An international conference on "Advances and Challenges through Translational Research in Biological Sciences" was held at Rajshahi University (RU) on May 27. RU Institute of Biological Sciences (IBSc) and Microbiologists Society of India (MSI) jointly organised the conference at the gallery of engineering faculty.
Member of University Grants Commission Professor Hasina Khan inaugurated the conference as the chief guest while RU Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar and Pro-VC Prof Humayun Kabir spoke as patrons with MSI President Prof AM Deshmukh in the chair. IBSc Director Prof Jahan Ara Khanom welcomed the participants from India, Nepal, Australia and the United States of America and the host Bangladesh.
In the daylong conference, the participants from home and abroad presented research papers and discussed progress and obstacles related to translational research in biology. During their paper presentations, the researchers talked about the importance of translational research in the fields of public health, agriculture and economic development. In addition to the opening session, there were four lectures in a plenary session, 44 paper presentations in two technical sessions and 174 posters exhibition in the poster session of the conference.