Convenor- Ms. Tanvi Bore
The Department of Biochemistry in collaboration with IQAC department, VIVA College of Arts, Commerce & Science had organized a SCIENCE MEME making competition with title “#MEMEONSCIENCE” from 31st January 2021 to 5th February 2021. Meme is an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations, plus mixing it with science, it was decided to name the competition as #MEMEONSCIENCE.The major motto behind this competition was to make students develop their creative and scientific skills together. The entire competition was conducted online and around 27 students had participated in this competition. The competition was conducted for a week. In that week students were supposed to make a meme on science and mail it to the given mail ID.
Talk on “Brain, Sex and You"
Invited to give a talk on “Brain, Sex and You. The talk dealt with how we live in a gender binary society where the sex of the baby is decided right at birth and that individual is expected to follow the socially and culturally prescribed roles of that gender. However, beyond physical qualities, profound differences are seen in the behavior and cognitive traits of men and women suggesting that there might be differences in their brain as well. Putting forth the concept of the brain sex, we ask the questions why and when should these differences arise in the brain? Can the brain decide the sex of the individual?
‘Engineering of Strains using Functional Genomics’
He gave a talk on ‘Engineering of Strains using Functional Genomics’. The talk dealt with strategies available for engineering microbial strains concentrating on CRISPR-Cas9 technology of genome editing which allows permanent modification of genomes.
Hands-on Workshop on Chick Embryology
He was invited to conduct a Hands-on Workshop on Chick Embryology which included the Handling of Embryonated eggs, study of different developmental stages of the chick embryo and preparation of permanent slides of the embryo.