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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