"Translational Medicine: Bedside to Bench to Bedside"

International symposium on “Trends in Translational Medicine: Bedside to Bench to Bedside.”

Date :December 6-7, 2008

Venue :National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore

Invited Speakers:
Barbara Alving, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
M.K. Bhan, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Atul Butte, Stanford University, California
Vishwa Dixit, Genentech Inc., California
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Stanford University, California
Raju Kucherlapati, Harvard-Partners Center for Genetics & Genomics, Boston
Elizabeth G. Nabel, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Jerry Olefsky, University of California, San Diego
Srinath Reddy, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
Mark Tuszynski, University of California, San Diego
Rajashekar V., Christian Medical College, Vellore
Inder Verma, The Salk Institute, La Jolla
Ranjan Yajnik , KEM Hospital, Pune

Note: Talks on the 6th are open to all.

Please register with Nidhi Srivastava on nidhisri@ncbs.res.in by November 30, 2008 if you wish to attend.

Download Poster here .

Program Schedule

Sunday, December 6th :

8.45 – 9.30 am	Registration
09:30 am	Introduction M.K. Bhan, DBT, GoI Inder Verma, Salk Institute, La Jolla
09:45-10:25 am	Vishwa Dixit, Genentech Inc., California (Cancer)
10:25-10:55 am	Tea- Break
10:55-11:35 am	Chitranjan Yajnik, KEM Hospital, Pune (Diabetes)
11:35-12:15 pm	K.R. Balakrishnan , Shri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
12:15-12:55 pm	Inder Verma, The Salk Institute(Mouse models)
12:55- 2:00 pm	*Lunch*
2:00-2:45 pm	V. Rajashekar, Christian Medical College, Vellore (Neurology)
2:45-3:25 pm	Mark Tuzynski, University of California, San Diego (AD & Parkinson)
3:25-3:55 pm	Tea- Break
3:55-4:35 pm	Atul Butte, Stanford University, California (Bioinformatics in medicine)
4:35-5:15 pm	Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Stanford University, California (Imaging in medicine)
5:15-5:55 pm	Edward Holmes, Bio Medical Research Council, Singapore "Tr\anslational Medicine-Insights From Other Systems".
7:00-9:00 pm	Dinner

Sunday, December 7th :

Round Table: What are India’s needs in Translational Medicine and what are the possibilities? Moderator: Inder Verma
09:30 -10:00 am	M. K. Bhan Overview
10:00-12:00 pm	Views of Indian participants Tea Coffee and snacks provided at the table.
12:00- 1:30 pm	Views of foreign participants
1:30- 2:30 pm	Lunch
2:30- 5:30 pm	Topics for post- lunch discussions: The problem of linking medical education research. Problems and remedies. What are the viable models for Bed-Bench-Bedside? How best can preclinical models be taken forward in India? Starting and managing clinical trials What role can industry play? Concrete suggestions & liaisons with Indian counterparts. Institutional for Translational Medicine? How can its structure be effective?
5:30- 6:30 pm	Drafting of white paper