Workshop on chemistry of vaccine, immunology

Chandigarh, April 16

An international workshop on the theme of ‘Chemistry of Vaccine and Immunology’ was organised at the Department of Chemistry, PU, wherein several academicians delivered talks on the topic.

Also, as a part of SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) visit at PU, Prof Nikolai Petrovsky delivered a talk entitled ‘Intelligent Vaccine Design’ at the IIT-Ropar and CSIR-IMTECH on Tuesday.

On April 12, Prof Petrovsky met the PU Vice-Chancellor and discussed about the establishment of an international vaccine discovery and development centre on the campus. The discussion was based on a proposal submitted by Dr Deepak B Salunke from the Department of Chemistry.

Assistant prof Rohit K Sharma, Department of Chemistry & Centre for Advanced Studies, PU, has been awarded the prestigious project from SPARC, an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, in collaboration with Osaka University. The objectives include the academic and research visits by Osaka University professors and students to the PU and vice-versa. — TNS