The Biodiversity Club intends to hold a webinar on August 12th, 11.30 am and the details are given below. The webinar will cover genomic research on Indian/South Asian populations to understand better the origin, migration, and impact of consanguinity and endogamy on human health and disorders.

Title of the talk: Who are we? A tale behind tracing our roots and beyond

Speaker: Dr. K. Thangaraj (Former Director of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, DBT (2020-2024), JC Bose Fellow CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Bio-note of the speaker:

Dr. K Thangaraj is a JC Bose Fellow and Group Leader at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, Bangalore. He is the former Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) in Hyderabad. His primary scientific interests include the origins of modern humans, cardiovascular diseases, mitochondrial disorders, male infertility, sex determination, forensic genetics, and the genetic foundation of Ayurvedic prakritis. He has published over 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics, Science, and The Lancet. Dr. Thangaraj has been elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Biological Sciences, AP Akademi of Science. He was the President of the Indian Society of Human Genetics (2011 – 2015) and the founder of the Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine. He is a board editor, review editor, and member of the editorial board of many journals.

 Introduction of the speaker: Dr. Shabina Ashraf, Assistant Professor, BSED

Concluding remarks: Dr. Indumathi. S, Assistant Professor, BSED

 Registration is free and the registration link is https://forms.gle/XsYrFfym97MMfmft5.

Brochure for the event can be found here: Link to the brochure

Faculty co-ordinator: Dr. Suresh P.S., Associate Professor, Faculty I/C, Biodiversity Club, BSED.