Moot on ‘molecular sciences’ kicks off

LAHORE:A four-day 15th biennial International Conference of the Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Punjab University and COMSTECH on ‘Recent trends in molecular sciences’ kicked off here on Monday.

The inaugural session was attended by PU VC Prof Dr Muhammad Ali, President Pakistan Academy of Sciences Prof Kauser Abdullah Malik, President Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prof Khalid Mahmood, Convener Organising Committee Prof Muhammad Waheed Akhtar, renowned scientists from Oxford and other universities of UK, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, researchers, faculty members and students.

The conference programme includes seven plenary, 31 invited and 81 oral talks, as well as 124 poster presentations. The programme also includes a symposium on diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases like Covid19, TB and others.

Prof Kauser Abdullah Malik pledged support of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences for the promotion of science and technology in the country. Prof Dr Muhammad Waheed Akhtar introduced the theme of the conference. Over 500 participants registered for the conference. In addition to the opening session, the programme included three plenary talks from Durham University, UK’s Prof Keith Lindsay, PU Prof Sadaf Naz and Oxford University UK’s Prof Ray Owens.

The conference also included four concurrent scientific sessions, each of which dealt with gene editing for crop improvement, medical genetics, industrial biotechnology or environmental biology.