Second Day of the PTC&B Conference
The second day of the conference was equally eventful. It was the day of Professor Ahmed Azad, TWAS Research Professor and Professor Professor Swapan Kumar Datta now at Calcutta University. While the keynote speech by Prof. Azad was on, "Fostering of Sustainable Development in Bangladesh by Strengthening Molecular Biosciences Research Capacity and the Establishment of a Research-driven Pharmaceutical Industry", the topic of the lecture by Prof. Datta was on, "On Designer Plant for Drug Discovery and Human Welfare." Another notable speaker was Dr. Nasim Begum Mila from Tokushima University Japan. The topic of her presentation was, "Expression of peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor gamma and the growth inhibitory effect of its synthetic ligands in human salivary gland cancer lines." There were two scientific sessions, one on "Plant Transformation: Status and Prospect of Transgenic Crops in Developing Countries," and the other was on, "Biosafety and Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Plants." One of the presentations was on legume transformation by Dr. Fahmi Hassan, a postdoctoral fellow from Prof. Jacobsen's lab, at Hanover University, Germany. The day's last scientific session was on, "Progress and Prospect of Commercialization of in vitro plants and Value-added Products."
