National Conference on “ Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology (DCMB-15)”
7-8 January 2015
Organized by
Department of Biotechnology,
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology,
Sathyamangalam-638 401
- Bannari Amman Institute of Technology : Bannari Amman Institute of Technology(BIT) is an AICTE approved, ISO 9001: 2000 certified self-financing autonomous Engineering college affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is a vibrant institute, situated in a serene surroundings near the banks of River Bhavani at the foot hills of Nilgris, Sathyamangalam Erode-Dt, Tamil Nadu. It was established in the year 1996 in sprawling campus of 180 acres with a built-up space of more than 20 lakh square feet by the Industrialist and Philanthropist Shri. S.V. Balasubramaniam, Chairman of the Bannari Amman Group , a leading corporate house in South India, Coimbatore with a vision to uplift rural areas by imparting technical education of global standard to the rural people. The Institute offers MCA, MBA, five year integrated MSc software engineering, 11 UG and 11 PG programmes in Engineering and research programmes PhD/MS. It has many laurels to its credit such as accreditation by NAAC with A grade for five years, NBA accredited courses, Best Engineering college award by ISTE, New Delhi, Mindlogicx Infratec Ltd Silver medal award for the best institute-industry linked engineering college instituted by AICTE-CII for the year 2012.
About the Programme & Participants :
- Drug carriers are substances that serve as mechanisms to improve the delivery and the effectiveness of drugs through controlled and targetted release, prolonged invivo drug action, reduced drug metabolism, and toxicity and improved drug stability. Many carriers can also act as buffers to reduce the toxic effects of medications. The drug carriers determine where the drug travels and how it behaves when it gets there. Carriers include synthetic and natural compounds from a variety of sources, ranging from lipids to nanoparticles.
- A simple and common example is a controlled release coating which controls the release of the drug into the body slowly over a period of time rather than all at once. Drug carriers can also resist stomach acid to help the drug to reach the intestines, where the mucus membranes can absorb the medication. In some carriers drug molecule will be chemically linked to the carrier to make sure that they only target certain kinds of cells, like cancer cells or bacteria. The drug carriers determine where the drug travels and how it behaves when it gets there. Drug companies develop an array of carriers for their pharmaceuticals. Majority of the carriers are biodegrdable and include, liposomes, microspheres from biodegradable polymer, albumin microspheres, synthetic polymers, nanofibers, polymer nanoparticles, Protein-DNA complexes, Protein conjugates, erythrocytes, virosomes, dendrimers etc.
- Many biologically active molecules are limited in their therapeutic due to poor solubility, limited bioavailability, and rapid elimination which require potent carriers to deliver with improved release efficacy. In recent decades, there has been increased awareness of the need to develop drug delivery systems to improve proteins, RNA, cells, anti-cancer agents, growth factors, vaccines, imaging and diagnostic agents), their design, synthesis and evaluation. The program will include sessions on mechanisms of carrier distribution, cellular uptake and trafficking, and new approaches to address these problems. Session themes include synthesising a targeted delivery system, new approaches to chemical modification, engineering, and conjugation for improved delivery, and transport, fate, and efficacy of drug delivery systems. The conference will provides dynamic, diverse and collegial environment for young investigators, industrial persons, scientists, researchers, faculty members, students etc to expose their work through oral and poster presentations and to exchange their ideas with experts in the field. The National Conference on “Drug Carriers in Medicine & Biology” has great significance in present times since it provides a forum for open discussions amongst experts and young investigators in the field which is absolutely necessary for further advancement in health care. Eminent scientists and professors from reputed institutes, drug research labs and institutes and pharmaceutical companies will deliver lectures.Original Research papers are invited for oral/ poster presentations under the topics listed below
- Biodegradable natural and synthetic polymers as drug carriers
- Polymer hydrogel carriers
- Liposomes
- Nanoceramic and Polymer nanoparticles as drug delivery vesicles
- Drug Carriers in transdermal drug delivery
- Cytotoxicity and biocompatibility studies on drug carriers
- Metabolism of drug carriers
- Dendrimers, micelles, virosomes and erythrocytes as novel carrier for controlled drug release
- Proteins and Protein conjugates as drug delivery systems
- Drug carriers in tissue engineering
Registration fee (INR) & Important date :
- Students : 500.00 Research Scholars : 700.00
- Faculty : 800.00 Industries : 1200.00
- Last Date for receipt of abstract (300 words) : 20-12-2014
- Announcement for selection of papers : 29-12-2014
Delegates should confirm their participation on or before 30-12-2014 by remitting the registration fee through Demand Draft payable at any Nationalized Bank, Sathyamangalam, favouring
Dr. K. Subramanian, Professor
Convener – DCMB-2015
Department of Biotechnology
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Sathyamangalam – 638 401.
Email: drksubramanian@rediffmail.com / drsubramaniank@gmail.com
Deadline : 20.12.14
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