Global conference on molecular medicine starts today

The 8th International Symposium-cum-Training Course on Molecular Medicine & Drug Research will begin on Monday (today) at the University of Karachi’s Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine & Drug Research (PCMD).

Sindh caretaker minister for health and population welfare Dr Saad Khalid Niaz will inaugurate the global conference organised by the PCMD, working under the umbrella of KU’s International Centre for Chemical & Biological Sciences (ICCBS).

Around 600 scholars, including 70 researchers from 26 countries, are participating in this international event, according to ICCBS Director Prof Dr Farzana Shaheen, who presided over a meeting of the symposium’s organising committee at the PCMD on Friday.

She hoped that the meeting would foster stronger research ties between participating scientists representing different regions. One of the prime objectives of this symposium is to bring together the leading experts in the field of molecular medicine from all around the world, she said.

According to the ICCBS spokesman, the inaugural ceremony of the symposium will be held today at 9am at the ICCBS’s Prof Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Auditorium. Dr Niaz will deliver the inaugural speech, he said, adding that KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mehmood Iraqi will also express his views.

Among other speakers are Prof Dr Attaur Rahman, professor emeritus and former federal minister for science & technology; Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary, and coordinator general OIC-COMSTECH and Unesco chair on medicinal & bio-organic natural product chemistry at the ICCBS.