| Track 1: Bioethics & IPR |
| Track 1-1 |
Bioethics: The legal and socioeconomic impacts |
| Track 1-2 |
Intellectual property rights |
| Track 1-3 |
Patents & legal implications |
| Track 1-4 |
Biodiversity and farmers rights |
| Track 2: Biosafety and rDNA Guidelines |
| Track 2-1 |
Biosafety regulation and national and international guidelines |
| Track 2-2 |
r-DNA guidelines |
| Track 2-3 |
Experimental protocol approvals, levels of containment |
| Track 2-4 |
Roles of Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| Track 2-5 |
Safety control of genetic modification |
| Track 3: Gene and Cell Therapy using Mammalian Artificial Chromosome (MAC) Vectors |
| Track 3-1 |
MACs as novel gene delivery vectors |
| Track 3-2 |
MAC vectors for gene function studies |
| Track 3-3 |
MAC vectors for development of animal models |
| Track 3-4 |
Genetic defects and MAC-based therapy |
| Track 3-5 |
MAC in stem cell research |
| Track 3-6 |
MAC vectors for biotechnology |
| Track 3-7 |
MACs for cancer research |
| Track 4: Recombinant DNA Technology |
| Track 4-1 |
Restriction and modifying enzymes |
| Track 4-2 |
Design of linkers and adaptors |
| Track 4-3 |
Recombinant cytokines and antibodies |
| Track 4-4 |
Recombinant vaccines |
| Track 4-5 |
Recombinant growth hormones |
| Track 4-6 |
Recombinant therapeutic proteins |
| Track 4-7 |
Biological products through genetic engineering techniques |
| Track 4-8 |
Production of generic drugs using genetic engineering techniques |
| Track 5: Genetically Modified Products |
| Track 5-1 |
Method of production |
| Track 5-2 |
Regulation of the release of genetic modified organisms |
| Track 5-3 |
Genetically modified food controversies |
| Track 5-4 |
Risk analysis and assessment |
| Track 5-5 |
Functional food and chronic disease |
| Track 6: Human Genetic Engineering |
| Track 6-1 |
Human Genome Project (HGP) |
| Track 6-2 |
Evolutionary human genetics |
| Track 6-3 |
Human cloning & human genetic manipulation |
| Track 6-4 |
Genes and blood type |
| Track 6-5 |
Genes, inheritance and evolution |
| Track 6-6 |
Reproductive genetics |
| Track 6-7 |
In vitro fertilization & embryo transfer technology |
| Track 6-8 |
Genotype and phenotype |
| Track 6-9 |
Cytogenetic and genome research |
| Track 6-10 |
Human epigenetic disorders |
| Track 6-11 |
Xenotransplantation & organ donation |
| Track 6-12 |
Tissue engineering and its impacts |
| Track 7: Tools in Genetic Engineering |
| Track 7-1 |
Isolation and purification of nucleic acids |
| Track 7-2 |
Electrophoresis and types |
| Track 7-3 |
Blotting and types |
| Track 7-4 |
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) |
| Track 7-5 |
Single cell analysis: genomics and functional genomics |
| Track 7-6 |
DNA sequencing |
| Track 7-7 |
Preparation of probes |
| Track 7-8 |
Different labeling methods |
| Track 7-9 |
Hybridization and types |
| Track 7-10 |
Radiography and chromatography techniques |
| Track 7-11 |
Particle bombardment, electroporation & microinjection |
| Track 8: Microbial Genetics |
| Track 8-1 |
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression |
| Track 8-2 |
Microbial DNA: Gene transfer |
| Track 8-3 |
Epigenetics in microorganisms |
| Track 8-4 |
Viral genetics |
| Track 8-5 |
Mutation: Changes to the genome |
| Track 9: Plant Genetic Engineering |
| Track 9-1 |
Plant genetics |
| Track 9-2 |
Transgenic plants |
| Track 9-3 |
Genetically modified crops & agriculture |
| Track 9-4 |
Cloning of plant DNA & cloning vectors |
| Track 9-5 |
Plant hormones & biotic stress |
| Track 9-6 |
Screening and selection of mutants |
| Track 9-7 |
Plant growth and life cycle, abiotic stress |
| Track 10: Genetic Engineering & Stem Cell Research |
| Track 10-1 |
Cell potency & toxicity screening |
| Track 10-2 |
Preclinical and clinical research |
| Track 10-3 |
Embryonic stem cell and adult stem cell |
| Track 10-4 |
Induced pluripotent stem cell |
| Track 10-5 |
Milk teeth stem cells |
| Track 10-6 |
Menstrual blood: Rich source of stem cells |
| Track 10-7 |
Stem cell for treating various diseases & syndromes |
| Track 11: Cloning and Techniques |
| Track 11-1 |
Vectors for cloning |
| Track 11-2 |
Mapping the DNA and DNA finger printing |
| Track 11-3 |
Chromosome walking and jumping |
| Track 11-4 |
Preparation of competent cell-transformation |
| Track 11-5 |
Gene Bank, genomic DNA library & cDNA libraries |
| Track 11-6 |
Cloning of animals & its impact on the environment |
| Track 11-7 |
Fish genetics |
| Track 11-8 |
Transgenic animals |
| Track 12: Genetics Syndromes and Genomics of Infectious Diseases |
| Track 12-1 |
Developmental genetics |
| Track 12-2 |
Cancer genetics |
| Track 12-3 |
Clinical genetics |
| Track 12-4 |
Genetic disorders and autoimmune diseases |
| Track 12-5 |
Genetics of host response and resistance to viruses |
| Track 12-6 |
Emerging infections & recent discoveries |
| Track 12-7 |
Pathogen genomic biology and therapy |
| Track 13: Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy |
| Track 13-1 |
Vectors for gene therapy |
| Track 13-2 |
Molecular and cell mediated gene therapy |
| Track 13-3 |
Applications of gene therapy |