INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS (ICABB 2013)

X CONVENTION OF THE BIOTECH RESEARCH SOCIETY, INDIA 25th to 27th NOV 2013, PUNE, INDIA
www.icabb2013.dpu.edu.in
INVITATION
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pune along with The Biotech Research Society, India cordially invites you to celebrate a decade of their establishment. On this occasion, Dr. D.Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute is organizing the International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB 2013) and X convention of Biotech Research Society India. Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth was established in the year 2003 under section 3 of the UGC act 1956, Government of India and is accredited by NAAC with A grade. The Vidyapeeth has seven constituent Institutions at Pune, viz. Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Institute, Global Business School & Research Centre, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Nursing, Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy and Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Optometry and Visual Sciences. We look forward to extending our hospitality to you and hope that your participation will make this event a grand success. The scientific program of the conference would comprise plenary and invited lectures from the internationally acclaimed and eminent experts. Contributory papers would be presented as posters. About 80 speakers from nearly 20 countries will share their views over 27 sessions over three days at ICABB 2013. A detailed list of speakers will be available on the conference website. Participation is open all involved in the research, teaching, consultancy, planning, business etc. from all over the world. Oral presentations are by invitation only, however prospective participants are invited to contribute papers to be presented as posters. Research scholars and students are encouraged to participate and present their research at the conference. The posters might be considered for publication in special issues of reputed journals if full manuscripts are submitted for peer-review. Best posters will be given awards at the concluding ceremony of the conference. A souvenir of all the abstracts including plenary, invited lectures and contributory presentations would be published.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Registration commences Early bird Registration till Abstract Submission commences Abstract submission closes Abstract Acceptance notification Booking for accommodation commences Payment for accommodation to be made till 1st May 2013 15th September 2013 1st May 2013 31st July 2013 15th August 2013 1st August 2013 30th September 2013

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Theme Areas Plant Biotechnology (PBT) Microbial and Industrial Biotechnology (MIB) Animal and Medical Biotechnology (AMB) Nano-Biotechnology (NBT) Systems Biology and Bioinformatics (SBB) Biotechnology, Business and IPR (BBI)

Organized by Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Tathawade, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune 411018 (Accredited by NAAC with A grade)

Venue Le Meridien Hotel Raja Bahadur Mill Road, Behind Pune Railway Station, Pune 411001, Maharashtra, India.

REGISTRATION FEES Overseas Participants Full delegate Accompanying person Student Indian Delegates Full delegate Accompanying person Student BRSI Members Full Delegates Accompanying person Student ACCOMODATION
Accommodation for registered participants would be arranged on request. The application forms for accommodation and approximate tariff ranges will be available on the conference website from 1st August 2013.

Till 15th Sep 2013 US$ 300 US$ 150 US$ 150 Till 15th Sep2013 Rs. 4500 Rs. 2500 Rs. 3000 Till 15th Sep 2013 Rs. 3500 Rs. 2500 Rs. 2000

After 15th Sep 2013 US $ 400 US $ 200 US $ 200 After 15th Sep 2013 Rs. 5000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 3500 After 15th Sep 2013 Rs. 4000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 2500

On the spot US$ 450 US$ 250 US$ 250 On the spot Rs. 5500 Rs. 3500 Rs. 4000 On the spot Rs. 4500 Rs. 3500 Rs. 3000

ORGANIZERS
Chief Patron Patrons General Chair Conference Chair Convener Dr. P. D. Patil, President, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Prof. K. B. Powar, Chancellor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Dr. P. N. Razdan, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Dr. Ashok Pandey, Founder President, BRSI, CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum Prof. P. Gunasekaran, President, BRSI Prof. M. B. Khetmalas, Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Dr AC Banerjee, EIPL, Kolkata Sri S Biswas, TIFAC, New Delhi Prof R Boopathy, NU, USA Prof GR Castro, IB, Argentina Dr T Chakrabarti, NEERI, Nagpur Dr Sachin Chaturvedi, IRS, New Delhi Prof Asis Datta, NIPGR, New Delhi Prof DN Deobagkar, UoP, Pune Dr Arvind Duggal, DBT, New Delhi Prof CG Dussap, UBP, France Dr RP Gaikaiwari, HTBS, Pune Dr Amit Ghosh, Kolkata Prof E Gnansounou, EPFL, Switzerland Sri Piyush Palkhiwala, MAPS, Ahmedabad Prof JM Park, POSTECH, Korea Dr RBN Prasad, IICT, Hyderabad Dr Girish Sahni, IMT, Chandigarh Dr DJ Samathanam, DST, New Delhi Dr RS Sangwan, BioProcessing Unit, Mohali Prof MA Sanroman, UdV, Spain Dr Lalji Singh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Prof C Visvanathan, AIT, Thailand Prof DJ Chattopadhyay, University of Calcutta Prof PC Hallenbeck, UM, Canada Prof P Kaliraj, AU, Chennai Prof A Kondo, KU, Japan Dr Banwari Lal, TERI, New Delhi Prof Arvind Lali, ICT, Mumbai Prof Christian Larroche, UBP, France Prof DJ Lee, NTU, Taiwan Prof KT Lee, USM, Malaysia Prof K Mishra, NASI, Allahabad Dr CS Nautiyal, NBRI, Lucknow Prof HH Ngo, UTS, Australia Prof G Padmanaban, IISc, Bangalore Prof TP Singh, AIIMS, New Delhi Prof CR Soccol, UFPR, Brazil Dr Renu Swarup, DBT, New Delhi Dr NC Talukdar, IBSD, Manipur Prof Indu S Thakur, JNU, New Delhi Prof M Taherzadeh, University of Boras, Sweden Prof Anil Tripathi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Dr DK Tuli, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Faridabad Prof RD Tyagi, INRS, Canada Dr AC Mishra, NIV, Pune Prof. N. K. Chrungoo, NEHU, Shillong