modern pharmaceutical biotechnology in antibiotic drug discovery and development from natural sources and future implications
Time : 15:00-15:30
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Naser Aliye Feto
Vaal University of Technology, South Africa
Keynote: Comparative and functional metagenomic analyses of goat rumen microbiota
Time : 15:45-16:15
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Peter Cheung
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Keynote: Biosynthetic regulation of production of Antroquinonol from submerged mycelial fermentation of Antrodia camphorate: A mechanistic study
Time : 16:15-16:45