Three Stories of Applied Research
As scheduled, on the 17th at 2:30 p.m. Professor Alam presented his second talk at the BARC auditorium on "Three Stories of Applied Research: Blood Substitute, Herbal Extract Against Dengue Fever and Papaya Genome: How We Did it and What We Have Learned. Among those who graced the occasion were member directors of BARC, scientists from BARI, BRRI, BJRI, professors and senior colleagues from BAU, Dhaka University, IPSA and other institutions. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Md. Khalequzzaman A. Chowdhury, Member Director (crops). The lecture was followed by a stimulating discussion which among others also covered the circumstances which led to the discontinuation of USDA-supported papaya project. The consensus was that the papaya field trial should start after the net house containment experiments are duly completed with no adverse effects on the environment.
On the 18th morning, Prof. Maqsud is scheduled to meet Dr. Abdur Razzaque, the Executive Chairman of BARC to discuss about the papaya genomic project. The meeting between the two great visionaries took place in a conducive atmosphere. Later in the day Prof. Maqsud visited Bangladesh Jute Research Institute and called on DG and met the directors and concerned scientists.
