BIOSPECTRUM 2017
International Conference on Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India
25-26 August 2017
CALL FOR PAPERS
Accepted and presented papers will be submitted for publication in the
SPRINGER Publication House
BIOSPECTRUM 2017
This conference will bring forth a unique bridging forum for interaction among eminent academicians, scientists, researchers and professionals from various branches of biological sciences, a platform to exchange knowledge and expertise enriching researchers with opportunities of networking and collaboration across the globe. This conference will also promote an intense dialogue between academia and industry to bridge the gap between academic research, industry initiatives and governmental policies. This is fostered through panel discussions, keynote lectures, invited talks and industry exhibits where academia is exposed to state-of-practice and results from trials and interoperability experiments.
Topics and Technical areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:
Track I: Applied Biotechnology
- Algal Biotechnology
- Animal biotechnology
- Food Processing & Technology
- Marine and Ocean Biotechnology
- Regulatory in Biotechnology, Bioethics
- Microbial & Biochemical Technology
- Biosecurity
- Bioterorrism
- Enzyme technology
- Food technology
- Microplastics in the marine environment
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Industrial biotechnology
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology in biotechnological research
Track II: Medical Biotechnology
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Stem Cell Research & Tissue Science
- Clinical and Cellular Immunology
- Nanomedicine for cancer diagnosis & therapy
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Track III: Environmental Biotechnology
- Green Biotechnology
- Bioenvironmental Engineering and Risk Assessment
- Bioremediation & Biodegradation
- Catalysis for environment and sustainability
- Environmental monitoring and control
- Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
- Biomonitoring
- Energy technologies and sustainability
- Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
- Hydrology and water resources management
- Eco-technology
- Life-cycle analysis
- Biodiversity & Climate change
- Ecology & climate change
- Low carbon technology
- Waste minimization technology
- Bio-degradation of hazardous substances
Track IV: Genetics & Molecular Biotechnology
- Tissue engineering
- Microbial genome
- Clinical and Molecular Genetics
- Plant breeding & genetics
- Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics
- Molecular, cellular and process biothermodynamics
Track V: Bioinformatics & Computational Biotechnology
- DNA Computing
- Neural Computing
- Evolutionary Computing
- Immuno-Computing
- Swarm-Computing
- Cellular-Computing
- Gene Expression Array Analysis
- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Biological Systems
- Analysis and Visualization of Large Biological Data Sets
- Medical Imaging and Pattern Recognition
- Biomedical Data Modelling and Mining
- Treatment Optimisation
- Biomedical Model Parameterisation
- Brain Computer Interface
- Protein Science & Computational Biology
- Environmental data analysis and modeling
- RNA and Protein Folding and Structure Prediction
Track VI: Bio-energy
- Biomass derivatives in petrochemistry
- Catalytic processes for biofuels production
- Bio-Photo-/Electro-catalytic conversion of renewables
- Balanced use of fossil and renewable resources
- Microbial & Non-microbial biofuel
- Efficient Conversion of Biomass and waste into biofuel
Track VII : Biodiversity & biotechnology
- Biodiversity and ecological balance
- Biodiversity and biotechnological research
- Interdependence among floral and faunal diversity
- Biodiversity & biofuel
General Chair:
- Prof. Chanchal Dasgupta (University of Calcutta)
- Dr. Satyajit Chakrabarti (Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata)
Technical Program Chairs:
- Prof. Takeo Sasaki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
- Dr. Eric Yap (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
- Prof. Utpal Raychaudhuri (Jadavpur University,India)
- Prof. Abhay Sankar Chakraborti (University of Calcutta)
Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Takeo Sasaki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
- Dr. Eric Yap (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
- Prof. Utpal Raychaudhuri (Jadavpur University,India)
- Dr. Hemanta K Majumder (CSIR-IICB, India)
- Dr. Uday Bandopadhyay (CSIR-IICB, India)
- Prof. Ruma Pal (University of Calcutta)
- Prof. Nirupama Mallick (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,India)
Technical Committee Members:
- Dr.Hemanta K Majumder (CSIR-IICB, India)
- Dr.Uday Bandopadhyay (CSIR-IICB, India)
- Prof. Ruma Pal (University of Calcutta, India)
- Prof. Nirupama Mallick (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)
- Dr. Srikanta Ghosh (ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, India)
- Dr. Asok Kanti Sanyal (Chairman, West Bengal Biodiversity Board)
- Prof. Debjani Nath (University of Kalyani, India)
- Prof. Neera Sen (University of Kalyani, India)
- Biswajit Ghosh (Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College)
- Anirban Kundu (Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College)
- Joy Sarakar (Dinabandhu Andrews College)
- Rita Kundu (Calcutta University)
- Raja Banerjee (Maulana Abul Kalam University of Technology)
- Shreya Chakrabarti (Columbia University)
- Moumita Mukherjee (Adamas University)
- Manjusha Sinha (Jaipuria College)
- Subhankar Roy Barman (NIT Durgapur)
- Monidipa Ghosh (NIT Durgapur)
Other Events along with the conference
- Panel Discussion/Interactive session on employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in Biotechnology.
- Poster Presentation
How to Apply:
REGISTRATION:
- Please see our website: http://biospectrum.org/?page_id=109
BIOSPECTRUM Paper Categories:
- Regular Paper – 5 pages maximum (Additional pages allowed but at an extra charge)
- Poster – (36X48)
Paper Submission:
BIOSPECTRUM uses EasyChair for submission.
Authors need to:
- Create an account (if not already registered) with EasyChair at https://easychair.org/account/signup.cgi
- Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bspec2017
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Important Deadlines:
- Abstract Submission : 30th April 2017
- Acceptance Notification : 20th May 2017
- Camera Ready Paper Submission : 21st June 2017
- Author Registration Due by : 21st June 2017
