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International Practical Training Course and Symposium on Applied Genomics and Genome Editing for Food Security
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International Practical Training Course and Symposium on Applied Genomics and Genome Editing for Food Security

28 December, 2023 - 05 January, 2024

Course:

International Practical Training Course and Symposium on Applied Genomics and Genome Editing for Food Security

Course Coodinator:

Prof. Dr. Shahid Mansoor

(Jamil ur Rehman Center for Genome Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan)

 

ORGANIZED BY:

The Sindh Innovation, Research, and Education Network (SIREN) working under the auspices of the Government of Sindh, and the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) is organizing a international practical training course and symposium on “Applied Genomics and Genome Editing for Food Security”. Research scholars, scientists, professionals, and faculty of universities are cordially invited to attend this important practical training course.

 

INTRODUCTION:

Pakistan is facing a huge issue of food and nutritional security. Besides food security, the agriculture sector provides the largest source of foreign exchange earnings such as textile, rice, meat, and leather products. There is a huge emerging market for products aimed at enhancing soil fertility in the Middle East and beyond. Both crops and livestock are important contributors to food security and suffer from low productivity.  Fortunately, there are exciting developments in genomics, genome editing and genetic engineering that allow rapid genetic gain in crops, livestock, and industrial microbes. Moreover, the emerging importance of marine and coastal agriculture under “Blue Economy” offers new avenues for commercial exploitation.

The Jamil ur Rehman Center for Genome Research, Biotechnology wing and National Institute of Virology at ICCBS have huge infrastructure that can be harnessed to serve the nation in general and the Sindh province in particular. Very active interactions with livestock and agriculture have been established to contribute to this noble cause. However, there are gaps in expertise in these new tools that can be filled by practical training course for faculty and research students of Sindh universities.


COURSE CONTENTS:

This is a practical course with the following contents:

1.   Introduction to new breeding technologies.

2.   Genomics of microbes, plants and animals.

3.   Genomic prediction models for genetic gain.

4.   SNP genotyping platforms and their applications in livestock breeding.

5.   CRISPR and other genome editing tools.

6.   Application of genomics in genetic gain in industrial microbes.

7.   Target identification for genome editing in crops.

8.   Designing of guide RNA.

9.   Single and multiple genome editing technologies.

10.  Phenotyping of engineered microbes, plants and animals.

11.  Applications of CRISPR-cas in novel diagnostic tools.

 

OBJECTIVES:

1.         Capacity enhancement of the faculty and students by practical training course involving trained faculty from Pakistan and abroad.

2.         International symposium on “Genomics, genome editing and genetic engineering in plants, livestock and microbes for genetic gain”.

 

ABOUT THE COURSE COORDINATOR:

Prof. Dr. Shahid Mansoor served as the Director of National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) for over nine years. Dr. Mansoor has over 300 publications on his credit with a total impact factor of about 2000, h-index 60, i10 index 194 and over 14000 citations. He has mentored around 100 Ph.D. and M.Phil. students. He was awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 2009. He was declared HEC Distinguished National Professor in 2014, and elected fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in the same year.

The major theme is the socio-economic development by biotechnology tools through collaboration with national and international partners. He has been recently working on next-generation sequencing technologies for understanding simple and complex genomes and developing genome editing tools. The major theme is the socio-economic development by biotechnology tools through collaboration with national and international partners.

 

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND ORGANIZERS:


Faculty

Prof. Dr. Shahid Mansoor, Jamil ur Rehman Center for Genome Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Prof. Dr. Imran Amin, Principal Scientist, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan; Tel.: 92-300-9656495 ([email protected])

Dr. Zahir Ali, Research Scientist, Genome Engineering Lab, Desert Agriculture Initiative, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Ibn Al Haytham Bldg. 2, room 3231-WS16, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; Tel:+966 12 808-2938.

Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, Jamil ur Rehman Center for Genome Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences ICCBS, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Dr. Asma Imran, Principal Scientist, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Dr. Waqas Rafiq Ali, Roslin Institute, UK and National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Dr. Syed Hassan Shah, Assistant Professor, ICCBS, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

 

Invited Speakers (Online)

Prof. Mark Tester, KAUST, Saudi Arabia (Challenges and opportunities for food security in climate change scenario).

Prof. Zulfiqar Bhutta (The nutrition status and challenge of stunting and malnutrition in Pakistan).

Prof. Magdy M. Mahfouz, KAUST, Saudi Arabia (Genome editing tools).

Dr. Ajay Kohli, Director General IRRI (Genomics and genome editing in rice improvement).

Prof. Jert Kema,Wageningen, Netherlands (Panama disease; genomics and control strategies).

Prof. Mike Jones, Australia (Regulatory affairs in genome editing crops).

Dr. Muhammad Adeel (Genome editing regulatory scenario in Pakistan).

Prof. Cristobal Uauy (The John Innes Center, Norwich, UK, genomics and genome editing in wheat).

Prof. Dick de Ridder, Wageningen, Netherlands (Genomic and phenomics, the role of machine learning tools for AI based tool development).

Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Rothamsted Research, UK (International and National linkages for research innovation and commercialization).


Venue:

Lecture Hall A, Latif Ebrahim Jamal National Science Information Center (LEJNSIC), International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi-75270, Pakistan.

Certificates:

Registered participants will receive an e-certificate, after the successful completion of all the necessary requirements of the course.

For Correspondence:

Prof. Dr. Shahid Mansoor (Course Coordinator); email: [email protected]

Prof. Nadeem A. Khan (Manager, SIREN); email: [email protected]; Tel: 021-111-222-292; Ext: 267

Registration Last Date: December 24th, 2023

Registration link:  https://forms.gle/VtvfxSo1exLAEa6c9

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