CONFERENCE AND SEMINARS

December 2015

• Ms. Swati Chitrangi, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, attended the 6th Indian Scientists association in Japan Symposium on Recent Advances in Science and Technology, organized by ‘Indian Scientists association in Japan’ at Indian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan on 4th December 2015.
• Ms. Shirya Sawant, Ms. Aafrin Pettiwala, Ms. Kanchan Hariramani, Ms. Sreenidhi Shetty, Ms. Ashruti Thakore, Ms. Preethika Nair, Ms. Prachi Shah, Ms. Juilee Kadam, Ms. Prajakta Vaishampayan, Ms. Asmita Kamble, Ms. Anjali Modani, Ms. Ranjita Save and Ms. Hiral Khakkar, M.Sc. and Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. students, Biological Sciences, visited the ‘Open Day’ organized by the Advanced Centre for Training, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai on 4th December 2015.

November 2015

• Mr. Nishant Salunke, Ph.D. Chemical Sciences student and Mr. Neil Murali and Mr. Pritesh Halder, M.Sc. Chemistry students, attended the International conference on "Advanced Techniques & Applications of Mass Spectrometry", organized by Select Biosciences India Pvt. Ltd. At Mumbai on 19th -20th November 2015.
• Ms. Shaleen Multani, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Global Cancer Summit”, at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru on 18th – 20th November 2015. She presented a paper entitled "Single nucleotide polymorphism as predictive biomarker in oral cancer”.
• Ms. Wendy D’Souza, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Joint ISMPO ISO Conference 2015- Indian Data & Practical Recommendations (Biennial national conference of indian society of medical and paediatric oncology and indian society of oncology)” organized by Indian Society of Oncology at Mumbai on November 6th – 8th 2015. She presented a paper entitled "Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in ANKRD17, SAMD4A, POLE, CTSB and UBE2E2 in Oral Cancer” and was awarded the ISO Young Scientist Award - Best oral presentation.
• Ms. Subuhi Yete, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, participated in the "Joint ISMPO ISO Conference”, Indian Society of Oncology, 6th – 8th November 2015.

October 2015

• Ms. Delina Joseph, Ph.D. Chemical Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Recent Advances in Spectroscopy and Analytical Techniques”, at Mumbai, organized by NMIMS Sunandan Divatia School of Science, from 15th - 17th October 2015. She gave an oral presentation entitled "Surfactant mediated interactions of bare Magnetic Nanoparticles with Serum Protein: Spectroscopic and thermodynamic insights”.

September 2015

• Ms. Kavya Mehta and Ms. Bhagyashree Sheth, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the "Hand on Seminar on Primus and introduction of Eccentron”in Mumbai, organized by H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital on 10th September 2015.
• Ms. Delina Joseph, Ph.D. Chemical Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Nanospectroscopy for Two dimensial materials”, at TU Chemnitz, Germany, organized by Rosche Ltd., from 8th - 10th September 2015. She presented a poster entitled "Probing Magnetic Nanoparticles Core/Shell Interactions: Spectroscopic Insights”.

August 2015

• Mr. Sagar Chhhabria, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Society of Biological Chemists (India) Mumbai Chapter Meeting”, organized by National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health at National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai on 22nd August 2015. He presented a poster entitled "Inhibition of pancreatic cancer cell line (MIA PaCa-2) by a novel approach: In situ Allicin generation using targeted Allinase delivery”, and won the ‘Best Poster Award’.
• Mr. Vaibhav Jadhav, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Society of Biological Chemists (India) Mumbai Chapter Meeting”, organized by National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health at National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai on 22nd August 2015. He presented a poster entitled "Arsenic trioxide nanoparticle induces p53 dependent apoptosis in PC-3 cells via epigenetic remodelling and p21Waf1/Cip1 expression”.
• Ms. Nikita Suvarna, Ms. Bhagyashree Sheth, and Ms. Nirali Shah, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the Workshop on Mulligan’s Manual Therapy, organized by Capri Institute at Mumbai on 6th - 13th August 2015.

July 2015

• Ms. Nikita Suvarna, Master of Physiotherapy student, attended the Lecture Session on Health, organized by JP Morgan & Co. at JP Morgan & Co., Mumbai. on 24th July 2015.
• Ms. Mansi Doshi, Master of Physiotherapy student, attended the Lecture Session on Health, organized by JP Morgan & Co. at JP Morgan & Co., Mumbai. on 10th July 2015.
• Ms. Shaleen Multani, Ph.D. Biological Sciences student, attended the conference entitled "Recent advances in biomarkers of Breast Cancer”, at Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai, organized by Rosche Ltd., on 4th July 2015.

June 2015

• Ms. Mansi Doshi, Ms. Ashwini Kadam, Ms. Kaavya Mehta, Ms. Shivani Pandey, Ms. Pooja Kamble, Ms. Forum Kacheria, Ms. Nishita Rana, Ms. Bhagyashri Sheth, Ms. Nikita Suvarna, Ms. Jigna Dagha and Ms. Snigdha Karmokar, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the ‘Physiotherapy Camp, Sanjaan’ organized by the ‘Department of Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine, Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital’ in Mumbai on 27th – 28th, 2015
• Ms. Kavya Mehta and Ms. Nikita Suvarna attended the ‘Maharashtra Athletic Association Senior State Athletic Championship, 2015’ organized by the ‘Mumbai Suburban District Athletic Association’ in Mumbai on 26th June 2015.

May 2015

• Ms. Nikita Suvarna and Ms. Mansi Doshi, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the ‘CCI 9th Ramesh Desai National Tennis Tournament’ as ‘on field physiotherapists’ from 18th – 23rd May 2015 at CCI, Mumbai.

February 2015

• Ms. Miloni Thakkar, PhD student, Biological Sciences, attended the "14th International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential on New Drug Delivery Systems” organized by the ‘Controlled Release Society - Indian Chapter’ at the ‘Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai’ on 23rd – 24th February 2015. She presented a poster entitled "Niosomes as multi-drug delivery systems for anti-malarial drugs” at the conference.
• Mr. Vaibhav Jadhav and Ms. Maneka Hoonjan, PhD students, Biological Sciences, attended the "International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Cancer Theronostics (ISNACT - 2015)” organized by the ‘Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science, IIT Bombay’ at ‘IIT Bombay, Mumbai’, on 19th – 21st February 2015. Mr. Vaibhav presented a poster entitled "Arsenic trioxide nanoparticle induces caspase dependent apoptosis in LNCaP and PC-3 cells via epigenetic remodelling and CDKI expression” and won the ‘Best Poster’ award for the same.
• Ms. Subuhi Yete, PhD student, Biological Sciences, attended the "34th Annual Convention of Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR)” organized by the ‘Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR)’ at ‘Jaipur’ on 19th – 21st February 2015. She presented her work entitled "Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms as biomarkers in Oral Cancer” at the conference.
• Ms. Saniya Laheri, Ms. Wendy D'souza, Ms. Subuhi Yete, Ms. Shaleen Multani, Ms. Shreelekha Dutta, Ms. Shruti Taparia, Ms. Maneka Hoonjan, Mr. Vaibhav Jadhav, Ph. D. students, attended the workshop, "Pathways to Cancer” organized by Advanced Centre for Training, Research, and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai, India, on 14th February 2015.
• Ms. Delina Joseph, PhD student, Chemical Sciences, attended the "National Conference on advances and innovations in Chemical Sciences (NCAICS -2015)” organized by ‘Mumbai University’ at ‘Mumbai University, Kalina, Mumbai’ on 12th – 13th February 2015. She gave an oral presentation entitled "Insights into the interactions of Magnetic Nanoparticles with Serum Proteins” at the conference.
• Ms. Mugdha Kunte and Mr. Sagar Chhabria, PhD students, Biological Sciences, attended the "International Conference on Molecular Pathways to Therapeuics: Paradigms and Challenges in Oncology” organized by the ‘Carcinogenesis Foundation (USA) and Advanced Centre for Training, Research, and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai, India,’ at ACTREC on 11th – 13th February 2015. They presented posters entitled "Study of Inhibitory effect of C-Phycocyanin complex on human matrix metalloproteinases” and "Inhibition of pancreatic cancer cell line (MIA PaCa-2) by a novel approach: In-situ allicin generation using targeted allinase delivery”, respectively.
• Ms. Nirjara Bhayani, Ms. Kritika Poddar, Ms. Dhara Mehta, Ms. Sneha Jariwala, Ms. Bhagyashri Sheth, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the ‘Workshop on Kinesiotaping. KT 1 & KT 2 Certification’ organized by ‘HPE’ on 7th – 8th February 2015.
• Ms. Miloni Thakkar, PhD student, Biological Sciences, attended the "5th International Conference on Neutron Scattering (CNS-2015)” organized by the ‘Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, India’ at the ‘Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education’ on 02nd – 04th February 2015. She presented a poster entitled "Probing the effect of cholesterol on the self-assembly of some non-ionic surfactants by small-angle neutron scattering” at the conference.

January 2015

• Ms. Pritika Lalwani, Ms. Pooja Mehta, Ms. Khadijeh Menai, and Ms. Roli Dave, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the "IASMCON 2015” organized by ‘Indian Association of Sports Medicine’ on 10th – 11th January 2015.
• Ms. Nirjara Bhayani, Ms. Moksha Gala, Ms. Sneha Mehta, Ms. Kritika Poddar, Ms. Rashmi Kulkarni, and Ms. Sabah Thaver, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the "SCMM 2015” organized by ‘Standard Chartered’ on 18th January 2015.
• Ms. Forum Kacheria, Ms. Ashwini Kadam, Ms. Pooja Kamble, and Ms. Nishita Rana, Master of Physiotherapy students, attended the "ICU Workshop” organized by ‘K. J. Somaiya College of Physiotherapy’ on 22nd – 24th January 2015.