DAY - 2

Day 2: March 11th, 2023

Session 5: Evolution of complex traits and Disease Genetics 

Chair - Prof. Arup Bandopadhyay & Dr. Anshuman Mishra

09:00 AM - 09:25 AM Keynote Lecture 5: Dr. K. Thangaraj (Genetics of male infertility: whom to blame?)

09:25 AM - 09:50 AM Lecture 9: Dr. Niraj Rai (Recostructing the peopling of old-world South Asia: from modern to ancient genome)

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM Lecture 10: Dr. P. Dhandapani (Functional genomics of heart failure) 

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM Lecture 11: Prof. Manjunath B. Joshi (Neutrophil Extracellular Traps as Central Mediator for Type 2 Diabetes Associated Recurrent Infections and Vascular Complications)

10:40 AM - 11:05 AM Lecture 12: Dr. Vikas Bansal (The Foundational Data Initiative for Parkinson's Disease (FOUNDIN-PD) Enabling Efficient Translation from Genetic Maps to Mechanism)

11:05 AM - 11:10 AM Summary By Chairs

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM      Coffee Break 

Session 6 Population Conservation, History & Disease

Chair - Prof. V. R. Rao & Prof. Radha Chaube

11:40 AM - 12:05 AM Lecture 13: Dr. Kaustubh Adhikari (Prediction of pigmentation in ancient DNA samples – a survey through time and space)

12:05 AM - 12:30 PM Lecture 14: Dr. Manvendra Singh (Regulatory activities of Endogenous retroelements confer the elite control of HIV-1 infection) 

12:30 PM - 12:55 PM Lecture 15: Dr. Ranajit Das (The genome analysis of Koragas, an aboriginal tribe from Southwest coast of India, revealed their ancestral connection with the Middle East)

12:55 PM - 01:20 PM Lecture 16: Dr. Mukesh Thakur (From molecules to monitoring: conservation genetics and genomics in applied wildlife conservation)

01:20 PM - 01:30 PM Lecture 17: Ingenomics

01:30 PM - 01:40 PM Lecture 18: MagGenome

01:40 PM - 01: 45 PM                              Summary by Chairs

01:45 PM - 02:40 PM     Lunch & Poster Session 

Session 7: Genealogy, Genomic selection & Adaptation 

Chair - Prof Banrida Langteih & Dr Gurudatta Baraka

02:40 PM - 03:05 PM     Lecture 19: Dr. Erwan Pennarun (Exploring South Asian specific selection signals with Ohana – first insights)

03:05 PM - 03:30 PM     Lecture 20: Dr. Francesco Montinaro (Accessing Ancestral Composition using Principal Component Analysis).

03:30 PM - 03:55 PM     Lecture 21: Dr. Ruwandi Ranasinghe (Indian Affiliations of Sri Lankans: Dissemination of Uniparental Haplogroups of Prehistoric Individuals, Major Ethnic Groups, and Adivasi People in Sri Lanka).

03:55 PM - 04:20 PM Lecture 22: Dr. Ajai K Pathak (Adding insight to the demographic and natural selection patterns of contemporary Indian populations)

04:20 PM - 04:30 PM Lecture 23: Thermofisher

04:30 PM - 04:40 PM Lecture 24: Dr. Diptendu Chatterjee (A Brief Profile of Body Composition and Obesity-Related Gene Polymorphism Among the Populations of Eastern and Northeastern India).

04:40 PM - 04:45 PM Summary By Chairs

04:45 PM - 05:20 PM   Coffee Break & Meet with speakers

Desk 1: Dr. Kaustubh Adhikari & Dr. Ruwandi Ranasinghe

Desk 2: Dr. Franchesco Montinaro

Desk 3: Dr. Manvendra Singh and Dr. Vikas Bansal

Desk 4: Dr. Erwan Pennarun & Dr. Ajai K Pathak

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM     Cruise and Ganga Aarti

08:30 PM onwards        Dinner