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IISER Pune presents the Skill-enhancement for Under-Represented Groups in Education (SURGE) workshop!

🔬 What: A fully-funded, 7-day intensive Molecular Biology Workshop 🗓️ When: 22-28 December 2024 📍 Where: IISER Pune Campus

👥 Who can apply: • Masters students from marginalized groups (SC, ST, OBC non-creamy layer, EWS, Women) • Studying in institutes located in Category Y and Z cities of India • Currently enrolled in a post graduate course (M.Sc.) or IV-V year of an Integrated Masters Program / BTech in any branch of life-sciences. IV-V year MBBS/BAMS students can also apply.

🌟 Workshop Highlights: • Hands-on experiments for all participants • Cutting-edge techniques in molecular biology • Visits to academic/industrial facilities • Talks by renowned scientists • All expenses covered (travel, accommodation, meals) • Certificate upon successful completion.

🔬 Learn vital skills: • Restriction-based gene cloning • In silico plasmid editing and primer designing • Gene expression quantification (qPCR) • Protein expression check and confirmation.

📅 Key Dates: • Registration opens: 5 September 2024 • Application deadline: 6 October 2024 • Shortlist notification: 20 October 2024

📧 For queries: [email protected] 🔗 Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/322th9yy

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A piece of cloth containing the killer's DNA has been discovered from a crime scene. You have three suspects. Who did it?

Duration: 3.5 hours
Level: School students (Class IX-XII)

To know more and apply for the workshop:
https://sites.google.com/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/molbio-young-scientist/current-workshops/basic-whodunnit

To clarify, students will NOT get blood stained cloths from crime-scenes!! They will do a basic restriction digestion followed by gel electrophoresis to discover unique band patterns given by three different genotypes. They will then compare these patterns against DNA extracted from a piece of cloth and digested similarly!! The principle of the experiment is the same as that used by forensic scientists to identify criminals.

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The Molecular Biology Workshops are back. This year, we have a new workshop for school students: DNA fingerprinting. Also check out our new website!! Please consider spreading the word.