Frontlines of Microbiological Research : Concepts and Applications In commemoration of the 90th birthday celebration of Dr. Tarasankar Ghosh

We are pleased to welcome you to the Indian Mycological Society Symposium (IMSS 2012) on Frontlines of Microbiological Research : Concepts and Applications to be held at Kolkata on 02-04 February, 2012.

Background Information

Microbes, the first life on earth, the root of the tree of life have the greatest genetic and metabolic diversity. They represent about two third of the total number of living organisms of the planet earth and played a pivotal role in the creation, maintenance and restoration of all ecosystems of the world. Many microbes are extremophiles and thrive in extreme environmental conditions with their amazingly diverse extremozymes.

In the post-genomic era application of genome based approaches has recently been used to understand many facets of fundamental microbiology. Except a few disease-producing organisms most microbes play beneficial role to environment, industrial economy, crop yield, human and animal health care programmes involving life saving drugs and vaccines.

To accommodate the wide diversity of microbial life and the interests and expertise of microbiologists, we have chosen a broad theme for the IMSS 2012. The National Symposium will cover a broad range of topics including microbial diversity, functions, and/or interactions with special emphasis on infection biology and biotechnological exploitation of the microbial resources.

The main themes of the Symposium will be highlighted in the keynote address and plenary lectures by eminent scientists of the country. Additional oral presentations will be arranged in parallel sessions from amongst the selected abstracts submitted.

Themes for Discussion

Chief Patron

Prof. Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta.

Patrons

Prof. N. D. Paria, Vice Chancellor, Vidyasagar University; Prof. D. J. Chattopadhyay, Pro-Vice Chancellor, (Academic Affairs), University of Calcutta; Prof. Mamata Ray, Pro-Vice Chancellor, (Business Affairs & Finance), University of Calcutta; Prof. Swapan Kr. Dutta, DDG (Crops), ICAR; Prof. T. K. Addhya, Director, CRRI, Cuttack, Orissa; Prof. D. K. Arora, Director, NBAIM, Mau, U. P.

International Advisory Committee

Dr. Richard Smith (U. K.), Prof. Arun Kr. Chaterjee (U. S. A.), Dr. Milan Kr. Bhattacharjee (Australia), Dr. Partha Banerjee (U. S. A.), Dr. Mukti Banerjee (U. S. A.), Ms. Asita Chatterjee (U. S. A.).

National Advisory Committee

Dr. T. K. Abraham, Dr. D. K. Agarwal, Prof. K. N. Bhagwati, Prof. Monica Basu, Prof. T. N. Lakhanpal, Prof. A. N. Mukhopadhyay, Dr. R. K. Mittal, Prof. C. Manoharachary, Prof. A. Nagaraja, Prof. B. Nandi, Prof. A. K. Roy, Prof. G. D. Sharma, Prof. N. I. Singh, Prof. P. K. Sengupta, Prof. R. S. Upadhyay, Prof. Anupam Verma, Prof. K. R. Aneja, Prof. M. K. Naik, Prof. B. K. Datta, Prof. G. K. N. Chhetry, Dr. K. B. Vrinda, Dr. D. K. Jha, Dr. N. K. Chakrabarti, Dr. N. Mukherjee, Prof. Anjali Roy, Prof. M. S. Bhale, Dr. Rohit Sharma, Prof. P. K. Maiti.

Organizing Committee

Prof. K. R. Samaddar (Chairman), Prof. N. Samajpati (Convenor), Dr. A. K. Manna (Joint Convenor), Dr. Bularani Basu (Treasurer), Prof. Ashim Chowdhury, Dr. M. K. Sarkar, Prof. A. K. Paul, Prof. Subir Bera, Dr. Sandhya Sur, Dr. Geeta Nanda, Prof. Anil Choudhury, Prof. Pranab K. Bhattacharya, Prof. Nilangshu Mukherjee, Dr. Madhu Jyotsna Marjara, Dr. Sanjay Guha Roy, Dr. Arunava Biswas, Dr. Priyabrata Basak, Dr. Asit Pal, Dr. Ajoy K. Saha, Dr. Asit De, Dr. Chhanda Bhattacharya, Dr. Krishnendu Acharya, Dr. Surekha Kundu, Sm. Indrani Naskar, Dr. Snigdha Maitra, Dr. Ratna Banerjee, Dr. Maitreyee Banerjee, Prof. Narayan Ch. Mondal, Prof. Nakul Ch. Mondal, Dr. Krishna Chakrabarti, Dr (Mrs.) Phalguni Bhattacharjee, Dr. Mili Chakrabarti, Dr. Anirudha Saha, Dr. D. Nayak, Dr. Mitali Aditya, Dr. Aditi Chatterjee, Dr. Ajita Roy Choudhury, Sri Arun Dutta, Dr. Mitra Halder, Dr. Nicky Singh.

The Scientific Programme will be scheduled as below:

February 02, 2012: Inauguration, Scientific Sessions : Oral.
February 03, 2012: Scientific Sessions : Oral.
February 04, 2012: Sci9e3ntific Sessions : Oral & Plenary Session
The following Memorial Lectures will also be delivered: E. J. Butler Memorial Lecture; S. R. Bose Memorial Lecture; S. N. Banerjee Memorial Lecture.

Language:

The language of the symposium will be English. No interpretation or translation service will be provided.

Venue:

Kolkata, the venue of the Symposium, is the capital of West Bengal state, one eastern province of India and is known as 'City of Joy'. The city is also illustrious for its eminent inhabitants like Rabindranath Tagore, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Megnath Saha, Satyen Bose, Satyajit Ray, Sri Mrinal Sen and others. The city is enriched with six universities and other renowned academic institutions. The city is well connected by air, railways and roads from most parts of the country.

The Indian Mycological Society (IMS) is a scientific forum established in 1954 at the Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India, by some eminent mycologists like Dr. S. R. Bose, Dr. S. N. Banerjee, Dr. S. N. Das Gupta, Dr. S. N. Bhaduri, Dr. S. B. Chattopadhyay, Dr. T. Ghosh, Dr. P. K. Sengupta, Dr. K. R. Samaddar and others. It oragnizes national and international conferences, symposia, and seminars on major topics of Mycology, Microbiology and Plant Pathology. The Society publishes "Journal of Mycopathological Research" biannually. It is the mother of all the present day societies in India dealing in Mycology. It is the second largest society of Mycologists in Asia and the largest of its kind in India.

Climate:

The weather in Kolkata in December is generally warm and pleasent with daytime temperature of 25-30°C and night temperature of 16-20°C. Lightweight clothing and cotton dresses are recommended.

ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Abstracts are required for all oral presentations. The abstracts will be included in the Symposium Abstracts materials only after the presenting author has paid the registration fee. Each participant can give one oral presentation only, but may co-author other presentations.

Submission of Abstracts:

Abstracts should be prepared not exceeding 350 words (electronically typed on A4 size paper with 3 cm margins on all sides). The title of the paper, name (s) of author (s) and their address (es) should be typed in capital letters. The two copies of abstract must be accompanied by a copy on Compact diskette, word processed on MS-Word and sent to the Convenor.

The Deadline for Receipt of Abstract is October 31, 2011 which should be sent with Registration fee.

Oral Presentations:

Facilities will be provided for the projection of standard 5x5 cm slides and Power Point presentations only.

Registration Charges for Participants

	Up to November 15, 2011	Up to 15 December
Category	Indian/SAARC Countries	India/SAARC Countries
Scientists	Rs. 2000/-	Rs. 2500/-
IMS Members	Rs. 2000/-	Rs. 2500/-
Research Scholars & Research Associates	Rs. 1500/-	Rs. 2000/-

* Research Scholars and Research Associates only in a University or other educational institution. The claim should be endorsed by the Head of the Department accompanied by xerox copy of Student ID card. NO SPOT REGISTRATION

The Registration Fee Covers

*Admission to all scientific sessions*, The Symposium programme and all other registration matters, Tea/coffee and lunch. Payment of the registration fee should be made by bank draft or DD in Indian Rupees payable in Kolkata. Payment should be made in favor of IMSS 2012, UCO Bank, Ballygunge Circular Road Branch, Kolkata. Please print your full name on the back of the DD and attach to the registrration form. The registration form, completed along with the registration fee, should be sent to Prof. N. Samajpati, Convenor, Indian Mycological Society, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India on or before November 15, 2011.

Registration Form can be downloaded from here.

The Accommodation request form can be downloaded from here. Dates to be remembered can be viewed here.